Apparel pressing and

finishing
Prepared and presented by;
Israt Zebin Ansari
Lecturer, DTE, SEU
What is pressing?
Pressing or ironing is the most important finishing process in readymade
garments sector which is done by subjecting a cloth to heat and pressure
with or without steam to remove unwanted creases and to impart a flat
appearance to the garments. Pressing or ironing also done to introduce
creases in the apparel. Pressing is also termed as ironing.
Objectives:
• To flatten out the undesirable wrinkles, creases and crush marks.
• To hide many imperfections.
• To make creases where the garment design needs it.
• To mould the garment to the silhouette of the body.
• To prepare garments for further sewing.
• To refinish the garment after completion of the production process.
Types:
• Under pressing – It is the pressing operation performed on garment
components as they are being made up.
• Top pressing/Final pressing – This refers to the finishing operation,
where a garment undergoes after being completely assembled.
Basic components of pressing:
heat steam(moisture) pressure drying

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 Pressing methods and equipment
1. Hand irons:
• It exists for a long time.
• This is triangular in shape and weighted from 1 to 15 kgs.
• Traditional one was a small case, made by iron which was heated by
burning heated coal and wood and the garments are pressed by the lower
smooth surfaces of case.
• There were also irons which were heated by gas flame inside the metal
casting and it was mainly used in touching up of men’s jackets.
• However in recent times, steam and electric irons are used commonly.
The two basic irons are:
▪ Dry iron
▪ Electric steam iron
Hand Irons
 Steam press
•This contains a static buck and a head which closes onto it.
•The fabric is placed on the buck and the head is pressed on it
and pressing is done by applying heat and pressure.
•It has a frame carrying the buck which is generally round in
shape. Besides this, it has linkages to close the head (head is
placed down on the buck by scissor action) , pipe system to
supply steam to head and buck, a vacuum system to provide
suction through the buck, a table around the buck to aid the
handling of the garments and foot control for head closure
and vacuum. Used to press skirt, shirt, trouser, etc.
Steam press machine
Steam air finisher
Steam tunnel
 Your task…
• Write the working principles of steam air finisher.
• Write the features of steam tunnel.
 That’s all
Thanks a lot..