Equipment for severing a segment from a length of fabric in a thread-adjusted manner has a bench with spaced first and second sides. A clamping system is mounted to the first side for releaseably clamping a first edge of the fabric. A carriage is displaceably mounted to the bench and is adapted for being displaced from the first to the second side. First and second adjacently disposed rotatable rollers are mounted to the carriage for engaging and ripping the fabric. A cylinder and piston system for displacing the carriage is mounted to the bench.