Chapter 1 Garment Sewing Section

             TE 309/TEX 309 : Apparel Manufacturing-ii

Sewing Machine

Types of Sewing Machine

According to the operating system

1.Manually operated sewing machines :

§Driven by physical energy.

§Used for domestic and tailoring purposes.

§Less production, but more laborious.

§Low cost.

2.Electrically operated or Industrial sewing machines :

§Usually driven by electric power.

§High productivity.

§Used in garments industry.

§Cost is high.

        Different Sewing Machines….

       1.Lockstitch Sewing machine

2.Chainstitch Sewing machine

3.Zigzag Lockstitch machine

4.Flatlock Sewing machine

5.Overlock Sewing machine

6.Blind Stitch machine

7.Button hole machine

8.Button attaching machine

9.Bartack machine

10.Feed of the arm machine