Can you imagine a dress shirt without a collar?
The collar corners are nicely finished with smooth points and clean edges.
The collar is an important part of a dress shirt and other clothing items having a collar. The collar is made by first sandwiching two fabric plies followed by run stitch operations. A lockstitch machine is used for run stitching and trimmed edges with the aid of an edge cutter in the lock stitch machine. In the next step, the collar is turned inside out and outside in manually by using a mechanical device.
The concern is the speed of the turning process and the quality of the corner shape. Some machine trims the corner and then turns it. In a manual machine, trimming needs to be done manually, and turning is done using equipment. In the traditional method of collar making, sewing thread was used for pulling the inside corner outside.
I have shared the equipment video and its working method in the following. Videos are curated from YouTube and Instagram. This video will give you a complete idea of using a collar and cuff turning machine.
Collar Turning Equipment (Video)
How a collar turing machine works:
EPA collar turing machine (Video)
Frequently Asked Questions:
What is turning a collar?
After joining two collar components, the row edges need to be hidden to have clean edges. The collar is reversed so that the outside edge goes in. This process is called turning a collar.
What are the 3 types of collars?
There are several types of collars. The three basic types are flat, standing, and rolled. Read more about collar types.