Did the equipment drag the back of the textile?

The wear resistance is not good, the strength is not high, the precision is not reachable, the service life is not long, the speed does not go up... The textile enterprise uses these words undisguisedly to vent their dissatisfaction with certain domestically produced equipment. Suddenly, it was found that the textile companies' dissatisfaction with domestically produced equipment in the past two years was almost beyond the complaints they had once made regarding the reliability of domestically produced textile machinery equipment. Dissatisfaction with textile companies is not without reason. At present, more than 90% of high-grade steel rings, wire rings on spinning machines, card clothings on carding machines, and belts on printing machines need to be imported. People even think that: equipment is not only dragging the back of the host, but also become a major obstacle to the progress of textile technology.

“The equipment industry is currently facing a major change in technology upgrading and industrial alliances,” said Qian Xilin, deputy secretary-general of the China Textile Machinery and Equipment Industry Association. “In this context, we have held this edition of the textile equipment development forum. Although only 14 individuals participated in the 2nd China Textile Equipment Development Forum held in Pinghu, Zhejiang on October 15, no matter what the composition of the attendees or the content of the forum, it cannot but be said that it is the most in the field of textile equipment. The representativeness of the industry and the meeting that best reflects the status quo of the industry and the voice of enterprises are also a mobilization meeting for the equipment industry to speed up the pace of industrial upgrading and to the direction of corporate alliances and industrial alliances.

At the forum, Gao Yong, Vice President of China Textile Industry Association and Honorary Chairman of China Textile Machinery & Accessories Industry Association, Wang Shutian, Chairman of China Textile Machinery and Accessories Industry Association, Lu Honggang, Deputy Director General, Qian Xilin, Deputy Secretary General, and Liu Rende, Senior Advisor, and The heads of nine leading companies from the fields of clothing, knitting needles, rubber rollers, flat belts, flat rings, steel rings, steel reeds, and paper tubes.

The market steadily increased In the past decade, along with the rapid development of domestic textile machinery, domestic textile equipment has also made great progress. Not only has the product series and specifications been continuously improved, but also the quality has been comprehensively upgraded, and it has basically adapted to the requirements of various types of mainframes. Compared with foreign products of the same grade, domestically produced equipment has a higher price/performance ratio and the domestic market share has been expanding year by year.

"As long as people wear clothes, textile equipment will have a market." This statement by Xu Zhiling, deputy general manager of Jinlun Kechuang Co., Ltd., fully demonstrated that the equipment is an area with a very large demand space. The sales situation of the textile equipment market this year also confirms his words. Although the situation of the textile industry has been drastically changed this year, host companies have been affected to varying degrees, but equipment companies have not been affected much. Most companies have maintained a booming production and sales situation.

Many years of market practice have proved that when textile products are sold poorly, textile companies often increase the frequency of replacement of varieties in order to open up the market. Since the beginning of this year, due to the large fluctuations in cotton prices, many companies have changed from the original spinning pure cotton yarns to the spinning chemical fiber yarns. Accordingly, they have to replace some of the equipment, thus pulling the sales of equipment. In the first half of this year, Wuxi No. 2 Rubber Co., Ltd. achieved sales revenue of 180 million yuan, an increase of 7.08% year-on-year. Yang Chongming, chairman of Chongqing Golden Cat Textile Equipment Co., Ltd., said that at the end of September, the company still rushed orders at overtime. As of the end of August, Golden Cat's sales revenue increased by 28.63% year-on-year. Not only that, in April this year, Golden Cat's products also rose. As the quality and grades have been improved, user companies are also pleased to accept, which makes the company's product profitability has also greatly improved. The computer flat knitting machines and the big round machines that had been hot for the past two years have also cooled down this year, but the knitting needles produced by Shandong Jinpeng Needle Industry Group Co., Ltd. are still in short supply. Wang Yongling, chairman of the company, said that the company's annual sales are expected to reach 3%. 100 million yuan.

Material problems The nine textile equipment companies participating in this forum are leading companies of all kinds of special equipment. Their products represent the highest level of domestically produced equipment. There is no doubt that these companies are responsible for the development of the industry. For this responsibility, they talked more about the gap between domestic equipment and imported equipment at the forum meeting. When it comes to the gap, everyone's feelings are the most troublesome.

Equipment products have always been called "seven-point materials, three-point manufacturing." Taking steel sill as an example, the most concern of users is reliability, wear-resistance, and longevity. Ni Kegang, deputy general manager of Changzhou Steel Reel Co., Ltd., said that steel reeds produced by Changzhou Steel Reel Company are the best quality and most expensive in the industry. However, they have not escaped doubts from users in terms of wear resistance. He said that the most critical issue is material issues. The best wear resistance of ordinary steel can be used for two or three years, and the least wearable one is scrapped. Although Changzhou Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. has spent a lot of research and development on materials in recent years and has introduced many advanced equipment, it is not so easy to make materials for steel boring; they have not yet done so. In the case of the machine, it is judged whether this material is wear-resistant. It is understood that this technology is in the hands of the Japanese. At present, there are frequent exchanges between the technical staff of Changzhou Gangchan and Japanese companies. They hope to further improve the basic theory through the study and exchange with their Japanese counterparts.

Song Minghua, general manager of Daya Paper Co., Ltd., also has a deep experience in materials. A Japanese paper tube sells for 6 to 7 yuan, and domestically produced only 1 to 2 yuan; for a paper tube of the same length, Japan's rational index is unchanged for 2 to 3 years, and domestically produced 2 to 3 days may have Changed. The price gap also truly reflects the huge gap between quality and performance of our products. He believes that the main cause of the gap is material, domestic use of recycled paper, Japan uses bamboo pulp paper, the performance of these two papers is indeed incomparable.

In place of imports over the past few years, China imported more than 700 million U.S. dollars in textile parts and equipment each year. The reason for importing is that, on the one hand, certain key components have not yet been successfully developed by Chinese companies, such as drums and air splicers on automatic winders; on the other hand, some high-end textile equipment, even though domestic companies have developed, However, the technical level and quality can not meet the needs of enterprises. For example, most of the metal card clothing used for carding and cleaning is currently dependent on imports. In addition, it is suitable for high-speed spinning, compact spinning with rubber rollers, aprons, perforated aprons with stacking troughs, gathering rings, upper and lower pins, lifting spindles, and high-quality bobbins. Domestic textile equipment occupies a small share in the high-end market.

When talking about the gap between domestic equipment and foreign countries, Gao Yong gave an example. In 2008, when Indian companies were investing in spinning frames in China, they found the feasibility of consulting the Textile Machinery Association. At that time, Gao Yong gave the conclusion that the domestic spinning frame was already very mature. Foreign spinning frames to China would certainly not survive. However, the fact is exactly the opposite of Gao Yong’s prediction. The Longway Textile Machinery Company invested by India in Wujiang not only survived, but also lived very well. Its spinning wheel manufacturer sold only 300 units in the first half of this year and was 50% more expensive than domestically produced ones. Gao Yong said that after careful analysis of the reasons, we have to admit that they won in the special parts and equipment.

“The gap between us and foreign countries is also expressed in the concept of producing products.” Ni Kegang once visited a foreign steel-steel company. He said with emotion: “We do steel gangs as a product, and others are A work of art to do.” In this regard, Wang Yongling and Ni Kegang shared the same deep feelings. Wang Yongling said that domestic knitting needles have indeed made great progress in meeting the needs of enterprises, but there is still a long way to go to achieve the level of German companies. The needles produced in Germany are like artworks, and our products are also from artworks. far away.

Chen Siyuan, general manager of Wuxi Second Rubber Co., Ltd., believes that the gap also comes from processing equipment. There is no general equipment for textile equipment, and similar imported equipment is not much. Therefore, equipment companies mostly rely on their own research and development and improvement of equipment, but domestic equipment in the degree of automation, processing accuracy is still far less foreign. He suggested that in the future, it would be possible to link up with research institutes that specialize in manufacturing machinery and jointly develop equipment for the production of textile equipment.

Establishing the brand "The gap between us and imported equipment is also reflected in the establishment and promotion of the brand." Xu Zhiling, deputy general manager of Jinlun Co., took such a phenomenon: The positioning of the lattice cloth on the equipment of the textile enterprises, if the yarn spun out of quality problems, the user will find the reasons for their own equipment; and domestic needles The cloth is installed on the same device. Once the same problem occurs, it is obviously a flaw in its craft. Users will still suspect that there is something wrong with your clothing. This shows that a problem, the reputation of domestic textile equipment and customer loyalty to you is still far from established. Xu Zhiling said that as the largest clothing company in China, Jinlun Company is now implementing Haier's management model in addition to continuous innovation in product technology development, and it is necessary to establish the status of textile equipment enterprises and the golden wheel pin in the entire industry. Cloth brand image. Not only do quality but also brand tree, and ultimately the product to the high-end, the price of the product has also been upgraded to the actual action to change users of domestic equipment low-grade, low-quality, low-cost customary views.

Tianqi Special Flat Belt Co., Ltd. has been playing brands for many years. Wang Lanxi, general manager of the company, said that domestic companies have already been very satisfied with Tianqi Tiandai, but foreign companies that use Tianqi's flat belt will not be labeled Tianqi. In his opinion, compared with the improvement of product quality, the time for the improvement of product reputation and user awareness will take longer.

After catching up with the host, “We have to reflect on these issues. For a long time in the past, we always separated machinery and equipment. Now it seems we must jointly research and develop innovation. Until now, we have made spinning machines. Still less than 20,000 rpm, this may be the design problem of the spinning frame itself, but the performance indicators of the program and the traveller are not going to go and the speed of the spinning frame will certainly not go up. Legs have also become a major obstacle to the advancement of textile technology. In the past, textile companies have had a strong sense of reliability in their equipment, and now more strongly reflects equipment problems," Gao Yong said without fear.

In fact, the equipment companies are very clear about the problems that users report. Li Jiaoyan, general manager of Changzhou Hangyue Textile Machinery Co., Ltd., said that at present, textile companies are increasing their spindle speeds in order to reduce employment, from 15,000 rpm to 18,000 rpm to 20,000 rpm. Most of the rings and wire rings come from imports. As a manufacturer of steel rings and wire loops, the company still has to work hard on high-end products to catch up with the pace of host development.

Li Jiaoyan's idea was approved by Liu Rende, senior advisor of the China Textile Machinery and Equipment Industry Association. He said that the leading enterprises in the domestic equipment industry must not only attach importance to the quality of equipment products, but also must develop high-end products to meet the needs of imported hosts. Equipment problems can not be solved, and the impact on the host is very large. For example, if the quality of the printing machine's belt is off, the printing quality will be seriously affected. This is the reason why about 90% of the printing belts of our country need to be imported.

“Most parts of the equipment are parts that come in direct contact with textile products. Nowadays, the requirements of the textile companies for equipment have become increasingly high-speed, high-yield, and automated. However, if the mainframe wants to achieve these goals, the equipment cannot keep up and it cannot be realized at all. Therefore, in order to keep up with the demands of high-speed, high-yield, and automation in spinning and weaving companies, the common advancement and industrial upgrading of textile machinery and equipment technology are particularly urgent." Gao Yong's remarks gave equipment companies further experience. There are multiple burdens on my shoulders.

Industry Alliance When the delegates profoundly analyzed the problems in the development of domestic equipment and the gap with foreign companies, the speech of Yang Chongming, chairman of Chongqing Golden Cat, brought the content of the forum to a future for the industry. The topic of practical significance - equipment companies must unite.

Travellers have been relying on the strength of domestic companies for years and never introduced technology. It is understood that more than 90% of the top textile companies in China use imported steel wire rings, which makes the hurry of the wire ring industry to seek change and improvement more urgent than other textile machinery fields. Yang Chongming said that when they had talked with foreign companies about cooperation, they were rejected. The reason is that they are not cooperating with Asia, especially China. “Homemade wire rings have already reached the critical time for the improvement of spinning technology. We only rely on ourselves for foreign technology.” Yang Chongming said, “Bead wire is a small industry with only 20 companies. The same project, each Spending hundreds of thousands of yuan on research and development is too wasteful, and we can concentrate on research and development together and enjoy the results of R&D together, so we can greatly save costs.” It was precisely because of this idea that it was driven earlier this year in China's textile machinery and equipment industry. With the convening of the association, the wire loop enterprises have taken the first step in the alliance. Leading by Chongqing Golden Cat, the four companies, Qingdao Fengyi, Shanghai Far East, Changzhou Hangyue, and Wuxi Maotou, formed the "Strategic Wire Circle Industry Technology Alliance." After the establishment of the alliance, first of all, the research and development of new surface treatment equipment and high-precision equipment was the key topic, and it was commissioned by the National Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University. At present, the laboratory work has ended and is waiting for a pilot test. Yang Chongming said that after the completion of the project, it is expected to greatly enhance the comprehensive performance of the spinning ring and prolong its service life.

For the joint practice among enterprises, Wang Shutian, Chairman of China Textile Machinery and Equipment Industry Association, fully affirmed. He said that the reality of China's textile equipment industry is that small-scale enterprises, low concentration, and similar products, these issues are plagued and hinder the further development of the industry. In the future, the textile equipment industry needs to seek a joint development path to become bigger and stronger and achieve sustainable development. This is the trend of future industry development. It is also a new topic that every company has to face. Wang Shutian said that the China Textile Machinery and Equipment Industry Association had a preliminary discussion on the industry alliance two years ago and established the “New Generation Textile Machinery Industry Technology Innovation Alliance” to identify “energy-saving spindles for cotton spinning” and “energy saving for printing and dyeing equipment. The “three rows” and “industrial textile manufacturing equipment” were used to pilot the alliance operation model. At present, the alliance's technology research and development work is being carried out in an orderly manner and will further widen the scope of the alliance in the future.

“The coalition that has been established is basically bringing together the production companies of the same product. Can we then join together companies with different types of textile equipment with the same users to form a technology alliance?” Gao Yong said. Such an alliance can not only jointly face the development of products by downstream customers of the equipment, but also can jointly face up-to-date steel companies and overcome material problems. This united advantage is even more prominent."

Gao Yong’s point of view opened up yet another window for the exploration of the alliance for enterprises, allowing equipment companies to see more hope.