Cutting Quality Checkpoints in Garments Industry

Cutting quality plays an important role to make the best quality garments. The cutting section makes the raw shape of garments. If the quality of the cutting section is poor, the defects and rejects of the sewing section will high. In this article, I will discuss the quality checkpoints of the cutting section to ensure and supply the best quality cut panel to the sewing section.

Figure: Cutting Quality Checkpoints in Garments Industry

Cutting Quality Check Points 

Quality checkpoints of cutting section may divide by 5 category-

1. Fabric Quality Inspection

2. Marker Quality Inspection

3. Spreading Quality Inspection

4. Cutting quality Control

5. Cut Panel Quality Inspection

1. Fabric Quality Inspection

After receiving fabric from the store by cutting section, cutting quality inspector check the following fabric information. If all information is correct, then proceed to the next step. The information are-

✔ Roll to roll fabric shade group check

✔ Fabric GSM and diameter check

2. Marker Quality Inspection

If all information about fabric is correct, the marker quality inspection is run. Marker inspection may run a parallel way for saving time. Generally, the subjects of marker quality inspection checking points are-

✔ Marker length and width

✔ Marker efficiency and consumption

✔ Marker type

✔ Lay quantity

✔ Marker ratio

✔ All individual parts of garments are marked in marker

3. Spreading Quality Inspection

If all information of the marker is correct, the spreading quality inspection is started. The subjects of spreading quality inspection checking points are-

✔ Checking the number of lay as it should not exceed the standards.

✔ Lay ends check

✔ Lay tension check

✔ Lay height check

✔ Lay length check

✔ Check as the marker is best fitted to lay

4. Cutting quality Control

After spreading activity cutting is started if there is no relaxation issue. If fabric needs to relax, cutting activity is started after relaxing the fabric. The main checking points during cutting is-

✔ Checking cut panel accuracy with pattern

✔ Rightly cutting of lay edge checking.

✔ Checking size mixing

5. Cut Panel Quality Inspection

After cutting the lay, need to check the cut panel before final bundling and sending to cutting rack. The most important quality checkpoints for the cut panel are-

✔ Pattern check

✔ Shade check

✔ Size wise ratio check

✔ Fabric check (Spot, Hole, Knot, Slab, Contamination, Lycra out etc.)

✔ If fabric is stripe, checking the strip mismatch

✔ Bundle check