Footwear Production stitching phase 2

Phase of sewing of the uppers of shoes

The leather once cut, skip the shopping Manovia, which, after making a full circle, back to square one. On its way, the upper is assembled from a series of sewing machines operated by workers specialized calls hemmers, which carry out the step of sewing a repeating each the same operation in series.

Each has its own hemming sewing machine which can 'be different from each other depending on the different phases of the seam. The sewing machine can be: flat to August 1 or 2 needles, columns to August 1 or 2 needles, flat zig-zag. In the midst of these operations are also performed operations: folding, beating, grinding, rinforzatura. These operations may be performed manually or with the respective machines.

At the end of his journey, previously cut the leather, takes shape, is created so the upper part of the shoe, it is called the upper. The upper can 'also be sewn externally by the shoe, that is from tomaifici, fasionisti external assemblers of a part of the shoe.

Ernesto Zallocco