When manufacturing a ready-to-use panel of fabric, making up the panel involves cutting (cold process or ultrasound cutting) and assembling the panels and/or making pockets by welding them (using thermal, high-frequency or ultrasound processes) or sewing them together. Stiffeners*, which are sometimes necessary for large blinds or tensioned structures covering a large area, can be used to reinforce the fabric.

* Rods inserted into sewed-on pockets.

For installing shaped panels or with suspended volumes, various systems may be envisaged. They can also be made up using a welded assembly, or making up pockets around them that allow eyelets to be fitted into them so they can be hung up :

With elastic or cord		Braid		Hanging		On frame

• Self-supporting panel : The panel is laid out and fastened onto a frame and then stretched out and fastened using lacing (awnings).

• Tensile panel : The panel is subjected to tension and forces at various points around the edge. Geometric stability is ensured by balancing these various tensions.

Please feel free to refer to the instructions for making up the products, the details of which are featured on the back of each brochure in Mermet® collection.