Three core technologies lead the high-quality development of the silk industry Wansili Silk: infinite imagination between square inches
Zhejiang Daily reported Impressionism, abstraction, classicism… How many creative ideas do you have about beauty?
In the hands of the AI art designer of Wansili Silk, the idea of unrestrained ideas fell on an unimaginable number – 10 to the 27th power. This is the number of silk scarves that AI art designers can design. It is derived from 350,000 basic patterns, and brings together the colors and structural aesthetic elements of the paintings of more than 600 top artists over the past 1,500 years.
This exciting private customization can currently be realized through the “West Lake No. 1” applet. Consumers only need to provide their own zodiac, gender, favorite style and other information to have a unique silk scarf that “completely grows on their own aesthetics”.
Trendy and fun, at Wansili Silk, silk has changed from the “little soft” in the past to the present with a sense of design and experience, giving people a new consumption experience. “The best inheritance of historical classic industries is innovation.” Tu Hongyan, chairman of Wansili Group, said that relying on technological innovation, Wansili Silk independently developed three core technologies: artificial intelligence design, double-sided digital printing, and digital green printing and dyeing. Strive to make the silk industry glow with new brilliance in the new era.
In the digital printing workshop of Masterly Silk, technology makes beauty more real. The upgraded double-sided digital printing machines are running at high speed, and personalized silk scarves slowly appear on the flexible production line: calm geometric figures, elegant national tide elements, gorgeous European palace style…
In response to common problems in the industry, such as “inconsistency in color between physical objects and design drawings” and “printing speed is too slow”, the company independently developed the ICOLOR digital color management system. Ma Tingfang, deputy general manager of Hangzhou Wansili Silk Culture Co., Ltd., introduced that the R&D team has carried out digital transformation and standardized formulation of 108 nodes involved in the transmission, color separation, and post-finishing of silk scarves from the design draft to the physical presentation, which not only guarantees The “what you see is what you get” of real silk scarves has also greatly shortened the production cycle. Even if it is privately customized, it can be delivered to consumers within two days.
What is even more surprising is the “unique stunt” newly developed by Wansili Silk – the new technology of GBART digital green printing and dyeing. Traditional printing and dyeing requires adding salt and alkali to the water to assist in coloring, which will produce a large amount of sewage. GBART technology uses high-precision digital printing and dyeing. The amount of dye required for each piece of fabric micro-molecules has been carefully calculated, and the dye uptake rate reaches more than 99%. At the same time, the sizing and washing processes are eliminated, and sewage and ammonia nitrogen are greatly reduced. . Many people in the industry believe that this new technology will greatly alleviate the disadvantages of high pollution and high energy consumption in the traditional printing and dyeing industry, and help achieve the “double carbon” goal.
It is understood that since 2018, the proportion of R&D investment in Wansili silk in operating income has been increasing year by year, reaching 4.96% by the end of 2020, which is twice the industry average. This gives a traditional industry more confidence to deal with various market changes. At present, the company holds 112 patents, including 27 invention patents, and also has a number of national scientific research innovation platforms such as national postdoctoral research stations.
Wansili Silk, whose printing and dyeing technology has reached the international leading level, also has more right to speak on the international stage. In recent years, the company has successively exported design and technology to many international first-line brands, and carried out long-term strategic cooperation. Attentive consumers will find that the trademark “Wanshili” has begun to appear on the silk scarves of many international first-line brands.
At present, Wansili Silk will usher in two more scientific research incubators: the Wansili Science and Technology Innovation Center in Shangcheng District of Hangzhou has been successfully completed; It was successfully listed, and the design and construction are being accelerated. The company also plans to build an industrial brain and a future factory to promote the deep integration of advanced manufacturing and modern service industries, so that the silk industry will be at the forefront of technological innovation and application.