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The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Textile Manufacturing

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Uncover the future of textile manufacturing with emerging technologies. Experience the power of smart fabrics and AI-driven quality control for enhanced productivity and customization.

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The textile manufacturing landscape, both in India and abroad, is changing rapidly. We are in the midst of a digital transformation, while several technological innovations have (or are likely to) disrupt this sector. With the demand for ‘fine’ fibres escalating, spinning mills from across the world are integrating these new & innovative solutions, to make their operational processes more agile, productive, efficient, and qualitatively superior. From OEMs to manufacturers of spinning cans and their accessories, all stakeholders are doing their bit to make textile production progressively smarter.

Rise of Smart Fabrics
Technologies like radio-frequency identification (or, RFID) and near-field communication (NFC) are enabling textile manufacturers to produce so-called ‘smart fabrics’. These products typically have micro-chip computing devices and/or nanotechnology in them – and come with powerful heat regulation, adaptability to environmental fluctuations, and other characteristics. Going forward, the demand for smart fabrics will keep rising.

More Reliance On Artificial Intelligence For Better Customization
The importance of quality control and customization is paramount for the textile industry in general, and spinning mills in particular. This is precisely where AI-powered technologies, computer vision, and related innovations are proving to be of assistance. Right from detecting quality glitches & defects, to ensuring optimal resource utilization and shortening product turnaround times, AI algorithms are driving the textile sector.

IIoT-enabled Sliver Management For Last-Minute Traceability
Digitalization is changing the game for the textile industry worldwide. With mills trying to upgrade themselves to Industry 4.0 standards, the demand for solutions powered by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is rising sharply, with the Ji+ Spinning Cans developed by Jumac,leading spinning cans manufacturer in India, also coming into the mix. With data-driven automation and centralised control, IIoT-enabled sliver handling does away with yarn mixups, lost productivity, and other mill uncertainties.

Role Of Automation In Spinning Is Rising
The potentials for leveraging smart automation tools to make textile production more efficient and seamless are endless. Material handling processes, in particular, are becoming increasingly automated. The usage of fully automated machinery (e.g. sewing and cutting tools) is becoming mainstream. Textile manufacturing has moved on from its traditional, labour-intensive tasks, with automation being extensively used for repetitive jobs. This, in turn, ensures better allocation of skilled manpower too.

Rising Popularity of Novel Textiles
The diversity in textile sector innovations is typified by the surge in popularity of ‘novel textiles’, which have components like antimicrobial elements, polymers, hydrophobic cotton, & more. As ‘alternative fibres’, these lightweight textiles can be easily handled & processed, and do not have any ill-effects on the environment either. Over the next few years, we are likely to witness these novel textiles being produced at scale.

Cutting-Edge Product Testing Processes
In order to ensure that textile & yarn products meet the desired quality standards, advanced testing methodologies – like test units, simulated environments and ‘intelligent’ machines – are being integrated. In addition, through automated testing, the entire manufacturing process is becoming more controlled and consistent. Quality issues, if any, are being detected at an early stage and resolved.

Nanotechnology, Material Pleating & More
Another noteworthy development related to textile manufacturing is the growing use of nanotechnology. Since this helps in preparing fabrics with special qualities (e.g., self-cleaning, fire-resistance, etc.), sustainable textile production is facilitated. With the advent of smart spinning machinery, the pleating process is also becoming automated. Laser printing is helping the textile industry move forward as well.

In addition to improving fabric quality and productivity, innovative technologies are playing a critical role in ensuring the sustainability of spinning operations, maintaining cost-efficiency & viability, and bolstering overall profitability. The role of robotics and automation in spinning has grown rapidly in the last few years, with the trend expected to further gain momentum in the foreseeable future. Technology is indeed spinning a new future for the textile industry, and it will be interesting to track how things continue to evolve.

About Jumac:
For 50 years, Jumac Cans has been a globally recognised manufacturer of sliver handling solutions. Spinning cans by Jumac are trusted by 1900+ mills across 28+ countries, and are preferred by leading machine manufacturers, like Trützschler, Rieter, LMW, Marzoli, & more. With an ‘innovation-first’ approach and unwavering quality promise, Jumac is committed to make the sliver management ecosystem progressively stronger.

Gaza residents who have lost family fear more destruction as ground assault looms By Reuters

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GAZA (Reuters) -As Israel prepared on Sunday for a ground assault on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Palestinians who have lost numerous family members in air strikes were bracing for more destruction if Israel hits back on an unprecedented scale on its territory.

Um Mohammad Al-Laham sat next to her 4-year-old granddaughter Fulla Al-Laham, who lay in a Gaza hospital which like others is operating on low supplies of medicine and fuel.

She said an Israeli airstrike hit the family home, killing 14 people including Fulla’s parents, siblings and members of her extended family.

“All of a sudden and without warning, they bombed the house on top of the residents inside. No-one survived except my grandchild Fulla. May God cure her and give her strength,” said the grandmother, who has witnessed many wars between Hamas and the Israeli army over the years. She says this is the toughest.

“Fourteen people martyred, no-one was left except Fulla Saeed Al-Laham. She doesn’t talk, nothing, just lays in her bed and they give medicine.”

One other 4-year-old child in the family had also been left with almost no relatives, the grandmother said.

Israel has unleashed the heaviest air strikes ever on Gaza in retaliation for the biggest attack on the country one week ago by the Palestinian militant group Hamas since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

Israel has vowed to annihilate the militant group Hamas in retaliation for a rampage by its fighters in Israeli towns eight days ago in which its militants shot men, women and children and seized hostages in the worst attack on civilians in the country’s history.

Some 1,300 people were killed in the unexpected onslaught, which shook the country, with graphic mobile phone video footage and reports from medical and emergency services of atrocities in the overrun towns and kibbutzes.

Israel has responded with the most intense bombardment Gaza has ever seen, putting the small enclave, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, under siege and destroying much of its infrastructure.

Israel has told Palestinian to leave their homes and move south.

Hamas urged people not to leave, saying roads out were unsafe. It said dozens of people had been killed in strikes on cars and trucks carrying refugees on Friday, while medics, Hamas media and relatives say whole families have been killed in the air strikes. Reuters could not independently verify these claims.

Some residents said they would not leave, remembering the “Nakba,” or “catastrophe,” of 1948 when many Palestinians were forced from their homes during the war that accompanied Israel’s creation.

Israel has intensified its bombings across Gaza City and the north. Gaza authorities said more than 2,300 people have been killed, a quarter of them children, and nearly 10,000 wounded.

Rescue workers searched desperately for survivors of night-time air raids. One million people have reportedly left their homes.

The expected Israeli ground offensive combined with the air strikes themselves have raised fears of unprecedented suffering in the narrow, impoverished enclave.

Witnesses in Gaza City told Reuters the Israeli offensive had forced more people from their homes. Gaza’s largest Shifa hospital was overcrowded with people who had fled their houses.

“We are living the worst nightmare of our lives. Even here in the hospital we are not safe. An air strike hit in the area outside the hospital around dawn,” said a 35-year-old woman who declined to give her name.

Taking the road to southern Gaza, which is considered safer, has become more difficult as several people who had made the journey say Israel continues to bomb around it.

Ashraf Al-Qidra, spokesman of the Gaza health ministry, said 70% of the people in Gaza City and the north of the strip are deprived of health services after the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA evacuated its headquarters and suspended its services.

East of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, where hundreds of northern residents have fled to, some locals cooked for displaced people, using firewood to prepare 1,500 meals of meat and rice donated by residents.

“We used to cook on cooking gas for the first two days but we are running out of gas, so we are cooking on firewood,” said Youssef Abu Assi, one resident helping out.