Shaoxing Keqiao: “Sunday Engineer” has an upgraded version

To attract such an “olive branch” from textile companies, there must be “hard work” behind it. Wei Qianyang has been deeply engaged in industry technology for 25 years and has rich practical experience. He has long been engaged in front-line textile, printing and dyeing product development, technological innovation, corporate management and other work. These experiences have allowed him to talk and resonate with many local entrepreneurs in Keqiao. And we can talk well and deeply.

“No matter how much you talk, it’s better to just give it a try.” This is one of Wei Qianyang’s tenets in serving enterprises. Especially when encountering technical problems in production, he often gets started directly in the workshop without saying anything. Relying on many years of professional experience and solid theoretical support, he has his own unique solutions and ideas to many problems.

Wei Qianyang recalled that once when he went to a dyeing factory, the relevant person in charge of the workshop told him that dye spots often appeared on fabrics, and he tried many methods but could not solve them. Wei Qianyang carefully checked the types of dyes and chemicals, the temperature of the chemicals and the dyeing process in the workshop. After analysis, he adjusted the temperature of the chemicals and the dyeing process, quickly solving the company’s problems. “Being able to help companies solve problems and seeing the happy faces of workshop workers after the problems are solved is the happiest moment for me as a shared engineer.”

Help product promotion

Duan Yafeng is an out-and-out textile expert and has received countless honors and awards: Zhejiang Science and Technology Award, China Textile Industry Federation Science and Technology Progress Award, Zhejiang Provincial Teaching Achievement Award… Duan Yafeng seems to have a “Textile Technology Encyclopedia” in his mind. As long as others ask him technical questions, he can always accurately find the corresponding chapters and solve the problems one by one.

In 2022, Duan Yafeng, who was idle at home after retirement, applied for the “Shared Engineer” position in the Innovation Center. After strict assessment and open selection, he became one of the first five shared engineers of the entire textile printing and dyeing industry chain in Keqiao District. “I can use my spare energy to do what I can for everyone,” he said modestly.

Since serving as a “shared engineer”, Duan Yafeng has often conducted in-depth corporate research and used his technical advantages to “prescribe prescriptions and diagnoses” for the company.Many people in charge of printing and dyeing companies said that since Duan Yafeng and other shared engineers, the company can not only get “portable” guidance at any time, but also many wonderful ideas that usually “flash by” can quickly become practical product solutions. , further strengthened the personalization and functionality of new products, expanded the path for industrial application of new materials, shortened the development cycle of new products, and improved the timeliness of market development.

Duan Yafeng said: “What impressed me deeply was Shaoxing Material Textile Technology Co., Ltd. This company spent several years developing 48D/72F fine deniernylon Silk and 40s/1 Tencel interwoven jacquard fabrics, but due to dyeing uniformity and color fastness limitations, although it has opened up some prospects in the field of women’s shirt fabrics, the customer base is too small and it has always been difficult to receive stable large orders.

Under the guidance of Duan Yafeng, the company implemented digital printing processing based on the original dyeing varieties, forming a new product of nylon Tencel interwoven “jacquard + digital printing” series, and invited the trendy fashion design studio in the innovation center platform to design prototypes and made finished skirt samples for promotion. The products quickly became popular in the Hangzhou style women’s clothing field of the Internet celebrity “Flower Skirt”, with continuous renovation of flower shapes and more and more orders. The more, it attracted a lot of big orders.

In addition to being a “technical foreign aid”, Duan Yafeng is also a “promotion ambassador”. “Although printing and dyeing companies in Keqiao are active in developing new products, the channels and conditions for promoting innovative products are relatively limited.” Duan Yafeng said, just like Shaoxing Longtai Graphene Technology Co., Ltd., which holds “high-end” functional new materials in its hands Technology has been used to develop new products of fiber yarns and even fabrics of various specifications. However, due to the lack of understanding of the product structure and needs of downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, it has been difficult to open up the situation in terms of market promotion and product serialization.

“After we learned about this problem, we specially organized a special seminar to promote collaborative efforts to clarify the specific needs of downstream customers and the direction of downstream product development of new functional fiber yarn materials. The company quickly cooperated with the textile research and development department of Keqiao Market A trading company has established a cooperative relationship to develop ‘graphene + aerogel’ composite non-woven fabric liner and graphene modification for autumn and winter thermal underwear and mattresses. New products such as polyester blended yarn with ‘warm + antibacterial’ functions knitted fabrics and T-shirts are well received by the market. “Duan Yafeng was quite pleased with this.

Empowering industrial upgrading

Shen Yifeng, chief engineer of Shaoxing Keqiao Research Institute of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, has a “new job” this year. He has presided over more than 50 scientific research projects at the national, provincial, municipal and corporate levels. Now he “sits” in the innovation center office two days a week to help companies solve problems in the development of new functional fabrics and Technical difficulties in energy conservation, emission reduction, and application of new dyeing and finishing technologies.