Ningbo college student Maker created the first sewing socks tag system design in China

The Ningbo Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences is composed of Zhongke Chuangke Space, 3D Printing Base, Chuangke Coffee, Incubation and Breeding Base. It has many famous partners such as venture capital funds, angel funds, large domestic and foreign industrial enterprises, and relies on the technical platform of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. To build Ningbo's largest international maker innovation center and promote the formation of Ningbo's new hardware industry ecosystem. Photo by Zhang Yongtao

With the help of the instructor Cui Hai, the doctors of Zhejiang Textile and Apparel Vocational and Technical College developed and designed the design of this sewing sock tag system. Photo by Zhang Yongtao

In the factory, complete the complete packaging of a pair of socks, generally requires three workers to cooperate, in 12 seconds. This status quo will be improved. The design of the first sewing-type socks tag system invented by Ningbo University's four college students, was recently unveiled. It is reported that with this fully automatic production equipment, it takes only 2.5 seconds to complete the complete packaging of a pair of socks, and the labor cost can be saved by 16%. This equipment basically achieves semi-automation or full automation of individual links, filling the gap in China's textile industry (socks) using machine automation packaging.

It is understood that this sewing type socks tag system design is from the hands of the four students of Zhejiang Textile and Garment Vocational and Technical College, such as Pang Yadi, Zhou Yujie, Sun Xubo and Liu Yong. At present, the team has settled in the Ningbo Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In the early stage, the team made a detailed investigation in Zhuji, Zhejiang, which is known as the “hometown of Chinese socks industry”. It was found that the three workers had a division of labor and completed the complete packaging of a pair of socks, which took 12 seconds. The survey found that in China, the packaging of hosiery products is basically artificial or semi-automatic, which not only affects production efficiency, but also optimizes human resources. It is inevitable that workers will repeatedly experience a physical fatigue and affect the yield of products.

“It takes only 2.5 seconds to complete the complete packaging of the socks with this fully automatic production equipment, which can reduce the labor cost by 16%,” said the instructor Cui Hai.

Cui Hai calculated the account for the reporter: the cost of manual packaging is 0.2 yuan, the cost of machine packaging is 0.04 yuan, and the cost is reduced by 16%. Take the annual output of 50 million pairs of small and medium-sized enterprises as an example, saving labor costs of 8.25 million yuan. Taking the annual output of 1 billion pairs of small and medium-sized enterprises as an example, the labor cost is 165 million yuan.

This year, the state introduced policies from various levels to clear the obstacles for “mass entrepreneurship and innovation”. In his government work report, Premier Li Keqiang pointed out that "small and medium-sized enterprises have a lot to do, and they must help the horses and send a journey, so that 'grassroots innovation' has become a common practice and blossoms everywhere."

Founded in 2013, Ningbo Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences is based on the laboratory equipment, public platform resources and professional technical resources of the Institute of Information Technology Application of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Ningbo. At present, there are more than 1,000 members, mainly from entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs from all walks of life in Ningbo. And students and teachers interested in Maker in Ningbo universities.

During the visit, the reporter found that there are more than 60 Maker projects, including smart public umbrellas - orange umbrellas, industrial automatic glue glue machines, delta 3D printers, industrial melt mold wax prototypes, smart bicycle taillight projects, and simple smart home systems. Domestic fresh projects such as micro laser scanning printers, smart camping stoves, and intelligent interactive flowering systems. At present, there are five entrepreneurial team incubation companies in the maker space, and registered companies.

According to the introduction, according to the project situation, the platform provides up to 1 million yuan of own seed funds and 1 million to 5 million yuan of partner seed funds, and provides various fund docking, roadshows, technology financial loans, financing counseling and recommendations.

At the same time, the platform has many talents and technical resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Relying on the Institute of Information Technology Application of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it can provide various government-funded project application guidance and whole-process services such as scientific and technological innovation , talent introduction and industrial research.

In an interview, Pang Yadi said that the Ningbo Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences created a good platform for college students to create a platform that integrates resources from all sectors of society. “We got to know the instructors in the industry on this platform and gave us advice on the design from a market perspective. We hope that our machines will consider a variety of packaging needs. These suggestions are very valuable to us,” said Pang Yadi.