How Many New Patterns Can A Piece Of Cloth Make?

The garment is made of brushed fabric developed by Zhejiang Kekoula Textile Technology Co., Ltd. Photographed by Chen Liqun

Super fiber suede covered car seats. Photographed by Li Xiaoqiang

High performance carbon fiber production line of Zhejiang Jinggong Integrated Technology Co., Ltd. Photographed by Hong Lunan

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Keqiao District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, a time-honored textile town, has a whole textile industry chain, about 40% of the country's printing and dyeing capacity, the largest textile professional market in Asia, nearly 1/4 of the world's textile fabrics are traded here, and various new materials and products emerge in endlessly.

"How many new patterns can a piece of cloth make?" With a question, the reporter went to many textile enterprises in Keqiao District to see how traditional industries can take on a new look.

Develop fabrics with various patterns and rich functions

Fabric innovation from three pieces of clothing

Flexible flame-retardant carbon fiber fabrics, bamboo pulp fiber blended functional suit fabrics, and acetate fabrics comparable to silk... In Keqiao District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, clothing fabrics have a wide range of patterns and rich functions, resulting in many popular products with "unique skills". Fabric innovation can be perceived from three pieces of clothing.

Look at the fleece jacket.

"In order to protect the achievements of scientific and technological innovation, we are not allowed to take photos here." This remark is not from a cutting-edge laboratory or any special organization, but from a textile factory in Keqiao District that looks very ordinary.

This enterprise is Zhejiang Kekoula Textile Technology Co., Ltd. In the workshop, the drawing machine, carding machine and other equipment operate at a high speed, producing rolls of fleece fabric. Zhou Hongli, the general manager of the company, said, "Since April, purchasers have started to place centralized orders. Orders have been scheduled until August, at least until the end of September."

"Brushed fleece is very common. Why is it so popular?"

"We try our best to make 'road goods' into high-tech products," said Zhou Hongli. "When we wear fleece jackets in winter, we are most afraid of being beaten by static electricity. This fabric creatively combines graphene conductive wire with hollow yarn, which can not only prevent static electricity, but also keep warm."

In recent years, the enterprise specializes in "blank spots" in the flannelette market, launching a series of new fabrics such as polylactic acid environment-friendly flannelette and bio based flannelette. "Good things don't have to worry about sales." Zhou Hongli said frankly that although the company's output is not high, "but others sell it by kilograms, we can sell it by square meters."

Second, look at the jacket.

A piece of cloth is sandwiched in the middle of the glass column, and water is poured onto the cloth. No drop of water seeps down, and air is blown from under the cloth, but the top is bubbling. This is a device placed in Zhejiang Dongjin New Material Co., Ltd.

"For clothing fabrics, waterproof and breathable are contradictory, but we use polymer film fitting technology to achieve both waterproof and breathable." Xie Pingping, deputy director of the company's innovation center, said that the preparation technology of high-quality waterproof and breathable fabrics was once monopolized by foreign countries, and relevant additives and films were imported, "After ten years of hard work, we overcame a series of problems such as waterproof and moisture permeable, flame retardant coordinated finishing, and wearing comfort, making the performance of domestic fabrics reach the international advanced level."

Relying on continuous innovation, Dongjin Company has opened new markets. Only waterproof, moisture permeable and flame retardant multi-functional new fabrics have increased sales by more than 30 million square meters in recent three years.

Third, look at knitwear.

In Zhejiang Qise Rainbow Technology Co., Ltd., a reporter thought that a plain striped sweater was quite sophisticated in the eyes of insiders.

"In the past, when tailoring knitwear, it was necessary to add a sewing process, otherwise the edge of the fabric was easy to deform and fall off. We innovatively developed a free cutting knitted fabric, and by optimizing the fiber ratio and knitting process, we did not need to lock the edge and three-dimensional cutting." The deputy general manager of the company made every effort to say that by eliminating a process, the production efficiency of ready to wear could be improved by 25% The ability of garment enterprises is of great help.

There are countless knitted fabrics in the market. If you want to stand out from the competition, new fabrics must not only have "unique skills", but also not "partial". "Take this free cutting knitted fabric as an example, it also has the advantages of moisture absorption, quick drying, UV resistance, lightweight warmth retention, etc." With full pride, "in the field of multi-functional fabrics, there are many enterprises that can achieve single strength, but only a few enterprises can achieve multi-functional integration." Therefore, their new fabrics quickly won the favor of sports and leisure clothing brands after listing.

According to the relevant person in charge of Keqiao District Economic and Information Bureau, in recent years, local textile enterprises have continuously strengthened the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, continued to tackle key problems in high-end fabrics and functional fabrics, and some have also made exclusive products, improving their competitiveness and popularity. Many fabric enterprises have become core suppliers of international mainstream brands.

Show your skills in automobile, aerospace, medical and other fields

Looking at market innovation from three products

The modern textile industry is no longer limited to clothing. A series of high-performance and high-value industrial textiles have shown their talents in automotive, aerospace, medical and other fields.

Carbon fiber "weaves" into low altitude economy.

Entering the exhibition hall of Zhejiang Jinggong Integrated Technology Co., Ltd., a "flying car" is very eye-catching. "The wings, fuselage and propeller of this aircraft are all made of carbon fiber, which has greatly reduced the weight." Chen Liang, the assistant president of the company, said that carbon fiber, known as "industrial black gold", has high strength, light weight and corrosion resistance, and is suitable for low altitude aircraft. The company has undertaken many parts manufacturing businesses. In addition, carbon fiber is also widely used in building bridges, offshore wind power, humanoid robots, sports equipment and other fields.

In the assembly workshop of the enterprise, rows of carbon fiber production equipment such as wire take-up machines and heat setting machines are ready to go. The take-up machine is the core equipment of precursor carbonization. Previously, only a few countries had the manufacturing capacity. In recent years, Seiko has made unremitting efforts to achieve domestic substitution. "The whole production line is more than 300 meters long, and there are more than 360000 various equipment parts. We have realized the national production from software to hardware." Chen Liang said that the company's carbon fiber equipment market share has reached the first in China and the third in the world.

Super fiber synthetic leather is paved into new energy vehicles.

When I came to Zhejiang Meisheng New Material Co., Ltd., I felt as if I had entered a car company, with ceiling, columns, seats and headrests. "In fact, we are an enterprise making new textile materials." Qian Guochun, the chairman of the company, took out a group of "cotton". "This is microfiber, which is composed of 37 fibers. The resulting microfiber synthetic leather is widely used in automotive interiors. Many well-known new energy vehicle enterprises are our customers."

This enterprise, which has been engaged in artificial leather for decades, was once plagued by homogenization and price war. Later, the company anchored in the direction of super fiber synthetic leather and grew into a national level "little giant" enterprise specializing in special new products. "Our products can achieve 35000 times of scraping without damage, 700 hours of exposure without fading, and can also maintain tasteless, pollution-free, light resistant, aging resistant and other properties." Qian Guochun said that the price of the company's high-end products can reach 10 times that of ordinary synthetic leather.

High molecular materials are used to synthesize artificial blood vessels.

"Textile materials also shine in medical and health fields." In the Zhejiang Modern Textile Technology Innovation Center in Keqiao District, the head of the center picked up a white hose: "This is an artificial blood vessel made of a new generation of polymer materials, which can be used for dialysis. Compared with the first generation products, the use of new artificial blood vessels does not need to take anticoagulants, but also can repeatedly puncture, with higher safety. ”

Next to the artificial blood vessel, there is a medical tissue patch woven with silk protein, which can be used to repair the abdominal wall tissue. In addition, the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber woven into the Shenzhou 17 re-entry capsule parachute, the special cable used to tie down the "Deepwater No.1" energy station, and the industrial silk used for the road fence... all kinds of novel textile products are amazing.

"Industrial textiles involve many new materials and new processes, which can not be separated from the original innovation of" from 0 to 1 "." The head of the center said that Zhejiang Modern Textile Technology Innovation Center has joined forces with enterprises, universities, the government and other forces to foster innovation ecology, and has established more than 10 school enterprise scientific research teams covering industrial silk, nylon melt direct spinning, textile coating and other fields, We overcame a number of key technical difficulties and strongly supported enterprises to explore new markets and seize new business opportunities.

Realize systematic innovation from design, manufacturing to circulation and sales

Look at the industry renewal from three sets of systems

After years of transformation and upgrading, "Keqiao Textile" has become a regional brand worth more than 100 billion yuan. Behind the value jump of "One Piece of Cloth" is the systematic innovation of the whole chain of the local textile industry from design, manufacturing to circulation and sales.

Design link, intelligent customization.

When I met Li Yajian, the head of Shaoxing Boya Clothing Co., Ltd., he was busy debugging the intelligent clothing customization system with engineers. After the customer placed an order in the suit shop, he uploaded the whole body photos remotely. On the company's computer, the "smart version system" began to draw lines. The collar, body, lining, lining... In less than two minutes, the suits with different shapes and styles were made.

In the past, customizing clothes was time-consuming and laborious. Li Yajian, a tailor, knew the pain point of the industry well: "Traditional customization highly depends on the experience of the tailor, and design and modification are very tedious. Now we apply artificial intelligence technology, from customer sizing to selection, to matching the shape and starting cutting, the system will automatically complete within five minutes, while traditional tailoring takes at least several days. "

Manufacturing link, automatic operation.

In the workshop of Zhejiang Yingfeng Technology Co., Ltd., the mechanical arm schedules production and prepares materials according to the production plan, and the chemical material system accurately matches the water volume, water temperature and dissolution time. After being made into liquid dyes, they are sent to the machine through pipes for fabric dyeing, and the processes of weighing, feeding, chemical material, cleaning, etc. are automatically completed. This set of intelligent equipment for textile printing and dyeing industry comes from Zhejiang Shaoxing Fuyuan Technology Co., Ltd.

Printing and dyeing is a delicate job, which requires high manual work. Dyes should be weighed, stirred evenly, and additives should be added. "Our set of equipment can avoid human operation deviation, help printing and dyeing enterprises streamline production time, reduce material consumption, and improve the yield by about 5 percent." Hong Ping, chairman of Fuyuan Technology, analyzed, "Don't underestimate these percentage points. Textile printing and dyeing output is large and product competition is fierce, even if the yield is 1 percent lower, it will reduce profits, or even lose orders." At present, the company has cooperated with hundreds of large printing and dyeing enterprises, and the average annual growth rate of equipment sales in recent years has exceeded 100%.

Transaction link, online matching.

Click on the "Magpie Order Assistant" mobile phone applet, input "Knitted Fabric", and a long list of supply enterprises sprang up immediately. Mao Yonghua, head of Shaoxing Naiqiu Textile Co., Ltd., a trader, selected the products of Shaoxing Mingyu Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd, "I placed an order for 1200m ivory white Roman cloth, and I can track the order progress on my mobile phone. The production process, delivery quantity and other conditions are clear at a glance."

"There are many textile enterprises in Keqiao District. In the past, traders wanted to cooperate with manufacturers, either by visiting the factory one by one or by being recommended by acquaintances, so the search cost was high. Now the industrial brain has built a bridge for docking. As long as traders put forward demands, they can quickly find suitable manufacturers." Luo Yucheng, deputy general manager of Shaoxing Keqiao Weaving, Printing and Dyeing Industry Brain Operation Co., Ltd., said.

Including the above small programs, Keqiao Weaving, Printing and Dyeing Industry Brain has integrated more than 190 applications, settled more than 4000 enterprises, registered engineers more than 110000 people, and access to more than 30000 sets of core production equipment. Whether buyers or sellers, whether looking for fabrics, talents or policies, they can ask the industrial brain.

In the three years since its launch, the industrial brain has promoted the online trade of fabrics to exceed 74 million square meters, and the communication efficiency of the industrial chain has been improved by more than 50%. "With the help of artificial intelligence technology, we are developing new big models and digital people, which can serve as' stewards' for enterprises, one-stop matching production and marketing needs, and also help enterprises to do 'advisors' and generate personalized research and judgment reports. This industrial brain will become more intelligent," Luo Yucheng said.

The relevant person in charge of Keqiao District Economic and Information Bureau said that he would support more small and medium-sized textile enterprises in digital and intelligent transformation, explore AI application scenarios in the fields of technology, testing, energy consumption, etc., and help the industry to re-establish new advantages and revitalize new vitality. (Reporter Qiu Chaoyi)

(Source: People's Daily)