Advance apparel manufacturing technology

Advance apparel manufacturing technology

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  Presentation by: Boobalan.S (16BFT36) 4THYear B.Tech(Fashion Technology) ACET
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  INTRODUCTION  The garmentindustry is undergoing enormous change which ends up in increased pressures on retailers and apparel manufacturers.  Both retailers and manufacturers are challenged to compete, not just in terms of price, but also in delivery times and services offered  The demands of today's market require the flexibility and fast throughput implied to quick response (QR) strategies.  To meet market demands and generate profit, firms must fully utilize their resources and successfully expand their productivity.  Consumers' demand for timely fashion, quality and value has made the manufacturers think of their production strategies. In this modern industry manufacturing attributes for focused business are
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  1.Quality 2.Speed 3.Dependability 4.Flexibility 5.Cost  The typeapparel of production system is determined by the quantity of production and the required rate of delivery the following factors have significant role in apparel production and plays key role in sewing floor  Number of machine are used to make a garment  Machines layout  Total number of operators or tailors involved to sew a complete garment  Number of pieces moving in a line during making a garment.
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  OBJECTIVES  To knowabout how to achieve higher production and quality.  To know how to ensure uninterrupted production in sewing floor.  To learn about continuous flow of material handling.  To learn about how can we reduce cost of the product.  To know how to reduce excess machinery and man.  To study how to achieve continuous flow of apparel production.  To study different production system in sewing floor.
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  SOME CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMIN THE SEWING FLOOR  Make Through System When a tailor alone makes a complete garment, then it is called as make though system. In this system tailors are not depended to others.  Progressive Bundle System In Progressive bundle system, each operator does different operations of a garment. All sewing machines needed to make the garment are laid in a line. Cut parts are fed in a bundle form.  Section Production System This system is similar to the progressive bundle system. But the difference is that, instead of one line, work is divided into sections. Machines of similar operations are clubbed together instead of spreading over in all lines.
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  MODERN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMIN SEWING FLOOR  Garments manufacturer are always trying their best for increasing quality and production and therefore trying different production system.  There are three modern system are now used mostly in advance apparel manufacturing system in the sewing floor. They are: Swift track system U-shape production line Traffic light system
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  SWIFT TRACK SYSTEM A unit production system (UPS) is a type of line layout that uses an overhead transporter system to move garment components from work station to work station for assembly.  All the parts for a single garment are advanced through the production line together by means of a hanging carrier that travels along an overhead conveyor.  The overhead rail system consists of the main conveyor and accumulating rails for each work station. Carriers are moved along the main conveyor and switched to an accumulating rail at the work station where an operation is to be performed.
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  WORKFLOW IN UNITPRODUCTION SYSTEM  Load all the pieces in a product carrier  The product carrier with the pieces will be routed through the different operation steps  At every machine/operation the patented chain will position the product ideally  Completed the product arrives to an unloading station. The empty product carrier returns to the loading station.
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  TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM Traffic light system is the most effective inspection tool to reduce defect generation at source.  At the same time it measure operator’s performance level in quality.  No operators like to be presented themselves as lower quality makers. They concentrate on quality aspect during stitching garments. Three different colour cards are placed in each operators place.  Green indicates that Quality meets the customers Standard.  Yellow indicates that a minor fault has been found and caution is required.  Red indicates that the Quality Standard does not meet the customer’s standard
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  TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEMWORKS  One Inline Quality Checker is to be allocated for every line of particular style or cover 15 or 20 Workstations.  She/he has to check the semi finished garment pieces from current bundle once in an hour or two.  Pieces will be taken randomly and check all the quality parameters required for that operation.  While inspecting, depending upon the quality level, colour cards are placed on their machine.
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  CONCLUSION  The mainaim of any production system is to make the total production time as small as possible.  The choice of the production system highly depends on the volume of production and the strategy of production.  For basic goods, a traditional production system such as progressive bundle system are still in use largely.  The modular system or some type of flexible manufacturing can be adopted for the production of fashion goods.  As the fashion market is in diversion and product price is reducing the only way to sustain in this market is increasing production cost.
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