Sewing Thread Consumption of a Shirt in Apparel industry

Sewing Thread Consumption

Sewing thread consumption is required to know for any apparel industry. Thread consumption is the amount the thread needed for operation at a certain length. So that merchandiser can budget the thread amount against any order. There are different types of stitches used in apparel, and each stitch consumption differs from the other. Factors of thread consumption and you need to know these things to do thread consumption:

1. Stitching consumption in a certain length of every process.
2. The number of threads used per process.
3. Stitching length of every process of shirts.
4. And keep wastage 5%.

Sewing Thread Consumption of a Shirt– Process stitching consumption/cm

Sl.No	Name of the Machine and stitch	Consumption/ CM
1	Single needle lock stitch (SNLS)	2.5 CM
2	Double-needle lock stitch (DNLS)	5 CM
3	Feed of the arm (F.O.A)	14 CM
4	3 Thread over lock (3th O/L )	17 CM
5	5 Thread over lock (5th o/l)	22 CM
6	KANSAI	14 CM
7	Single needle chain stitch (SNCS)	7 CM
8	Double needle chain stitch (DNCS)	14 CM
9	Bar tack m/c (BTM)	24 CM
10	Button stitch m/c (BSM)	8/ per hole CM
11	4 Thread over lock (4th o/l)	19 CM
12	Hole stitch m/c (HSM)	24 CM
13	Lap seam	6 CM
14	Flat lock	16 CM
15	Flat lock (Zig Zag)	19 CM

Process-wise Sewing Thread Consumption of a Shirt

SL. NO.	PROCESS NAME	MACHINE TYPE	LENGTH (CM)	Consumption/ CM	TOTAL LENGTH (CM)
1	Collar Make	SNLS(V.M)	66.5	2.5	166.25
2	Collar Make T/S	SNLS	63.5	2.5	158.75
3	Band rolling	SNLS	54	2.5	135
4	Band Join	SNLS(V.M)	55.5	2.5	138.75
5	Band T/S	SNLS	46	2.5	115
6	Main lbl	SNLS	18	2.5	45
7	Back Yoke Join	SNLS	55	2.5	137.5
8	Back Yoke T/S	SNCS	55	7	385
9	Pair Tuck	SNLS	10	2.5	25
10	BTN Placket	SNLS	78	2.5	195
11	Box Placket	Kansai	78	14	1092
12	Pkt rolling	SNCS	16	7	112
13	Pkt join	SNLS	45	2.5	112.5
14	Bartack	BTM	3	24	72
15	Front Join	SNLS	42	2.5	105
16	Shoulder T/S	SNLS	42	2.5	105
17	SLV Join	5 th o/l	132	22	2904
18	A.H.T/S	SNCS	132	7	924
19	Collar Join	SNLS	54	2.5	135
20	Collar join T/S	SNLS	69	2.5	172.5
21	Care lbl	SNLS	10	2.5	25
22	Side Join	F.O.A	128	14	1792
23	Slv rolling	SNLS	90	2.5	225
24	Hem	SNLS	143	2.5	357.5
25	Hole Stitch	HSM	10.5	24	252
26	BTN Stitch	BSM	7	32	224
				Total Consumption	10110.75
Thread	Order quantity	Cutting quantity	Length 20% allowance (m)	Cone length	No. of Cone
40/2	154500	162225	121.33	4000	4920.65