What Types of Machines Are Used in Denim Jeans Manufacturing

Are you wondering how denim jeans are made and what types of machines are used in denim jeans manufacturing? You will get the answer in this article.

Denim is known as all time fashion for all age group. The demand of denim pants are always there. To supply enough Jeans to the sourcing countries entrepreneurs are setting plants in low labor cost countries. Bangladesh in one such example of top denim product supplier to the world.

To reduce the manufacturing cost high-end technology are used in denim plants besides the basic sewing machines. Specialised sewing machines and semi automatic machines are used in sewing, i.e. patch pocket pattern making, serging panels and automatic patch pocket attaching.

Considering a jeans manufacturing plant of 500 machines. The machine mix can be set as the following breakup of different type of machines. The machine types, models and quantity shared in the table are based on one factory data.

Table: Types of Machines Are Used in Denim Jeans Manufacturing

SL #	Machine Description	Brand	Model No	M/c Qty
1	S/N Electronic M/C	Juki	DDL-87007H-7	156
2	S/N Manual M/C	Juki	DDL-8300N	20
3	DDL-8300NH	Juki	DDL-8300NH	33
4	S/N Manual M/C	Juki	DDL-SS30N	2
5	S/N Manual M/C	Brother	LT2-B8450-903	0
6	S/N Feeding Electronic M/C	Juki	DLN-5410	10
7	SN/Side cutter M/C	Juki	DLM-5200	9
8	S/N Bottom Hem Electronic M/C	Juki	DLN-6390-7	3
9	D/N Electronic M/C	Juki	LH-3588S-7	18
10	D/N Electronic M/C	Juki	LH-3578-7	2
11	D/N Electronic M/C	Juki	LH-3578	1
12	D/N Manual M/C	Juki	LH-3578S-7	8
13	D/N Manual M/C	Juki	LH-3578AGF	22
14	D/N Manual M/C	Juki	LH-3578AGF-7-WB	9
15	D/N Manual M/C	Juki	LH-3588SGF-7-WB/SC920	7
16	D/N Manual M/C	Juki	LH-3568S	3
17	D/N Manual M/C	Juki	LH-3578S	8
18	D/N Chain Stitch M/C	Juki	MH-380	6
19	5TH Over Lock M/C	Juki	MO-6716-S	34
20	3TH Over Lock M/C	Juki	MO-6714-S	10
21	FOA M/C	Juki	MS-1261	14
22	FOA M/C	Juki	MS-1261F/V045S-1/4	14
23	FOA M/C	Juki	MS-3580SG1RN/MT03	6
24	Bar Tack	Juki	LK-1900A-HS	11
25	Bar Tack	Durkopp	510-213	0
26	Bar Tack	Juki	LK-1900 HS	4
27	Bar Tack	Brother	LK-3-B310-111BAS-310	0
28	Bar Tack	Juki	LK-1900 AHS/MC-596K	22
29	Kansai Special M/C	Kansai	DEB-1404PMD	6
30	Kansai Special M/C	Kansai	FBX-1104-P	3
31	Kansai Special M/C	Kansai	FBX-1106-P	1
32	Kansai Special M/C	VB Mac		1
33	Kansai Special M/C	Kansai	OFB-1411-XP	9
34	Cover Stitch Kansai Special	Kansai	WX-8842	6
35	Flat Lock Juki	Juki	MF-7723/FS-311-L	2
36	Flat Lock Juki	Juki	MF-7723-U10-B56	11
37	Eyelet Hole Electronic M/C	Juki	MEB-3200	2
38	Eyelet Hole Electronic M/C	Juki	MEB-3200 JSKA	1
39	Chain Stitch Electronic M/C	Reece	MH-380FU	8
40	Button Hole M/C	Juki	LBH-781	3
41	Patten Sewer M/C	Juki	AMS-210E	2
42	Embroider M/C	Brother	BAS-341A-111	2
43	Fusing Machine	Hashima	HP-450MS	1
44	Fabric Inspection	Nagai Shing	NS – 58	1
45	Fabric Relaxation machine	Nagai Shing	NS – 56 – 532	1
46	End Cutting machine	Eastman	EC – 03	3
47	Fabric Drill Machine	Eastman	CD – 03	1
48	Thread Rewinding M/C	Hashima	HW – 20	1
49	Snap Button M/C	Toyo	TY-93	7
50	Snap Button M/C	Nagaise	MF57	0
51	Loop Making Kansai Special M/C	Kansai	B-2000C	2
52	Back Yoke Attach M/C	Juki Union Special	F.S-316-L	1
53	Loop Setter	Juki	Mol-254	1
54	Loop Setter	Juki	LK-1852	1
55	Welt pkt M/C	Beisler	100/10	0
56	Eastman Cutter M/C 8″ Inch	Eastman	629	0
57	Steam Set+2 Ironing M/C			0
	Grant Total			509

Types of Machines Are Used in Denim Jeans Manufacturing

The above table shows the list of machinery and equipment used by denim plant. As technology is advancing, there are many other new technology is available for denim manufacturing. The purpose of automation in jeans manufacturing is maintaining sewing quality and higher production rate.

About the Contributor: Md. Mostafiz Uddin is in the Apparel Trade since 1999. Currently he is holding the post of Managing Director at Denim Expert Ltd, a Denim Manufacturing Company.