Department of Fashion Design and Technology
Course Title : Garmnets Manufacturing Management
Course Title : IE 3011
Assignment On : Fabric Cutting In Garments Manufacturing
Submitted By Submitted To
MD.Amir Hossain Hafsana Yasmin
ID:2171401011 Senior Lecturer
Semester :11th Department Of FDT
Batch :14th Uttara University
Index
Serial Number Name of Topics
1. Introduction
2. Definition of Fabric Cutting
3. Stages of fabric cutting
4. Objectives of Fabric Cutting
5. Method of Fabric Cutting
6. Requirements of Fabric Cutting
7. Factors affecting the cutting process
8. Different types Fabric cutting
9. Working Flowchart of Cutting Room
10. Function of cutting department with process
sequence
11. Machines Used in Cutting Room in Apparel
Industry
12. Conclusion
Introduction
Cutting department is one of the most essential sections for garments manufacturing in the
apparel industry. The fabric cutting is started after completing the fabric spreading. In cutting
section, fabrics are cut according to the pattern. Perfect fabric cutting depends on the method
of cutting and marker planning. For making quality garments they have to follow a working
procedure of cutting department to continue their work.
Definition of Fabric Cutting
In garments manufacturing fabric, cutting means to cut out the garment’s pieces from lays of
the fabric with the help of cutting template or marker. Cutting is one of the major steps to make
a complete garment. For cutting of fabric generally, the marker is applied to the top ply of a lay.
The term fabric cutting is only applicable for garments manufacturing technology .
Stages of fabric cutting
Generally, fabric cutting is carried out with two stages. They are as follows:
A cutting (Separating the individual pieces.)
A final cutting ( accurate cutting of the individual shapes)
Objectives of Fabric Cutting
To separate fabric parts from the spread of lay according to the dimension of the
marker.
To make the garments according to the required design and shape.
To prepare garments pieces to go forward with the next process of garments
manufacturing.
Cutting Section in a Garment Factory
The requirement of Fabric Cutting
To achieve the required objectives by cutting fabric in the garments manufacturing process, the
following requirements must be fulfilled.
The precision of the cut
Clean edges
Unscorched, infused edges
Support of the lay
Consistent cutting
Factors affecting the cutting processes
Nature of fabric ( grain line shade, twill etc.)
Thickness of fabric.
Design characteristics of finished garment.
Machines and tables used.
Different types of fabric cutting
There are mainly three types of cutting techniques. They are as follows:
Completely by manual
By hand-operated Scissor.
Manually operated powered knife
Straight knife
Band blade
Round blade
Die cutter
Notcher
Drill
Computerized technique
Knife cutting
Cutting by water jet
Laser cutting
Plasma torch cutting
Working flowchart of cutting room in garment industry
Received the fabric from dyeing finishing
Received the cutting ratio from apparel merchandiser
Make the cutting quantity plan
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Lay planning
Marker making
Make marker ratio
Decide the quantity of fabric spreading
Fix the number of lay per cutting
Take the fabric from store
Check the fabric
Fabric spreading
Marker setting on lay
Fabric cutting
Numbering
Cutting quality check
Storing & Bundling
Bundles are sending to sewing section for bulk production
Function of cutting department with process sequence
Received the fabric from dyeing finishing
When merchandiser confirm about the work order sheet, then cutting section received the
required fabric from the dyeing section.
Received the cutting ratio from merchandiser
Merchandiser sends a cutting ratio for every style of garment to do this job smoothly.
Make the cutting quantity plan
Cutting manager should make the perfect cutting quantity plan.
Lay planning
Before fabric spreading, cutting manager and in-charge make a plan about fabric lay.
Marker making
To finish the accurate cutting process, marker making must be needed for each style of
garment.
Make marker ratio
In this stage marker maker prepare a marker ratio to complete this cutting process.
Decide the quantity of fabric spreading
Before spreading, cutting in charge take the decision, how many fabrics spreading are required?
Fix the number of lay per cutting
They also fixed the number of lies which are appropriate for each cutting.
Take the fabric from store
For cut the every style of garment, cutting in charge receive the fabric from store.
Check the fabric
Cutting supervisor inspect the fabric faults like, fabric holes, color shading, and any other
defects on fabric.
Fabric spreading
In this stage, fabrics are spread on cutting table according to correct lay height and ply tension.
Marker setting on lay
When fabric spreading completely done, then the different size and styles of marker set on the
top layer of the fabric lay.
Fabric cutting
Finally fabric cutting is done here.
Numbering
When the cutting process is finish then numbered the every style of fabric parts to avoid the
mixing.
Cutting quality check
In this stage check the all cutting fabrics quality.
Storing & Bundling
Fabric cutting parts are storing and bundling here according to color, size and style.
Bundles are sending to sewing section for bulk production
Finally all bundles are sending to the sewing section for completing bulk production
Machines Used in Cutting Room in Apparel Industry
Automatic spreading machine
Automatic cutting machine
Manual cutting with straight knife
Round knife cutting machine
Band knife cutting machine
Die Cutting machine
Computerized automatic cutting machine
Automatic Spreading Machine Automatic Cutting Machine
Straight Knife Cutting Machine Round Knife Cutting Machine
Band Knife Fabric Cutting Machine Fabric Die Cutting Machine
Computerized automatic fabric cutting machine
Conclusion
Cutting is an important department in garment industry .In garments manufacturing industry
the term cutting is used in a different meaning. Here the term cutting is used in the sense of
cutting room which indicates an area that normally includes the activities of marker planning,
spreading, and preparation for sewing.