How do they match: Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials

  • Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials

  • Garment Folder
  • Garment Presser
  • Garment Steamer

  • Block or shape knitted garments after cleaning.
  • Finish fancy garments such as evening gowns and costumes, using hand irons to produce high quality finishes.
  • Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.
  • Finish velvet garments by steaming them on bucks of hot-head presses or steam tables, and brushing pile (nap) with handbrushes.
  • Identify and treat spots on garments.
  • Measure fabric to specifications, cut uneven edges with shears, fold material, and press it with an iron to form a heading.
  • Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.
  • Position materials such as cloth garments, felt, or straw on tables, dies, or feeding mechanisms of pressing machines, or on ironing boards or work tables.
  • Select appropriate pressing machines, based on garment properties such as heat tolerance.
  • Slide material back and forth over heated, metal, ball-shaped forms to smooth and press portions of garments that cannot be satisfactorily pressed with flat pressers or hand irons.

  • Cut fabrics.
  • Adjust fabrics or other materials during garment production.
  • Inspect garments for defects, damage, or stains.
  • Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
  • Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.