Processes and Manufacture Flashcards
1
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One off production system
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- individual items are made once, by hand or highly skilled machine operators
- exclusive
- personalised to meet specific clients requirements
- haute couture garments are made this way
2
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Batch production systems
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- team of workers work to complete agreed number of identical products
- costs are lower
3
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Mass production system
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- large numbers of identical products are manufactured over long period of time
- involves production line to make items that are in continual demand
- cheapest; materials bought in bulk, machinery used as much as possible to cut labour costs
4
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Just in time stock control
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- cost effective method; ordering fabrics, components, sub assemblies to arrive just before they are needed
- stock storage time is reduced
- any mistakes or delays will hold production up
5
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Moulage
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-making own pattern by modelling with calico fabric on a manikin
6
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Purpose of sampling and prototypes
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- to test techniques
- to test method of making
- to look at costing implications
7
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Flat seam
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-most commonly used
-pressed open and flat
#basic
8
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French seam
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- used when fabric is delicate and prone to fraying (chiffon)
- raw edges are concealed inside a double stitched seam
9
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Flat fell seam
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- gives strength and decoration to a product
- double line of stitching is often used in contrasting coloured thread
- used in denim
10
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Pinking
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- pinking shears used to cut zigzag edge along fabric edge
- helps prevent woven threads from unravelling
11
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Overlocking and zigzag stitching
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- overlocker: trim, stitch and beaters seams
- inexpensive way to neaten seam
12
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Bias binding
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- folded in half and stitched along both edges of the flat seam
- cheaper alternative to making fully lined garment
13
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Darts
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- create 3D shaping in flat fabric
- to fit figure
- useful at waist or bust
14
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Pleating
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- fold in fabric
- pressed in order to keep its edge or stitched along section of fold
- skirts: ease of movement at knee
15
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Gathering
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- fabric width becomes reduced
- give wavy shaping to curtains, garment waistlines, sleeves
- two lines of long stitches at top edge of fabric
- threads are pulled tut as fabric eased back along length of threads
