APPAREL MANUFACTURING – II 3(3+0)

Lesson 8 : Machinery and Equipment Required for Garment Production and Fabrication

Introduction

Manufacturing or clothing technology is the generic name given to the technologies used for the manufacture of clothing. There is a great deal of homogeneity in these technologies because almost every type of garment goes through the same series of main processes during its manufacture.

Technology has been defined as a technical method of achieving a practical purpose, but its original Greek root meaning is the systematic treatment of an art. Clothing technology is thus a broad based subject because it combines a number of individual technologies, with each making a specialized contribution to the production and fabrication of clothing.