Fabric technology at the Olympics

Garment industry is closely related to people's lives, is personalized, diversified and prominent features of the labor-intensive industry, market competition has been very intense. In the first half of this year, the Qingdao garment industry chain maintained a stable development trend. The number of textile and garment enterprises above designated size has reached 546, and the total industrial output value has reached 66.64 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%. Through the use of information and intelligent means to accelerate the transformation and upgrading , the personalized and diversified features of the Qingdao garment industry have become increasingly evident, and the market competitiveness has been further enhanced.

Qingdao garment industry chain includes clothing, textile and textile machinery manufacturing industries. Among them, the clothing and apparel industry is led by key enterprises such as Hongni, Shefa, Hongling, Xintian, Xueda and Yizhou. The products involve functional knitted underwear, men's and women's formal wear, casual wear, fashion, children's wear, etc.; textile and textile The machinery manufacturing industry is led by Qingfanglian, Phoenix Printing and Dyeing, Hongda, Xinghuo, Dongjia and other enterprises, focusing on the development of textile printing and dyeing, carding and new carding equipment, automatic winder, shuttleless looms and other textiles, high-tech fiber , intelligent textile machinery complete sets of equipment. Driven by key enterprises, Qingdao garment industry chain is supported by fashion creativity, independent design, brand building and integration of two industries. It focuses on the construction of industrial clusters such as Jimo, Jiaozhou, Jiaonan and Laixi, and builds distinctive features, structural optimization and technology. Advanced industrial chain.

“The garment industry is a traditional industry and has always faced great transformational pressure. It is urgent to follow the 'smile curve' theory and to strengthen the two aspects of design and development and brand operation at both ends of the 'smile curve', because the business generated by these two links The value is much higher than the middle of the production and processing links." A garment industry expert in Qingdao pointed out.

On August 5th, the 120-year-old modern Olympic Games set foot on the South American continent for the first time, and Brazil became the "new world" on the Olympic geography map. The application of high technology has always been the highlight of the Olympic Games, among which high-tech fabrics are the basis of sports equipment. Check out the fabric technology highlights at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In the report about the Rio Olympic Games, Zika virus has grabbed a lot of media headlines. For the Zika virus team uniforms, anti-microbial technology is used. For example, the Korean team uniforms have added mosquito repellent to resist mosquito bites. In addition to chemical protection, the clothes are specially designed to be long sleeves that are armed to the wrists and ankles. trousers.

It is understood that the water pollution of swimming and sailing competitions in this Olympic Games is more serious. For this reason, the US Olympic rowing team uses a new antibacterial competition suit, which incorporates antibacterial materials and uses new fiber blending technology to achieve The seamless processing effect can reduce the harm of harmful bacteria in the water to athletes. In addition, the new antibacterial competition suits still protect the athletes from the intrusion of polluted water, and still have good perspiration performance.

Track and field has always been the best test field for new technologies, and many apparel manufacturers are developing shoes that allow athletes to run faster and jump higher. The American women's Allyson Felix's "boots" are created with 3D printing technology to balance flexibility and beauty. This running shoe upper is made of Nike Flyknit technology, specifically, warp and weft on the loom. Interwoven into a whole in a unique way, combined with compact design and superb stitching technology, the woven seams are connected to each yarn, thus achieving the strength of the footwear structure and the accuracy of specific sports in sports. maximize.

Chinese players' "jerseys" also use the most advanced international fabrics. The Chinese delegation’s award-winning “Champion Dragon Suit” fabric uses a special water-repellent process that is both breathable and resistant to the rains of Rio, and the inner layer of the garment is processed with xylitol, even in hot Brazil. It can also be refreshed and refreshed. In addition, some garments have high elasticity. This special fiber fabric can promote limb venous return, reduce blood stasis, improve energy supply and shorten recovery time. Lightweight and thin polyester fabric with super elastic and moisture permeability It promotes heat dissipation and reduces the burden on the athletes; the smooth and shiny hard polyester-stained stretch fabric reduces fluid resistance and prevents the water from being blocked by the opponent and speeding up swimming.