garment finishing

1. D E P A R T M E N T O F G A R M E N T E N G I N E E R I N G
SECTION A PEER GROUP 2
NAME ID
1 ) KIBROM G/HER………………………………………………0501631
2) SEID ABDU…………………………………………………….0 502316
3) HENORIA MAHAUMED…………………………..…………0501511
4) HALFEOM MOGES…………………………………………..0501425
5) BERKET ALBACHEW………………………………………. ..0500536
SUBMITTED TO YETANAWORK W.
SUBMITTED DATE 29/04/2007E.C
Bahir dar university
Ethiopian institute of textile and fashion
technology (EITEX)

2. The technology of ironing for knitting
garments

3. introduction
 What is ironing ?
Ironing is the use of heated tools( an iron) to remove wrinkles from the
fabric by using temperature, steam and pressure from the surface of the
fabric.

4. What is knitted garments?
 Knitwear is the most common method of inter looping and is
the second only to weaving as a method of manufacturing textile
products. Knitwear is made directly from yarn by stitching
structure and specialized machinery the process is different
from regular garment which made from fabric. The difference
of stitching structure and yarn quality of knitwear found that
in the ironing process some color is changed and variations
of size specification.
 Knitwear is normally made of wool, cotton, acrylic or silk yarns
and are loose knitted which gives a soft fluffy handle, good for
keeping in the warmth. This also means that heavy treatment is
likely to damage the garment and that they are likely to distort
very easily.

5. Cont..
 Fashion and comfort in knitwear is the key for its multi dimensional
growth and development. The least turn around time from yarns to
garments make it easier for the knitted garments to reach because
faster production than the woven.
 the knitwear manufacturers today, are increasingly investing in good
spreading, cutting ,and ironing machines to avoid any tensioning or
stretching.

6. Factors Affecting the Knitwear during Ironing.
 The dimensional change on the knitted garment because of the
direct contact between the fabric and the iron soul plate so the fabric
easily deform (stretching) because the knitwear fabrics are made from
the loop.
 Color changing on the knit ware.
 there is shine or marks on the faced of the garments because of the
direct contact of iron with garments.
So they need to create automatic ironing machine in order to maintain
the steams distribution, pressure heat on the garment and to give good
look or fresh garments .

7. What is automatic ironing machine?
 AIM is a design that uses an innovative framework and motorized
mechanisms to effectively iron various clothes by minimizing the
difficulties in the task of ironing. which is able to iron any cloth (shirt,
trousers etc.) within a time frame of maximum 30-35 seconds without
any external help from the user except feeding the cloth. Here two irons
are used to increase the effectiveness and speed of ironing as well as
reduce the overall time taken for one cloth (by ironing it from both
sides i.e. up & down simultaneously).

8. Types of machines
1) COSMOTEX automatic ironing TV-CON
2) COSMOTEX steaming and vacuum table / vaporizadora TV
3) COSMOTEX ironing machine COT
4) COSMOTEX automatic ironing PRECON
5) Viet 7506 up steam tables
6) knitwear finisher

9. 1. COSMOTEX automatic ironing TV-CON)
technical features
Automatic cycle Include PLC with
different cycles
Fan power 1HP
Steam consumption 25 kg.v.h
Air consumption 80 l/min
Air pressure 4-6 kg/cm2

10. COSMOTEX automatic ironing TV-CON
 Achieve maximum performance, Cosmotex ironing machine offers the
flexibility for a wide variety of applications to iron any kind of knit wear.
 TVCON is able for ironing from simple T-shirt to high quality sweaters.
 Comfortable to use: easy to learn and easy to operate for two or three
operators which can iron two or three pieces at the same time.
 Easy Maintenance and reliability : low ongoing costs for parts and
maintenance labor. Machine fitted with standard electronic parts that you
can find easily in your local market.
 High productivity: you can achieve from 2500 to 3500 pieces per 8 hour
shift.

11. Machine parts and operators
They have two plates
1. A plate for steaming and ironing the knitted garment
2. For vacuum and cooling the garment
The two plates are connected with automatic conveyer belt.
They have steam generating inside and programming time for setting the garment
on the plates.
And self controlled machine. Allowing production line
Working with three operators
1. Ironing
2. Labeling
3. folding and packing

12. Operating mechanism COSMOTEX automatic ironing TV-CON
 ENTRANCE AREA: garments are
located in this plate while
steaming is done with temperature
to prepare the garment fibers
before being ironed by the
operator hand, using special
gloves.
 EXIT AREA: alter the steaming
process; the Conveyor Belt carries
the garments to the second plate for
vacuum process. Vacuum will
remove the humidity to prepare
for folding and packaging process.

13. Ironing with steam and special gloves

14. 2.) COSMOTEX steaming and vacuum table / vaporizadora TV
technical features
Automatic cycle OPCIONAL PLC with
different cycles
Fan power 1HP
Steam consumption 15- 25 Kg.v.h
Air consumption 0-40 l/min
Plate dimension Untill / hasta
3000x1000mm
Air pressure 4-6 kg/cm2

15. COSMOTEX steaming and vacuum table / vaporizadora TV
 Achieve maximum performance, Cosmotex ironing machine offers the flexibility for
a wide variety of applications to iron any kind of knit wear.
 TV is able for ironing from simple T-shirt to high quality sweaters .Comfortable to
use: easy to learn and easy to operate.
 Easy Maintenance and reliability: low ongoing costs for parts and
maintenance labor.
 Machine fitted with standard electronic parts that you can find easily in your
local market. Working surface of large dimensions: Dimensions from 1800x800mm
to 3000x1000mm.
 All the models have a steam chambers to guarantee an optimum thermal
exchange and ensure the uniformity and quicker spread of the steam along
the plate surface (as opposed toolder type system which run steam through
coiled tubes or the models with electrical resistances as used by other machine
producers).

16. Operating mechanism
 1. the garment put in the plate  2. Then the steam will release from
the below of the buck to the
garment with in high pressure to
the knit wear.

17. cont
 3. The operator labeling the
garment with special glove.
 The after some time will be pick up
from the machine

18. 3.) COSMOTEX automatic ironing machine Knitting
Blanks – Cosmotex COT
STEAMING SIZE 120CM (IN
WIDTH)
BIG PRODUCTIVITY UP TO 600
PIECE/HOUR
ELECTRONIC CONTROL OF THE
SPEED
REDUCED MAINTENANCE
REQUIRIMENTS
AUTOMATIC STACKER OPTIONAL

19. TECHNICAL FEATURES
 Entrance plate with steaming system
 Central plate with steaming system
 Exit plate with vacuum system for drying
 Upper plate with steaming system
 Top plate height and tilt adjustable
 Adjustable steam flow in all the steaming plates
 Edges fabric open Roller located in Entrance plate
 Beginning and end fabric open Roller located in Entrance plate

20. Operating mechanism
1. Enter position of knitting Blanks
with in the rollers at the entry
plat gives steam to the garment
also at the central plate

21. Operating mechanism
 2.after achievement the required pressure and temperature Unrolling
cylinder with temperature
 3. the conveyor belt transfer from the entrance to the existing point

22. Operating mechanism
 4.) they have vacuum in the
existing

23. 4.) COSMOTEX automatic ironing PRECON
Technical features
Automatic Cycle INCLUDED PLC with
different cycles
Fan power 1HP
Steam consumption Air
consumption
60 Kg.v.h
Air consumption 80 l/min
Air pressure 4-6 kg/cm2

24. Specification
 Machine with conveyer belt to ironing and steaming all kind of knitted.
 High productivity up to 8 garments in minutes
 High quality for finishing a garments
 4 programmable to control the cycle.
 Standard plate measures 1.800 mm x 900 mm
 Automatic back stacker to collect the ironed garment optional.
 Steam generator built in optional.

25. PRECON
 PRECON ensures your garments quality at affordable maintenance: Achieve
maximum performance, Cosmotex ironing machine offers the flexibility for a
wide variety of applications to iron any kind of knit wear. PRECON is able
for ironing from simple T-shirt to high quality sweaters.
 Comfortable to use: easy to learn and easy to operate for one or two
operators which can iron one or two pieces at the same time.
 Easy Maintenance and reliability: low ongoing costs for parts and
maintenance labour. Machine fitted with standard electronic parts that you
can find easily in your local market.
 High productivity: you can achieve approximately from 3 to4 pieces per
minute with one operator or from 6 to 8 pieces per minute with two
operators.

26. Operation break dawn
 1. The cloth is placed in the frame
as shown in the figure:
 WIRE FRAME: The frame is used to taunt the
cloth so that it can be easily ironed. The frame is
fixed in the machine but you can adjust the
width of the frame with in the garment width.
The operator feeding the garment to the wire.

27. Operation break dawn
 2. Automatic back stacker to
collect the ironed garments

28. COSMOTEX automatic ironing PRECON

29. Mechanisms
1. front plate Steaming for ironing
2. frame wire to hold the garments.
3. Laser for garment positioning
4. Middle bottom plate for steaming and vacuum up to process.
5. Middle top plate for pressing and steaming for excellent finishing.
6. Vacuum back plate for garment drying.
7. Automatic back stacker to collect the ironed garments

30. 5 )Viet 7506 up steam tables

31. Features of up steam table
1. The up steam technology Is to provide stem to the garment from the
surface of the table itself and then after finishing, providing suction on
the same table that helps in removing the steam from the garment
keeping the garment cool and dry.
2. On the upstream table steaming is done completely at the same time,
where as in a normal ironing table the stem from the iron to be moved
above every part of the garment to do steaming resulting in
considerable wastage of time and reducing the product
3. there is no shine or marks on the faced of the garments as the steam is
applied from the bottom side and the garment lock's great and
presentable

32. Cont…
3. The sizing of the garment can easily be done with prefixed frames over
which the garment will be loaded before the start of the process resulting
in stabilizing the garments sizes upon steaming
4. The technology allows steaming as well as drying from the steam
table, the embroideries or printing will not come in direct contact of
steaming resulting in producing good quality without spoiling the fell
garments and the value addition method
5. this stand alone unit of up steam table doesn’t require any additional
utilities other than the steam connection and single phase which makes
it easier to instill in any factory

33. Operations
 First The operator load the garment on the table.
 Then set the steam
 Then labeling the garment with special gloves
 Then sucking the moisture by manually by pressing button by foot
 Then removing the garment from the table

34. 6.) knitwear finisher
 The VEIT 8410 Knitwear Finisher is
a revolutionary concept for sizing
and finishing of all types of knit
tops. The machine will
accommodate polo-shirts,
sweatshirts, sweaters and other
similar garments (long and short
sleeves), and produce a consistent
high quality mark-free finish.
 Knitwear Finisher, all areas of the
garment are carefully finished due
to the precise design of the form.

35. knitwear finisher
 Hems are flat finished without marks on the outer face of the fabric
 Perfectly pressed side seams which are placed precisely on the form (to
the back or the front of the garment as required)
 Clamp for holding collar and neck neatly in place throughout the
finishing process
 Shoulder and armhole seams rest perfectly on the body form for
optimal finish results

36. Advantages
 Substantial High Productivity (increased output of up to 300 % - 75 shirts per
hour with a single
 machine compared to 25 shirts per hour with conventional steam and
vacuum tables).
 Sizing is accurately controlled to exact body width and length specifications
as a result of the
 flexibility of the machine.
 No skilled operators are necessary due to the easy operation of the machine.
 Automatic seam clamping saves time with the placement of the garment.
 This machine was specially designed for the finishing of knitwear.

37. 1.) put the garment on the form
2.) attaché the sleeves and the
collars with in the clamper
Operation mechanisms

38. 3.) steam releasing from the inside
the form
4.) then stay on the form for a time
Proses

39. Reference
 www.veit-group.com
 www.cosmotex.net