APPAREL MANUFACTURING – II 3(3+0)

Lesson 9 : Machinery and Equipment Required for Garment Production and Fabrication

Types of Marker Paper

There are two types of marker papers available. They are

• Spot and cross paper
• 1 to 5 paper

The grid markings on the marker paper help in positioning the patterns, in maintaining grain of pattern pieces and in spacing them out. This is very useful in making markers for stripes, plaid or dotted fabrics. The marker papers are made in varying widths of 24 inches to 96 inches and come in rolls of 50 to 900 feet long.

A

B

A:Heatseal Spot & Cross Paper is used for the manual marker making by "Marker Makers" in the cutting room. For ease of use they are marked vertically and horizontally with numbers.

B: Heatseal Plotter Paper is used for the output of CAD/CAM System Plotters. They are not marked.

The ‘planning’ operation consists of planning the layout of the pattern components so as to ensure the most economical use of material and can be performed by one of three methods