What is Cutting SOP

 What is Cutting SOP

 

 

Cutting Section SOP

Cutting Section Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is develop to provide guidelines for the workers so that they have proper knowledge of working. SOP is written in a simplest way to ensure better understanding for all people who are involved directly or indirectly with that particular activities. In a garments industry you may find different form of SOP and it can vary company to company and also department to department. Each and every garments company always try make best adaptable standard operating procedure. You know that cutting section is very crucial part of garments manufacturing, keep in mind the importance of this section I made a simple Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for cutting section of garments so that can make SOP for your company. Now a day’s it is mandatory to make SOP and hang it to the working place of each section in apparel industry for better understanding of the procedure and to minimize operational error.

Objective: 

Fabric Relaxation procedure ensure that spandex blend fabrics or the fabric where required relaxation are relaxed as per the requirement prior to cutting process.

Responsible:

v  Head of Production.

v  Head of Quality.

v  Head of Cutting /Cutting In-charge.

Cutting Team is responsible in doing fabric relaxation procedures under Fabric/ Cutting Quality team supervision.

Procedure:

1. Based on Order wise cut plan, cutting team to study the fabric composition to decide whether the fabric required relaxing in unroll form… (If the fabric is spandex blend or the fabric required to relax based on guidelines from Sample Section). Or Cutting team to check with Fabric Quality team whether the fabrics to be relaxed prior to cutting.

2. If the fabric rolls required to relax, then the cutting department to issue a requisition 3 days prior to cutting.

3. Fabric Quality team to verify the fabric requisition and approve the fabric requisition if all fabric inspection and testing parameters are OK.

4. Upon receipt the fabric rolls, fabric rolls unrolled using fabric inspection machine under fabric quality team supervisor. Once the fabric is unrolled 100%, then fabric rolls to be mentioned with relaxation start time along with other details of the fabric Roll (Roll #, Width, Relaxation start time, etc.).

5. Fabric Relaxation details to be documented in Fabric Relaxation report which will be verified by cutting QC prior to allowing spreading.

6. Unrolled fabrics not to be tied too tight & fabrics unrolled store it in a breaker trolley and relaxed for minimum 24 hrs or as required by the customer.

Relaxation date and time must be recorded. After spreading, will relax 2 hours before cut.

Document:

Fabric Relaxation Report.

 

Fabric Relaxation Format

 

Before Cutting Procedure

• Receive marker and quality check by cutting QC.
• Fabric Spreading will be done based on Shade chart/Shade grouping provided by fabrics warehouse.
• Spreading report will be made after spreading with related all necessary data.
• Spreading Quality check point: -Table marking -Ends -Leaning –Tension -Narrow Goods -Remnants -Counts -Ply High -Marker Placing -Fabric Flaws
• Highest lay for woven fabrics is length 14 meter and height 3 inch.
• Lay chart should be maintaining roll wise.
• Quality inspector will control quality inspection during fabrics lay.
• Cutting spreader man will spread marker after finishing lay.
• For stripe and check fabrics, alignment to be correct by using hook, thread.
• Before cutting cutter man will attach clamp, Gum tap on the layer.
• Shade chart will be hanged during lay.
• Cutting Quality check points: -Miss cut –Rugged Cutting –Notches-Matching Plies and pattern check.

After Cutting Procedure

• Quality will check every bundle using hard pattern three different position of the bundle.
• Numbering and bundling separation done by following spreading report and identify each bundle by style, Cutting number, Bundle number, size, Serial number, Shade number and Parts name.
• 100% cut panel will be inspected
• If any defective panel found, will be replaced from lay chart wise remnants by following shade and pattern grain line.
• Light color bundle will bind with light color string; deep color bundle will bind with deep color string
• Light color Fabrics will be covered by poly in rack or pallet.
• Then all cut panels will be ready to delivery in sewing.