Science And Technology Enable Sleeping Home Textile Industry Collaborative Innovation "Into Colleges And Universities

In order to better promote the collaborative innovation mechanism of the sleep industry (hereinafter referred to as the "mechanism"), Zhu Xiaohong, president of the China Home Textiles Industry Association, led a team from July 3-5, and invited the core members of the mechanism and key enterprises (hereinafter referred to as the "mechanism team") to Anhui Agricultural University, Jiangnan University and Donghua University, together with Ge Jiangxia, vice president, Ruan Hang, deputy secretary-general, and other four people, Carry out in-depth docking activities of industry, university, research and application, and hold the theme forum of "Brainstorming and Sleeping Home Textile", promote the continuous integration of industrial innovation and sleep industry, and build a platform for industry, university, research and co creation to accelerate the high-quality development of home textile and household enterprises in the sleep field.

The enterprises participating in this activity are: Luolai Life Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Mercury Home Textile Co., Ltd., Joyful Home Textile Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Golden Sun Textile Technology Co., Ltd., Hongliu Group, South Bedding Technology Co., Ltd., Zhongdi Home Textile Co., Ltd., Violet Home Textile Technology Co., Ltd., Kaishi Fashion Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Gujia Home Shanghai Zhen'ao Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Hailingmeng Home Furnishing Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Kairui Home Textile Technology Co., Ltd., Weiqiao Textile Co., Ltd., and Biyue (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

　　 First stop Anhui Agricultural University

At the first stop, the mechanism team came to Anhui Agricultural University, and under the explanation of Chen Yuxia, director of Anhui Healthy Sleep Home Product Engineering Research Center (hereinafter referred to as the "Research Center"), visited the research center's innovative achievements in intelligent, customized, lightweight mattresses&pillows and eco-friendly home materials with ergonomics as the core, First, the development of biomass foam filling materials and bamboo household filling materials; Second, research on comfort, health, safety and intelligence factors of biomass household materials; The third is the ergonomic, intelligent, customized research and product development of sofa, soft bed, mattress, pillow and other soft household products; The fourth is the research on the construction of evaluation system for comfort, health and safety factors of software household products and the research and development of testing equipment.

Subsequently, the theme forum of "Brainstorming and Sleeping Home Textiles" was held. Tan Yingquan, the director of the Social Cooperation Department of Anhui Agricultural University, said in a speech that this activity of entering Anhui Agricultural University was a very good start for cooperation. He hoped that in the future, he could form an integration team in pairs to jointly undertake project support and promote the research, transformation and implementation of major achievements; Strengthen talent training and cooperation, and enterprise talents enter colleges and universities; The development and guidance of sleep industry standards and other aspects have established cooperation mechanisms with enterprises to achieve more cooperation. Xu Yunhui, vice president of the School of Materials and Chemistry, with the title of "creation and application of multi-functional ecological fiber products", introduced the ecological dyeing fiber materials developed by his advanced functional fiber team in response to the pain point of wastewater pollution restricting the sustainable development of the printing and dyeing industry. The product application fields include home textile industry, medical industry, special clothing, etc., with high color fastness, safety and health Green environmental protection, short delivery cycle, low enterprise cost and other advantages. Gong Wei, professor of the School of Materials and Chemistry, introduced "self driving electronic textiles for personalized human management". Clothing and home textiles are the natural carrier of intelligent wearable devices. The chip free interactive intelligent textiles developed by his team can be based on big data and information integration, and achieve integrated integration and damp heat management through friction nano power generation. Chen Yuxia explained how to "use ergonomic strategies to create a healthy sleep environment". Starting from the definition of "good sleep", she shared the factors that affect sleep, and according to the research results of the influencing factors, she shared the ergonomic conditions that the sleep system (mattress, pillow, bedding) should meet, including spinal support system, pressure relief system Stability support system, decompression comfort system, proximal microcirculation system and the development and application of corresponding sleep materials.

The second stop is Jiangnan University

At the second stop, under the leadership of Wan Ailan, associate professor of the Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education of Knitting Technology of Jiangnan University, the mechanism delegation visited the school's research achievements and experimental center in the textile field, with research directions including new fiber materials, intelligent textile processing technology, ecological dyeing and finishing technology, industrial textiles, special textile structural materials, smart clothing, etc, The latest achievements of the school in fabric development, innovative process, product application and fashion design in the textile industry were displayed.

Subsequently, a thematic forum exchange was held. At the meeting, Zhang Jingyan, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Textile Science and Engineering of Jiangnan University, made a speech, saying that the holding of this event is an important measure to face the development trend of the sleep industry, share the latest scientific and technological achievements and market dynamics, promote the deep integration of industry, university, research and use, and promote the industry to move towards a higher level and a higher level. At the same time, we hope to take this opportunity to establish closer cooperation with enterprises, explore new cooperation models and expand new areas of cooperation. Ma Pibo, vice president of the College of Textile Science and Engineering, introduced the distinctive features and advantages of the college in the research direction of textile intelligent equipment, textile image technology, textile product CAD, functional textile fiber reinforced composite materials, textile enzyme preparation, etc. The college has closely focused on the needs and development of the industry, focused on interdisciplinary, and formed a batch of achievements that have significant economic benefits and significant social impact. Xiao Xueliang, director of the Department of Textile Engineering, explained the "development of wearable sleep monitoring system at home". Through the simplification and industrialization of the hospital's professional sleep detection PSG equipment, he developed the UMindSleep mini EEG sleep instrument - a wearable device that can detect sleep brainwaves and provide artificial intelligence sleep staging, Sleep quality data that is as accurate as hospital detection can be obtained at home. Ke Ying, director of the Department of Clothing Engineering, introduced the "evaluation and prediction of sleep thermal comfort of home textile products". Through the establishment of a complete theoretical evaluation system and a large number of experimental data, the correlation between objective comfort evaluation and subjective comfort feeling was verified, and the comfort evaluation indicators of home textile products were constructed from it. Wan Ailan shared the "innovative application of knitting in the home textile health industry". She said that at present, antibacterial and anti mite, sweat absorption and moisture removal, fragrance release and soothing, soft and skin friendly have become the four core functions of healthy sleep bedding in the market. Leading brands in the healthy sleep market have launched new products around these functions, and constantly improve technology to achieve better use experience, Knitting products achieve their core functions through yarn surface modification, raw material innovation, microstructure modification, melt blending, etc., helping consumers achieve the goal of healthy sleep. Gao Weidong, the former vice president of Jiangnan University, attended the event and made a concluding speech. He spoke highly of the work done by the Association in the implementation of industry, university and research practice, and said that Jiangnan University would actively promote the integration of home textile, home furnishing and sleep industries.

During the period, the mechanism team also visited Wuxi Yimian Textile Group, a model of China's national textile industry and a pioneer of China's cotton textile industry, and entered the theme exhibition hall of the enterprise's hundred year factory history.

　　 The third stop is Donghua University

At the third stop, the mechanism team came to Donghua University and visited the exhibition hall of scientific and technological achievements under the explanation of Ma Jun, the project director of the Industry University Research Cooperation Office of the Academy of Science and Technology. The hall focused on Donghua University's landmark breakthrough achievements in the textile industry, characteristic cultural brands, etc., displayed cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements and innovative ideas in the textile industry Many achievements have been made in environmental protection, fashion design and other fields.

Subsequently, a thematic forum exchange was held. Zhao Zhen, vice president and professor of Donghua University, delivered a speech, saying that the university has always attached great importance to the research in the field of home textile, and provided decision-making support for enterprises through cross integrated innovative achievements in discipline construction. We look forward to carrying out in-depth cooperation with mechanisms and enterprises at a higher level, jointly building a larger stage, and jointly promoting the healthy and sustainable development of the sleep industry. In terms of meeting the demand for talents, Professor Liu Yanan, Director of the Industry University Research Cooperation Division of Donghua University, introduced the development achievements and discipline characteristics of the university, and formed a textile innovation research highland with military industry strategy, aerospace, high-end equipment, advanced materials, life health, green environmental protection, artificial intelligence, fashion innovation and other development directions. Zhang Yaopeng, director of the Human Resources Department and professor, said that at present, Donghua University has become a long-term partner with many home textile enterprises, and has established a cooperative laboratory to carry out more targeted and in-depth research work. He hoped that in the future, he could jointly develop and implement scientific research achievements with more enterprises and make greater breakthroughs in the field of sleep. Xue Wenliang, vice president and professor of Excellence Engineering College, introduced Excellence Engineering College, an entity and platform based college for engineering graduate talent training and scientific and technological innovation. The college has broken the boundaries of disciplines and disciplines, time and space boundaries of learning places, and the main boundaries of the school's education, highly matching the needs of enterprises to cultivate professional talents. Shi Xiujin, vice president and associate professor of the College of Computer Science and Technology, introduced the research and development achievements and disciplinary advantages of the College's computer science and technology in textile and clothing and intelligent manufacturing, such as high-precision visual inspection technology, intelligent manufacturing digital twin system, fabric research and virtual fitting, clothing matching and recommendation, clothing multimodal retrieval and other disciplines, Help enterprises explore new business forms and models under big data.

In terms of sharing scientific research achievements, Zhang Yumei, a professor of the School of Materials Science and Engineering, introduced the technical method of "the development of comfortable and functional fibers for home textiles" from the aspects of comfort (human feeling) and function (fiber characteristics), so as to realize the functions of textiles such as heating, temperature regulation, bacteriostasis, flame retardant protection, etc. She believes that comfort is the basic requirement of home textiles, Functionality is the development trend of products. Liu Lifang, professor of Textile College, introduced the "application of lightweight thermal insulation and shock absorption pressure relief materials in Shumian Technology textiles". The porosity of porous fiber of lightweight thermal insulation materials developed by his team has greater advantages over similar products, and the self-developed thermal insulation flocs can greatly reduce the production cost of enterprises while having good thermal insulation performance. Zhu Yuwen, a teacher from the School of Materials Science and Engineering, introduced "intelligent fibers and textiles for active health". Active health is a way to meet the needs of personalized and scene based health care, while intelligent electronic fabrics are a way to achieve active health. Through the development of semiconductor fiber common technology, it realizes its textile tactile agent function, which can be applied to clothing VR interaction, data collection, equipment development, etc. of home textiles and other products can meet the development needs of enterprises for "big health+big textiles". Ma Yanxue, associate professor of Textile College, introduced the application of floc design and performance analysis in comfortable sleep experience and sleep quality improvement, as well as the application and exploration of cold expansion materials to enterprises under the title of "Research on the design and performance of composite flocs based on comfort evaluation". Wang Hua, a professor from Donghua University and Tarim University, introduced the development of "purple cotton" in history and the planting of modern Xinjiang colored cotton, and showed the development and application of Xinjiang colored cotton in "ecological home textile" and "colored long staple cotton".

During the exchange, Zhang Hui, the president of the Super Soft Research Institute of Luolai Life Technology Co., Ltd., said that during the activity, we learned more about the cutting-edge technologies in the industry technology field, material field, structure and products. We also hope to use the power of the platform, through more scientific product research and dissemination and promotion, to let consumers know the real good sleep products. Feng Lian, the managing director of Shanghai Zhen'ao Biotechnology Co., Ltd., sighed that this trip to colleges was really the right one! The research achievements and directions of experts and professors are very consistent with the products in the field of healthy sleep of enterprises. We look forward to reaching cooperation as soon as possible and implementing closed-loop. Ni Chen, president of Hailingmeng Home Co., Ltd., said that he was very grateful for the activities organized by the Association, which were rich in content and fruitful! At the same time, I would also like to thank the professors of the three universities for their passionate sharing, fully understanding the long history, strength and excellence of China's top textile universities in a close distance, and eager to train professional talents to join the enterprise! Wu Weibing, chairman of Jiangsu Kairui Home Textile Technology Co., Ltd., said that this activity provided a new direction and access for enterprise research and innovation, and hoped to participate in more activities and have more in-depth exchanges and cooperation in the future.

Representatives of enterprises also said that this trip to colleges and universities benefited a lot from in-depth understanding of the scientific and technological innovation achievements of the textile industry and the innovation ability of colleges and universities! The sleep industry is closely related to people's health and happiness. We are willing to shoulder corporate social responsibility, further study the products, and do our part to improve people's life happiness. At the same time, it also expressed the demands of enterprises in terms of development. First, it hoped that the mechanism would organize more research activities, strengthen contact and cooperation with colleges and universities, assist enterprises in R&D and innovation, and promote the R&D, transformation and implementation of major achievements; Second, colleges and universities can provide professional talents for enterprises in terms of talent training, and the mechanism can lead and organize targeted training for enterprise employees jointly; Third, school enterprise cooperation in the establishment of industry standards to jointly promote high-quality development of the industry.

"We went to colleges and universities with the backbone enterprises of mechanism, hoping to promote the deep integration of production, learning, research and application from the perspective of sleep aid product research and development, organically integrate the supply side and demand side of science and technology, talent, innovation, and form a co creation ecosystem." Ge Jiangxia said that by going to colleges and universities, Field visit and listening to experts' application and transformation of the latest materials and scientific and technological innovation achievements in the field of healthy sleep enriched the development mode of integration of industry, university, research and application, and enhanced the endogenous power of enterprise innovation. Next, the mechanism will also organize more forms of in-depth integration activities of industry, university, research and application to help the industry create "new quality productivity".

In order to guide scientific and healthy sleep and provide good sleep solutions for consumers, China Home Textile Association and China Sleep Research Association established a sleep industry collaborative innovation mechanism in March this year to reshape the industrial chain with sleep consumption demand and drive new consumption with sleep industry. Everywhere, Zhu Xiaohong will introduce in detail the key activities elaborately created by the mechanism: release the annual Sleeping Aid Insight Report, build an industry university research co creation ecosystem, create a "comfortable sleeping space", launch the annual "excellent sleeping products", carry out popular science training and publicity based on the Sleeping Aid Insight Report, and formulate relevant standards to standardize market leading development, These activities not only have their own unique display methods and promotion functions, but also echo each other through the innovation of sleep products and scene solutions to achieve the effect of 1+1>2. She also showed the development achievements of the mechanism since its establishment, so that colleges and enterprises can better understand the work the mechanism has done to promote the development of the sleep industry. She said that she hoped to build a platform through mechanisms, gather industry resources, speak together, transmit new consumption and new ideas, and bring new momentum and vitality to the industry by enabling consumption in a dual cycle through technology.

Introduction to Anhui Agricultural University

Anhui Agricultural University, located in Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province, is a university jointly built by the provincial government, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, which has a long history of running a school and has the advantages and characteristics of agriculture and forestry life sciences. It is one of the first ten universities to build a "New Rural Development Institute" in China, and it is a university under the project of "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in Central and Western China", It is a "high level university with local characteristics" in Anhui Province.

At present, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the school is deeply studying and implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, taking moral cultivation as the foundation, strengthening agriculture and rejuvenating agriculture as its own responsibility, seizing the major opportunity of rural revitalization strategy and "double first-class" construction, strengthening the Party's overall leadership over school work, and promoting the deep integration of party building and career development, We will lead high-quality development with high-quality party building, accelerate the construction of high-level agricultural universities with distinctive characteristics, and strive to make new and greater contributions to the construction of modern and beautiful Anhui.

Introduction to Jiangnan University

Jiangnan University is directly under the Ministry of Education, a national "211 Project" key construction university and a "double first-class" construction university. The school has a long school running history and profound cultural accumulation. It originated from the Sanjiang Normal School founded in 1902 and went through the development period of National Central University, Nanjing University, etc; In 1958, the Food Industry Department of Nanjing Institute of Technology was reorganized and moved eastward to Wuxi to establish an independent school, and Wuxi Institute of Light Industry was established; In 1962, Wuxi Institute of Textile Technology was merged into Wuxi Institute of Light Industry; In 1995, it was renamed as Wuxi University of Light Industry; In 2001, Wuxi University of Light Industry, Jiangnan University and Wuxi Institute of Education merged to form Jiangnan University; In 2003, the Wuxi Campus of Donghua University was merged into Jiangnan University.

The university adheres to the socialist school running direction, fully implements the Party's education policy, vigorously promotes the construction of a powerful educational country, and carries out independent school running and modern university system construction in accordance with the Constitution of Jiangnan University. With the motto of "learning hard and doing well", the school takes the philosophy of "highlighting the characteristics of light industry, serving the national economy and people's livelihood; innovating the training mode, creating the backbone of the industry", and the strategic goal of building a "world-class, China's first-class, Jiangnan style research university", the school deeply promotes education and teaching reform, continuously improves the school running level, and focuses on talent training, scientific research Great progress has been made in social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, international exchanges and cooperation, and a high-level university with distinctive characteristics has been gradually built with reasonable scale and structure, coordinated discipline development, excellent teaching quality, significant school running benefits, high social reputation, domestic influence and international popularity.

Introduction to Donghua University

Donghua University is directly under the Ministry of Education, a national "211 Project" and a national "double first-class" construction university. Adhering to the motto of "advocating virtue and erudition, forging ambition and being practical", the university has been developing into a multidisciplinary and high-level university with distinctive characteristics.

The history of the school can be traced back to the textile dyeing school founded by industrialist Zhang Jian in 1912. Founded in 1951, it was called East China Textile Institute of Technology. In 1960, it was identified as a national key university by the Ministry of Education. In 1981, it became one of the first universities in China with the right to confer doctorate, master's degree and bachelor's degree. In 1985, it was renamed China Textile University. In 1998, it was identified as a key university under the national "211 Project". In 1999, it was renamed Donghua University. In 2017, it was selected as a national "double first-class" construction university, whose construction discipline is textile science and engineering. In 2022, the second round of "double first-class" construction disciplines will add materials science and engineering disciplines.

(Source: China Household Textile Industry Association)