"Wisdom" Textile Helps Epidemic Prevention And Control

In recent years, colleges and universities in our province have continued to increase basic research, enhance support for innovation and entrepreneurship, and form a talent training and technological innovation system that is linked to regional industries, and become an important support for boosting the high quality development of Hubei. Today, this newspaper launches a column of "new observation on education", focusing on the new trend of reform in Hubei's colleges and universities, new achievements in scientific research, and new meteorology on campus.

After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, the Wuhan Textile University organized its research team to play a special role in providing scientific and technological policy-making consultation for major national needs, carrying out epidemic prevention and control research, and helping enterprises resume work and resume production. Not only in the clothing industry, but also in medical, new materials and other fields, "wisdom" textile is playing an increasingly important role.

Major demand for the country

Providing scientific and technological decision-making consultation

After the outbreak of the disease, masks became one of the most scarce materials. Among them, there was a shortage of melt blown cotton which had the function of filtering bacteria. In the evening of February 21st, the Ministry of Education issued an urgent notice to the Wuhan Textile University, requiring schools to organize relevant experts and scholars to provide scientific and technological decision-making consultation on the shortage of melt blown cotton. The Wuhan Textile University immediately set up a research team composed of 5 teachers, including Professor Li Jianqiang, Professor of textile School of the school, and Zhang Ruquan, Zou Hantao, Zhang Ming and Liu Yanbo. Professor Zhang Ruquan, Dean of the Textile Institute of the school, collated the production equipment, production capacity and latest technology of the domestic production of melt blown cotton throughout the night. Dr. Zhang Ming, deputy director of the textile department of the school, provided abundant information and professional advice; in particular, Professor Liu Yan Bo, combined with professional knowledge, provided a plan to replace the melt blown cotton with electrospinning technology and related products. On the morning of the second day, the research team submitted a detailed "consultation report" to the Ministry of education's conversion department.

Prevention and control of epidemic situation

Tackling key problems in scientific research

Mask with antiseptic and antiviral function, protective clothing for highly effective virus protection, and home self test paper. Around the need of epidemic prevention and control, teachers and students of Wuhan Textile University are eager to devote themselves to scientific research.

In view of this problem, the team of Professor Wang Dong of Wuhan Textile University is developing superfine fibers and products with bactericidal and antiviral functions. Professor Wang Dong introduced technical communication and docking with relevant enterprises in the early stage, and is carrying out the transformation of achievements. "The project is of great significance for ensuring the safety of medical staff and people, and at the same time, it can enhance the technological level of China's protective materials and promote technological innovation in the fiber manufacturing industry."

During the epidemic, in response to the surge in demand for protective materials for new crown virus, Professor Wang Dong's team is also developing a nanofiber coating protective material, which can intercept bacteria and viruses efficiently and overcome the serious shortage and unstable quality problems of high-performance melted spray cloth, microporous membrane waterproof and moisture permeable membrane used by existing masks and protective clothing manufacturers. It can provide support for rapid production and long-term health protection strategy for new technology products after resuming work. At the same time, they are still carrying out the research and application of a real-time and visualized detection paper for biological hazardous substances. This test paper for new crown virus will not require professional operation or rely on special equipment to make home self testing and self testing possible.

Help medical enterprises resume work and resume production

Hubei is an important production base for masks, protective clothing and raw materials throughout the country. Wuhan Textile University has established a long-term and stable strategic cooperative relationship with Heng Tian Jia Hua, robust healthcare, Hubei Hongyu and other medical enterprises. During the epidemic period, "wisdom" textile helps enterprises to resume work and resume production as soon as possible.

Heng Tian Jiahua company, located in Xiantao, is a leading enterprise in the domestic nonwovens industry. It supplies raw materials, and also produces materials such as respirators and protective clothing. Since 2012, Wuhan Textile University and Heng Tian Jiahua have carried out cooperation in production, teaching and research, and established a university student innovation and business base and practice base in Heng Tian Jia Hua. Professor Zhang Ruquan and his team work with functional medical materials to participate in the establishment of R & D centers. In order to alleviate the problem of the lack of melted shotcrete materials for medical masks, Professor Zhang Ruquan helped the company to rebuild the two production lines urgently, increase the function of the electret, and successfully produce the electret melt blown filter material specially used for masks. At the same time, if the whole professor is working closely with enterprises, we should step up the development of medical protective clothing and provide raw materials for the production of protective clothing.

Robust medical group has 7 production bases in Hubei, such as Huanggang, Jingmen, Chongyang and Jiayu. Wuhan Textile University, as its strategic partner, provides technical advice and consultancy services to many subsidiaries of the group. Recently, the main topics under discussion are: new masks melt blown filter cloth raw material production line, new SMMMS production line and laminating process technology, providing raw materials for protective clothing, surgical clothing and other products, and developing alternative materials for mask melt blown filter layer.

Hubei Hongyu Medical Products Co., Ltd. is one of the key enterprises in our province. Its products, such as masks, protective clothing and work clothes, are exported to the United States, Europe, Korea and Japan. Since 2016, Professor Zhang Ruquan has worked with the company to carry out production, University and research cooperation to conduct functional filtration of nonwoven materials. During the epidemic prevention and control period, Professor Zhang Ruquan helped enterprises transform the foreign production standards of export masks and protective clothing into domestic production standards, and effectively supported the epidemic prevention and control.