Broken Needle & Metal Contamination Control
Objective.
Broken Needle & Metal Contamination control Procedure ensures that products manufactured at Factory are free of any broken needle or unwanted sharp metal parts.
Procedure.
Needle and Metal Contamination Control divided into two phases. 1. Prevention 2. Detection
Prevention.
a. Broken/Used Needle Policy
§  Each operator should only be in the possession of the number of needle/s required to operate his/her machine.
§  Whenever a replacement is required, the sewer will approach the designated person with all parts of the used or broken needle.
§  When needle is broken during sewing, every effort must be made to locate all fragments of the broken needle in the garment(s), machinery must be checked, including such areas as the sewing machine throat plate, feed dogs and bobbin case and oil tank.

§  Use of magnet to locate/search all fragments of the broken needle is recommended.

§  Any breakage must be recorded in the broken needle log and the broken fragments attached and sealed in the log, entries in to the log must be completed in full.
§  If all fragments cannot be found, then the bundle of garments on which the operator is sewing. And any bundles in close proximity must be taken to a separate place for further examination.
§  If all parts of the broken needle are still not found, then these bundles are passed through metal detector machine & the same is verified by authorized person prior to returning to the line.
§   All sewing line must have its own needle log for better control.

§  Maintenance dept. maintains daily needle breakage report and Needle breakage report summary to check and record the issuing needles as per each line.

§  End of the Day, Magnet Roller will be rolled into sewing line to collect broken needle or metal contamination if any from the sewing Lines.
b. Prevention of using metal stationary items
Artistic Design Ltd committed to deliver garments without any metal contamination and thus Artistic Design banned using metal stationmasters at inside the factory promises which is applicable to all departments