Which Machines are needed to make Basic Polo Shirts?

Are you planning for making polo shirt? Read this post to learn about sewing machines used in manufacturing Polo shirt.

Five different types of sewing  machines are used in making basic Polo Shirt. These machines are mainly used for making this product.

1. Lock stitch (Single Needle), 
2. Over edge (Over lock), 
3. Button holing, 
4. Button attaching and 
5. Flat lock (Flat bed). 

The same is shared for multiple operations when work content is less than pitch time and machine type is same for both operations.

In the following table a machine requirement plan or layout has been shown for the production of 500 Polo shirts in 8 hours shift. Machine types and machine requirement in each operation has been also given in the following table.
Table-1:

Seq. No.	Operations	M/c Type	No. Of Machines
1	Placket Rolling	1N Lock Stitch	1
2	Placket Join	1N Lock Stitch	1
3	Nose Tuck	1N Lock Stitch	1
4	Shoulder Join	Over lock	1
5	Collar Join	1N Lock Stitch	2
6	Collar Piping	Over lock	1
7	Upper Placket Top	1N Lock Stitch	1
8	Lower Placket Top	1N Lock Stitch	1
9	Back Neck Top	1N Lock Stitch	2
10	Placket top	1N Lock Stitch	1
11	Placket Box	1N Lock Stitch	2
14	Sleeve Cuff Join	Over lock	1
15	Cuff Top Stitch	Flat lock	1
16	Sleeve Join	Over lock	1.5
17	Arm Hole Top	Flat lock	1
18	Side Seam	Over lock	1.5
19	Body Hem	Flat lock	1
20	Sleeve tuck	1N Lock Stitch	1
21	Button Hole	Button Holer	1
22	Button Stitch	Button Stitcher	1
	Total		24

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