BACKGROUND

In garment production, attaching a sleeve to an opening of the garment is one of the most difficult operations. The closed loop of the sleeve band offers specific challenges. In manual sewing operations, maintaining consistent stretching of the sleeve band and garment material while keeping the sleeve band aligned with the garment opening during sewing is a skill that takes time to master. For fully automated processes, this process is complicated by the multidimensional seam. In addition, the edge of the sleeve band may have varying curvature which increases the difficulty of alignment with the garment opening. Control of the different variables can present complications that can prevent consistent product production.

The subject matter discussed in the background section should not be assumed to be prior art merely as a result of its mention in the background section. Similarly, a problem mentioned in the background section or associated with the subject matter of the background section should not be assumed to have been previously recognized in the prior art. The subject matter in the background section merely represents different approaches, which in and of themselves may also correspond to implementations of the claimed technology.

