Tianmen Textile Machinery · The Third China Cotton Textile Science And Technology Conference Successfully Held

On December 12, the 2023 China Cotton Textile Science and Technology Conference of "Tianmen Textile Machinery" opened in Wuhan. Nearly 400 representatives from all over the country, including textile industry leaders, scientific and technological workers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and technical experts, gathered together to discuss the future development of cotton textile technology innovation in the current environment.

The conference was co sponsored by China Cotton Textile Industry Association, National Cotton Textile Science and Technology Information Center and Wuhan Textile University, named Hubei Tianmen Textile Machinery Co., Ltd., and co organized by Lida (China) Textile Instrument Co., Ltd., Rizhao Pinte Yuhua Textile Technology Co., Ltd. (Rizhao Yuhua Machinery Co., Ltd.) and Wuhan Yudahua Textile Garment Group Co., Ltd, Organized by the periodical office of Cotton Textile Technology, the Cotton Textile Professional Committee of China Textile Engineering Society, Hubei Textile Engineering Society, the State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, and the School of Textile Science and Engineering of Wuhan Textile University.

Duan Xiaoping, Vice President of China Textile Industry Federation, Xu Weilin, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and President of Wuhan Textile University, Dong Kuiyong, President of China Cotton Textile Industry Association, Zhou Kaibin, Deputy Director of Hubei Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, and others from China Textile Industry Federation, Hubei Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, local associations, societies, universities, research institutions Leaders and experts of enterprises attended the meeting.

▲ Jing Shenquan, Vice President of China Cotton Textile Industry Association

The opening ceremony on the morning of December 12 was presided over by Jing Shenquan, Vice President of China Cotton Textile Industry Association, Dong Kuiyong, President of China Cotton Textile Industry Association, Zhou Kaibin, Deputy Director of Hubei Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, Wang Yangjun, Director of National Cotton Textile Science and Technology Information Center/President of Cotton Textile Technology Journal Jiao Lunjin, General Manager of Hubei Tianmen Textile Machinery Co., Ltd., addressed the conference respectively.

▲ Dong Kuiyong, President of China Cotton Textile Industry Association

Dong Kuiyong, President of China Cotton Textile Industry Association, mentioned in his speech that 2023 is drawing to a close. Due to the complex external environment, the production and marketing situation of our industry is generally more severe than that of last year. In particular, the pressure on the international market has increased significantly compared with previous years. The industry operation shows the characteristics of strong expectations and weak reality, and the enterprise benefits have declined, However, under the support of the coordinated policy of stabilizing growth and expanding domestic demand, market demand slightly improved compared with the first half of the year, and the cumulative decline of major economic indicators of the industry gradually narrowed. However, the basis for the economic recovery of the cotton textile industry has been consolidated, and the positive factors of high-quality development and the fundamentals of strong toughness and great potential have not changed.

The Chairman also shared with the guests that the Administrative Outline for Building a Modern Textile Industry System issued by the China Textile Industry Federation in August this year put forward new directions and new requirements for textile scientific and technological innovation under the new situation, and put forward several suggestions: the next step in the cotton textile field must be through continuous and effective scientific and technological innovation to maintain a strong and stable industrial position, Ensure that the supply chain of the industrial chain is independent, controllable, safe and efficient, and at the same time adapt to and lead the diversified consumption demand to improve the sustainable development level of the industry itself; The modern industrial system must include a scientific and technological innovation system with strong innovation, advanced technology and high transformation efficiency. In the next step, we should continue to adhere to the four orientations, focus on the international competitive advantage of building a textile technology power, ensure the safety and stability of the cotton textile industrial chain supply chain, and especially give full play to the leading and exemplary role of scientific and technological backbone enterprises; In the new situation, on the one hand, it is necessary to speed up the solution of the problem of seizing key core technologies and improve the safety level of the industrial chain supply chain. On the other hand, it is necessary to match the world's first industrial scale profit to form a gravitational field of innovation capability.

▲ Zhou Kaibin, Deputy Director of Hubei Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology

Zhou Kaibin, deputy director of Hubei Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, introduced the development of Hubei's textile and clothing industry: Hubei's cotton textile industry has outstanding advantages. In 2022, the operating revenue will be 153.3 billion yuan, an increase of 8.4% year on year, accounting for 45.6% of the entire textile and clothing industry. The textile and clothing industry is the traditional pillar industry of Hubei Province. At present, several textile and clothing characteristic industrial clusters with certain influence in the country have been formed, and the textile and clothing industry of the province has gradually presented an industrial trend of coordinated development and dislocation competition. Hubei also has top universities in the textile field represented by Wuhan Textile University, which has made outstanding contributions to the development of textile industry in Hubei Province and other provinces. The CPC Hubei Provincial Committee and the People's Government of Hubei Province attach great importance to the high-quality development of the textile and clothing industry, and have listed the modern textile and clothing industry as one of the nine emerging characteristic industrial chains in Hubei Province. Director Zhou warmly invited experts and scholars to pay attention to the development of Hubei textile and clothing industry and support the development of Hubei cotton textile industry.

▲ Wang Yangjun, Director of National Cotton Textile Technology Information Center/President of Cotton Textile Technology Journal

Cotton textile is the source of China's modern industrial system, a deeply rooted basic industry, an open and cooperative global industry, and a basic leading industry of scientific and technological innovation in traditional industries. To build a sense of community and strengthen the integration and transformation of science and technology in the future, scientific and technological workers, scientific and technological innovation enterprises and scientific and technological service institutions need to make concerted efforts. The China Cotton Textile Science and Technology Conference has been successfully held for three times, In his speech, Wang Yangjun, director of the National Cotton Textile Science and Technology Information Center and president of the periodical "Cotton Textile Technology", shared his thoughts on scientific and technological innovation and the construction of the industry's scientific and technological community. He proposed that the cotton textile industry should pay attention to basic textile research, and accelerate the production of original, breakthrough and leading major scientific and technological achievements, It will help to consolidate the technological foundation of industrial development and win the key technology battle. In the new stage of development, cotton textile enterprises should focus on the changes of the times, focus on market demand, focus on advanced deployment in cutting-edge and cutting-edge fields, focus on textile related bio economy, great health medical textiles, ecological textiles, focus on innovative raw materials, artificial intelligence, digital information, intelligent equipment, and other cutting-edge technical directions, and strive to extend the scientific and technological boundaries of the cotton textile industry, Open up a new track for the future development of cotton textile industry.

▲ Jiao Lunjin, General Manager of Hubei Tianmen Textile Machinery Co., Ltd

Jiao Lunjin, the general manager of Hubei Tianmen Textile Machinery Co., Ltd., said that the theme of this conference, "Science and technology, integration and fusion", is a precise description of the current situation of the industry. How to use science and technology to promote the development of the cotton textile industry, and how to survive and develop for enterprises themselves, are common issues for all enterprises. As a professional manufacturer of drawing frames, Tianmen Textile Machinery has always focused on technological innovation in its development process of more than 40 years. Intelligent manufacturing is the development direction of time upgrading in the textile industry, and intelligence and informatization are the development trend. We need to resolve the crisis of textile enterprises and achieve sustainable development by strengthening technology management and innovation.

▲ Xu Weilin, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering/President of Wuhan Textile University

Xu Weilin, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering/president of Wuhan Textile University, delivered the theme report "Evolution and Innovation of Yarn Structure" at the opening ceremony of the conference, and made wonderful sharing from three aspects: evolution of yarn structure, innovation of yarn structure, and future of yarn structure. With regard to the future of yarn structure, Academician Xu shared two future development directions: designing special yarns by changing organic/inorganic fiber composites, and designing yarns with different functional characteristics by changing fiber composition. Enterprises can design special yarns by changing the combination of organic and inorganic fibers, and design yarns with different functional characteristics by changing the fiber composition. They can use biodegradable and renewable fibers to achieve green and environmentally friendly "skin friendly" yarn production. At the same time, they urgently need to use waste resources to achieve low-cost and circular economy yarn production technology.

▲ Technical demand and prospect in the field of cotton textile engineering

Gao Weidong, vice president of China Textile Engineering Society/former vice president of Jiangnan University, on behalf of the Cotton Textile Professional Committee of China Textile Engineering Society, released the 2024 Technical Requirements and Prospects in the Field of Cotton Textile Engineering at the meeting: high-speed and high-quality fiber carding technology, multi-component fiber fine mixing technology, sizing warp tension single axis control technology and other technologies to promote quality and high yield, High end products such as high-quality textiles, functional textiles, intelligent textiles, intelligent manufacturing such as less human technology, automatic cotton blending and packaging system, semi product quality online monitoring technology, green production technologies such as energy-saving solar term technology, low size and easy desizing yarn technology, waste yarn (cloth) recycling technology, etc.

The theme report of the conference is divided into four content sections: "Science and Technology and Foreword", "Self improvement and Review", "Academic and Application", and "Technology and Innovation", including the development and innovative application of cotton fiber, Lyocell, polylactic acid and other fibers, product innovation of denim yarn, yarn dyed yarn, and functional textiles, from the application of raw material technology to green and intelligent equipment, From the application of new materials to the integration and innovation of textile technology, focusing on the construction, development and practice of the industry's science and technology system, we pay attention to the all-round technical promotion and influence of the industry, and help the textile industry to develop science and technology with high quality.

Meet the new changes brought by science and technology

▲ Chaired by Feng Jun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee/Vice President of Wuhan Textile University

▲ Wang Xunchei, Professor of Fiber Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

China plays an important role in the global cotton market. The economy, politics and environment are all influencing the development of the cotton textile industry. Wang Xungai, a professor of fiber science and technology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, gave a report entitled "Global Challenges Faced by Cotton Textile". He analyzed the impact of climate change, carbon emissions, Xinjiang cotton ban and other factors on the cotton textile industry from a global perspective.

▲ Wang Yuping, Director of National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center/Professor level Senior Engineer

During the 14th Five Year Plan period, the industry entered a high-quality development period of new track, new momentum and new advantages. Wang Yuping, director of the National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center/professor level senior engineer, mentioned in the report "New Fiber Materials: Technological Innovation and Development Trend" that functional fiber materials are becoming lightweight, miniaturized, multi-functional, modular and integrated Intelligent development to improve the performance of fiber materials; The integration of nanofiber technology and advanced manufacturing technology will produce products with smaller size, higher integration, more intelligence and better functions. Green and low-carbon fiber new material technology and industrialization will become the main direction of future development. While pursuing economic goals, more attention will be paid to resource conservation, environmental protection, public health and other social goals. Under the dual carbon goal, low-carbon consumption will become the next outlet for consumption upgrading and a new fashion. In the future, the carbon emission information of the commodity may be forced to be disclosed in the eye-catching place of the commodity like the nutrition composition table of food.

▲ Yang Wenfeng, Deputy General Manager of Hubei Tianmen Textile Machinery Co., Ltd

As a professional manufacturer of drawing frames, since Tianmen Textile Machinery has vigorously promoted double eye autoleveller drawing frames, cotton spinning enterprises have responded in succession, and yarn quality has significantly improved. The concept of "fully autolevelled drawing process" advocated by Tianmen Textile Machinery has been applied and recognized by more and more customers. Yang Wenfeng, vice general manager of Hubei Tianmen Textile Machinery Co., Ltd., gave a detailed introduction to the report "Research, Development, Application and Development Trend of Fully Autolevelled Drawing Process Technology" in terms of research background, research content, technical achievements and future development trends, At the same time, it is emphasized that the concept of "intelligent parallel connection" of Tianmen Textile Machinery is the future trend of the development of the parallel production line technology.

Innovate and change to meet the challenges of the times

▲ Hosted by Liang Yage, the new media operation director of Cotton Textile Technology Magazine

▲ Gao Weidong, Vice President of China Textile Engineering Society/Former Vice President of Jiangnan University

It has been more than 30 years since colored yarn was produced in mainland China in the late 1980s. With the continuous progress of spinning technology, color spinning products have also gone through the development stage from less to more, from coarse to fine, from single variety to multiple varieties. Under the leading development of excellent enterprises such as Huafu and Blum, China's yarn production capacity has taken the lead in the world, accounting for more than 80% of the world's production capacity. Gao Weidong, vice president of China Textile Engineering Society/former vice president of Jiangnan University, introduced the development status of color spinning technology, how enterprises develop color spinning products and the application of color spinning terminal products in the report Color Spinning Technology and Color Spinning Product Innovation.

▲ Li Peng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee/General Manager of Wuhan Yudahua Textile and Garment Group Co., Ltd

In recent years, Yudahua Group seized the development opportunity, eliminated backward production capacity, reduced redundant personnel, updated intelligent equipment, extended to the back end of the industrial chain, and transformed to the high-end of the value chain, initially forming a complete industrial chain layout from raw materials, spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing to clothing. Li Peng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee/General Manager of Wuhan Yudahua Textile and Garment Group Co., Ltd., shared Yudahua's experience in intelligent factory construction, industry university research cooperation, green factory practice and other aspects in recent years with the report "Hundred year Yudahua Intelligent Manufacturing and Textile Technology Drive Enterprise Innovation".

▲ Li Jianquan, Chairman of Robust Healthcare/Founder of the Cotton Age

Robust Medical has developed from a single medical consumables production enterprise to a leading enterprise in the field of mass health, which takes cotton as the core raw material and is mainly engaged in the research, development, production and sales of cotton products, covering medical health, personal care, home care, maternal and infant care, home textile clothing and other fields. Li Jianquan, Chairman of Robust Healthcare/Founder of the All Cotton Age, reported that Product Innovation is the Way for Industrial Enterprises to Survive. The report shared the advanced practices of enterprises in science and technology driven, product innovation and brand development in detail, and summarized the innovation methodology based on the experience of Robust All Cotton Innovation. He believed that cotton is not only comfortable, but also does not need any chemical addition for production, It meets people's needs for health, does not emit pollution, and can improve the environment. Such comfortable, healthy and environmentally friendly products have no reason not to be accepted by the market.

▲ Shen Hao, Leader Jet Textile Product Manager of Leader (China) Textile Instrument Co., Ltd

The development and efficient production of innovative yarns require solid equipment and technology support. Rieter is committed to the world's leading spinning technology and efficient and reliable spinning equipment, and provides products and services throughout the entire life cycle for textile enterprises. Shen Hao, Leader's air jet spinning product manager of Leader (China) Textile Instrument Co., Ltd., made a report entitled "Characteristics and Application of Air jet Vortex Spinning". Shen introduced the latest generation of Leader's air jet spinning machine, J 70, which was launched at Milan Spinning Machine Exhibition in June this year and exhibited at Shanghai Spinning Machine Exhibition in November. Its efficient, flexible and economical characteristics have made J 70 reach a new height of air jet spinning.

Innovation driven enabling R&D and application double promotion

▲ Qin Xiaohong, Dean/Doctoral Supervisor of School of Textile, Donghua University

China has become the largest producer of denim fabrics in the world, and denim clothing has unique styles and rich varieties, which are loved by consumers at home and abroad. As a single category of clothing products, denim clothing has significant characteristics such as large quantity, simple fiber content, and wide practicability, which makes the denim industry have the premise and foundation to practice the circular and sustainable development model. Tan Xiaohong, the dean of the Textile College of Donghua University/doctoral supervisor, mentioned in the report "New Jeans Yarn Development and Jeans Production Process Innovation" that breaking through the high-quality and green manufacturing of jeans fabric is the key development direction of the jeans industry, and achieving green short process and efficient dyeing is the development trend and objective requirement of the cattle manufacturing industry.

▲ Sun Runjun, Dean of School of Textile Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology

How about the application of the advanced technology of new fiber materials in the cotton textile industry? Sun Runjun, the dean/professor of the School of Textile Science and Engineering of Xi'an University of Technology, shared three conventional approaches to the development of textile functionality in his report Application of New Fiber Materials in the Cotton Textile Industry: first, some special fibers and functional fibers were adopted, Develop and produce functional textiles with corresponding functions. Such as antibacterial fiber, flame retardant fiber and other functional fibers as raw materials, new composite functional textiles developed; The second is functional finishing of textiles, that is, functional finishing, coating or modification of fibers, yarns and finished fabrics with finishing agents to endow the products with the required functions; The third is to use fiber materials with high performance, such as ultra-high strength, high modulus, heat resistance, etc., to develop textiles with corresponding functions and special purposes, such as producing bulletproof clothing and heat resistant clothing with aramid fiber.

▲ Zhang Yonglong, Deputy General Manager of Rizhao Pinte Yuhua Technology Co., Ltd

The great changes brought about by textile technology are not only reflected in the fashion of yarn style and diversification of product development, but also in intelligence, labor saving and efficiency. The stability of communication between single spindle monitoring and roving automatic stop device is crucial to reduce labor and cost, and is the key to the success of the project. Zhang Yonglong, Deputy General Manager of Pinter Yuhua Technology Co., Ltd., presented the report "Application of Intelligent Products in Spinning" and introduced the application analysis of single spindle monitoring in actual spinning.

▲ He Yin, Director of Department of Fashion Design and Engineering, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology

The development of intelligent wearable technology is an important means to strengthen the active health of China's elderly population. It is of great significance to occupy the highland of global science and technology competition and help the national development strategy of "Healthy China 2030". With the integration of intelligence into various fields of people's lives, the development of flexible intelligent products has become a new hot topic in the textile field. He Yin, the director of the Department of Fashion Design and Engineering of the School of Textile Science and Engineering of Tianjin University of Technology, presented a report titled "Research Progress and Application Status of Flexible Intelligent Textiles", focusing on exploring and promoting wearable devices The exploration of intelligent health electronic products and health care mobile application services provides a useful reference for us to develop flexible intelligent wearable equipment.

▲ Ye Wei, Assistant President of Anhui Huamao Textile Dyeing and Finishing Technology Research Institute

Under the strategic goal of "double carbon", the development and application of polymer materials in line with sustainable development have received more and more attention. Bio based polymer materials, especially PLA, have excellent biodegradability, mechanical properties and processing properties, which has improved the application potential of PLA materials in different fields. Ye Wei, assistant director of Anhui Huamao Textile Dyeing and Finishing Technology Research Institute, mentioned in the report "Development and Application of New Biobased Material Polylactic Acid Fiber" that PLA fiber has superior properties such as degradation, environmental protection, bacteriostasis and acarid prevention, skin friendly and breathable, warmth and lightness, flame retardant and non-toxic, and ultraviolet aging resistance. Widely used in clothing, home textiles, sanitary materials and other fields. Green, low-carbon and environmentally friendly in production and application, it is the most promising "green fiber" at present.

Innovative technology leads enterprises to explore new ideas

▲ Chaired by Zhang Shangyong, Professor of School of Textile Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University

▲ Xue Wenliang, professor of textile science and engineering of Donghua University/doctoral supervisor

Fashion design can not be separated from textiles, and textile research and development can not be separated from fashion trends. Xue Wenliang, professor of textile science and engineering of Donghua University/doctoral supervisor, brought the report "Innovative Design of Textiles - Taking Fancy Yarns and Fabrics as an Example", which explained in detail the innovation of textile design and the application of fancy yarn and fabric design, He mentioned that the textile design specialty carries out teaching and research work around "textile design", takes "technology, fashion, green" as the core development concept, and realizes product innovation through textile structure design based on consumer demand analysis.

▲ Gao Yanzhong, Head of Production Technology Department/Senior Engineer of Weiqiao Textile Co., Ltd

Gao Yanzhong, Head of the Production Technology Department/Senior Engineer of Weiqiao Textile Co., Ltd., shared the report of "Quality Control of Production of Lyocell High Count Yarn Varieties". To spin Lyocell yarn, it is necessary to select high-quality raw materials with physical indicators and adopt the best pretreatment method to improve the spinnability and cohesion of Lyocell fiber. Properly select the carding card clothing model, drafting parts, winding and twisting parts and other special parts before production; The process configuration parameters shall be optimized, such as process speed, carding gauge, drafting gauge, drafting multiple, roving twist coefficient and other process parameters. The selection shall be reasonable, and the most suitable process and spinning form shall be selected. Finally, attention should be paid to the control of temperature and humidity in each process, and yarn defects can be reduced from various aspects, so that the yarn indicators can reach a better level. It is recommended to prepare a process plan for emergencies; Timely find and solve abnormal conditions; Timely record the production and quality of each process, summarize the experience, summarize the shortcomings, and implement file management to lay a good foundation for re production.

▲ Man Xiaoyi, Deputy General Manager of Shandong Zhengkai New Materials Co., Ltd

The only way to achieve high-quality development is to transform the textile industry into a green and low-carbon one and consolidate the development of a sustainable textile power. Man Xiaoyi, Chairman Assistant of Zhejiang Zhengkai Group Co., Ltd./Deputy General Manager of Shandong Zhengkai New Materials Co., Ltd., shared in the report "Some Thoughts on the Development Trend of Differentiated Yarns" that the application of new fibers has gradually increased the proportion of new raw yarn in the industry. As more enterprises seek product breakthroughs and adopt new fibers such as Lyocell and functional fibers, the corresponding differential yarn output will increase significantly. The new yarn meets the needs of end consumers for various functions, such as anti-bacterial, moisture absorption and perspiration, warmth preservation, etc. Innovation integration and green transformation are the development trends of differentiated yarn products in the future.

▲ Yang Gang, Deputy Director of Digital Intelligent Transformation Business of Guangdong Kuangdun Technology Co., Ltd

The key to the digital transformation and upgrading of manufacturing industry is to have a "brain". Yang Gang, deputy director of digital intelligence transformation of Guangdong Kuangdun Technology Co., Ltd., introduced digital intelligence solutions for textile and clothing based on the whole industry chain, including management consulting, personnel training, system development, software and hardware integration, etc. "Our system development originates from the production of textile and clothing, and is also applied to production." Yang Gang introduced that the textile and clothing production management information system developed by the company can make the production process and progress transparent and data oriented, and provide better support for enterprise development.

▲ Xia Zhigang, Deputy Dean of School of Textile Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University

Xia Zhigang, vice president of the School of Textile Science and Engineering of Wuhan Textile University, brought the report Friction Spinning Technology Innovation and Functional Textile Development, introducing the spinning principle of friction spinning machine, the advantages of friction spinning technology and the current research situation; The application of friction spinning in intelligent wearable textiles, personal thermal management textiles and intelligent protective textiles is introduced in detail.

During the conference, a special exhibition of cotton textile scientific and technological achievements and products was held to summarize and promote the typical achievements of textile industry chain enterprises, colleges and universities in scientific and technological innovation and industrial upgrading, and promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.

▲ Technology exhibition site

This conference is rich in content. It gathers people from different fields, industries and professionals to exchange and collide views, showing a strong force of inclusiveness and diversity, and reflecting the strong vitality and appeal of scientific innovation in the textile industry. The spring tide surges, chasing dreams. China Cotton Textile Science and Technology Conference will work hand in hand with industry colleagues to promote industry integration and fusion!

(Source: China Cotton Association)