TOPIC

• GARMENT WASHING

PRESENTERS

Mr.AAMIR SHABBIR
Mr. SALMAN MANZOOR
US Apparel & Textiles (Pvt.) Ltd.
CUSTOMERS
 STORE ROOM
 warehouse facility stocks up to 1.2 million meters of fabric
at all times,

 plus a host of garments related accessories

 CUTTING DEPARTMENT
Cutting department with the addition of the most modern GERBER
fully automatic fabric spreader and vacuum tables.
 EMBROIDERY MACHINE

• Tajima (Japan)
• Place of origin: China
STITCHING DEPARTMENT
Juki DDL-8700
High-speed Single Needle Straight Lockstitch
Industrial Sewing Machine with Table and Motor
 STITCHING TYPES
PLAIN STITCHES
• basting,
• running,
• the running and back stitch,
• half back stitch,
• back stitch,
• overhand or whipping stitch,
• overcast,

ORNAMENTAL STITCHES
• outline,
• chain,
• blanket or loop,
• hemstitching,
• French knots,
• button hole
• Cross stitch.
• The satin stitch
 WET PROCESSING:
• U S Apparel has one of the most modern garment wet
processing facility in the country.

WASHING MACHINE

• TONELLO 420
• Made in Italy
• It is possible to store up to
500 recipes (with 200 steps/each).

TUPESA TUMBLE DRYER

Steam heated dryer
 BASIC WASHES IN DENIM FABRIC

DENIM WASHES ARE OF TWO TYPES:

1. Mechanical washes
• Stone wash
• Microsanding

2. Chemical washes
• Denim bleaching
• Enzyme wash
• Acid wash
 MECHANICAL WASHES
STONE WASH:

 SELECTION OF STONE:

 PROBLEMS CAUSED BY STONES:

 MECHANICAL WASHES
MICROSANDING
There are 3 ways for this
technique:
• Sandblasting
• Machine sanding
• Hand sanding or hand
brushing

 SAND BLASTING
 CHEMICAL WASHES
 DENIM BLEACH:
In this process a strong oxidative
bleaching agent such as sodium
hypochlorite or KMnO4 is added
during the washing with or without
stone addition.

 ENZYME WASH
Cellulase enzymes are natural
proteins which are used in denim
garment processing to get stone
wash look on to the denim garments
without using stones or by reducing
the use of pumice stone.
 CHEMICAL WASHES

ACID WASH:

It is done by tumbling the garments

with pumice stones presoaked in a
solution of sodium hypochlorite or
potassium permanganate for
localized bleaching resulting in a
non uniform sharp blue/white
contrast.
 CHEMICALS ON GARMENT
Kieralon_ F-ALB
as a:
• Anti back staining agent
• wetting agent
Quantity 4g/l

SETAMOL_ BL
All purpose liquid dye dispersing agent.
Quantity 2g O.W.F

REPUTEX 20
• Antimicrobial finishing

FINOZYME AX(biopolishing)
Hydrolyses the microfibrils of fabric/ garment thereby effectively removing
fuzz/ pill ball and imparts a smoother and polished appearance to surface of
fabric/ garment.
APPLICATION OF RESIN ON GARMENTS

There are two methods of resin applications on the garment

 DIPPING METHOD
Recipe:
• Fixapret F-ECO 125 g/l to 150 g/l
• Condensol FM 25 g/l to 32 g/l
• Perapret F-PEB 60 g/l to 70 g/l
• Softeners:
• Silicon softener 15 g/l to 20 g/l (depends on finish)
• Non-ionic softener 15 g/l to 20 g/l

 SPRAY METHOD
Recipe:
• Perapret PU-New 80 g/l to 100 g/l ( for spray finish)
 NEW DEVELOPMENTS TOWARDS
ECONOMICAL AND ECOLOGICAL
DENIM PROCESSING

• USE OF LASER TECHNOLOGY

• OZONE FADING

• WATERJET FADING

• SPRAY TECHNIQUES

• SINGLE BATH STONE WASHING AND TINTING TECHNIQUE

 TRIMMING:
After washing, broken threads are removed by trimming. In U S
Apparel manual trimming is carried out which is mostly done by
women.
 BUTTONING

US APPAREL have machines from Pessani (Italy) for laser guided

accurate buttoning process.
 PRESSING
Automatic topper presses and auto body presses are
used with a combination of manual and auto steam irons
from MACPI.
FINISHING & PACKING
 SPECIAL THANKS
 Sir. KASHIF MUNIR

 PRESTON UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT

 U S APPAREL

 US DENIM

 NAVEENA APPAREL