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Take a look at the clothes you own and use? you will find that they are distinct from one another, what that tells you is the machine and the material that was used to produce them are different.

Clothing being basic necessity and with the world’s population increasing by the day manufacturing clothes is no longer a luxury.

The garment industry has been with us since the dawn of time and still is one of the world’s, most profitable industries with an increased consumer desire and demand; it is the fuel to most developing countries economy. If you are considering starting a business in the garment and apparel industry or shifting gear to these sectors, you are off to a good start.

By starting a business in these sectors, you will be providing employment opportunities, and bringing revenue to your country through the medium of exports.

Before setting up a business in readymade garment manufacturing, the first thing you should do gather is knowledge of machinery and basic equipment you need for making the readymade garments.

There is a wide range of machinery for different processes in apparel manufacturing from design development to fabric checking to garment packing. the types of machines and technology one need to install for the manufacturing business, depend on the product variety and investment capability.

A number of machines are employed during the entire manufacturing process, operations like – sample development, pattern making, fabric inspection, fabric spreading, fabric cutting, garment stitching, checking, pressing, folding, and packing. In all these processes a different set of machines are used.

In this post, we will provide you with information’s of machinery and equipment required for setting up a garment manufacturing business.

Below you will find garment machineries of the apparel industry with their specifications and functions.

SL No.	Name of Machine (Company Name)	Function of Machine	Remarks
01	Hand or paddle sewing machine (Butterfly, China)	Sewing the garments	Working condition
02	Industrial single needle lock stitch machine (Taking, China)	Sewing all types of fabric)	Working condition
03	2-Needle plain sewing machine (Sunsir, China)	Sewing the garments	Working condition
04	Flatlock sewing machine (Taking, China)	Used to sew knit fabric	Working condition
05	High-speed 2-Needle 5-Thread overlock machine (Taking, China)	Lock the end of fabric by sewing	Working condition
06	Overlock machine (Juki, Japan)	Secure edge of garments	Working condition
07	Button stitch machine (Consew, Japan)	Attach the button with garments	Working condition
08	A leather cutting (Taking, China)	To cut leather	Working condition
09	Embroidery machine (Consew, Japan)	Produce design with the help of a thread on the fabric surface	Working condition
10	Bar taking machine (Taking, China)	Making a loop in the pant	Working condition
11	Kansai special machine (Hoseki, China)	Attach elastic to jacket or coat)	Working condition
12	Buttonhole machine (Taking, China)	Produce hole in the fabric for button attaching	Working condition
13	Snap button machine (TK-Super, China)	Manually attach repeat button	Working condition
14	Dematic machine (Butterfly, China)	Sewing the fabric at specific design using different dick	Working condition
15	Rib cutter	Cut off rib of knit garments	Working condition
16	Collar turning and blocking machine (NGAI SHING, China)	Used for collar finishing	Working condition
17	Fusing machine (Shanghai jieshi clothing machine co. ltd., China)	Used for finishing collar lining	Working condition
18	Computerized embroidery machine (Hoseki, China)	Making design with thread by using computer	Working condition
19	Band knife cutting machine (Oshima, China)	Used to cut off the fabric at a small size	Working condition
20	Fashion Maker Desmatic machine (Singer, China)	Sewing the fabric at specific design using different disk	Working condition
21	Straight knife cutting machine (FJM Dalian, China)	Used to cut off the fabric	Working condition

Over to you

These Machines are essential to modern production. However, along with increased productivity, they might cause harm if not operated with proper caution and control. Even though, the garment manufacturing industry is considered to be less dangerous than other industrial sectors we still need to apply strict safety policies in the workspace.

Do you run a garment factory?

If so, this article is for you. Running a garment factory demands continuous follow up on, quality, lead time, and employees. The machinery and accessories you use also improve the working conditions for your employees; and create a reliable workforce, for higher efficiency.

Let’s Assume, you have all the above, okay? Here is the question… suppose you have a 100,000-piece order of readymade garments; how do you decide the daily output to fulfill your delivery deadline?

One way to ensure your factory is working at its best is to know the production Capacity.

“Production capacity”- is one of the most important criteria used for vendor selection by the buyers. It is because; the production time of an order is directly proportional to the vendor’s production capacity.

So, it is very important that marketing and planning personnel should be aware of the production capacity of their production units.

Production capacity is presented in total minutes or hours or in pieces (production per day). The method used to calculate the capacity has been explained in the following. To calculate Daily production capacity (in pieces) one needs the following information.

Calculation of factory capacity (in hours):

Check how many machines your factory has and how many hours your factory runs in a day.

Calculation of Product SAM (Standard Allowed Minute):

Make a list of the product category that you manufacture and get standard minutes (SAM) of all products you make from work-study engineers. If you don’t have product SAM then calculate the SAM.

Factory Average Efficiency:

This data is collected from the industrial engineer. Or calculate it with historical data. Once you have above information use following formula to calculate production capacity.

Production capacity (in pieces) = (Capacity in hours*60/product SAM)*line efficiency.

Example:

Suppose ABC Garment factory has 10 sewing lines, each sewing line has 20 machines. They must produce basic knitted polo shirt items at 8hrs working day, (where machine-hr. capacity is 1600hrs and line efficiency is 60%).

So, find out the production capacity of that factory.

Solution:

Here, Machine (hr) capacity per day= 1600hrs,

Line efficiency of garment factory= 60%,

Standard allowed minute (SAM) for knitted polo shirt= 20

So, Productions capacity (Pcs) = 2880pcs

The garment productions capacity of the above factory is 2880pcs per day.

Over To You

Even though these calculations determine the capacity of your factory; to achieve an accurate production capacity of a garment factory we need to consider and confirm the cutting room capacity, finishing room capacity and washing capacity also.