Process of Fully Fashioned Knitwear Manufacturing
Process of Fully Fashioned Knitwear Manufacturing
Process of Fully Fashioned Knitwear Manufacturing
Fully fashioning is a method of shaping knitted structure by increasing or decreasing the number
of Wales or needles. Fully fashioned knitwear is manufactured through knitting the whole
structure.
Now we are going to describe the production procedure of a fully fashioned knitwear- Sweater
manufacturing as per the sequence of production
Knitting section
Yarn cone
Knitted paneldistribution
inspection section
Linking section
Knitting section
Warehouse arrangement and yarn inspection
Knitted panel inspection
Linking section
Mending section
Finishing section
Warehouse arrangement and yarn inspection
Yarn is the main raw material of sweater manufacturing. Yarns are thread which is manufactured
from fiber. Based on different types of fiber, yarns used in sweater production which can be of
different types such as.
pure acrylic, cotton, wool etc.
Winding section
This process is used to winding and coning the yarns by using winding machine. In this section,
at first winding operator open the yarn bales which are collected from the store room. The loose
loops of yarns then fitted with the ring of the winding machine and the winding operator stars
coning
different kinds of knitting machine can be used, such as hand driven and power driven machine.
In Bangladesh hand driven flat bed knitting machines are widely used. Knit machine can be
again classified into different type’s gauges of needles. In sweater production normally 1G, 3G,
5G, 7G, 9G, 10G, 12G machines are used.
Linking Section:
The working procedure of this section is to link the different panels to produce a complete
sweater. In this section linking operator links the different panels by using linking machine
which is popularly known as dial linking machine
Linking inspection section
After linking the body parts, it will be inspected by the Q.C team in the ispection section.
Mending section
In this process, there are different operators for mending or repairing the defective sweater. This
is a manual process which is done by using needles and yarns.
Washing & Drying Section
The working procedure of this section is to wash the sweaters & remove water by hydro-
extracting. Sweaters are washable garments. Because most of the yarns except of few like
Tennille pure cashmere, pure angora etc
Pressing/Ironing Section: The objective of sweater ironing is to give permanent shape of the
garments and to improve aesthetic value of the garment. It requires heavy stress for sweater
pressing.
Finishing Section: At this stage labeling, price tag attaching, folding, primary packaging,
secondary packaging, final packaging, metal detecting and final inspection are done as per buyer
requirement. Finally goods are ready for export.