The 2016 annual textile technology awards included 12 first prizes, 46 second prizes and 56 third prizes.

In addition, the 2016 ‘Textile Vision Science’ Textile Education Teaching Achievement Award was presented to 101, of which 17 were first prize, while second and third prizes were bagged by 32 and 52 persons respectively.

The 2016 ‘Textile Vision Science’ Teacher Award and Student Award in the 13 undergraduate colleges and two vocational colleges were also given for the first time. While the teacher special award was given to 1 teacher, 21 others bagged the Teacher Award. Likewise, ‘Textile Vision Science’ students Special Award was given to 2, and Student Award to 147 people.

Another 11 projects were awarded 2016 ‘Textile Vision Science’ CNTAC’s knitted underwear innovation contribution award.

The award presentation ceremony was attended by CNTAC officials—Party secretary Wang Tiankai, former President Du Yuzhou, and Chairman Sun Ruizhe. It was also attended by Vice Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary General, Chairman of Textile Vision Science’ Science and Technology Education Foundation Gao Yong; Vice Chairman of CNTAC, Science and Technology Education Foundation Vice President Xia Lingmin, Vice Secretary of party committee Chen Weikang, Wang Jiuxin, Xu Yingxin, Chen Dapeng, Li Lingshen, Yang Zhaohua, Sun Huaibin, CNTAC Consulting committee members: Chen Shujin, Zhang YanKai, Xu Wenying and other leaders.

Li Ling Shen, Vice Chairman of CNTAC, introduced the basic situation of 2016 textile science and technology and education award in CNTAC, and elaborated the work of science and technology education in the thirteenth Five-Year Plan.

According to Li Ling Shen, this year’s award-winning science and technology projects presented four major characteristics.

First, high-tech fibre material made a major breakthrough. The innovation of fibre materials has a leading role in driving the transformation of textile raw materials and downstream related industries.

Fibre material innovation is the highlight of this year’s Textile Science and Technology Award. Among them, was the “thousand-ton dry-jet wet-spinning high-performance carbon fibre industry, key technology and self-equipped” project, built the first thousand tons of T700/T800 grade carbon fibre production line by the Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd. and other units. The product of China’s military high-performance carbon fibre to protect their ability to support the national strategic development of new industries has important strategic significance. Shandong Yingli Industrial Co., Ltd., Baoding Swan New Fiber Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and other units completed “The key technology of cellulose fibre research and development and industrialisation” project, to overcome the solvent purification recovery, enrichment technology to break the monopoly of foreign similar products production technology, and significantly improved China’s new solvent method of cellulose fibre production technology and equipment level.

The second major point was that high-performance functional textile industry and technological innovation has made important progress.

In recent years, with the rapid development of industrial textiles, textile industry has become the new economic growth pole of development. Scientific and technological innovation has played an important supporting role in this. Donghua University and other units completed the “medical and health protection materials key processing technology and industrialisation” project, for medical and health textile protective materials of high shielding, comfort and low-cost core key technologies such as research, developed a function type medical textile materials, the overall project technology reached the international advanced level, thus significantly enhancing the medical and health protection of textile materials with the technical level and core competitiveness.

Zhejiang University of Science and Technology and other units completed the “waste incineration flue gas treatment filter bags and high key technology of fluorine-containing fibre preparation technology” project. The dust filter material of high efficiency, low resistance and long life and other key technologies were studied. The overall technology reached the international advanced level, and the project increased the high temperature filter production process and equipment level, providing a scientific and technological support for the prevention and treatment of air pollution.

The third point underscored was that resource recycling technology has been significantly improved.

Resource recycling technology is to support green manufacturing, and promote green development of the important technical support. Shanghai Juyou Chemical Co., Ltd. and other units completed the “polyester esterification of organic wastewater recycling technology” project. Polyester esterification wastewater organic matter composition is extremely complex, and after stripping wastewater COD high key technical problems, developed a technology to match the serialization of technology and devices to solve the organic matter in wastewater recovery rate of the problem, greatly reducing the COD discharge of wastewater. The technology has been applied in the 11.37 million tons of polyester plant, to promote the chemical fibre industry, and low-carbon emission reduction.

Clean production has made important contributions to the Haiyan Haili Environmental Fiber Co., Ltd. and other units that completed the “high-quality differential recycling poly key technology and equipment research and development of polyester fibre” project. The automation, digital, intelligent technology used in recycled polyester fibre production, innovation and integration of high-quality differential regeneration of polyester fibre production of key technologies and equipment, built the largest at home and abroad 150,000 tons/year of waste PET bottle chip processing and cleaning production demonstration line and 200,000 tons/year of recycled polyester fibre production line. Thus, the overall project technology reached the international advanced level.

The fourth major point was the internationalisation of technical standards to achieve a breakthrough.

Technical standards are an important technical support for industrial development and an important rule for international trade. The China Textile Testing and Certification Co., Ltd. and other units carried out an independent research and development of a series of harmful substances in textile detection methods, and developed an “ISO 14389: 2014 textiles phthalate determination of tetrahydrofuran law” international standard. Unified global detection of phthalates in textiles is the result of the first internationalisation of Chinese standards in the past two decades, which has resulted in a major breakthrough in China from following the adoption of standards to leading the development of international standards.

“Dry-jet wet spinning is the most advanced technology recognised for the production of high-performance carbon fibre. We started dry-jet wet spinning technology research in 2009,” said Zhang Guoliang, Chairman of Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd. The company was able to break the monopoly of foreign countries and started independent production using the first dry-jet wet spinning technology in 2012.

“After 11 years of persistence and unremitting efforts, this year for the first time we have made profit, which is the first time in the domestic civilian market, marking the entry of domestic carbon fibre into the stage of sound development,” Zhang Guoliang said. (RKS)

Textile Science Research (China)