Composite method and apparatus for fabricating garments

摘要

The invention relates to a method for use in constructing a garment (25) including elastic therein, in a processing system, as one of a series of consecutive workpieces in a continuous web having a width dimension, the method including, with respect to respective workpieces, the steps of: (a) stretching elastic; (b) incorporating the elastic into the continuous web in stretched condition on a first rotary transport device having a first outer working surface effective to inhibit shrinkage of the web in the width dimension on the first rotary transport device without use of suction; and (c) relieving stretch in the elastic at a first portion of each respective workpiece in the web, while maintaining stretch in the elastic at a second portion of each respective workpiece. Furthermore, the invention relates to a respective processing system.