A custom mouse pad and desk pad manufacturer in Austin, Texas supplies gaming and office brands across the US. They cut white EVA foam and pearl cotton, and previously ran other-brand cutting machines.
Their long-standing headache: cutting white mouse pads produced white debris that clung to the black table felt. The table looked permanently dirty, and cleaning was exhausting — workers scrubbed it brush by brush, losing hours every shift.
When they bought our PLEET oscillating knife cutting machine, they told us about this problem upfront. Instead of shipping a standard machine, we customized three fixes:
1. White adhesive felt table cover — debris blends with the table instead of standing out;
2. Automatic scraper attachment — sweeps and collects debris without manual brushing;
3. In-process debris removal — scraping runs synchronized with feeding and cutting, so the table clears itself as it cuts.
Results: the table stays spotless and the workshop looks professional; cleaning time dropped from manual scrubbing to emptying the collection slot; debris no longer ends up on finished pads, reducing customer complaints.
Customer's words: "With our old machine, the black felt was covered in white dust every single day. The PLEET machine's white felt and automatic scraper clean as it cuts — the table is always clean. It solved a problem we'd been living with for years."