Automatic Overhead Material Handling Systems for Apparel Manufacturing

Overhead production systems are developed to reduce material handling by sewing operators and also to reduce material transportation. An overhead material handling and transportation system have many benefits over traditional material handling systems like centre tables and bundle trolleys.

Overhead Material Handling Systems

Some of the benefits of a UPS system are
  • No need for bundling garment components at the time of feeding
  • Needle time increased - in this system operators only sew garments, they don't need to open a bundle, pick up panels, dispose of panels, bundling stitched garments and transport (slide) bundle to next operator. Hence this system leads to improvement in labour (and machine) productivity.
  • Improved product quality
Also see: Comparison between progressive bundle system and Unit production system

Top 3 Automatic Overhead Material Handling system

In this post, I have shared Top 3 Automatic Overhead Material Handling system suppliers with videos. These systems are also known as a unit production system (UPS). As each hanger carry components of one garment. Click on the videos to watch.

1. Eton system: 


2. INA system



#3. Smart-MRT




Also See: Different types of material handling systems used in the garment industry

4. Euartex Overhead Material Handling System

Prasanta Sarkar

Prasanta Sarkar is a textile engineer and a postgraduate in fashion technology from NIFT, New Delhi, India. He has authored 6 books in the field of garment manufacturing technology, garment business setup, and industrial engineering. He loves writing how-to guide articles in the fashion industry niche. He has been working in the apparel manufacturing industry since 2006. He has visited garment factories in many countries and implemented process improvement projects in numerous garment units in different continents including Asia, Europe, and South Africa. He is the founder and editor of the Online Clothing Study Blog.

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