The textile industry is recognized as one of the main pillars of the traditional national economy. The substantial growth of the textile industry in the early years was mainly due to traditional textile technology and low labor costs, of which labor costs played a key role. However, in recent years, the economic level has improved and labor income has increased significantly, which drives the textile industry to adopt intelligent upgrades to reduce costs. With the gradual maturity of artificial intelligence, big data, computers and other technologies, the era of Industry 4.0 has already arrived. Internet + and intelligent production will definitely be the trend of the textile industry in the future.
In addition, with the advent of "consumption upgrading", fast fashion has emerged in the clothing retail market, and phenomena such as "light luxury" and "strict selection" have put forward higher and higher requirements for clothing quality and textile production efficiency. The textile industry is well aware that the quality of clothing depends on the quality of the fabric. Cloth selection and inspection is a key point. Every year, the textile industry invests a large proportion of labor costs in the inspection of fabrics, but the efficiency is not high and the accuracy rate is low. This is also a shortcoming that has always plagued the development of the industry. At present, almost all global textile and garment manufacturers use manual methods for fabric quality inspection. Due to the variety of fabrics and the diversity of defects, it is difficult for traditional machine vision technology to solve the automatic inspection of fabrics. But with the development of information technology, digital image technology and neural network technology, fabric defect inspection based on image processing and microcomputer platform becomes possible. Especially in recent years, with the rapid development and application of artificial intelligence technology, automatic visual inspection of fabrics has become possible. In order to overcome this aspect, many textile equipment companies and scientific research institutes have been increasing the research and development of intelligent fabric inspection machines.
According to the technical patents released so far, a complete intelligent fabric inspection machine uses computer vision technology + high-end precision optical components + big data + software system, which belongs to the high-end intelligent manufacturing industry. Of course, the value brought by the intelligent fabric inspection machine is very considerable. According to industry reports, an average inspector can find up to 200 defects in one hour, and the defect detection rate is about 70% or even lower, the concentration of personnel can be maintained for at most 20-30 minutes, and the inspection speed is generally limited to 20-30cm/s. If it exceeds this time and speed, the fabric inspector will be full of fatigue. In addition, an intelligent fabric inspection machine is superior to the inspector in terms of performance of various parameters. The speed of intelligent fabric inspection can reach 1m/s, which is 3-5 times that of manual work. The response time of real-time detection can be achieved within 100ms. The accuracy rate can reach more than 90%, and all test data are recorded in real time in the computer database for future reference. And it supports 24-hour uninterrupted work. The intelligent fabric inspection machine also has a fabric pre-treatment area, which can effectively sort out the slight creases, curling, weft skew, and sundries on the fabric surface, and reduce false detection caused by external factors. In terms of cost comparison, 1 machine can replace 2-5 traditional inspectors, saving millions of costs for enterprises every year. The automatic inspection system can not only solve various problems in manual inspection, but also improve efficiency and accuracy, and can meet various requirements of enterprises in production quality control. This is of great help for enterprises to improve product quality and enhance their competitiveness.
According to the quotations on the market, the intelligent fabric inspection machine price is not cheap, mainly because it involves high technical skills and provides high efficiency and quality so that to choose a good intelligent fabric inspection machine, you are supposed to choose a reliable brand. SUNTECH, one of the top fabric inspection machine manufacturers, is professional on intelligent inspection machine manufacturing. SUNTECHE has been innovating for over 50 years so that it can provides high-quality intelligent inspection machines with competitive prices. So far, it has more than 4500 customers and 15000 installations over the world. Here is the most popular product.
Automatic Camera Inspection System ST-ACI
It can be applied to the Fabric Inspection on various kinds of Weaving Machine like Water jet, Air jet and Repair Loom.
FEATURES:
lHigh Intelligence, 24 Hours 100% Attention
lHigh Efficient, Speed 60m/min
lHigh Precision, Inspection Rate Up to 90%
lConvenient Scalability, ERP/SAP Compatible