Hive Textile Equipment List

Starting out with a big list, please review and advise if anything missing?

Planned Textile Equipment

Industrial Sewing & Assembly

  • Single needle lockstitch machines (4-5)

  • Walking foot industrial machines (1-2)

  • Double needle lockstitch machines (1-2)

  • Single needle chainstitch machines (?)

  • Cylinder arm sewing machines

  • Zig zag industrial machines

  • Bartack machines

  • Button sewing machines

  • Buttonhole machines

  • Snap press equipment

  • Rivet press equipment

Overlock & Stretch Production

  • 4 thread serger machines

  • 5 thread overlock machines

  • Coverstitch machines

  • Flatlock machines

  • Elastic attaching machines

  • Binding attachment systems

Specialized Sewing Equipment

  • Blind hem machines

  • Flat felling machines

Cutting & Pattern Development

  • Fabric spreading tables

  • Manual cutting tables

  • Straight knife cutters

  • Round knife cutters

  • Fabric cutting saws

  • Automated cutting (maybe one day)

  • Pattern making tables

  • Digitizing systems

  • Plotters

  • Marker printing systems

  • CAD pattern software stations

  • CLO 3D design stations 

Pressing & Finishing

  • Steam irons

  • Heat press equipment

  • Fusing press systems

  • Finishing stations

Textile Repair & Upcycling

  • Repair sewing stations

  • Darning equipment

  • Patch application stations

  • Textile restoration tools

Digital & Production Support

  • Production scheduling systems

  • Barcode systems

  • Quality control stations

  • AI assisted optical inspection systems

  • Material Ordering, and in house inventory tracking systems

  • Label printing systems

Material Handling & Storage

  • Optic AI Material Identification & Textile Cleaning System

  • New and Dead stock EPR / PDE transparency tracking (QR code)

  • Material shelving systems

  • Rolling carts / Material Bins

  • Hanging garment racks

Textile Printing & Surface Design

  • Heat transfer systems

  • Sublimation equipment

  • Small format textile printing

  • Screen printing stations

  • Vinyl cutting systems

  • Embroidery machines

 

Potential Future Expansion

  • Community Events; Fashion shows, Marketplace Events

  • Textile recycling equipment & knitting machines for vertical circular

  • Raw material processing for Wool and Hemp (scouring, spinning, weaving/knitting offsite)

  • Acoustic Combed and Felted textile panel production (off site)

  • Mattress and soft goods production (off site)

  • Zero Waste Pulp / Fiber Packaging, Building Materials (off site)
  • Shoe design, prototype & production