Cutting Section

Cutting Section in Apparel Industry

Cutting room is a section in the garments industry where to cut fabrics as per the pattern, marker; cutting parts sew to bring in garments form. Cutting is the most sensitive operation in the apparel industry, cutter man work accuracy is the key here to maintain good cutting quality. If you are related to the apparel industry or apparel manufacturing process you should know cutting work activities. Some certain rules and procedure have to maintain by cutting department I am giving cutting process flow chart step by step in below for your easy understanding.

Cutting Working Process Flow chart

Cutting plan based on shade band record
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Receive PO sheet, Tech pack and others detail

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Fabric received from a store as per requisition

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Relax fabric if necessary with record

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Make a Marker to Determine consumption

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Marker and pattern Crosses Check (ratio, grainline, jumping, etc.)

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Laying as per marker length (Spreading)

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Spreading quality control

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Random quality check on fabric fault & others

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A cutting (if necessary hand scissoring done during check fabric) and band Knife cutting (small panel such as single fly etc.)

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Cutting Quality Control

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Randomly Panel check with hard pattern

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Panel check with CAD marker paper

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Layer numbering &bundling

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100% panel check

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Replace defective parts shade wise

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Ready cutting parts to input.

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                 Supply to Fusing & Sewing as per approved requisition & ratio

 

                                                                Cutting Parts

                  Flow Chart of Garments Cutting Section:

 

The process flow is described briefly:

Fabrics Relaxation

Spandex fabrics can be relaxed from 24 to 48 hours before spreading as per customer requirements. Cotton fabric relaxation will depend on customer requirements.

Pre-Spreading and Spreading Quality control

      1.   Pattern and marker checking using approved sample

      2.   Pattern grainline

      3.   Spreading table marking lengthwise with allowance

      4.   Shade wise spreading by using fabrics shade chart

      5.   Spreading defects like leaning, bowing, skew, narrow goods, tension and marking visual         defects.

Cut Panel Inspection

1.                   Quality an inspector will check Panel using Hard pattern after cut from three different position     Top, Middle, and Bottom

2.                   If there any discrepancy, a correction will be immediate. If the panel found plus from hard patterns, it will have to cut extra part. If panel found minus from hard pattern, will have to place the fabric under marker as per lay chart to remake again.

3.                   All cut panels will be inspected to detect any types of fabric fault if any defective panel found, will be replaced from lay chart wise remnants by following the shade and pattern grain line.

       Production Order Sheet:  Cutting Section firstly takes the PO sheet. They find out all detailed information in the PO sheet especially size breakdown, size-wise and color-wise order quantity.

           Pattern receives: They receive the approved pattern from the sample section.

          Marker Making: After pattern receiving they make marker according to the order sheet and pattern size.

         Fabric receives: Fabric is the main raw material in the cutting section. All success depends on cutting. So the cutting section has to become serious when they receive the fabric. Is the right fabric for the right marker or not.

          Fabric Spreading: Before spreading the fabric on table they relax the unrolled fabric for 12-24 hr. After completing relaxation they spread the fabric on a table with proper tension.

          Marker Placing: Marker is a thin paper which carries all the garments components and placed on fabric lay for cutting. Before cutting the marker from CAD placed on fabric lay. Marker checked very carefully before placement on fabric.

        Cutting: In this step, cutting is done by a cutter machine. Straight knife cutting machine, Round knife cutting machines are mostly used for cutting.

           Sorting: After cutting the cut parts are sorted according to shade, size-wise.

        Numbering & checking: In this step, the cut parts are numbering and checking carefully so that the single components never mistake. QC checks the cut parts. If any defect found they replace the cut piece.

           Bundling:  The cut pieces are bundled finally.

           Input to Sewing:  The bundled cut piece ready for sewing.