The 14Th National Knitting Science And Technology Conference Was Held Successfully

On April 28, 2025, the "warp and weft knitting special session" sub forum of the 14th National Knitting Science and Technology Conference was held in Yiwu, Zhejiang. Lin Yunfeng, President and Zhang Xicheng, Vice President of China Knitting Industry Association, Yang Qidong, Executive Deputy Director and Chen Nanliang, Deputy Director of Expert Technical Committee of China Knitting Industry Association And more than 100 industry experts, scholars and enterprise representatives attended to discuss the new progress of knitting technology and promote industrial exchanges and cooperation.

This forum is composed of Chen Nanliang, Deputy Director of Expert Technical Committee of China Knitting Industry Association host.

"With the help of digital intelligence, the development of enterprises is accelerating its transformation towards automation, informatization, systematization, intelligence and unmanned factory." Zhang Juelung, Manager of Intelligent Information Center of China Hengtian Lixin International Co., Ltd Under the title of "Intelligent System and Scientific Management", it was shared in combination with the central control system and remote operation and maintenance system of Hengtian Lixin. He introduced that the SmartCentre central control system is not only compatible with the group's various dyeing and finishing equipment, but also can easily realize program editing, scheduling, online monitoring, historical records, formula management and other operations by connecting the enterprise's ERP and MES systems, greatly improving the intelligent and digital development of enterprises and achieving efficient operation. The remote operation and maintenance system can collect the key operation data of dyeing and finishing equipment through the SmartCentre central control system, and regularly provide customers with suggestions on fault prevention or equipment maintenance measures and customized dyeing and finishing solutions according to different fault types through mobile phone APP, SMS and other ways.

"More innovative structural development is the core competitiveness of textile enterprises." Cheng Xuan, CMO Chief Marketing Officer of Qingjia Intelligent Technology With the title of "New Era of Fabrics - Perfect Integration of Zero Cost Innovation and Ultra High Speed Development", and in combination with the current structural pain points of big round looms, the paper shared the fabric structure development and application cases of virtual looms. She pointed out that by modeling every part of the big round machine on the computer, using knitting structure simulation algorithms, large-scale parallel computing engineering, etc., not only existing fabrics can be simulated, but also fabrics that do not exist in the world can be innovated, and more than 10000 innovative structures can be automatically generated in 8 minutes, each structure has a matching process sheet. In order to promote the high integration of the textile industry chain and the virtual industry chain, the company will soon launch a new NAO ordinary knitting big round machine, which has the advantages of full chain road efficiency improvement, full process function integration, zero cost trial and error, green intelligence, etc.

"LightChain can create zero inventory blockbusters for enterprises, optimize marketing efficiency, and achieve cost reduction and efficiency increase." Wang Wenli, Vice President of Qingdao Santai Bit Technology Co., Ltd The topic was "How to use AI to make the clothing business bigger". She said that through the AI technology covering the full link of "planning design production marketing", LightChain can provide a full link solution from planning, design to production and marketing, realize intelligent design, pattern generation, model changing, multi scene marketing map generation, etc. It has the advantages of 0 yuan payment, 0 cost measurement, 1 day launch, multiple, fast, good, and simple operation. At the same time, its virtual spokesperson function can customize the model image and avoid the risk of star cooperation. In the future, the light chain will continue to deepen the AI field of clothing and promote the intelligent upgrading of the industry.

"At present, knitted garments are developing towards outerwear, fashion, environmental protection and intelligence." Zhou Liya, Professor, School of Fashion and Art Design, Donghua University With the title of "Integration, Innovation, Design and Development of Fashion Knitted Fabrics", this paper shared the classic theme of fashion knitted garments and the changes of fabrics in their development, the integration, innovation dimensions and design and development analysis of knitted fabrics. She said that with the continuous improvement of people's requirements for the performance of knitted products, the design and development of knitted fabrics should pay attention to the consideration of style, market, process, performance requirements and other factors. At present, visualization, digital technology and AI technology are deeply integrated with the textile industry. Enterprises should take this opportunity to accelerate the transformation to intelligence and automation. The design and development of knitted fabric can realize the innovation of design process and production mode through virtual reality and digital technology, and improve the rapid response and market competitiveness of enterprises.

"In the future, establishing a zero carbon emission, sustainable and ecological circle will be the direction of enterprise development." Wang Jianqiang, Chairman of Wall Technology Group Co., Ltd They shared the experience of hosiery machine intelligent factory construction. He pointed out that through the establishment of an intelligent factory, it has not only created a "black light factory", which produces hosiery machines 24 hours a day without interruption, established a linear production system, but also realized the data connection between the sales data and the raw material side, the production equipment side, and the intelligent warehouse. The data can be updated in real time, which is very fast and accurate. In the future, the enterprise will also accelerate the construction in the direction of intelligent functional materials, consumer center demand orientation, small batch mass production, blockchain technology, artificial intelligence computing center, etc. At present, the company has established 9 development centers and 14 production bases around the world. He hopes to realize information sharing, multi-point and multi delivery, and realize intelligent and fast return customization in all branches around the world.

"The construction of intelligent factories has not only effectively improved the production efficiency and product quality of enterprises, reduced production costs, but also greatly enhanced the market competitiveness of enterprises." Wang Junli, Deputy Chief Engineer and Chief Engineer Office Director of Shanghai Jialinjie Textile Technology Co., Ltd Under the title of "Experience Sharing in Intelligent Factory Construction", the experience of intelligent factory construction was shared in combination with enterprise innovation practice. She introduced that by building a digital intelligent collaborative intelligent factory for the whole process of outdoor clothing fabrics, Jialinjie not only realized the digital infrastructure integration, digital design and simulation application of products, automatic color matching R&D system, intelligent online operation monitoring, intelligent storage, accurate quality traceability, energy consumption data detection and other scene innovations, but also achieved the data screen and BI Analysis helps digital decision-making and garment whole process automation. For digital transformation, she suggested that enterprises should avoid the following "pitfalls", including unclear goals and strategies, transformation not dominated by IT, neglect of data security, improper technology selection, lack of staff training and support, lack of close cooperation with supply chain partners, neglect of user experience, etc.

"Seamless knitting products are gradually becoming the new favorite in the market, and their application fields are expanding." Xia Peng, Product Manager of Raschel Equipment of Kalmyer (China) Co., Ltd The performance and application cases of seamless knitting warp knitting machine were shared under the title of "The Future of Seamless Warp Knitting". At the meeting, he first introduced the seamless knitting models such as Raschel double needle bed warp knitting machine and Raschel warp knitting machine, and the principle of seamless clothing, which can produce tights/underwear, pantyhose, outerwear, sportswear, yoga clothes/swimwear and other products. He pointed out that the seamless warp knitting machine has the advantages of high productivity, high return on investment, wide application fields, environmental protection, high degree of automation, especially in 3D three-dimensional, special processes, and remarkable results.

"At present, sustainable development has become the consensus of the whole industry. As an emerging green material, bio based materials are gradually becoming the focus of global materials science." Shen Chuliang, President of Green Dyeing and Finishing Technology Research Institute of Zhejiang Tonghui Textile Co., Ltd With the title of Innovation and Breakthrough of Sustainable Bio based Knitted Fabrics, the production practice and promotion progress of furan bio based knitted fabrics were shared in detail. He pointed out that as a 100% bio based material, furan bio based PEF fiber has natural antibacterial, UV resistance, moisture absorption, quick drying, wrinkle resistance and easy care properties. It is easy to dye at low temperature and has high coloring rate in the dyeing and finishing process. It can realize closed-loop recycling and is widely used in clothing, home upholstery and other fields. "The furan bio based (PEF) knitted fabric is deeply loved by consumers with its good product performance, and the market has a huge expansion space."

The meeting was strongly supported by Shanghai Qingjia Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., Light Chain Clothing AI, Jiangsu Sanlian New Material Co., Ltd., Guangdong Hengshen Meida New Material Technology Co., Ltd., China Hengtian Lixin International Co., Ltd., and Yiwu Hongzhao Information Technology Co., Ltd.

　　 National Knitting Technology Conference Since its inception, it has always carried out exchanges and discussions around cutting-edge technology hotspots such as new knitting technologies, new processes, new products, energy conservation and environmental protection, green low-carbon, intelligent manufacturing, etc. It is committed to building a multi-dimensional exchange platform for government agencies, industry organizations, enterprises and scientific research institutions, which not only provides new methods and new ideas for China's current knitting development, It has also provided new impetus for the coordinated innovation of government, industry, education, research and application in the knitting industry and promoted the progress of knitting technology in China. It has become an annual high-level, large-scale and authoritative comprehensive technical conference in the knitting industry.

(Source: China Knitting Industry Association)