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

  • Form Presser
  • Drapery Head Former

  • Insert heated metal forms into ties and touch up rough places with hand irons.
  • 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.
  • Remove finished pieces from pressing machines and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.
  • Select, install, and adjust machine components, including pressing forms, rollers, and guides, using hoists and hand tools.
  • Shrink, stretch, or block articles by hand to conform to original measurements, using forms, blocks, and steam.
  • 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.