Under the guidance of the new quality productivity, the innovation of industrial textiles is active, and the application field is constantly expanding. Looking back at the successful conclusion of the 17th China International Industrial Textiles and Nonwovens Exhibition (CINTE24), it can be found that the rapid development of nonwovens wiping products, material innovation is endless, the level of automation and intelligence continues to improve, and the industrial textile industry is accelerating towards high-end, intelligent, green, cross-border integration and other directions.
Focusing on the theme of "green, wisdom and integration", CINTE24 has opened three pavilions: overseas exhibition group and engineering fabrics (E1 hall), nonwovens and products (E2 Hall), and advanced Technical textiles (E3 hall), with an exhibition area of 38,000 square meters. More than 400 exhibitors from China, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the United States, Vietnam and other countries and regions attended the event, and many innovative products showed the latest technology applications and future prospects of industrial textiles and nonwovens.
The nonwoven wiping industry ushered in new opportunities
In recent years, the non-woven wiping industry such as wipes and soft wipes has developed rapidly, and new technologies and new products continue to emerge. According to the "2024 China Nonwovens wiping industry Sustainable Development Report", the total consumption of nonwovens in China in 2023 is about 900,000 tons, and the market size is about 29 billion yuan, of which the mainstream e-commerce platform online dry and wet towel sales exceed 15 billion yuan, an increase of about 15% compared with 2022. With the increasingly diversified, personalized and hierarchical trend of consumer demand, the application scenarios of nonwoven wiping products are expanding at an unprecedented speed, and new markets and new opportunities are springing up.
General Technology Donlon Technology focuses on the display of three-combed nonwovens, high-elongation nonwovens for automotive, Lyocell filament nonwovens and pre-oxygenated silk nonwovens. Wang Yifang, deputy general manager of the company, said that the three-carding nonwovens have broken through the limitations of the traditional direct laying process in grams, and through the advanced three-carding technology, the products have been significantly improved in quality and performance. Compared with the traditional semi-interlaid products, the three-combed spunlaced nonwovens are more excellent in terms of uniformity, water absorption and air permeability, and can better meet the strict requirements of high-end medical and hygiene products for material quality. This product can replace the semi-crossover products, won a good market reputation, and further enhance the market share of the company's soft towel products.
The biodegradation of nonwoven wiping materials and the low-carbon environmental protection of the production process have become an important trend, and are also an important direction of technological innovation and market competition in the industry. Green fiber ® Wesel, the non-woven special Lycel fiber highlighted by General technology Green fiber, has no chemical reaction in the production process, has the characteristics of ultra-short, flushable, high whitening, degradable, soft to touch, with excellent strength, toughness, super water absorption, and can be widely used in dry towels, wet towels and other health products. At the same time, nonwovens made of green fiber ® Wesel, sanitary wipes, skin-friendly soft wipes and wet toilet paper were exhibited, attracting many customers to discuss and exchange.
Flushable toilet wipes are currently a rapidly growing variety of wipes in China's personal care wipes market, and the market penetration rate is increasing year by year. Deeyeo focused on showcasing flushable wet toilet paper series and disposable personal care series products. For students, the development of wet toilet paper; For infants and young children, we developed baby wet toilet paper to care for red butts, and developed menstrual wet toilet paper for female menstrual periods, etc., to achieve multi-scene coverage of adult special period care and infant care. At the same time, through 118 wet toilet paper production processes, strict control of product quality, all-round, full-field to provide consumers with high-quality wet toilet paper product experience. In addition, around the disposable personal care scene, disposable underwear, face towels, bath towels and other products have been developed.
Zhejiang Wagjin Nonwovens Co., Ltd. showcases two new products, biodegradable nonwovens -TendisTM and dispersible spunlace nonwovens - Miaosan ®. TendisTM is made from wood pulp and Lyocell fiber through a spool reinforcement process that requires no adhesives, making it soft, comfortable and biodegradable. More than 98% of the water in its production process can be recycled, and it is suitable for wet wipes and disposable sanitary products. Miaosan ® uses wood pulp imported from North America and recycled cellulose fiber from Europe to disperse in 5 minutes and is suitable for products such as flushable toilet wipes. The company's booth staff introduced that this year, the company plans to add two environmentally friendly degradable, flushable spunspunx production lines to develop more functional and differentiated products.
Material innovation promotes industrial upgrading
Material innovation is constantly expanding the boundaries of the textile industry and promoting the improvement of product competitiveness. In the booth of Xiamen Dansheng New Materials Co., LTD., the non-hereditary handmade paper umbrellas made by Dansheng Dawnsens new materials are very attractive, and the largest umbrella is 3 meters in diameter. The umbrella surface uses the natural fiber texture of Dawnsens materials, as well as high water resistance and high physical properties to restore the classical and clean texture of traditional handmade umbrellas, adding a unique touch of science and technology to Oriental aesthetics.
Zhao Siqi, marketing manager of Dang Sheng, said that the products made of Dang Sheng Dawnsens materials have been extended to many application fields, such as medical packaging, safety protection, active packaging, printed labels, industrial packaging, building waterproof, agricultural plant protection, creative design and so on. The Dawnsens® material made by flash process has a dense three-dimensional network structure, has the advantages of efficient waterproof, breathable and bacterial-resistant, and is suitable for various sterilization methods, providing a complete solution for the final sterilization of medical packaging and aseptic transfer packaging in the pharmaceutical industry. In addition, the material is used in the design of light boxes, which can make the light through bright and soft, with a different high-level eastern atmosphere. In the field of agriculture, the material as a diffuse reflective mulch can not only promote the color of grapes faster and more uniform, but also can be reused, low-carbon environmental protection, 100% recyclable.
The high-altitude airship model brought by the new material of General Technology shows the application potential of multi-functional composite materials in the aerospace field, and also reflects the strength of the company in material innovation and technology research and development. As one of the leading enterprises in the industry, General Technology China Textile New Materials focuses on the research and development and production of multi-functional fiber wipes composite materials. At the exhibition, the company also exhibited a variety of functional fabrics to meet the needs of different industries, such as life jacket fabrics, oil capsules with composite materials, outdoor luggage fabrics, medical anti-bedsore mattresses and finished products made of these fabrics, such as life jackets, portable oil capsules, TPU pools, anti-bedsore mattresses, high frequency therapeutic instruments. Li Peng, general manager of the company, said that China Textile New Materials will always stand at the forefront of technology guided by scientific and technological progress and continuous innovation, and provide practical solutions for the functional textile coating fabric needs of different industries around the world.
Yuanfen new Materials mainly displayed "Petro-V flame retardant anti-static clothing", "D3 molten metal splash protective clothing", "State Grid emergency rescue clothing", "efficient and comfortable welding protective clothing", "police camouflage clothing", "CNPC flame retardant anti-static clothing" and other textile clothing and fabrics for safety protection; "New high-performance fiber flat fabric such as carbon fiber", "2.5D braided preform" and other composite fiber preform and "dummy test system under flashable conditions", "automatic radiation heat conduction tester", "protective clothing molten metal splash tester" and other functional textile testing instruments. The innovative product "Jinfeng Jia (Double high) New fire protection clothing fabric" of Yuefeng New Material has high strength, high tear and high TPP performance, which meets the thermal protection requirements at home and abroad, and is mainly used in firefighter's fire protection clothing during emergency rescue and in fields requiring high thermal protection. Through continuous R&D investment and technological innovation, the company has successfully broken through a number of technical bottlenecks and injected new vitality into the progress of the industry.
Advanced equipment helps improve the level of intelligence
In the production process of textiles, even if the most advanced loom is used, it is difficult to completely avoid the production of small defects. Therefore, fabric defect detection has become one of the indispensable links. At present, the vast majority of fabric and clothing manufacturers worldwide still rely on traditional manual inspection methods. However, the accuracy of manual detection is limited, if the defects are not found and dealt with in time, it will bring a series of problems such as cost increase and delivery delay to the subsequent production. In addition, the speed of manual detection is relatively slow, and the average detection speed is only 5 to 10 meters/minute, which has obvious shortcomings in accuracy and efficiency. In view of the above challenges, more and more textile and garment factories have begun to seek automated solutions to improve the accuracy and timeliness of testing.
At this exhibition, the Artificial Intelligence Design Institute (AiDLab) highlighted its artificial intelligence detection technology (WiseEye) for flaw detection of nonwovens, woven fabrics and knitted fabrics. Huang Weiqiang, CEO and director of Artificial Intelligence Design Institute (AiDLab) and Zheng Yixiong Professor of Fashion at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said that in recent years, artificial intelligence technology has developed rapidly, and the quality of industrial cameras has also been greatly improved, and AiDLab has organically combined the two to realize the automatic upgrade of textile testing process. This innovation replaces the traditional artificial visual inspection with AI technology, which greatly improves the intelligent level of fabric defect detection. At present, the technology has been successfully applied in some textile and garment factories in Guangdong Province, and is suitable for the detection of grey cloth and finished cloth.
PGM focused on a series of solutions such as ULTRACUT ML intelligent cutting bed, TERACUT intelligent cutting bed and KS PRO intelligent spreading equipment. The newly upgraded intelligent cutting equipment - ULTRACUT ML intelligent cutting machine is faster, more accurate and occupies a smaller area, providing more efficient and accurate intelligent CNC cutting for composite materials, clothing, automotive, aerospace and furniture industries.
"Intelligent cutting bed can greatly improve the factory's production capacity, efficiency, reduce costs, and promote the intelligent transformation and upgrading of the factory." Zhang Kangkang, overseas sales Manager of Baiqimai, said, "PGM is committed to helping enterprises achieve digital transformation and improve production efficiency and product quality. PGM provides not only independent products, but also full-link solutions to build a smart factory ecosystem. PGM provides an integrated solution that combines intelligent layout, digital software, and production management systems to form an efficient and collaborative intelligent manufacturing line."
CINTE not only provides a platform for domestic and foreign exhibitors to display the latest technology and exchange industry trends, but also points out the direction for the future development of the industrial textile industry. In the tide of green, wisdom and integration, the industrial textile industry will continue to break through the traditional boundaries and usher in more far-reaching opportunities for change and broader development space.
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