Special protective fabrics expand market with tailor-made models

The protection needs of the company's safe production have stimulated the market, and the industrial chain of special protective textile fabrics and related protective clothing has taken shape. For the further development of the textile and apparel industry for safety protection, insights in the industry have many far-sighted insights.

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According to Fu Enfu, director of Shaanxi Institute of Textile Science, the development of textiles for safety protection must follow the path of industrial chain integration and innovation. He pointed out that clothing production is at the forefront, fabric development is the core, fiber materials are the backing, and standard inspection is the guarantee. In the future, an industry innovation system of “fiber, fabric, clothing, and terminal” should be established.

Li Lingshen, president of the China Industrial Textiles Industry Association, analyzed that with the continuous breakthrough of new materials and new technologies, safety textiles for industrial textiles are developing towards the comprehensiveness and multiplicity of internationalization, serialization, and performance requirements. The development of integrated protection from a single risk factor protection to multiple risk factors.

The reporter learned that Zhejiang Lantianhai Textile & Apparel Technology Co., Ltd. has worked hard in the direction of experts: For example, the four production bases with which the company cooperates are all independent legal entities and have no property rights relationship with Lantianhai. These companies organize the production according to the technical requirements of the Blue Sky Sea Company. The personnel of the Blue Sky Sea Company in the production companies will check the quality of anti-static fabrics on site and solve technical problems. The production of conductive materials, raw material procurement, and finished fabric sales required by production are all borne by Blue Sky.

In the cooperation with the production base and the research and development of new products, the "backstage" efforts of the Blue Sky Hai company are rarely known to outsiders.

In December 2008, Lanxiang•Seilkin Icy fabric won the national patent. In October 2010, Lanxiang•Seil Skin Warming Fabric won the national invention patent. In May 2011, Lanxiang•Sail Skin Special Antistatic Winter fabrics have obtained national patents. The development of three provincial-level new products, including the cotton Purcell anti-static fabric and polylactic acid anti-static fabric, has been approved.

In 2011, the company and related institutions launched the development of permanent fourth-generation conductive fibers and second-generation Lanxiang anti-static safety protective fabrics, research and development of room-temperature dyeable polypropylene fibers, and the development of dyeing and finishing processes. Technology development, etc.

Speaking of scientific research and development as well as some "abandoning" of the Blue Sky Sea Company, Chen Mingqing has increasingly strengthened his choice. He asked the reporter: "Our Chinese enterprises have produced numerous products for the world famous branding. I am a Chinese company with core technology. Why can't we do this?"

Tailor-made service companies

Professional success in developing and winning the market requires the coupling of multiple factors. The “eight professional advantages”, “eight production requirements” and the original “tailor-made customization model” summarized by the company have demonstrated the spirit of progress in consolidating and expanding the market.

Such as "the eight professional advantages" are: professional corporate mission, professional anti-static fabric production license, professional special fabric R & D center, professional product performance inspection and supervision, professional anti-static fabric production standards, professional anti-static fabric function Insurance, professional standards drafting units, professional brand protection.

Through the visit to the user, Chen Mingqing discovered that it is not a rigorous practice to use an anti-static fabric for the production of tooling in different industries. For example, the temperature, humidity, acidity and alkalinity of the workplace and the intensity of sunshine are different. The corresponding tooling fabrics should be different. Therefore, in October 2011, the company put forward the "tailor-made" model for the first time in the industry.

For example, a clothing production company needs a batch of fabrics for the production of anti-static protective clothing in winter. The company has convened experts, based on the new standards for anti-static overalls, referenced the conditions provided by customers, formulated a scientific and rational production process, selected cotton fibers, conductive materials, etc., which not only ensured the stability of the anti-static properties of the fabric, but also increased the The fabric's waterproof, warm, breathable and other functions. Protective clothing made of these fabrics has been well received by companies and workers.

In order to allow more anti-static fabrics and protective clothing to enter the company, the company's market sales have become increasingly "professional." Jiang Shushan, the customer service manager, told the reporter that the experts were invited to talk about safety production knowledge, which allowed the sales staff to expand their perspective. The sales staff also spread the anti-static knowledge to many users. She said: "Now, some users pay more attention to the long-term stability of the anti-static protection of fabrics, which is obviously different from the past."

It is reported that in 2011, the company had sold nearly 15 million meters of anti-static fabrics. Chen Mingqing introduced that during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, the company will focus on the “safety” and grasp the sustained stability of the anti-static performance of Lanxiang brand fabrics. By the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, anti-static safety protective fabrics could form 30 million meters. The amount of supply.

In the interview, some experts suggested that the civilian market for anti-static fabrics is also very large. For example, Feng Dehu, vice president of the China Garment Association, like pregnant women, may need anti-static clothing. Curtains in the home, if using anti-static fabrics, will reduce the adsorption of dust, and so on. He believes that functional clothing, including anti-static clothing, will increasingly enter the daily lives of ordinary people.

Regulate the market and solve the matching

However, with the expansion of anti-static fabrics and protective clothing applications, there have been some unsatisfactory markets.

For example, textile companies that only use a little conductive fiber in the fabric or use a relatively simple finishing process sell it as “qualified” anti-static fabrics. According to Fang Shuji, Chairman of Baoding Sanyuan Company, at the time of the annual inspection, some clothing production companies went to the company to purchase more fabrics, because garments made from the company's fabrics passed the annual inspection more smoothly, and some companies later More choices are cheaper fabrics, or even shoddy.

Ma Hongfa of CNPC Changqing Oilfield Company mentioned that some clothing manufacturers produce anti-static protective clothing, but the inner lining and other accessories are not anti-static, and the zipper is a metal product, which easily causes tip discharge. Some anti-static clothing for oil and gas field companies is limited to gowns. There is not enough emphasis on anti-static underwear, and there is insufficient support for anti-static clothing.

There are also coal mine safety supervisors who suggest that the underground of high gas mines may encounter wet, water-spraying areas, as well as high-temperature dry areas. The anti-static protective clothing worn by downhole workers requires many washings. Let protective clothing have a stable anti-static function?

In response to the chaos in the anti-static fabric market, Fang Shuji suggested that relevant government departments should check the use of protective clothing, including protective clothing, to use the company. “This is the only way to check if problems can be found in the fabric and Apparel manufacturers must be punished."

Chen Mingqing has also been paying attention to these issues. He said that the law-abiding business is responsible to users. The government guides and regulates the market through market and legal means. China will certainly become the world’s largest and strongest producer of anti-static safety protective clothing and protective clothing. This makes unremitting efforts.