Apparel Manufacturing

Cutting Room Lay Height & Plies Calculator

Cutting to the top of the blade stroke sounds efficient until the bottom plies go out of tolerance.

Cutter Machine limit
mm
10%
0% 40%
Fabric & Order Cut planning
mm
no.
pcs

Maximum Plies per Lay

— no.

Within the safe blade stroke

Cut Plan

Resulting Lay Height
— mm
Garments per Lay
— no.
Lays Required for Order
— no.
Blade Stroke Used
— %

Compressed thickness under spreading tension is what matters, not the relaxed caliper. Measure it on a stacked sample rather than a single ply.

Cutting Room Lay Height & Plies Calculator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.