Step by Step T-Shirt Manufacturing Process with Machine Layout Plan

What is T-shirt?
A t-shirt or tee is a short-sleeved casual top, generally made of cotton, having the shape of a T when spread out flat. To produce high quality garment in apparel manufacturing industry, a perfect machine layout plan must be required. Before starting the manufacturing of t-shirt, production manager prepare a machine layout plan for quick output. Round neck t-shirt stitching process is divided into 4 sections.

These are in below:

1. Front side
2. Back side
3. Sleeves
4. Neck joint

Step by Step T-shirt Manufacturing Process:
To assemble the t-shirt, different types of industrial sewing machines are arranged by following the layout plan. Line balancing of sewing machines are mainly depends on the process of t-shirt manufacturing. However, the t-shirt manufacturing process can be changed according to the style of garment.

Here I have mentioned the sewing sequence of t-shirt production:

Matching the number and size with back and front part
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Join the shoulder
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Attached Interlining
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Over lock the lining
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Ready the neck rib for collar
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Join the neck rib piping edge by plain machine
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Neck joint
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Over locking the neck
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Neck tape join and also attached the size label
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Neck rib top stitch
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Attached the main label
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Sleeve marking and numbering with body parts
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Sleeve hem
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Sleeve joint with the body part
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Attached arm side hem
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Side seam and at this moment join the care label
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Sleeve tuck
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Bottom hem tuck at the end
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Bottom hem
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Inspection

Line Balancing or Machine Layout Plan of T-Shirt Manufacturing Process:
Here you will find out the machine layout plan for t-shirt for 180 pieces per hour. Types of machines that are mostly used in t-shirt manufacturing, but this line balancing should be changed when the t-shirt style are different.

The Life Cycle of a T-Shirt Manufacturing:

1. Raw Materials – fertilizer, energy, water;
2. Processing – energy, cleaners, dyes;
3. Manufacturing – energy, waste;
4. Packaging – paper, plastics, waste;
5. Transport – energy;
6. Use – bleach, detergents, water, energy;
7. Either one of – disposal (landfill) or reuse (go back to 6), or recycle (go back to 1).

A lifecycle approach helps us to engage in whole systems thinking –both understanding the complex interactions between energy and material throughout the life of a product, and thinking in the long term about the impact these interactions will have on the environment and society.

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Jahanara Rony

Editor of Fashion2Apparel. She is a fashion designer and ex-lecturer in Fashion Designing. She wants to spread fashion knowledge throughout the world.

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