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Re:A robotic sewing machine could throw garment workers out ... by Animats on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @09:43PM (#10343690)
Patch pocket sewing has been automated for years.[1] For standard products like jeans, most of the operations are performed on an assembly line with special purpose machines. Direct labor content of the pair of jeans shown is 12 minutes and 15 seconds.[2] Even at $20/hr, that's only $4. Most of the human labor is putting parts into machines and taking them out.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaOtX1btpUM [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DzEpOp2Jy8

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Re:A robotic sewing machine could throw garment workers out ... by Retric on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @09:36AM (#10345886)
External Patch pockets are fairly simply, I am talking about the internal khaki pants pocket style.
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