Rows of machines run at high speed, and several workers shuttle around; The full-automatic logistics packaging system transports the bobbin yarn just off the production line to the packaging workshop, and the palletizing, handling and other links are completed in one go ... In recent years, a new generation of information technology such as industrial internet is helping the textile industry to transform and upgrade to digitalization and intelligence. As a labor-intensive industry, textile enterprises are looking forward to embracing the digital economy in a deeper level. In order to speed up the intelligent transformation and digital upgrading of the textile industry, effectively solve the problems in the implementation of intelligent manufacturing in grass-roots enterprises, and improve the level of intelligent manufacturing in industry enterprises, recently, the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology held the activity of "Intelligent Manufacturing into the Park, Serving Enterprises to Solve Problems" (Nantong Home Textile Industry) to promote the precise connection between supply and demand.

Textile enterprise "ByteDance"

In the embroidery intelligent workshop of Lai Life Technology Co., Ltd., there is a scene of "wireless flower transmission" and automatic color change; In another intelligent three-dimensional warehouse, large robots are automatically loading and unloading shelves, automatically picking boxes and picking products ... from embroidery production to cloth packing and inspection to sorting and shipping, etc., all links are carried out in one go.

This is the result of Luolai Home Textiles' vigorous development of intelligent manufacturing in recent years. More intuitive data: the intelligent full-process automatic quilt production line can reduce the cost by more than 60%; 16 intelligent suspension production lines make the production process digital, transparent and visual, and the workshop efficiency is increased by more than 30%; The intelligent cloth inspection machine using AI technology can realize online inspection of product quality, and the missed inspection rate of fabric defects decreases by more than 30% ... Peng Aimin, the general manager of the company's technology, said that the company invested more than 30 million yuan every year in the introduction and technical transformation of intelligent equipment. Now it has more than 2,000 sets of world-class equipment and more than 30 automatic production lines, and has also been incorporated into intelligent logistics systems such as three-dimensional intelligent warehousing and automatic sorting systems. "We are working with Siemens consulting team to build Luolai Life Smart Industrial Park and create a benchmark for digital factories in the home textile industry."

"The information platform is becoming the support of enterprises." Similarly, Xinshijia Textile (Nantong) Co., Ltd. enjoys the smart manufacturing dividend. Chen Cheng, deputy general manager of the company, introduced that the company's production workshop mainly adopts the software and hardware equipment based on RFID radio frequency identification technology, such as automatic hanging system, intelligent material distribution system, flexible production management system, intelligent sorting system, etc., to realize management upgrade. At the same time, relying on the big data of ERP and intelligent manufacturing MES system, SAP cloud service system will be launched online to realize the data communication and sharing among various systems and business links. "Inter-departmental collaboration has changed from paper documents and telephone calls to traceable system documents and mails, and the collaboration efficiency has increased to 32.5%. The production cycle was shortened by 30% to 40%, the inventory rate was reduced by 24%, and the capital turnover days were shortened by 17 days on average. "

"Smart Textile" breaks the problem and empowers

"With the expansion of the company's scale, the original ERP and MES can no longer meet the existing production needs, and need to be further upgraded. In addition, external collaboration, warehousing, quality inspection and other links hope to rely on information systems to achieve intelligent management. " The relevant person in charge of Jiangsu Defu Textile Co., Ltd. told the difficult problems in development.

"From the perspective of the industry as a whole, it is generally faced with challenges such as difficulty in recruiting workers, improvement of production efficiency and product quality, pressure on energy consumption and environmental protection, and changes in the trade environment leading to a decline in orders." Hou Xi, vice president of China Textile Machinery Association, said. A recent survey report by Nantong Bureau of Industry and Information Technology also proves these contents. "We have done relevant research on the enterprises in the city's home textile parks, and found that enterprises have overall needs mainly in six aspects: planning and scheduling, production operations, equipment management, warehousing and distribution, procurement, safety and environmental protection." Yin Feng, deputy director of equipment department of Nantong Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, introduced.

In 2020, the Chinese Academy of Engineering mentioned in a green paper that it is expected that in 2025, the five priority development directions of communication equipment, advanced rail transit equipment, power transmission and transformation equipment, textile technology and equipment, and household appliances will step into the world's leading ranks as a whole and become the guide of technological innovation. Jiangsu is a big province of textile industry, with a good industrial base and rich foundation, and the total scale is leading the country. According to statistics, according to the maturity level of intelligent manufacturing capability, 93% of home textile enterprises in the province are rated as Grade I and below, 3% as Grade II, 2% as Grade III and 2% as Grade IV and above. "At present, the level of intelligent manufacturing in textile industry is lower than the average level of manufacturing industry in the whole province." Zhang Xingxing, executive director of East China Branch of China Institute of Electronic Technology Standardization, suggested that Jiangsu textile industry should speed up its efforts in environmental protection control, equipment digitization, production process control and quality traceability.

Bilateral synergy between supply and demand

Intelligent manufacturing technology, digital technology and new fibers have been applied to the field of home textiles, which has effectively promoted the R&D and production of functional and high-end products. Chen Zhihua, a professor at Jiangsu Vocational and Technical College of Engineering, believes that people's functional demand for home textile products has shifted from traditional antibacterial and mite prevention to emerging health, comfort, skin care, personalized customization, sustainability, etc. With the continuous expansion of digital scenes, new modes such as personalized customization, intelligent production and service-oriented manufacturing are constantly emerging, and the textile industry will accelerate to usher in a new opportunity period.

Not long ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on the High-quality Development of Industrial Textile Industry, proposing that by 2025, the industrial added value of industrial textile enterprises above designated size will increase by about 6% annually, and 3-5 enterprises will enter the first echelon of global industrial textiles. According to the Guiding Opinions, the industry will be encouraged to improve the level of product development, design and innovation on the supply side, and to cooperate closely with the application field on the application side, so that the innovative products of the industrial textile industry can provide better assistance to all aspects of the national economy.

"Promoting intelligent manufacturing is an inevitable choice for the textile industry to transform and upgrade and maintain its competitiveness. This is not a multiple-choice question, but a mandatory question. " Huang Ping, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, said that enterprises can follow the path from point to line and face, for example, by setting up intelligent production lines, intelligent workshops and intelligent factories to speed up the pace of industry intelligence, and at the same time, relying on the collaborative efforts of universities and financial institutions to accelerate the construction of "smart textile" ecosystem. "We will, as always, provide quality services in the whole process for enterprises and industries to develop intelligent manufacturing."