Technology used in Indian Garment Industry

Textile technology, once considered a handicraft, has become a highly sophisticated, scientific and engineering activity of new types of fibres and technologies.

The field encompasses different areas of engineering such as mechanical, electrical, computer, chemical, instrumentation, electronic and structural engineering.

Technology plays a very vital role in following areas of Garment Industry: Season collection planning Garment style management Sales order management Material requirement planning Material procurement management Inventory management Production management Quality management Exports & quota management

Over the past few years Computer Aided Designing (CAD) has also become a very important part of both textile and garment industries. CAD is industry specific design system using computer as a tool.

CAD SYSTEM Cutting Department The department is responsible for cutting of the fabric into different parts of the garment. This department is mainly responsible for cutting and avoiding wastage. To ensure minimum wastage, proper set of tools such as CAD and others are used in the process.

Stitching Department
The department is responsible for stitching different parts of garment together. The process takes place in the assembly line system.
The assembly line system is the set of many different stitching machines each for a specific purpose. These machines are arranged in an orderly fashion depending on how Different parts of garment should be attached. Assembly line method is used for large production.

Finishing and Packaging Department

The garment goes through the quality checks like colour test, washing test, stitching test etc. After which it is steam pressed, labelled, packed into garment bags and finally, put into the cartons. Once all cartons are packed and labelled, external quality check takes place and goods are shipped.

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 Illustrations/ Sketch Pad Systems

These are graphic programmes that allow the designer to use pen or stylus on electronic pad or tablet thereby creating freehand images which are then stored in the computer.

Texture Mapping: 3D Draping Software Texture mapping is a process by which fabric can be draped over a form in a realistic way. The designer starts with an image of a model wearing a garment. Each section of the garment is outlined from seam line to seam line. Then a swatch of new fabric created in textile design system is laid over the area and the computer automatically fills in the area with new color or pattern. The result is the original silhouette worn by original model in a new fabric.

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