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• Buck presses

• Mangle presses
• Block presses
• Form presses
• Pleating presses

• Creasing machine or Edge folders
2 Moisture Pressure Equipment (Steaming and Wetting)
• Steam guns and jets
• Steam chambers
Different Types of Garment Pressing Category
Solid surface pressing equipment uses a firm surface to apply pressure while steam and heat mould the fabric,
garment or garment parts. Pressure may be applied through a rolling action, gliding action or compression.
Hand irons
It is a basic and most important pressing equipment in garment industry. The two basic kinds of irons used are
dry iron and Electric steam irons. Normally, hand irons are available in different shapes and weights.Narrow hand
irons are used for seam opening on sleeves and trouser legs. The wrinkle marks on the garment are evaded by
the narrow sole construction of the steam iron as well as curved and narrow ironing bucks. Teflon-coated soles
should be used for ironing fabrics that are sensitive to luster.

Iron table
Some types of ironing tables are listed below:
• Jacket seam ironing station
• Trouser seam ironing station standard

• Sleeve seam ironing station
• Dress board ironing tables
• All purpose table
• Flat top ironing tables
• Blouse and shirt ironing station
• Trouser leg ironing station

• Hip-bow ironing station
• Concave ironing station
• Convex ironing station
• Curtain ironing table

Steam press / buck press
Steam presses commonly consist of a static buck and a head of complementary shape closing onto it, thereby
sandwiching the garment to be pressed. It consists of a frame housing the buck which is normally in round shape
for pressing different garments and linkages to close the head by a scissor action.Steam is passed to head and
buck using a pipe system. Adequate controls are provided for controlling head closure and vacuum. Vacuum is
created to provide suction through the buck using a vacuum system. The typical pressing cycle is as follows:
Carousel press
Carousel press is a new development in pressing operation in which a pair of bucks is provided that rotates
between operator and the head. The head can be of single or double based on the bucks being identical or an
opposite pair for pressing the left and right of a garment part. In this press, scissor action and vertically acting
heads can be used.

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