Smart leads the transformation and development of the textile industry

In recent years, due to the weakening of domestic and international market demand and increasing labor costs and other factors, many textile companies have actively implemented the "machine substitution" program, in order to transform and upgrade and improve quality and efficiency. According to industry sources, "machine substitution" not only solves the lack of employment, eases the pressure caused by the continuous increase in labor costs, but also smart equipment improves production efficiency and reduces the cost per unit of time, thereby increasing profitability. In addition, a few days ago, it was learned from the China National Textile and Apparel Council that the 13th Five-Year Plan for the textile industry has already taken shape, industrial textiles will be intensively cultivated, and it is expected to maintain double-digit growth.

The textile industry is a labor-intensive industry. The traditional resource consumption and continuous investment in the labor force development model have been unsustainable. Mechanization, automation, and intelligence will become effective ways to transform the traditional textile industry, promote industrial transformation and upgrading, and reduce staff productivity. At present, in the textile and apparel production process, the optimization of production and technology is insufficient. The adoption of "machine substitution" to increase the degree of industrial control integration application and upgrade the industry's information technology level play a crucial role in the transformation and upgrading of the textile industry.

Industrial robots will be more widely used in textile production. On the basis of digitalization and automation of textile machinery equipment, the automatic connection of production processes and the integration with intelligent logistics systems and information systems are driving the further intelligentization of textile production. Taking the spinning process as an example, the connection of devices can be continued in the future to reduce human intervention. At present, a small number of spinning companies have already achieved carding, linking, and linking. Through the linking of processes, employment is reduced drastically. If intelligent technology can be further developed, an unmanned cotton spinning factory or workshop is expected to be completed in the future. This will effectively solve the problem of high labor costs and upgrading of the product process.

In addition, as China vigorously promotes “Made in China 2025” and accelerates the transition from manufacturing to a manufacturing powerhouse, the textile industry is also facing a transition from “big” to “big and strong”. China is accelerating the integration of a new generation of information technology with the textile and apparel industry, and promoting the development of the textile and garment industry to green, low carbon, digital, intelligent and flexible. Relevant policies will also encourage enterprises to deploy new automation equipment. Through the implementation of the "machine substitution" technological transformation project, the production process will be intelligent, which is expected to become an important way for the transformation and upgrading of textile enterprises.