Textiles - Manufacturing Industry

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What are the types of production?

One off- Designing and making a single product to a client's specification

Batch - Manufacturing a speific number ( could be a lot) 

Mass - Industrial scale of manufacturing large quantities usually on one production line suitable for products that seldom need to be redesigned and needed in very large numbers

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What is Just In Time Stock Control?

- Cost effective method of ordering products, componrny + subassemblies

- Arrive just before they're needed

- Stock storage time is reduced

- Mistake hold up production

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Tools + Equiptment

Computers - used for producing Lay plans which work out exactly where to place each pattern piece to best use the fabric. 

- Plotters - Mark out pattern pieces + any contruction instructions such as dartd

- Band saw - Used by s skilled operator. Used for cutting out multipule layers of fabric quickly.      Metal chain mail gloves are worn to protect the workers hands.

- A CAM cutting machine - Automatically cuts out pieces following the lay plan. It cuts fabric quickly + accurately using vertical knives, high pressure water jets or lasers. Many layers can be cut out at once meaning less labour costs +more efficiency

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Sewing machine stitches

Lockstitch - Sewing seams (straight stitch)

Overlocker - Stitches, cuts, finishes seams in one process

Seam cover - Used for sewing belt loops

Automatic buttonhole - Used for sewing buttonhole

CAD/CAM - Multiheaded embroidery machine

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What are handtools + equiptment used for?

- Designing

- Colouring + embelilishing

- Measuring + marking

- Cutting

- Heating + pressing

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What is a Digital Jet Printer?

- Prints out fabric

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How does Computer Aided Designing help design?

- Wrting document + creating display boards

- Digital photography + video making

- Designing + sampling

- Putting together slideshow presentations

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How does computer aided manufacturing help manufac

- Designs can be sent to printing manufacturer to ease printing orders

- makes it possible for just in time ordering

- Allows companies to manufacture on a global scale (assists with globalisation)

- Colours can be matched to the design

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How is ICT used for presentation?

- Present ideas to client on screen or by email

- Designs can quickly be modified according to feedback

- Speeds up the process of design

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What is CNC?

- Computer Numerical Control

- machines for printing, cutting, joining and many other textiles processes

- CNC-automated machines can repeat processes with accuracy and reliability, and are easily reprogrammed when changes to design or production run are needed

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How is CNC used in clothing maucfacure?

- Pick-up fabric from the storeroom

- Spread + cut the fabric

- Lable, bundle + tansport cut - fabric pieces ready for assembly

-  Move cut-fabric pieces around the factory on an overhead conveyor 

- Automate processes like buttonholing + embroidery

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What is CIM?

- Computer-integrated manufacturing

- integrate or link CAD and CAM systems. These combined systems link design development, production planning and manufacturing systems together.

- Companies that use CIM are able to design a product in one country and manufacture it  overseas where labour costs are lower

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What are production plans

- Important in planning tools in batch + mass production

- Sets out the information + all stages of production

- Ensures products are made in the same way so that they are identical

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How is a Work Schedule important?

- Sets out instructions about the prder of assembly, stitch type processes used, time catch process will take seam allowance

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What is Sub Assembly and why is helpful?

- Part of production is made on another production line + then added to main production line

- Speads up productions

- An example is handles for a bag

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What is Quality Assurance and why is it used

- A system set up to ensure a product meets the specification its about a set of standards

- Less wastage of material + time

- Fewer returns

- Gain a good reputation

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What is Quality Control?

- Quality is checked at various stages of manufacture - usually at 3 main critical control points

- If faults are found then modifications have to be made + products are fed back into the production line

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What are Tolerances?

- Margins of error

- Measurements are allowed between certain tolerances

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