TYPES OF PRESSES

PRESENTATION BY
SUBHIKSHA. NILAA. HEMASHREE
 CLASSIFICATION OF PRESSING
EQUIPMENTS
SOLID PRESSER EQUIPMENT MOISTURE PRESSER EQUIPMENT HEAT ENERGY EQUIPMENT
Pressing irons
Wetting tanks: London shrinkers and Thermoelectric
Buck presses
auxiliary equipment machines
Mangle presses
Sponging machines Hot plates
Block presses
Decaters Casting
Form presses
Steam guns and jets equipment
Pleating presses
Steam chambers Dry heat ovens
Creasing
Autoclaves
machines: Edge
folders
STEAM / BUCK PRESS
Steam presses commonly consist of a
static buck and a head of
complementary shape closing onto it,
thereby sandwiching the garment to
be pressed. It consists of a frame
housing the buck which is normally in
round shape for pressing different
garments and linkages to close the
head by a scissor action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULliiYJUsyw
 A garment need to be pressed is fixed in the buck
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The buck head closes and locks
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Then steam is applied to the head or the buck to
press the garment for a predetermined time
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The buck head is released
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Vacuum is applied to the garment to cool and dry it
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The garment then moved around the buck for the
next part of it to be pressed
CAROUSEL
PRESS
Carousel press is a new
development in pressing
operation in which a pair of
bucks is provided that rotates
between operator and the
head. The head can be of
single or double based on the
bucks being identical or an
opposite pair for pressing the
left and right of a garment
part. In this press, scissor
action and vertically acting
heads can be used. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR1TOguTHTM
TROUSER PRESSING
Trousers include a wide variety of
garments, ranging from jeans, women’s
trousers with simpler construction and
requiring a less sharp crease, men’s
trousers including four pockets, and
suit trousers. The trouser pressing is
carried out in two operations along with
underpressing of the seam. The first
operation is done for legging on a flat
press to set and crease the legs and
the second operation for topping in a
series of lays around the top of the
trouser on a contoured press.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBJ4yKHDbK8
DOUBLE LEGGER
PRESSER
Double legger-pressing machine is used
for pressing trousers, and in this machine
both the legs are pressed simultaneously
with the top hanging down between two
separate bucks. These machines consist
of vertically acting heads, carousels and
microprocessor controls. Heat resistant
silicone foam is used for covering bucks of
steam presses and tables used with irons
and vacuum boards and the outside being
covered with a woven polyester cover.
Sometimes stretch nylon is used with the
highly contoured bucks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSs3uRjkXtM
 FORM PRESS
This equipment is known as a form
press or a ‘dolly’ press. It has a
compressed air system, frame for a
steam distribution system and a
pressing form made of a canvas bag in
the suitable silhouette of the garment
to be pressed. The pant steam finisher
and universal steam finisher are
shown in below figure .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgGvo3cQ-rY
CREASING MACHINES
Creasing machines are used to
fold over and press the edges of
clothing components such as
pockets or cuffs to prepare them
for easy sewing. Blades are used
to create creases and folds. The
component is kept over a die
with blades aiding in forming
creases around it and required
pressure is exerted during
pressing cycle.
 PLEATING
Pleats are a type of fold actually
formed during stitching by
doubling fabric upon itself and
securing it in place creating a set of
creases in the garment and making
it set by pressing. The pleats can
even be according to a geometrical
pattern. Pleating is done by using
pressure, moisture and heat. There
are two types in machine pleating.
One is a blade machine and the
other type is a rotary machine.
Block or Die pressing
In die pressing, the fabric is kept
over a fixed die prior to the
application of steam, heat and
pressure. This is normally used for
shaping and moulding of hat and
gloves during the manufacturing
process. Another variety of an
automated die pressing machine is
utilised for combined folding and
creasing of patch pockets as well as
pocket flaps, in which the operator
has to keep the components to be
pressed over a die and engages the
machine for folding and creasing.
 Permanent press:
The permanent press method normally results in reduction of fabric
strength. This method was developed for producing better crease
recovery of cellulosic fabrics. The process involves processing the
fabrics during its manufacture with a resin. A permanent press fabric
is processed after the resin treatment and is then made into
garments. The method is commonly used for trousers to introduce
the creases at the seams and hems and down the front and back.
The garments are then passed through an oven to cure the resin in
the fabric.