Which Machines are needed to make Basic Polo Shirts?

Are you planning for making polo shirt? Read this post to learn about sewing machines used in manufacturing Polo shirt.

Five different types of sewing  machines are used in making basic Polo Shirt. These machines are mainly used for making this product.

  1. Lock stitch (Single Needle), 
  2. Over edge (Over lock), 
  3. Button holing, 
  4. Button attaching and 
  5. Flat lock (Flat bed). 

The same is shared for multiple operations when work content is less than pitch time and machine type is same for both operations.

In the following table a machine requirement plan or layout has been shown for the production of 500 Polo shirts in 8 hours shift. Machine types and machine requirement in each operation has been also given in the following table.
Table-1:

Seq. No.
Operations
M/c Type
No. Of Machines
1
Placket Rolling
1N Lock Stitch
1
2
Placket Join
1N Lock Stitch
1
3
Nose Tuck
1N Lock Stitch
1
4
Shoulder Join
Over lock
1
5
Collar Join
1N Lock Stitch
2
6
Collar Piping
Over lock
1
7
Upper Placket Top
1N Lock Stitch
1
8
Lower Placket Top
1N Lock Stitch
1
9
Back Neck Top
1N Lock Stitch
2
10
Placket top
1N Lock Stitch
1
11
Placket Box
1N Lock Stitch
2
14
Sleeve Cuff Join
Over lock
1
15
Cuff Top Stitch
Flat lock
1
16
Sleeve Join
Over lock
1.5
17
Arm Hole Top
Flat lock
1
18
Side Seam
Over lock
1.5
19
Body Hem
Flat lock
1
20
Sleeve tuck
1N Lock Stitch
1
21
Button Hole
Button Holer
1
22
Button Stitch
Button Stitcher
1
Total
24

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