Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Inspection
and
Quality Control
Table Inspection:
• Check if a collar is attached evenly
Pressing:
• Press garments flat, never folded with the sleeves under it
as this leaves sleeve impression marks at the garment.
Pressing equipments:
1. Steam/spray iron
2. Hand steamer
3. Tailor’s ham
4. Pressing mitt
5. Press cloth
6. Seam roll e.t.c
Seams:
Needles:
• Machine needles are selected according to the weight and
other garment characteristics, as well as the thread type
being used.
Threads:
• As a general guideline, natural fiber threads must be used
for natural fiber fabrics and synthetic fiber threads for
synthetic fabrics.
• Thread should match the weight of the fabric and the size
of the needle.
Zippers:
• All used zippers must be purchased from approved
suppliers or require a official test report.
• Number, length, brand, type of zipper must be approved
during sampling
• Pullers of zippers must be approved by customer and in line
with the product, pullers must be checked for color
fastness and breaking during use.
Labels:
All labels and design must be checked at colors and drawing.
DEFECT ZONES:
The following diagrams showing major and minor apparel
defect zones A,B and C
• A defect in “A” zone is considered more serious than a
defect in “B” zone
MAJOR FAULT:
• This is a defect which is sufficient to cause the garment to
be considered as second’s quality
• A defect which is obvious
• Affects the saleability or serviceability which worsens with
wear and time
• Varies significantly from the approval garment
specification
MINOR FAULT
This is a defect which would not normally be identified by the
customer, but is, however less than the agreed quality standard.
A defect which:
• Does not affect the performance of the garments in normal
conditions
• Is not noticeable to the customer on purchasing
Defect List
Seams and Stitching Major Minor
• Open seam M
• Needle holes m
• Needle damage M
• Improper stitch tension that
affects appearance. M
Pressing:
• Burned or scorched M
• Over pressed to leave seam impression. M
• Excessive wrinkles that require pressing m
• Serious shine caused by improper pressing M
Pockets
• Not in specified location M
• Shaped poorly M
• Not of specified size and shape M
• Edge stitching not uniform m