How to choose a sewing machine?

A sewing machine is the main processing equipment necessary for production enterprises in clothing, luggage, shoes and hats, home textiles, home furnishings, and other industries. at present, there are thousands of kinds of sewing machines in the world and hundreds of commonly used ones. therefore, how to choose a sewing machine is an important issue for manufacturers.

When choosing a sewing machine, you must first understand the sewing objects of the enterprise, that is, the products to be sewn, the sewing process, and the sewing fabrics. as the application range of sewing machines is expanding, the objects of products processed by sewing machines are becoming more and more diverse in the market.in addition to all kinds of clothing, bedding, shoes and hats, bags, and sports goods commonly used in our daily life, sewing machines are also widely used in industrial production to complete sewing work, such as sealing and sewing various packaging bags, sewing of various tents, sails, car seats, safety belts, and even instrument trim panels. due to the variety of sewing objects, the variety of sewing fabrics, and the complexity of sewing process types, manufacturers need to select the corresponding sewing machine according to different sewing objects and different sewing fabrics and sewing processes.

Choose sewing machine according to different sewing fabrics 

Sewing fabric is referred to as sewing material, mainly including fiber fabric, leather, plastic film, paper, sheet, and other types.

Fiber fabric sewing material is the most common sewing material, which is made of various fibers spun into yarn and then woven into a cloth shape. the materials of fiber fabrics are generally divided into plant fibers, such as cotton and hemp; such as wool and silk; chemical fiber, such as polyester, nylon, etc; Mineral fiber, such as asbestos.

According to different textile processes of fiber fabrics, they can be generally divided into:

The properties of the two fabrics are different.

Woven fabric

Woven fabrics are widely used in clothing, shoes and hats, bags, home textiles, canopies and sails, packaging, home decoration, automobile decoration, and other sewing products. due to the poor stretch (elasticity) of woven fabrics, it is necessary to use stitches with small stretch (elasticity) in sewing. generally, lock stitch sewing machines with small stitch elasticity are selected, i.e. various common lockstitch sewing machines.

Knitted fabric 

Knitted fabrics are widely used in underwear, sportswear, casual wear, T-Shirts, vests, sweaters, and other sewing products. the knitted fabric has good elasticity, so it needs to be sewn with stitches with high elasticity. generally, chain stitch sewing machines with good sewing thread elasticity are selected, i.e. common types of over sewing machines and stretch sewing machines.