The invention relates to the technical field of garment pressing and ironing, in particular to a pressing and ironing mechanism for garment production. The pressing and ironing mechanism comprises anelectric cylinder, a rack, a heat insulation plate, a heating plate, a gear, a driving wheel, anti-scalding cloth and an open groove, wherein the rack is driven by the electric cylinder to move downwards, and therefore the heat insulation plate and the heating plate are driven to move downwards relative to a hollow box, meanwhile, the gear and the driving wheel are driven to rotate, the driving wheel rotates to drive the anti-scalding cloth to rotate, when the open groove is changed along with the rotation position of the anti-scalding cloth and the heating plate moves downwards to the bottomend face to be aligned with the anti-scalding cloth, the open groove is rotated to the lower end of the heating plate, and the heating plate continues to move downwards to penetrate through the open groove and be attached to the clothes, so that garment are pressed and ironed, after the garment are pressed and ironed, the rack is driven by the electric cylinder to move upwards, the open groove ismoved away from the lower portion of the heating plate, at the moment, the portion, without the open groove, of the anti-scalding cloth is located on the lower portion of the heating plate, the heating plate is shielded, and the use safety is improved.