Automation, informatization and digitalization accelerate the penetration of Quanzhou’s textile, footwear and apparel industry
In recent years, driven by new generation information technologies such as big data, cloud computing, and the Internet, digitalization is gradually empowering the manufacturing industry to promote industrial transformation and upgrading. As a pillar industry, Quanzhou’s textile, footwear and apparel industry leverages digital transformation and upgrading to reshape business processes, innovate production and manufacturing processes, achieve product iterative upgrades, and empower companies to create new value.
Adapting to consumption upgrading, innovative research and development of functional fabrics
In the hot summer, sun protection has become a must-have option for many people when going out, and sun protection clothing has ushered in a hot-selling season in the market. As a hightechnological innovation enterprise integrating scientific research, fabric research and development, dyeing and finishing, and special finishing, sunscreen fabrics are manufactured by Fujian Xiangxing Textile Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Xiangxing Textile Technology Co., Ltd. Xing Textile) is one of the research and development focuses of spring and summer products.
Xiangxing Textile continues to maintain a steady development momentum. In the first half of this year, the company’s revenue increased by 30% year-on-year. “With the upgrading of consumption, people’s demand for product functionality is getting higher and higher.” Du Guohai, director of Xiangxing Textile Commercial Enterprise, said that after market research, it was found that some sun protection clothes on the market do not have sustainable sun protection effects. “You sweat a lot in summer. To maintain hygiene and health, sun protection clothing also needs to be washed frequently. After a few washes, the sun protection effect of sun protection clothing will also decrease until it disappears.”
How to make the sun protection effect of sun protection fabrics permanent has become the focus of the company’s R&D team. “Traditional sunscreen fabrics are dyed and finished, then a liquid additive sunscreen coating is added to the surface, and then the fabric is dried.” Du Guohai said, “We have improved the production process and added sunscreen powder to the yarn to change The structure of the yarn cross-section achieves sun protection effect. We started research and development of sun protection fabrics in 2018. The initial research and development products were not ideal in terms of production efficiency and product quality. After a large number of improvement experiments, the problems were finally overcome one by one. By simulating daily life After washing environment and anti-UV testing, we found that the anti-UV value of the fabric has not declined. This year, the sales of this fabric continue to be as popular as last year.”
Product innovation has always been the core competitiveness of an enterprise. “In addition, antibacterial fabrics are also the focus of our research and development.” Du Guohai revealed that the outbreak of the epidemic last year further increased people’s attention to health, and antibacterial fabrics have increasingly become people’s “heart favorite.” “We also develop the antibacterial function of fabrics at the source of yarn. Now the antibacterial effect of fabrics on common bacteria such as Candida albicans, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli can reach more than 90%.”
It is reported that Xiangxing Textile’s annual R&D investment accounts for about 4% of its revenue. The company has become a partner of many domestic and foreign brands such as Anta, Xtep, Rimba, Nike, Decathlon, Under Armor and so on.
Injecting intelligent manufacturing genes to drive production and manufacturing to improve quality and efficiency
Rows of warp knitting machines are running automatically at high speed. Occasionally, I see a few workers shuttling and checking in front of the machines. There are not many people in the huge production workshop. As far as the eye can see, it is full of busy equipment. This is the scene seen in the fifth warp knitting digital workshop of Jinjiang Huayu Weaving Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Huayu Weaving).
Empower enterprises to transform and upgrade through digitalization and intelligence. “This is a new park project that the company will build in 2019 and put into production in 2020.” Su Chengyu, the company’s executive president, said that the project covers an area of 250 acres and has introduced more than 600imported warp knitting machines. machine. The project is designed with higher specifications in accordance with forward-looking and innovative principles, striving to build an intelligent factory and achieve the goals of intelligent production and management.
Separated from the fifth warp knitting workshop is the central control center of the production workshop. Standing in front of the digital screen in the central control center, the products, speed, density, order number, delivery date, quantity and other relevant information produced by each machine in the workshop are clear at a glance. “Green means that the machine is operating normally, and red means that the machine is abnormal.” Su Chengyu said that for warp knitting, if a yarn is interrupted during the production process, if the machine is not stopped in time, the yarns will be broken one after another, and eventually the yarn will be broken. Tangled into a ball, it is quite troublesome to handle and directly affects production efficiency. “Through digital implantation, the machine can detect the yarn condition in time. Once yarn breakage occurs, a real-time warning will be given on the central control platform and the machine will be shut down in time. After the employees quickly handle it, the machine will continue to operate.”
I saw various pie charts and bar charts displayed on the digital screen of the central control center. “These are analysis diagrams formed after collecting workshop production and manufacturing data.” Su Chengyu said that through data analysis, it can provide support for further improvement of the production and manufacturing process. “For example, collecting equipment operation efficiency and energy consumption data is conducive to energy consumption management and reducing carbon emissions. In terms of product quality improvement, the product yield rate is increased by about 10%, and the production efficiency is also increased by about 10%.”
In Su Chengyu’s view, digital transformation is imperative. “The textile, footwear and apparel industry is a typical labor-intensive industry. In recent years, many companies have faced…��Difficulty in recruiting workers. At the same time, market competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and consumers’ requirements for product quality are also increasing. By introducing digitalization, transforming product processes with equipment innovation, and improving product quality and efficiency have become one of the paths for enterprise transformation and upgrading. “Now, Huayu Weaving has cooperated with China Telecom to achieve full 5G coverage in the park.
In fact, digitalization and intelligence have gradually penetrated into the textile, footwear and clothing industry in all aspects. Xiangxing Textile’s weaving workshop is filled with automated and digital production equipment, and one worker can take care of 80 pieces of equipment; the three-dimensional warehouse has gradually implemented “black light” operation. Fujian Huilong Chemical Fiber Textile Industrial Co., Ltd. has continuously invested in renovating production equipment and exploring intelligent production paths. It has several high-end fabric weaving preparatory production lines, hundreds of water-jet looms and intelligent looms. Shishi Wanfengsheng Bleaching, Dyeing and Weaving Co., Ltd. has standardized environmentally friendly workshops and production lines. It has introduced advanced domestic and foreign computer-controlled high-temperature dyeing machines, setting machines, and open-width machines from Europe, the United States, and Taiwan. equipment.
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