Metro Knitting & Dyeing Mills Ltd. is a composite textile factory located in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. It produces knitted fabrics and garments for export. The factory uses yarn and fabrics as raw materials and produces items like t-shirts, polo shirts, and sweaters. It has several knitting machines from brands like Orizio and Fukuhara. The factory performs quality control testing and has utilities like boilers and air compressors. The purpose of the student visit was to learn about knitting processes and quality practices.

1. Welcome to
our
presentation

2. METRO KNITTING & DYEING MILLS LTD.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TEXTILE
ENGINEERING & RESEARCH-(NITER)
Presentation on:
Nayarhat,Savar,Dhaka-1350

3. SL NO NAME ID REG. NO. LEVEL & TERM
01 Md.Nahid hasan TE-1808125 307 Level-3,term-1
02 Pranto kundu TE-1808127 309 Level-3,term- 1
Presented By

4. Chapter
No
Chapter Name
1 Factory profile
2 Purpose of industrial visit
3 Raw Materials used in industry
4 Products Manufactured by the Industry
5 Buyer of the Products
6 Process Sequences for Manufacturing the
Products
7 Description on the Machinery of knitting
Section
8 Quality Control Section
9 Utilities used in the Industry
10 Conclusion
Content

5.  Company Name: METRO KNITTING & DYEING MILLS LTD.
 Type: 100% Export oriented composite industry
 Year of establishment: 1st step. 2000
 Total no of workers: 2000 approx
 Export growth: 158million US $(2018)
 Production capacity (knitting): 1750 ton/month
 Production capacity (garments): 5.5 Ton/month
 Phone: 027647649
 Website: http://www.metrokd.com
Factory profile

6.  Ramarbag, Kutubpur, Fatullah, Narayanganj-1400
Location of the factory

7. To learn about the difference between the theoretical and practical
knowledge of different processing of textile.
 To know about the Knitting sections of the industry.
 To get a very strong knowledge about the processing of textile product.
To know about the quality parameters of the product.
Purpose of the industrial visit

8.  Yarn
 Fabric
 Dye Stuff
 Chemical and
Auxiliaries
Raw material used in industry

9.  Jersey
 Pique
 Lacost
 Rib
 Interlock
 Flat back Rib
 Narrow
 Feeder stripes fabric
Knitted Fabric: Garments Product:
 T-Shirt
 Polo Shirt
 Sport T-Shirt
 Girl’s T-Shirt
 Hooded Sweater
 Baby Item
 Trouser
 Long Sleeve
 Sweat T-Shirt
Products Manufactured by the Industry

10. Single jersey fabric Double jersey fabric Pique fabric
Lacost fabric Rib fabric Interlock fabric
Pictures of Some Knitted Products:

11. T-Shirt Polo Shirt Sport T-Shirt
Girl’s T-Shirt Hooded Sweater Baby Item
Pictures of Some Garments Products

12. Logo Buyers Name Country Name
VARNER Norway, USA
HENNES & MAURITZ Europe, Canada,
USA
CALZEDONIA Italy
PROMODORO
GmbH
Germany
O’STIN Russia
JAPANESE BRAND Japan
LERROS Moder
GmbH
Germany
Buyer of the Products

13. Fiber/Filament Grey Fabric
Yarn/Thread
Garments Finished Fabric
Spinning Weaving
Knitting
Finishing
Dyeing/Printing
Cutting
Sewing
Process Sequence Manufacturing The
Products

14. Yarn in Package form
Place the yarn package in the creel
Feeding the yarn
Set the machine as per design and GSM
Knitting
Withdraw the roll fabric and weighting
Roll marking
Inspection
Numbering
Process Sequence of Knit fabric Manufacturing:

15. Knitting Section
Knitting is a method of creating fabric by interloping of one set of yarn
or one yarn in vertical or horizontal direction.
There are many types of knitting machine in this factory knitting
section. Such as:
1. Single Jersey circular knitting machine
2. Double Jersey circular knitting machine
3. Flat Bed Knitting machine
Description on the Machinery of knitting Section

16.  Machine Type: Single Jersey circular
 Brand: ORIZIO
 Origin: ITALY
 Diameter:24’’
 Gauge: 24G
 Needles: 1800T
 No of Feeder: 72 F
Knitting machineries

17.  Machine Type: Double Jersey circular knitting machine
 Brand: FUKUHARA
 Origin: JAPAN
 Diameter:18’’
 Gauge: 24G
 Needles: 1355T
 No of Feeder: 60 F
Knitting machineries

18.  Machine Type: Flat Bed Knitting machine
 Brand: MATSUYA
 Machine Model: 172 s/j
 Gauge: 14G
 BED: 68 inch
Knitting machineries

19. Quality Control:
1) Testing:
 GSM test
 Shrinkage test
 Perspiration test
 Color Fastness to Saliva test
 crease resistance
2) Inspection:
 Fabric Inspection
 Sewing Thread Inspection etc.

20.  Most used method in garments industry for fabric
inspection which is ASTM D5430-93(standard test)
methods for Visually Inspecting and Grading Fabric.
Length of Defect Penalty Point Alloted
Up to 3 Inches 1 Point
3-6 Inches 2 Points
6-9 Inches 3 Points
Over 9 Inches 4 Points
Holes and Openings
(1 inch or less)
2 Points
Holes and Openings
(Over 1 inch)
4 Points
Four-point system

21. Utilities used in the industry
Various utilities are used in the factory to deals with air, gas, electricity
required for the factory to run the production and facilitate the all power
related factors
Brand: COCHRAN
Origin: Scotland
Maximum temperature:188
Maximum steam output: 10 ton/hr
Steam Pressure: 7.5 bar
Quantity: 2
Boiler
Brand: BOGE
Origin: Germany
Quantity: 7
Air compresser

22. Gas generator(Running)
1.Brand: WAUKESHA
Origin : USA
Capacity: 900kw
Quantity: 3
2.Brand: PERKINS
Origin : England
Capacity: 400kw
Diesel generator (Backup)
Brand: PERKINS
Origin : England
Capacity: 200kw

23.  It was a great opportunity for us to visit Metro Knitting & Dyeing Mills
Ltd..
 It helps us to know briefly about knitting process.
 We would like to thank all the teachers who guided us through the
visit.
 This visit gave us such a valuable knowledge & we hope for more
opportunity to gather such practical knowledge.
Conclusion

24. Thank you