APPAREL PRODUCTION (THEORY)

Paper Code: 
CFSD 601
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 

1 To create an awareness of the types of garments machinery available in the industry

2 To develop an understanding about the selection of the right machinery for production of the     required garment.

3. To make the students aware of the types of machinery available in the garment industry

4. To expose the students to the latest practices and technological world of garment production

 

10.00
Unit I: 
Apparel production process

                                                                               

  • Pattern, Grading and Marker making
  • Spreading
  • Cutting
  • Ticketing
  • Sewing
  • Finishing
  • Quality checking

 

10.00
Unit II: 
Spreading and Cutting operations, machineries & it’s functions

Spreading and Cutting operations, machineries & it’s functions                         

  • Marker  planning:  drawing & reproduction of the marker
  • Spreading of the fabric to form a lay
  • The cutting of the fabric
  • Sorting , numbering, ticketing, bundling

 

10.00
Unit III: 
Stitching operations with its specialized machines

    

  • Components of sewing: needle, throat plate, feed dog and threads
  • Seam types: classification
  • Stitch types: classification
  • Sewing machine needles and threads
  • Sewing machines: single lock machines, buttonhole & buttoning machine, bartacking

 

10.00
Unit IV: 
Finishing & Packaging

                                                                                             

  • Importance of Pressing
  • Equipments for pressing
  • Fusing Machinery & Requirements of Fusing
  • Packaging Shipping & Merchandising Packaging
  • Packaging Tags & Fasteners

 

Unit V: 

Garment Finishing and Inspection                                        10 hrs                   

  • Attaching Buttons: Marking & Sewing
  • Labels
  • Cleaning
  • Final Touches

Inspection                                                                                           10 hrs

  • Fitting Quality: Live Models & Work Room Stands
  • Measurements
  • Viewing the Garment
  • Quality standards: Definition, Consumer’s perception of quality, seven tools of quality               

 

Essential Readings: 

1.Gerry Cooklin, Garment technology for Fashion Designers –Blackwell Science, New    Delhi.

2.   Gerry cooklin, Introduction to clothing manufacture –Blackwell Science, New Delhi, 2000.

3.   Ruth E.Glock ,Apparel Manufacturing-Sewn Product Analysis 41t Edition,Prarson Prentice Hall

4.   Glock, R.E. and Grace I. Kunz. 1995. Apparel Manufacturing: Sewn Product Analysis.       U.S.A.: Prentice Hall (Second Edition)

 

References: 
  1. Bheda, R. Managing Productivity in the Apparel Industry. New Delhi: CBS publishers and Distributers 2003.
  2. Cooklin G., Garment for Fashion Designers. United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishing Limited 1997.
  3. Cooklin G., Introduction to Clothing Manufacture. United Kingdom: Blackwell  

Publishing Limited. (Second Edition) 2006.

  1. Giocello, D.A. and B. Prerke Fashion Production Terms. New York Fairchild Publication 2004.
  2. Solinger, J.. Apparel Manufacturing Analysis. New York: Textile Book Publishers Inc. 1961
  3. Care, H. and B.Latham, The Technology of clothing Manafucture United Kingdom: Blackwell Science Limited 2004.

 

Academic Year: 
2016-17
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