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GM – 2041
Garment Manufacturing
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COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Basic Information
Course Title: Garment Manufacturing
Course Code: GM - 2041
Course credits/week: Theory: 3 Lab: 3 Total: 4
Pre-requisite(s):
Co-requisite(s):
Program(s) on which the course is given: B. Sc. Textile Engineering ( GM )
Is the course major or minor element of the program: Major: Minor:
Department offering the program: Department of Garment Manufacturing
Department offering the course: Department of Garment Manufacturing
Academic year/level: 2nd Year 4th Semester
Revision #:
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2 Types of articles At the end of this week, the student should be able to:
and apparel
-understand the complete process of product development starting
product from conception to tech packs
development
process -Explain the different terms used in design and development
process
-Correlate the design process with ready to wear production
3 Types of articles At the end of this week, the student should be able to:
and apparel
-Summarize the various steps involved in developing a sample
product garment.
development
process -Explain the various types of samples being prepared in the
apparel manufacturing (from customer approvals to bulk orders
confirmation)
4 Garment At the end of this week, the student should be able to:
Preparatory
-Explain the process flow of cutting department
-Explain the procedures of fabric receiving from folding/finishing
and issuance to the cutting section
-Explain the presentation of fabric like open width, doubled,
tubular, rolled, wound, plaited, etc.
-Explain the marker making, dimensions of a marker, marker
efficiency, marker quality, and methods of marker making.
-Explain the procedures for making a lay plan manual,
pantograph or computerized systems.
-Explain different types of lay plan like half garment lay, whole
garment lay, single size lay, multi-size lays including sectional
lays, interlocking lays, and mixed multi-size lays.
5 Fabric Spreading At the end of this week, the students should be able to:
and cutting
-Explain the spreading, spread or lay
10 Material Handling At the end of the week, the students should be able to:
Techniques
-Explain various types of apparel production systems.
-Explain progressive bundle system (PBS).
-Explain advantages & disadvantages of PBS.
-Explain unit production system (UPS).
-Explain advantages & disadvantages of UPS.
-Explain modular production system (MPS).
-Explain advantages & disadvantages of MPS.
11 Stages of At the end of this week, the students should be able to:
Technology -Introduce manually operated general-purpose machines.
Advancement
-Introduce semiautomatic machines.
-Introduce automatic machines.
-Understand the implementation of stages of technological
advancements in sewing machines i.e. Mechanization, automation
and robotics.
12 Apparel At the end of the week, the students should be able to:
Accessories & -Explain the general types of apparel support materials being used
Work Aids in apparel manufacturing.
-Explain interlinings, properties of interlinings, application of
interlinings.
-Explain linings, types of linings, properties and functions of
linings, etc.
-Explain other support materials like adhesives; collar stays, and
shoulder pads, etc. with their respective application in the apparel.
-Explain various types of trims being used in apparel.
13 Apparel At the end of the week, the students should be able to:
Accessories & -Explain different types of closure.
Work Aids
-Explain zipper, and different parts of a zipper with applications.
-Explain Explain buttons & Buttonholes with different sizes of
buttons being used in apparel.
-Introduce and explain work aids and attachments being used in
the apparel.
-Explain the main purpose of work aids.
-Explain common types of attachments.
14 Garment At the end of the week, the students should be able to:
Pressing -Explain basic purpose of pressing in garments.
Technology
-Explain the basic elements of pressing i.e. heat, steam, pressure,
and time.
-Explain pressing equipments both manual and automatic.
-Explain pressing operations/types of pressing i.e. under pressing
and top pressing.
-Explain pressing techniques being used in apparel like flat
pressing, steaming, and molding.
-Introduce the technological advancement in the pressing
equipments.
15 Finishing & At the end of the week, the students should be able to:
Packing
- Identify various kinds of stains found in the garments.
- Explain the basic principles used for stain removing.
- identify Packing types, packing material and Garment
Presentation
16 Care Labels At the end of the week, the students should be able to:
- Understand how to write care instruction.
- Explain different care symbols, there application and use.
End-semester examination