SOP for BAKING smelly garments Version 14/11/2011

SOP for BAKING smelly garments

Objectives: to remove smell from the PU Cups of garments so that no smell
can be detected when the sales countries and customers receive the
garments.
Apparatus: Double circulation oven.
Procedure:
1) Place the garments evenly onto the metal rack (no more than 20 garments
per rack).

2) (a) Switch on the oven using the Main Switch

(b) Switch on the fan (ventilation system) of the oven
(a) MAIN SW (Main
switch) turn
from O to I

(b) FAN
Press

the green button
marked ON

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3) Put two tanks of water inside the oven at the bottom (the water needs to be
changed after each baking cycle).

4) Put the metal racks (with garments, with no more than 120 garments per
baking cycle) into the oven. Close the oven doors.

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5)

(a) Turn on the Heater Switch

(b) Set the baking temperature of the oven to 110C
temperature : 1102C)

(b)
Press the
button until the

temperature at the bottom (in yellow
colour) is at 110.

6)

(internal

(a)
Press the

HEATER SW to ON

(a) Turn on the timer

(b) Set the timer of the oven according to the size of the garments
(i)
For garment sizes up to 85A (including size of 85A): set the timer
of the oven to 3 hours
(ii)
For garment sizes starting from 85B (including size of 85B): set
the timer of the oven to 4 hours
(c) Turn on the buzzer
(i)

(b)
Press the
button

until the time at the bottom
(in yellow colour) is at the
required time.

(a)
Press the TIMER SWITCH

to ON

(c)
Press the BUZZER

SWITCH to ON

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(ii)

(b)
Press the
button

until the time at the bottom
(in yellow colour) is at the
required time.

(a)
Press the TIMER SWITCH

to ON

7)

(c)
Press the BUZZER

SWITCH to ON

(a) After the baking has been completed according to the required time,
switch off the heater of the oven but still keep the fan ON to cool down
the garments to room temperature (for 1 hour).
(b) Use a stop watch or separate timer to set the time to 1 hour for the
cool down process. Allow the garments to cool down for one hour.

(a)
Press the

HEATER SW to
OFF

(b) Use a stop watch or timer to

time the cool down process

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8)

After the cool down process has been finished, open the oven doors. Check
the smell of the baked garments by close contact (see Remark 2) type of
checking method, if the garments are free from smell; pass the garments
for AQL checking. If the garments still smell, the garments need to be rebaked for another 1 hour and the smell check must be conducted again

9)

Take two samples from each baking cycle, even if the garments pass the
smell checking, to conduct a storage test (with the 2 garment samples
being put into a zip lock bag and bake them in MQAs oven at 75C for at
least 16 hours) to confirm if the baking process is successful this checking
procedure will last for 5 working days starting from 14 Nov 2011 and after
that, a random check must be conducted once a week.

10) If the garments fail the storage test, the garments involved in that baking
cycle need to be re-baked for another 1 hour and conduct the
smell/storage check again.
11) All garments that have been baked or re-baked must be packed in
completely new poly bags and paper balls.
REMARKS:
(1) All garments, no matter if they are intended for China, Taiwan or any
other sales countries, which have only been baked for 2 hours must be
re-baked for another 1 hour to make sure the garments are smell free.
(2) Close contact smell check means that the inside and outside of the cup
shall be smelled in close contact to the nose, ensure to check the
thickest part of the cup.
(3) If there any issues or uncertainty found in the baking process
particularly across the different styles CQA HK must be immediately
contacted for verification and/or further advice.