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DRESS MAKING - CITS

• Steam finisher: This equipment is known as a form press or a ‘dolly’ press. It has a compressed air system,
frame for a steam distribution system and a pressing form made of a canvas bag in the suitable silhouette of
the garment to be pressed.

• Tunnel finisher: Tunnel finishers are used for finishing
knitted goods. They can be used for synthetic fibre
garments and their blends also. This garment finishing
process involves no pressure application and reduced
handling of garments in steam tunnel. In this finishing
process, the garments are put on hangers and fed
through a cabinet using a motorized rail. The garments
pass through sections with superheated steam and
it is dried by blowing air. In some cases garments are
loaded onto frames and passed through the tunnel on a
conveyor.
• Pleating: Pleating is the process of creating pleats in the
garment. Pleats are a type of fold actually formed during
stitching by doubling fabric upon itself and securing it
in place. However, these pleats can also be introduced
in pressing by creating a set of creases in the garment
and making it set by pressing. The pleats can even be
according to a geometrical pattern. Pleating is done by
using pressure, moisture and heat. There are two types
in machine pleating. One is a blade machine in which
pleats are formed by the action of blades and then set
by heat and pressure when they pass through a pair of
rollers and the other type is a rotary machine in which the
rollers are fitted with complimentary dies.

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CITS : Apparel - Dress Making - Lesson 13 - 21 (4)