3. 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. also can be different variation such
as.
acrylic mélange, blended acrylic, mixed wool, mixed cotton,
chenille, popcorn, angora, cashmere, tape yarn and many more.
4. 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
5. Yarn cone distribution section
After coning the yarns a distributor distributes yarn cone to the knitting
operator as per requirement. Normally the distributor is used that quantity of
yarn to knit one dozen of sweater to one knit operator
6. Knitting section
There are different types of techniques to knit a sweater. Knitting operators knit the
sweater according to design chart which is developed by the designer. A designer can
make the design or developing by the design chart as given by the buyer 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.
7. Knitted panel inspection
This is the process to check the different knitted panel. After knitting the different
pieces of sweater, the knitting inspectors check the quality of knitted fabric on the
basis of some criteria. These are- checking panel measurement, test the knitting
tension, identification of knitting mistake, style check, design check, spot check,
foreign yarn mistake check etc.
8. 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
9. Linking inspection section
After linking the body parts, it will be inspected by the Q.C team in the ispection
section.Parts up down,thread matching,thread tension, stripe checking,neck
opening check etc .
10. Linking continue/trimming section
At this stage extra threads are removed or inserted into the body panel. Then the
garments are sent to light check inspection section for proper checking.
11. Light check inspection
In this process sweaters are checked by using cylindrical shaped inspection kits &
there is a filter light inside the cylinder.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.