Apparel Manufacturing Technology

Dr. T. Karthik is an MTech and PhD qualified textile technologist. Currently, he is working as an assistant professor (Senior Grade) in the Department of Textile Technology, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. Dr. Karthik has 6 years of teaching experience and 5 years of industrial experience and handling various textile subjects particularly in the area of process and quality control in spinning, garment manufacture, nonwoven technology and technical textiles for the past 5 years. He has published more than 60 articles in reputed international and national journals. He has published five international books and contributed five book chapters. Additionally, Dr. Karthik received the ‘Young Engineer Award’ from Institution of Engineers India in Textile Engineering Division in 2015. He is a member of professional bodies such as Textile Association of India (TAI) and Member of Institution of Engineers (MIE).Dr. Ganesan is an MTech and PhD qualified textile technologist. Currently, he is working as an assistant professor (Senior Grade) in the Department of Textile Technology, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. He has 3 years of industrial experience in the apparel industry. Dr. Ganesan has handled various garment and chemical processing related subjects particularly in the area of apparel manufacutirng technology, process and quality control in apparel manufacturing, and apparel marketing and merchandising for the past 8 years. The author has published approximately 43 articles in reputed international and national journals and has the H-Idex of 3 (Google Scholar). He has contributed one book chapter in Springer. Dr. Ganesan is the member in professional bodies such as MIE. He has received two government research projects worth about 50 lakh rupees. Additionally, he has recieved the Young Talent Search award from SDC, Mumbai.Mr. Gopalakrishnan is an M.Tech (Textile Chemistry) and MSc (Costume Design & Fashion) qualified Textile Technologist. He has 7 years of teaching experience and 7 years of industrial experience. The author has published more than 65 articles in reputed international and national journals and presented more than 20 research papers in conferences. He has published two books. For the past seven years, he had handled apparel subjects such as pattern making, garment construction, apparel merchandisng, and costing for the UG students.

• Introduction. Pattern making. Fabric spreading & cutting. Sewing machine. Sewing thread and needles. Seams and stitches. Feed mechanisms and sewing machine attachments. Fusing, pressing and packaging. Fullness and yokes. Collars. Plackets and pockets. Sleeves and cuffs. Apparel accessories and supporting materials. Production planning and control. Fabric utilization in cutting room. Garment production systems. Flow process grid. Plant loading and capacity planning. Garment merchandising. Garment costing.