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

  • Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials

  • Brush materials made of suede, leather, or felt to remove spots or to raise and smooth naps.
  • Lower irons, rams, or pressing heads of machines into position over material to be pressed.
  • Measure fabric to specifications, cut uneven edges with shears, fold material, and press it with an iron to form a heading.
  • Moisten materials to soften and smooth them.
  • 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.
  • Sew ends of new material to leaders or to ends of material in pressing machines, using sewing machines.
  • 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.
  • Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.

  • Adjust fabrics or other materials during garment production.
  • Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
  • Prepare fabrics or materials for processing or production.