How a T-shirt is manufactured will be explained in this presentation.

1. P R E S E N T E D B Y: M U H A M M A D ZE E S H A N
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Production Process of T-Shirt

2. Production Process of T-Shirt

3. Introduction
 T-shirts are called so because originally t-shirt are
developed from a tubular fabric.
 T-shirts are made of knit fabrics.
 "T-shirt" surfaced in the United States when they
were issued by the U.S. Navy sometime around the
Spanish American War(1913) worn as underwear
beneath uniform.

4. Raw Materials
The majority of T-shirts are made of:
 100% cotton,
 Polyester,
 cotton/polyester blend

5. Flowchart of Production Process
Spinning of
Yarn
Fabric
Manufacturing
Finishing
Sewing
Trimming
Packing
Dispatch

6. Spinning of Yarn
 Cotton fibers are used to make 100% cotton yarn or
sometimes polyester-cotton blending is done.
 Spinning of cotton is done on generally Ring
Spinning Machine.
 Polyester being as a synthetic yarn is developed by
extrusion process.
 Polyester-cotton blending may be done on combing
machine.

7. Fabric Manufacturing
 Fabric for t-shirt is manufactured by Knitting
Technique.
 Circular knitting machine may be used.
 Knitting technique produces fabric in tubular form.
 Knitted fabric is mostly measured by weight of
fabric.

8. Finishing
 After the cloth is knitted, wet processing
treatments are done to control shrinkage
of fabric and fabric is dyed according to
our requirement. Bleaching is also done.

9. Cutting
 Patterns are made according to customer’s order
 Marker Making(closed markers are used but open
markers for child’s t-shirts)
 Spreading of fabric
 Cutting of fabric
 Bundling

11. Stitching
 Garment pieces are stitched.
 Thread is used according to fabric characteristics e.g.
cotton core polyester rapped thread.
 Sometimes only white color thread is used to avoid
time wastage.
 Mostly superimposed seam is used with over end
stitch.
 Bound seam is used for neckline.

12. Parts of T-Shirt
 Front
 Back
 Sleeves
 Neckline

13. Stitching

14. Printing
 Screen printing is used to create different designs on
shirt.
 Printing is used as a source of advertisement and to
express your emotions now a days.

15. Trimming
 Shirt accessories e.g. buttons, stickers are
applied to shirt.
 Threading is also done.

16. Packing
 Shirts are pressed and then packed for dispatch of
order.

17. Dispatch
 Finally the packed bundles are delivered to the
customer.

18. Characteristics of T-Shirt
 little sleeves
 Highly flexible
 Comfortable
 Low dimensional stability
 Low cost

19. Applications
 Sportswear
 Aesthetic
 Work
 Exercise
 Summer wear