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Circular Knitting Machine’s Parts of and Their Function

2019-09-13T19:41:00.001+06:00

Circular Knitting Machine’s Parts of and Their Function

Knitting:

Knitting is a method of constructing fabric by interlocking series of loop of one or more yarns. The word “Knitting” derived from the original Anglo Saxon words “Cnyttan” which means to weave threads by hand. Original Knitting was by hand on straight or round needles by slipping stitches from one needle to another, resulting in a new stitch with each change.

Types of Knitting: There are two types of Knitting:

Warp Knitting

Weft Knitting

Warp Knitting:

In warp knitting, one or two yarn produce vertical column of loops and fabric is produced at length way. In a warp structure, each loop in the horizontal direction is made from a different thread and the no of threads used to produce such a fabric is at least equal to the number of loops in horizontal raw. In warp knitting, the threads run thoroughly in a vertical direction. For example, Net, Mesh fabric etc.

Weft or Circular Knitting:

In weft knitting, one yarn produces a horizontal row of loops and fabric is produced at width way. In a weft knitted structure, a horizontal raw of loops can be made by using one thread and the thread runs in horizontal direction. e.g. – single jersey, rib, interlock etc.

Circular Knitting Machine:

Circular knitting machine is widely used throughout the knitting industry to produce fabric. This machine can be built in almost any reasonable diameter and the small diameter of up to five, which are used for wear.

Machine for outerwear and under wear may vary from 12 inch to 60 inch in diameter according to manufactures requirement. This machine can be used either as fabric or for making garments completely with fancy stitch. Latch needles are commonly employed in all modern circular machines because of their simple action and also their ability to process more types of yarns.

Plain circular m/c uses only one sets of needles, circular rib m/c uses two sets of needles i, e, Cylinder needle and Dial needle, the interlock circular knitting m/c also uses two sets of needles by needles are long and short respectively for both dial and cylinder, that is why multiple design and thick fabric can be produce with that m/c. That m/c is also called double Jersey m/c.

Description of knitting parts:

Cam

Cam is a device which converts rotary machine drive into a suitable reciprocating action for the needles and other elements. The cams are carefully profiled to produce precisely-time movement and dwell periods and are two types, engineering and knitting cams.

Knit Cam: It moves the needle upward enough to clear the old loop and receive the new yarn

Tuck Cam: It moves the needle upward not enough to clear. The old loop but receive the new yarn

Miss cam: It does not move the needle upward. The needles neither clear the old loop nor receive the new yarn.

Sinker: It is a thin metal plate with an individual or collective operation approximately at right angles at the hook side between adjacent needles.In circular knitting m/c sinker helps to form the loop by holding down

Creel: Creel is a part of knitting machine. Here yarn packages are stored for yarn feeding in the machine

MPF: It’s mean Memminger positive feed. It gives equal length yarn distribution in the knitting cycle.

MPF Wheel: Its control the speed of the MPF. Pulley belt gives motion to the wheel.

Needle: Needle is a primary knitting element. It gives movement according to the cam arrangement.

Cam box: Where cam are placed horizontally in the box.

Sinker ring: It is a ring where all sinkers are placed together.

Brush

It cleans the pulley belt.

Feeder: Feeder is a device where yarn passes through the knitting section.

Feeder ring: It is a ring where all feeders are place together.

Inlet & outlet stop motion: It is an important part of the machine. It stops the machine instantly when a yarn breaks.

Yarn guide pipe: It helps the yarn to feed in the feeder & also reduce ply.

Pulley belt: It controls the rotation of the MPF wheel.

VDQ Pulley: It is a very important part of the machine. It controls the quality of the product. Altering the position of the tension pulley changes the G.S.M of the fabric. If pulley moves towards the positive directive then G.S.M decreases and reverse direction G.S.M will increase

Visual Dictionary Fast React

2019-09-13T12:07:00.001+06:00

Visual Dictionary Fast React

The most dynamic character of Fast React its unique visual illustration

Let’s have a look some important notation of graphic alarm in Fast React System.

Fast React Keywords: Important Notions

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Fast React Keywords: Important Notions

Line Capacity

How many minutes are available in every hour of each line (calculated by the number of workers multiplied by 60 minutes)

Line based on 28 workers’, Hourly Capacity in single line

=28*60=1680 minutes. You remember that you will make plan based on garments SAM which is also the value stands in minute.

There are 2 ways of setting the capacity.

1) Fixed Capacity – Most Suitable for line producing same product over the year. Small industry, like producing T-Shirt over the year in same floor can use same configuration, no need adjustment.

2) Flexible Capacity – applicable for line configurations that changes based on the product type. More for factories with a bigger product mix.

Critical Path

This is a list of events which must happen for the order to begin e.g. Sample approved and order fabric. This does not include production operations (also known as Time & Action). Before start bulk production each event needs to complete on time.

Production Planning Software│Fast React

2019-09-11T20:31:00.002+06:00

Production Planning Software │Fast React

There is lot of visual planning software using around the globe for production planning so called ERP, and fast react is always top rated in production planning. Fast react is really very fast in acting, user friendly features which is very much suitable beside large scale production house to the small shop floor. According need team is always ready to modify the software. Visual planning board gives very accurate and easy tracking in production process and take initiative and adjustment as per progress.

Fast React is an advance and global software solutions expert in Fashion, Supply Chain, and Textile Planning and Controlling. It is user friendly easy and faster in react. Started their journey in 1999, it’s cool and significant part is continuous development and adjustment in technology based on customer requirement and solution.

Coats Global Services Limited Established Fast react beside it is well known for solution GSD and Threadsol. Coats is unique brand of thread supplier more than 250years of extensive footprint in foot ware and fashion industry.

Fast React provides one stop solution in major 3 extensions of business

⇒Vision Fashion PLM and Sourcing: This module is designed to collaborate current market demand of faster changing in fashion industry and sourcing and supply chain. This help to design more options in phase of product development with efficient timeframe. Buyer can control over vendor capacity order allocation so called PO status. It is modern and advance integration of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) module over conventional methods.

Fashion PLM and Sourcing

⇒Evolve Fashion Production Planning and Control: This is the best practices and solution of production planning and control in Apparel and Footwear workshop. It is designed to meet Increasing demand of shortage Lead Time over the Globe, collaboration between booking raw material, capacity management of production unit, supply chain control. The amazing fact is, this module gives visual appearance of each stage to ensure smooth and advance alert to the team. It build a dimensional team and evaluate performance in each department. Help to faster and efficient information and foresee Planning, Production Shipment team. It is very easy, efficient and best control practice for high level (order allocation in group factory) or low level (short or single unit).

Apparel Workshop

⇒Align Textile Production Planning and Control: It is more critical to control and synchronize between large volume of Textile industry and back processes. Any failure in each sections cause devastation and failure time line, ultimate delay the customer delivery. As an owner of account Align Textile Production Planning and Control proven the best practices of and control production planning and execution in bulk stages. It is more easy and realistic measurement tools to take up order and delivery according to commitment. In a single frame it helps to look dyeing, knitting, finishing, production.

Textile Production

Production Planning and Controlling in Garments industry

2019-09-11T19:35:00.003+06:00

Production Planning and Controlling in Garments industry

Production planning and controlling department is the heart of modern clothing industry. Shortly abbreviate as PPC. PPC plays roles from order taking from buyer to ex-factory the goods according to the commitment. Capacity planning, forecasting, delivery confirmation to buyer, making details plan of each order’s, pre-production planning, critical path management, pro-active follow up in bulk, supply chain synchronization, adjustment based on progress, set target in each section. In this article you will study job area and responsibility of Production Planning and controlling department in clothing industry.

Before you start, let study the term below,

PRODUCTION: In a simplified way to describe that, production is a process of conversion of raw materials to finished goods. In clothing industry; Fabric (S/J, Rib, Terry, and Fleece etc.), Accessory (Sewing thread, button, zipper etc.) is the raw material and Pants, Jacket, Leggings is the finished product.

PLANNING: This is the technique which will let to forecast in process, calculate potential complications and adopts solution in advance to ensure the execution of production progress is smooth, within timeline and in best direction.

CONTROL: This is the most important phase of planning, from pre-production to bulk each process need to perform as per schedule. There is timeline to perform each process which combined execution on time ensure the plan is feasible. If any process is failed to perform as per calendar it impacts next processes and ultimate failure for end result.

Production Planning and Controlling schematic arrangement

Job area of Production Planning and Controlling Department:

PPC department is treated as smartest and unique Gate Keeper of others department. PPC department actively need to work with another department directly, as a PPC you need to work with other department directly to make that ensure below key tasks.

You can represent PPC job area in below diagram and it is easy appreciative that you need to work with all the constituent part of the factory and connect each of the department to achieve factory ultimate goal.

Roles of Production planning and controlling department:

➤PPC department ensure smooth supply chain practice of an industry.

➤Calculate factory capacity, follow up accordingly with Sales MER to ensure order loading

➤Allocate order to the subsidiary factory, monitor and control shipment deadline

➤Calculate factory capacity; daily, weekly, monthly & yearly.

➤Work directly with merchandising & production dept. and make bridge.

➤Follow up production plan and ensure each event execution as per plan schedule.

➤Make Plan for Confirm, Projection & Forecast order.

➤Synchronize the Supply Chain in respect of Production Planning to ensure the full quantity & on time shipment.

➤Maintain the interpersonal relationship to build up a strong bridge of communication between each department

➤Daily basis tracking production progress, adjust in Fast react accordingly. Any delay or advance of sewing lines make adjustment in other processes.

➤Closely work with Compliance & Safety related issues and consider in planning. Ex: Working hour adjusted as per policy.

➤Material issue in the production as per consumption and make sure no excess wastage.

➤MPP- monitoring the process of production.

➤INV-Inventory control

➤Provide the sewing target (Daily/Weekly basis) & plan sheet to production floor.

➤Daily basis input monitoring and discussion in daily production meeting with team against plan and actual deviation

➤Accurate &timely planning & reporting; stand up in case of any idle and shipment issue arise

➤T&A calendar preparation, critical path management.

➤Coordinate with other department relating with production to achieve regular balanced & uninterrupted production flow.

➤Collect SMV from IE department in order to set up line in curve (Progression) & sewing target.

➤Daily basis hit rate sharing for cutting, sewing, and packing and evaluate performance.

➤Arrange weekly capacity meeting, review new style for the coming 3 months and loading situation

➤Coordinate weekly meeting with MER for accessories in-house status to avoid any crisis execute as per line plan

➤Prepare Print out print in Plan and daily basis monitoring with supplier

Production Planning and Controlling Work process

➤Loading plan preparation based on weekly capacity analysis and order information

➤Create strip for newly added order in FR load list.

➤Prepare fabric and accessories in-house details to make in order details file

➤Plan new order in FR/Excel both projection and Confirm order

➤Aligned with IE set Eff, learning curve and make plan. Generate the plan and send concern department

➤Make Size set and Initial Plan before Bulk and Follow up Accordingly

➤Making of PO wise follow up plan base on production plan

➤Follow up Fabric & Accessories In-house on time

➤Weekly Update the Production Plan and Loading Plan. Share with management for Overall Capacity and line Gap issue.

➤Ensure input without any gap into production line

➤Control input and ensure proper utilization of fabric and material

➤PO closing on Weekly basis to Ensure on Time Shipment without any Hassle

➤After Shipment GR in SAP

➤Weekly Capacity review with management and review upcoming new style

➤Prepare next three months factory and financial Capacity projection

➤Set target on ETS base on capacity projection for production. Daily SAH and Eff target to achieve production

➤TECO in SAP. After shipment need to close and calculate material utilization ensure maximum utilization of resources

Textile Engineering

2019-09-03T21:00:00.000+06:00

Textile Engineering

Textile Engineering, just close your eyes and feel around you which wrap you is belong to textile products. It is a vast and broad intelligence of Engineering, Textile Engineering started with the processing of fiber (natural or man-made) to Yarn. Yarn transformed to Fabric (Woven, Knitted or Bonded. This fabric is normally called grey fabric which is later on Dyed, Printed. This technique is another branch of Textile Engineering and treated as Wet processing Tech. In the final stage this treated fabric is fashioned as a beautiful clothing, which is most well-known Garments Manufacturing. Textile Engineering aids to understand all the stages of manufacturing from fiber to clothing and ensure to implement this knowledge in the bulk form as a Textile Engineer. Besides core subject of Textile, in academic year’s it teaches all the technique of manufacturing control in production floor, utilize computer application in the plant. It helps to understand social responsibility which is mandatory for generation ahead to sustain the globe.

Classification of Major Branch of Textile Engineering

Below Fig. is specific of major distribution of branch of Textile Engineering Technique.

Textile Engineering major subject to Study

Textile Engineering is covering not only the Textile related subject like Garments Manufacturing, Fabric Manufacturing Wet Processing Engineering Yarn manufacturing but also help to understand Chemistry, Physics, Computer Application, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Also help us to study Sociology which guide towards the sustainable and environment consciousness as a Textile Engineer. Below are the fundamental subjects need to study during his or her Textile Engineering academic-

1^st Year 1^st Semester

- English Language

- Chemistry-I

- Mathematics-I

- Introduction to Textile Engineering

- Physics-I

- Chemistry-I Lab

- Physics-I Lab

- Introduction to Engineering Drawing-I

1^st Year 2^nd Semester

- Polymer Science

- Introduction to Computer Application

- Workshop Practice

- Engineering Drawing-II

- Mathematics-II

- Physics-II

- Chemistry-II

- Physics-II Lab

- Chemistry-II Lab

2^nd Year 1^st Semester

- Elements of Electrical Engineering and Electronics

- Elements of Electrical Engineering and Electronic Lab

- Textile Raw Material-II

- Yarn Manufacturing Technology-I

- Yarn Manufacturing Technology-I Lab

- Fabric Manufacturing Technology-I

- Fabric Manufacturing Technology-I Lab

- Engineering Materials

2^nd Year 2^nd Semester

- Wet Processing Engineering and Technology-I

- Wet Processing Engineering and Technology- I Lab

- Garments Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-I

- Garments Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-I Lab

- Textile Testing & Quality Control-I

- Textile Testing & Quality Control-I Lab

- Textile Physics-I

- Computer Programming

- Sociology

3^rd Year 1^st Semester

- Yarn Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-II

- Yarn Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-II Lab

- Fabric Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-II

- Fabric Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-II Lab

- Textile Testing & Quality Control-II

- Textile Testing & Quality Control-II Lab

- Elements of Mechanical Engineering and Machine Design

- Elements of Mechanical Engineering and Machine Design Lab

- Introduction to Microprocessor Robotics and control Engineering

3^rd Year 2^nd Semester

- Wet Processing Engineering and Technology-II

- Wet Processing Engineering and Technology-II Lab

- Garments Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-II

- Garments Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-II Lab

- Fabric Structure and Design

- Fabric Structure and Design Lab

- Industrial Management

- Textile Physics-II

4^th Year 1^st Semester

- Yarn Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-III (Optional)

- Yarn Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-III Lab

- Fabric Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-III (Optional)

- Fabric Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-III Lab

- Wet Processing Engineering and Technology-III (Optional)

- Wet Processing Engineering and Technology-III Lab

- Garments Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-III (Optional)

- Garments Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-III Lab

- Textile Testing & Quality Control-III

- Textile Testing & Quality Control-III Lab

- Accounting and Marketing

- High Performance Textile

- Application of Computer in Textile

- Production Planning & Control

4^th Year 2^nd Semester

- Yarn Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-III (Optional)

- Yarn Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-III Lab

- Fabric Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-III (Optional)

- Fabric Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-III Lab

- Wet Processing Engineering and Technology-III (Optional)

- Wet Processing Engineering and Technology-III Lab

- Garments Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-III (Optional)

- Garments Manufacturing Engineering and Technology-III Lab

- Maintenance Engineering and Management of Textile Machinery (Wet)

- Maintenance Engineering and Management of Textile Machinery (Wet) Lab

- Environment and Pollution Control

- Project Work and Presentation

- Industrial Training and Viva Voce

- Comprehensive Viva Voce