In the ”cotton socks Capital", socks are actually produced like this

            In the ”cotton socks Capital", socks are actually produced like this

“From yarn to socks, it only takes two or three minutes, and there is no need for labor. ”In a hosiery company in Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province, engineer Guo Zhandong took reporters into the production workshop, and dozens of intelligent all-in-one hosiery knitting machines produced stacks of socks between the “flying yarn and the thread”.

Liaoyuan, a small city located in the northeast of our country, was once known as the “little Shanghai of Northeast China” because of the development of textile, pharmaceutical, mechanical and electrical industries. The first pair of socks were produced here in 1936, and now it has grown into the largest cotton socks production base in the country. It has the reputation of “the hometown of Chinese cotton socks”, “The famous city of Chinese socks”, and “The capital of Chinese cotton socks”. It is the domestic cotton socks industry. “Zhuji is in the south and Beijing is in the north."There are important components of the ”Liaoyuan" market pattern. Every year, 3.5 billion pairs of cotton socks are produced here and sold throughout the country and all over the world. There is a high probability that the cotton socks we wear on our feet come from this “cotton socks capital”.

Guozhandong is an “old man” in the Liaoyuan hosiery industry. He has been making socks since the 1990s. “The traditional hosiery weaving process requires weaving, sewing, shaping, packaging and other processes. For example, the "sewing head" requires manually transporting the socks to the sewing workshop, or manually or with the help of a sewing machine to sew the socks from the socks, and then manually flip the socks back. It takes a long time and the error rate is higher than it is now. ”

In Guozhandong's explanation, the reporter saw that under the “blessing” of the intelligent integrated hosiery knitting machine, the weaving and stitching processes are combined. The semi-finished socks that have been woven are transported by the robotic arm to the sewing part of the machine, and the surface can be automatically turned over after rapid stitching. This process is alsoTherefore, it was shortened to 1 minute and 30 seconds. And when this sock is sewn, the next sock has already entered the weaving process. Take a closer look, each machine also has a display screen, and the operating status and production efficiency of the machine can be clearly displayed. "Intelligent production has greatly saved time and labor costs. A hosiery machine can produce about 250 pairs of medium-tube socks per day, and a worker can manage almost 14 machines! "Guozhandong smiled.

After the socks are woven, they can be shaped and marked by machines, coupled with manual quality inspection and packaging, and a pair of high-quality, beautiful and comfortable socks are ready to go!

In Liaoyuan, the ownership of intelligent all-in-one machines for the socks industry like this has reached more than 6,000 units! In recent years, Liaoyuan City has continuously promoted the implementation of the digital intelligent transformation project of 10,000 hosiery machines, built a number of new intelligent manufacturing demonstration factories, promoted the application scenarios of “5G+industrial Internet”, and introduced policies to support the digital intelligent transformation of hosiery enterprises and enhance the production capacity and modernization level of the hosiery industry chain. At present, 12 hosiery companies in the city have been selected as the library of intelligent transformation and digital transformation projects in Jilin Province's manufacturing industry, and 26 hosiery factories have integrated wisdom elements, directly and indirectly driving employment of 45,000 people.