Tensile Strength of Bra Hooks Bra Rings and Sliders

Tensile Strength of Bra Hooks Bra Rings and Sliders

Tensile Strength of Bra Hooks

This In House Test Method of bra sliders, bra hooks and bra rings describes the method of test in order to determine the tensile strength. These are: bra rings and sliders used to adjust the length of the strap, rings used to attach the strap to the bra and hooks used on detachable bra straps. The correct numbers of test specimens are to be prepared and tested as specified within this test method in order to achieve a performance assessment of the product/fabric as described within the scope. Bara hooks, Bra rings and sliders are the garments accessories 

Equipment

Constant rate of extension tensile testing instrument with a minimum load capacity of 500N (50kg). 100% Polyester or 100% cotton tape in widths 10mm, 15mm 20mm or 25mm as appropriate to the internal width of the component.  Impact resistant safety glasses or goggles.

Conditioning

The test specimens are to be conditioned in the standard atmosphere of 65% Relative Humidity (RH) +/- 2% and 20°C +/- 2°C for a minimum of 4 hours. All tests should also be carried out in this atmosphere.

Health & Safety

Safety glasses should be worn when carrying out this test and care should be taken when loading the sample into the jaws.

Test Procedure

  • The test speed is 200mm per minute.
  • Flat rubber faced clamps are used on the front and rear to give a minimum surface area of 25mm x 25mm when the clamps are closed.
  • Set the load range to 50Kg.
  • Set the gauge length as appropriate to the test specimens and slack mount in the jaws.
  • Set the cross head in action and take the sample to break.

Assessment/Results Of Tested Specimens

  • Report the test method number and title.
  • Report the individual results for each component in Newtons.
  • If the results exceed 500N, then state this.
  • If the tape breaks, then report the result as exceeds the force at which the tape broke.
  • In some instances the bra hooks may distort to the extent that the tape slides off. If this happens report:
  • Bra hooks distorted and allowed the strap to slide off and the force at which this occurred.

GARMENT DEFECT GUIDELINES

The following list defines the types of manufacturing defects for which the garment supplier is responsible:

FABRIC

  • Holes,dropped stitches
  • Permanent creases
  • Slub and knots
  • Shaded or not ( within specified shade range )
  • Soil / oil spots
  • Skewed,bowed or biased fabric
  • Dye spots,streaks or smears
  • Pilling
  • Poor hand ( too hard or too soft)
  • Not cut on grain
  • Nap not as specified
  • Knitted in,foreign or colored thread (off color fly)
  • Snags, pulls in fabric
  • Mismatched laid or stripe
  • Weak fabric

 BODY MEASUREMENT

  • Exceeding sewing tolerances

SEWING

  • Stitches per cms
  • Unauthorized stitches
  • Wrong stitches
  • Open seams
  • Raw edges
  • Run-offs
  • Needle holes
  • Stitch tension
    • Weak stitches due to loose stitches
    • Chainstitch raveling due to skipped stitches
    • needle or looper / bobin thread size too heavy or too light for proper stitch formation
  • Beaded stitching
  • Drifting stitch line
  • Foreign objects imbedded in seams or fabric
  • Mismatched seams (yoke stitching,etc )
  • Roped seam
  • Blind stitching
  • Any omitted sewing operation

COMPONENTS

  • Defective components
  • Defects of assembly (example;crushed snaps)
  • Any components not cut in accordance with directional (grain) lines on pattern or specified requirements ( such as stripe or pattern matching )
  • Sagging,twisted or bulging sleeves or legs
  • Hem or sleeve too short caused by incorrect lining size or positioning
  • Lining too large or too small

BARTACKS / BUTTONHOLES

  • Any missing bartack/ buttonholes
  • Any bartack/buttonhole not of specified length
  • Any bartack/ buttonholes that misplaced,not serving intended purpose or inappropriate for type of fabric or garment use
  • Any unsecured bartack
  • Any bartack/ buttonhole with loose stitch tension
  • Any bartack the width of which is more than 2mm wider than specified
  • Any bartack/buttonhole in wrong direction

SEAMS

  • Seam repair – sufficiently obvious
  • Seam twisted,puckered pleated or wavy
  • Seam crossover matching
  • Any part of garment or fabric caught in an unrelated operation or stitching
  • Thread color does not match color specified on approved spec.document
  • Thread break sor ends of stitching not securely back tacked
  • Irregular gauge of stitching
  • Stitches skipped or broken
  • Raw edges ,unfinished hems or seams
  • Run-offs on edge of topstitching
  • Stay or holding stitching not removed
  • Inappropriate seam or stitch type ,not as specified in the Spec Pack
  • Vertical stripe alignment
  • Horizontal stripe /plaid alignment
  • Gathers or shirring
    • Even from side to side of the garment
    • No visible basting stich
      • Spirality (torque,twisted side seams,plackets )
      • Uneven inseam length
      • Uneven sleeve length
      • Looper thread / bobbin thread must match fabric or topstitching color unless otherwise specified
      • Any line of stitching omitted or not beginning or ending where specified

GARMENT

  • Pockets even,sewn on straight,properly aligned,no raw edges peeking out
  • Pocket fabric other than specified affecting the appearance or service
  • Linings not falling straight and twisting in the sleeve
  • Armhole curves not smooth
  • Check symmetry of garment
  • Cuffs even
  • Elastic case stitching even
  • Check that the stitch construction /stitch type or fabric construction matches approved sample
  • Check for excessive lint trapped in the fabric
  • Sweater weight-using a sweater scale ,make sure that the weights of the sweaters are + / – 5% of the specified weight unless otherwise listed in the dossier
  • Verify neck stretch as specified in the dossier
  • Full fashion marks on sweaters correctly placed
  • No wavy zipper fronts
  • No wavy button fronts
  • No surface damage ,needle chew,feed dog chew,or other abrasion

BUTTONS AND SNAPS

  • Missing,broken,defective,misplaced or insecurely sewn
  • Button not securely affixed or improperly stitched down
  • Button corroded or oxidized
  • Button incorrect size
  • Snap fasteners,broken,bent,cracked,improperly clinched or failing to effect a secure closure or to open freely
  • Snap components corroded or oxidized
  • Buttons and snap fasteners shoud be Nickel free.

HOOKS AND EYES AND LOOP TAPE

  • Metal damaged or corroded or oxidized,affecting function
  • Not securely affixed
  • Misplaced,causing bulge,twist,distortion or pucker
  • Defective
  • Shoud be Nickel free.
  • Loop length too short or too long
  • Missing components

ZIPPERS

  • Incorrect length of fastener or pull
  • Not sewn properly
  • Missing pull
  • Missing top or bottom stop
  • Does not operate smoothly through range of length
  • Teeth or pull corroded or oxidized
  • Shoud be Nickel free.

DRAWCORD

  • Not attached or inserted correctly
  • Incorrect finished length
  • End of drawcord not finished,knotted or otherwise treated to prevent pulling back into tunnel
  • Eyelet missing or misplaced

BINDING

  • Not securely caught in fabric,causing binding to pull away from fabric
  • Too tight, causing puckering or pleating
  • More than two splices in one binding operation
  • Badly twisted
  • Not matching the rest of the garment
  • Incorrect width of finished binding
  • More than one shade of material in joined bias strips
  • Binding of raw edges omitted

BUCKLES / SUSPENDER LOOP

  • Broken,rough or sharp edges
  • Coating omitted or thickness of coating / plating less than specified
  • Wrong color or material type
  • Incorrect size or type
  • Oxidized or corroded
  • Misplaced,Not attached as specified

BELT LOOPS

  • Omitted or misplaced
  • Not fused or parasealed
  • Set at an angle
  • Not securely attached
  • Length too short,constitching waistband
  • Width not as specified or poorly shaped
  • Length too long causing gap of material to extend above waistband
  • Turn-under of loop not trimmed
  • Bottom end of loop not securely caught in waist seam
  • Center back loop not on center seam
  • Tacking not extending full width of loop

DARTS

  • Not properly tapered causing bulge,twist or fullness
  • Not identitical in size
  • Positioned incorrectly or uneven

SHOULDER PADS

  • Shoulder pads should be sewn on securely
  • Pads should be evenly positioned
  • Not correct color,size or type

PRESSING

  • Burns,scorching shine marks,if napped,look for an undesirable crushed appearance
  • Pressed in correctly,especially lapels,collars,cuffs,hems and permanent creases according to the standards in the spec pack.
  • Permanent crease line should extend the full length of the garment.
  • Seams should be press open
  • Look for pressed-in stains,spots or soil
  • Sweaters must not be pressed out to size

LABELS

  • Make sure that the labels are sewn on straight and securely
  • No monofilament thread
  • No heat – cut labels with sharp edges
  • Must meet requirements

THREADS

  • Untrimmed threads longer than 0,7cms should be considered a defect
  • Unauthorized substitution in size,color, type, thickness or servic

ODOR

  • Odor or irritation to eye or skin from the products is considered a defect

SOIL

  • Any oil or foreign material stains

Preparation Of Test Specimens/Materials

Six of each type of component within the garment are to be tested. Thread 2 pieces of the appropriate sized tape through the component as follows:

Bra Ring: Thread the tape through to form 2 loops on opposite sides of the ring.

Bra sliders: Thread 2 pieces of tape through the central post of the bra sliders and then open them out to form 2 loops on either side of the bra sliders.

Bra Hooks: Thread the tape through to form a loop through the closed side of the bra hooks and another piece to form a loop through the open side of the bra hooks.

Band Knife Cloth Cutting Machine? Band Saw Safety Rules.

Band Knife Cloth Cutting Machine? Band Saw Safety Rules.

Band Knife Cloth Cutting Machine

For  cutting various type of machine is used like, Band knife cloth cutting machine, straight Knife cutting machine, Round knife machine etc. Band saw safety rules is very important to work with band knife cloth cutting machine. Cutting Section Including  Area are – Fabric inspection area, Fabric Relaxation area, Marker making area, Fabric Spreading & Cutting area. In inspection area spirality, shrinkage test, GSM test etc is done. Fabric relaxation is done before cutting. Fabric received from textile. Heat absorbed by fabric and dimension variation is happened. Then  fabric keep at normal temperature. Fabric absorb heat from nature and regain its original relax position. Normal relax time is 12hr to 24hr but it vary for different fabric. In cutting section fabric is cutting according to marker plan. Cutting section include fabric inspection, relaxation, spreading and cutting

Objective of cutting:

  1. To cut the fabric according to marker plan.
  2. To ready the fabric for sewing.

Fabric Cutting  Procudure:

  1. Table cleaning
  2. Paper spreading
  3. Fabric spreading
  4. Tape attaching
  5. Marker spreading
  6. Cutting
  7. Stickering
  8. Bundling
  9. Cut pannel checking
  10. Ready for Sewing

Personal Band saw safety:

  • Proper personal protective equipment i.e. gloves, visors, and aprons must be used.
  • Always wait until the machine is fully stationary.
  • The knife blade band saw safety is very sharp. Be careful when working near the knife blade.
  • For maintenance work in extreme height wear safety belts to avoid fall.
  • Avoid wearing loose wears.
  • First aid equipment such as first aid kit, stretcher, and dressing material box must be stationed in the vicinity of band saw safety
  • Carefully observe announce location and operation of fire extinguishers for band saw safety.
  • Do not operate the equipment in the presence of flammable gases or fumes.

Machine band saw safety rules:

  • Switch off the machine.
  • After maintenance work always tighten released screw, nut-bolt connections.
  • Do not use compressed air on electric and electronic parts directly.
  • If one of the relay switches malfunctions machine should not be operated.
  • Conform that the voltage and phase are correct.
  • Do not use compressed air on electric and electronic parts directly.
  • Do not usually use emergency buttons to stop the machine. Use the buttons only in real emergencies.
  • Conform that the power plug is properly connected to flow up band saw safety rules
Machine band saw safety rules
Safety Rules

Daily Maintenance – Band Knife Cloth Cutting Machine:

  • Clean the whole machine.
  • Remove the knife and clean the knife slides with the slot cleaner included with machine.
  • To prevent undue accumulation of lint do not oil the plate rollers. If the rollers stick, remove them from the plate and wash them in cleaning solvent.
  • Clean and oil the guides and bearings.
  • Check the wear of the lateral and the back roller, to see if it’s necessary to replace them.
  • Check the electrical wiring system.
  • Check the motor pulley guard.
  • Check the machine pullet guard.
  • Check all the screw & nut & Bolt.

Weekly Maintenance – Band Knife Cloth Cutting Machine:

  • Check and put oil if necessary all the joints.
  • Oil level check and refill.
  • Use an approved air hose or bellows to blow any lint from around the motor and sharpener.
  • Remove the cover and clean any lint from around the screw mechanism in the sharpener.
  • Apply one drop of oil only on the specified location at tubes, shaft pulley, and belt pulley.
  • Check the motor pulley & machine pulley guard.
  • Electrical wiring should be check.

Monthly Maintenance – Band Knife Cloth Cutting Machine:

  • Carry out the daily and weekly lubrication schedules.
  • Remove the plug and insert a grease tube. Squeeze an amount of grease approximately the size of a pea into the opening.
  • Check the tightness of the operating handle to ensure a secure connection.
  • Check the sharpener and the sharpener lever sharpener belt.
  • Check the knife and if necessary change.
  • Check the bevel on both sides of the knife. Readjust if necessary.
  • Clean all the grease and dirty from the Sharpening Assembly, with compressed air, as well as from the Sharpening Motor Belt.
  • Check the wear of the sharpening belt and change them if necessary.

Process sequence in cutting quality:

  1. Fabric inspection report.
  2. Dimension test result report (shrinkage test).
  3. Shade approved checked report.
  4. Finished GSM report.
  5. Fabric relax report.
  6. Marker checked report.
  7. Color quantity shade record (Buy: H&M).
  8. Spreading quality control.
  9. Cutting quality control.
  10. Cut panel inspection report.
  11. Daily cut panel non conforming report.
  12. Collar cuff inspection report.
  13. Embroidery inspection report.
  14. Print  inspection report.
  15. Print & embroidery wash report.
  16. Precutting production meeting.

Man Power Utilization – Method One:

  • In cutting section 8 man use for 600 cm length and 176cm width lay spread.
  • Here avg.40.39 sec use for 1lay spread.
  • In spreading time cutter man cut fabric edge, gather and throughing time is avg. 18.68 sec
  • When cutter man cut fabric lay within this cutting time all worker finished their work.
  • All worker waiting avg. 9.09sec after lay giving.
  • This waiting time is  fabric gathering and throughing time for lay cutting man.
  • So 9.09 sec is non productive time for 7 worker.
  • I mean 7 worker use for lay spreading place of 8 worker.
  • Then worker can not wait for work. Non productive time will be less.
  • 1 worker will reduction in this process is possible.
Man Power Utilization – Method One
Man Power Utilization – Method One

Result: 1 man power reduce. Cost Reduction: 6000 taka  per month

Man Power Utilization – Method Two:

  • In cutting section 8 man use for manual fabric spread. And 6 man use for auto spreading.
  • When fabric is spreading by machine then workers use pipe for spread uniformly on table.
  • For using pipe less time need for spreading.
  • If we use pipe for manual method then less time required for spreading.
  • And less man power required 6 person use  place of 8 person.
  • Because 5 person use pipe for uniform spread and 1 for lay band knife cloth cutting machine.
Man Power Utilization - Method Two
Man Power Utilization – Reduction

Result: 2 man power reduce. Cost Reduce: 2*6000tk=12000tk per month

Band knife cloth cutting machine can applied for the above band saw safety rules

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Garments Textile ERP Software For Sale

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Digital Textile Printing Machine List and Description

Digital Textile Printing Machine List and Description

Printing Machine

There are different types of digital textile printing machine and garment printing machine is manufactured by the companies. Example of some machines are – Block Printing Machine, Roller Printing Machine, Screen Printing Machine, Flat-Screen Printing Machine,         Rotary Printing Machine, Transfer Printing Machine, Stencil Printing Machine, Digital Printing Machine, Batik Printing Machine etc.

Types of Printing Machine

SOP Of Textile Printing Machine :

Marking is done on printing machine bed for correct and accurate placement. Cut parts are placed on the m/c bed and screen is placed on top of cut parts.Prepared emulsion in form of paste is poured over the screen and is squeezed with help of roller or squeegee. Emulsion passes through screen and is fixed on the cut parts thus printing is done on cut parts.

Hand Curing : After printing when cut parts are removed from machine Manual hand curing is done      with the help of a dryer. This is done to dry the print so that it does not spread out.

Machine Curing: Temperature and run time of curing machine is adjusted according to nature of fabric Then cut parts are placed on the conveyer belt of curing machine and is passed through thus the print is completely dried up and printing is over.

Pilot Run and Bulk Production: After Order confirmation Bulk Production starts on planned date. Work stations are defined samples and mock-ups are kept for reference. Hourly Targets are given by IE dept at the time of Bulk Production. Same printing recipe is used which was developed at sampling stage.

The first 50 pcs are the pilot run samples which after sewing are sent for washing and after wash garments are reviewed. If after wash print quality is not ok then modification is done in recipe and recipe is finalized accordingly and we proceed with bulk production.

Quality Assurance: Approved Mock-ups are visually displayed in printing dept for reference. Marking is done on digital textile printing machine for correct print placement.Operators are being trained by supervisors and technicians. Operators have also been trained for self checking the pcs to ensure 100% quality. Recipe is written into local language Bangla which is best understood by the Supervisors and Operators.

Supplies Responsibilities:

Color: If colors are chosen from suppliers color palate, no lab dips are required. If colors are chosen from pantone, scotdic or another source, lab dips are submitted to customer following color approval procedure.

Testing: The Supplier must test blanks of all styles and all colors, following customer performance testing requirements. Note: If the same color/same style was used in a previous season , the supplier must have the color/ same style was used in a previous season, the supplier must have the style/ color retested. An exception would be an ongoing, uninterrupted program. In case, only new colors must be submitted for approval. Testing of all blanks is required on a yearly basis, following standard testing procedure.Bulk fabric should be sewn into approved style in supplier sample room and submitted for testing, prior to shipping to sewing factory.Submit to intertek testing under protocol 12- Garment testing, following the minimum sample requirements for the garment testing and additional color testing.

QA Audits : Perform the CWIQ evaluation on all colors. Conduct a Final cutting QC on all styles/shipments. This is including the measurement portion of the audit, following supplier spec sheet.

Vendor responsibilities : Conduct pre-production meeting to review the approved sample requirements, screen placement and any other customer requirement. Confirm all the colors match approved bilk sample garment, following customers colour approval procedure. Confirm main label and care label are correct as ordered.

During production :  In-line inspection of all the operations being performed. Opportunity to identify any machinery, operator, construction, workmanship or measurement issues and immediately correct. PTL sample is pulled and sent to Technical designer.

CWIQ Evaluation: Perform CWIQ evaluation on all colors and all screen prints. This should be completed during 1st print run per color.

Final Random Inspection: Conduct final random inspection(FRI), including both measurement and workmanship audit. The measurement portion of the audit is required, due to heat being applied during the printing process. Supplier spec should be followed for this audit.Sampling plan to be used for both the workmanship and measurement audit is based upon single sampling/S-4/Reduced, per color and for all purchase orders, regardless of size. 13 piece sample size, reject at 4.

Customer responsibilities:    Customer will verify all the styles have a passed intertek test report by season , noting the exception indicated above.Customer may select styles/purchase orders to be inspected our 3rd party. Factory inspection  procedure.

Advantages of Block Textile Printing Machine Works

  • Simple method of printing
  • No expensive equipment required
  • No limitation in repeat of size of style
  • Prints produced have great decorative value and stamp of craftsmanship
Digital Textile Printing
Digital Textile Bolck Printing

Disadvantages of Block Textile Printing Machine Works

  • Involves much manual work
  • Method is slow and therefore low output
  • Good skilled labors needed for multi color design
  • Fine and delicate designs hard to produce

Advantages of Roller Printing Machine Works

  • Large quantities of fabric at the rate of 914-3658m per hour can be printed.
  • Faulty joints or joint marks are absent.
  • Fine sharp outlines and good prints can be obtained which is difficult to get in block printing.

Disadvantages of Roller Printing Machine Works

  • Not economical for short run of fabrics.
  • Difficult to produce blotch designs.
  • Repeat of design limited to the size of the rollers.
  • Setup cost of roller printing m/c is high

Advantages of Stencil Printing Machine Works

  • Simple and cost effective.
  • Stencils can be made rapidly and can be used for small orders.
  • Color combination is good in it.
Digital Textile Printing Stencil
Textile StencilPrinting

Disadvantages of Stencil Printing Machine Works

  • Good design is difficult to obtain.
  • Process is laborious.
  • Not suitable for large scale production.
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List of Finishing Machine for Garments Factory

List of Finishing Machine for Garments Factory

Finishing Machine

Finishing machine for garments is very essential to improve the quality. Factory must have complete department structure with finishing machine comprising of all relevant categories to have smooth operational function. Daily attendance details certified by P.M./Section in charge have been available in each section for management information. Garment finishing machines must be provided with a complete sample for Packing along with all packing trims and approval from Technical department, which is certified by Q.A. Manager.

Finishing:

It is the process of value addition / Improvisation on the garment and making it presentable visually to satisfy the customer’s perspective of Good Quality and Appearance.The following processes constitute the Finishing department:

  • Thread Trimming
  • Inside Checking & Quality Checking
  • Ironing
  • Top Side Checking, Measurement and Quality Checking
  • Attaching Finishing and Packing Trims
  • Packing

Each finishing line consists of 1 Supervisor, 4 Inside Q/C’s, 4 Topside Q/C’s and 1 Hourly Auditor to maintain production as well as quality of the output.

Garment Finishing Machines:

Fusing Machine for Garments

T Shirt Heat Press Machine

Industrial Metal Detector

Best Handheld Metal Detector

Finishing Process:

Production Receiving: Details to be maintained by finishing department for non wash garments receiving from Production and Washed garments receiving from Washing.

Stores requisition: For trims and others to be prepared by finishing in charge and have to get approval from P.M or F.M to submit to Stores.

Finishing Process – Layout: To be prepared by Work study department and set targets with the approval from P.M.

Hourly production records: To be maintained to monitor hourly targets. Production recorder has to forward it hourly to Finishing in charge through supervisors.

Garment return records / Style reconciliation: To be maintained and style reconciliation reports to be submit to F.M. on completion of each style

Approved Trim Card:  This has to be approved by the Merchandiser and certified by Q.A. Manager prior to handing over to Factory.All sections have to follow this for fabric and all trims to be used for particular style.    

Finishing Process – Approved Packing Sample: Technical department have to provide a complete packing sample with all trims attached to the garment and with approved folding method. Q.A Manager has to certify this sample before sending to finishing machine department. Also a sample tag should be attached to the garment which includes complete details such as buyer, P.O. number, style number along with the signature of person’s approved and certified.

Finishing Process - Approved Packing Sample
Approved Packing Sample

Q.C And Q.I. Instruction: Finishing machine of Q/A In charge has to provide complete instructions about the style/garments checking in finishing, Clock wise/sequence checking of garment, about ZONES of the garment to consider defects to be analyzed and clear instructions to be given to Q.C’s and Q.I.’s

Finishing Process – Target Setting: Section Q.C. In charge has to set target for Q.I’s with consultation of I.E. department and has to monitor hourly individual production.

After Wash Checking: Q.I to be instructed by the Q.C about sequence of checking and zones of the garment. This can be illustrated with sketch or photo attached to the Q.C instruction sheet. Then Hourly quality inspection report to be maintained by Q.I’s, entering the observations/ findings and it’s quantities. Finishing Q.C and Finishing supervisor have to note defect and rework quantities hourly basis and assure acceptable quality levels are maintained in this points. Each Q.I.’s identification mark to be attached in an invisible place in each passed garment.

Pressing Quality: Finishing Q.C along with Finishing supervisor has to give instructions for pressing the garment. Q.C is responsible to assure the standard of garment pressing is acceptable.

Finishing Process – Measurements: Waist and inseam of each garment to be measured on table. In addition to these, three pieces of each size covering full size set to be measured by finishing Q.C for all measurement points’ specified. This exercise to be in practice twice a day and report to be submitted to Q.A.M daily. Q/C and Q/I should be instructed clearly about measuring points as per the particular buyer’s measurement guide

Finishing Process – Appearance Check: Finishing Q.C has to instruct Q.I’s to perform this activity in Q.C instruction sheet. General appearance, presentation of the garment and trim placement to be taken care at this point. Each Q.I’s identification label to be attached to the garment at an invisible place.

Finishing Process – A.Q.L. Audit: Independent auditor has to conduct this audit for the quantity accumulated in each two hour intervals per day. Sample quantity for A.Q.L 1.5 to be selected randomly for each lot to do the audit. Result of this audit report is to be submitted to Q.A.M at completion. In the event of any lot is failed, it has to be kept in a separate location for rechecking, avoiding mix up with passed lots.

Pre Final Inspection (Internal): Finishing Q.C in charge has to conduct pre      final inspection at A.Q.L 1.5.It is advisable to conduct first pre final when complete 10% of packing or any style to minimize recheck quantity, incase of inspection failed. Also the advantage of this percentage will be to do correction at a small quantity. Pre final inspection report to be submitted to Q.A.M upon completion. .

Final Inspection (Internal): This inspection to be conducted by Q.A.M at completion of at least 80% of each style before submitting merchandise to buyer’s inspection.

Finishing A.Q.L. Audits – Daily And Monthly Summary: Finishing  in charge has to maintain these summaries daily and monthly and submit to Q.A.M. to submit for management review. This is very important as it is a KEY PRODUCTIVITY  INDICATOR (K.P.I) in finishing quality

Finishing Process – Finishing Defects/Rejects – Daily And Monthly Summary: Finishing in charge has to maintain these summaries daily and monthly and submit to Q.A.M. to submit for management review. This is very important as it is a KEY PRODUCTIVITY INDICATOR (K.P.I) in finishing machine quality.

Finishing Process – Buyer’s Final Inspection Result Summary – Monthly: Finishing in charge has to maintain summary report for each month and submit to Q.A.M. to submit for management

SOP for Finishing :

  • First of all, pcs are received from wash lot wise. The Hourly auditor picks up pcs randomly, checks for hand feel and shade; does rough ironing and checks the measurements. If any issues are encountered, it is immediately informed to the Finishing In-charge and the pcs are sent for rewash.
  • 100% process thread trimming is done.
  • 100% process inspection is done by In Side Q/C. Defective garments are sent for alteration / rejection based on the type, size and location of defect.
  • Ironing is done for In Side pass pcs.
  •  100% process inspection is done by Top Side Q/C for Quality as well as measurement. Defective garments are sent for alteration / rejection based on the type, size and location of defect.
  • All the pass pcs  are attached with Packing trims and packed after shade and size assortment to ensure that each carton should contain same shade garments only.
  • The hourly auditor does 12 Pcs audit per hour per lot and does 3 pcs measurement checking per hour.
  • The Internal audit is carried out after this. The auditor checks 32 Pcs twice a day (before lunch and after lunch). The auditor also inspects quality and measurements for each size covering all colors.
  • 100% External inspection is done to confirm the Packing Accuracy.
  • After This CT PAT (Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) audit is done. After this process, Pre Final inspection is carried out.
  • Pre Final is done to check the quality and measurement of the packed goods based on AQL 2.5 system per lot.
  • If any of the above mentioned quality checks fail, the pcs are again sent to the 1st process i.e. Thread Trimming and entire cycle is reworked.
  • After passing Pre Final, Buyer Inspection is done for quality and measurement of the packed goods based on AQL 2.5 system.
  • Once, the packed goods pass the Buyer Inspection, the Goods can be shipped.

Reports in Finishing Section: Eight reports are being made in the Finishing Section:

  1. Finishing Quality Inspection Report
  2. Style/ Line OQL Summary
  3. Hourly Final Audit Report
  4. Measurement Chart Fit Audit Report (By Q/C)
  5. Measurement Chart Fit Audit Report (By Auditor)
  6. Inline/ Final Inspection report
  7. Weekly Root Cause Analysis chart
  8. Finishing Q/C, Iron Man and Folding man Counseling report

Finishing Process – Shipment Documents

Autogarment has got a separate commercial department to arrange and prepare the shipping documents foe smooth shipment of goods to our buyer. The commercial department checks all the relevant shipping documents through a checklist before shipment of goods.

Autogarment follows below mentioned procedure to prepare the shipping documents in different stage:

  1. When goods are ready for shipments, immediately PROJECT STITCH contacts the buyer nominated forwarder to get the booking confirmation and stuffing details. On the basis of above PROJECT STITCH starts preparing the shipping the shipping documents.
  2. Goods send to forwarder along with invoice and packing list signed by Commercial Manager.
  3. Prepare and arrange commercial invoice, final packing list, multiple country declaration, and manufacturer certificate, certificate of origin, wearing apparels details and bill of lading send to forwarder. Above documents are checked and signed by Commercial Manager.
  4. Before sending the above documents to forwarder commercial staff in charge of export check and verifies the documents through a set checklist (if any specific buyer has any checklist that is also adhered to) and that checklist includes concerned persons signature for accuracy of the documents. If they find any discrepancy in the documents, they bring it into the notice of the concerned staff for correction or rectification. Only then the documents are put to Commercial Manager for final checking for his signature. The commercial Manager only signs when he finds there is no discrepancy in the documents as finishing process
Engr. Kh. Mashiur Rahman, Garments Auto Machine Technologist, Web: www.autogarment.com, Email: [email protected], Cell: +88 017 92 52 53 54