Wuhan at heart
More than 100 people walked into the factory of Ningbo Langdi Textile Co., Ltd. The employees worked in an orderly manner, and the clothing products on the production line were replaced with snow-white masks, which were continuously transported from the factory to the front lines of epidemic prevention and control and to the homes of ordinary people.
During the epidemic, this clothing company, which mainly produces baby and child products for the European market, took the initiative to switch production and try to innovate. Relying on the original production line, procurement Multiple dedicated ultrasonic synthesis machines and equipment are used to produce high-quality civilian masks, with a current daily production capacity of 100,000 pieces.
Unlike common disposable medical masks, the masks produced by Langdi add a layer of nanofiber filter element, which can be recycled while ensuring filtration performance. In the context of the surge in demand for masks, such a product is particularly “thirst-quenching.”
It is understood that the nanofiber filter technology comes from the scientific research team of the Garment Industry Research Institute of Zhongyuan Institute of Technology. It has been tested by laboratories and third-party institutions, and the barrier filtration coefficient is greater than Equal to 91.8%, the filtration performance reaches the standard of N95 masks, and it can also withstand repeated disinfection with boiling water, alcohol, and 84 disinfectant.
This means that people only need to replace the filter element once after wearing it for 12 hours, and regularly use it with temperatures above 56 degrees Celsius and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Soak and clean the masks in hot water below degrees Celsius, and you can use them for a long time, eliminating the worry of “too few masks”.
Currently, this mask can be purchased on the market. The price is divided into two grades: 6 yuan per piece and 9 yuan per piece. Both are equipped with 2 replaceable filter elements. . Taking into account students’ demand for masks after the start of school, Langdi also relied on its long-term experience and technology in the production of infant and child products to tailor recyclable nano masks for children that are more skin-friendly, breathable, and anti-allergic, 24 It has been mass-produced and put on the market today.
13 days ago, Zhang Haifei, director and general manager of Ningbo Langdi Textile Co., Ltd., posted this message in WeChat Moments: “We have resumed work to serve the motherland. Make masks!” Faced with the pressure of losing orders, this company invested a lot of technical and human resources to complete the production conversion and increased its daily output from 60,000 to 100,000, turning this slogan into tangible results. . Now, she can proudly tell reporters: “We are very excited to contribute to this long and difficult battle to prevent and control the epidemic.”
Peacebird mask is here! Ningbo textile companies have established a civilian mask production alliance, and the first batch of 1 million will be on the market!
Ningbo’s garment industry has joined forces to transform into civilian masks, and the Ningbo Municipal Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters has assigned a production task of 5 million masks. The reporter learned from the Ningbo Municipal Economic and Information Bureau that the first batch of 1 million masks will be tested and disinfected and put on the market in the near future, and the government will allocate and use them uniformly.
In response to the shortage of masks, Ningbo City urgently established an emergency epidemic prevention civilian mask production team. The Municipal Health Commission, the Municipal Economic and Information Bureau, and the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau quickly established a mask production alliance with relevant companies, and designated Peacebird Apparel to provide appearance design, logos, and anti-counterfeiting silk, Guangyuan Textile to provide mask shell fabrics, and Lanhe Medical to provide melt-blown In the film, under the initiative of the Ningbo Garment Association, companies such as Minglang Garment, Aiyimei, Haifu Garment, and Feige Garment joined the mask production alliance.
Since February 4th, Peacebird Clothing has been involved in intense design and sampling work. After four full days of busy work, the sample plan was finally determined and immediately sent to Ningbo Fiber Testing Institute. detection. On February 8, Peacebird started production.
On the same day, Ningbo Guangyuan Textile Co., Ltd. invested in the supply of gray fabrics regardless of cost, and turned on all the steam boilers, dyeing, washing, ironing and other equipment in the factory to rush to produce fabrics.
On February 12, the first batch of eight companies began to produce Ningbo civilian masks printed with “NBFY”.
Today, 12 more garment companies began to produce masks on the first day of resumption of work. In addition, there are 6 franchised companies that are waiting for approval to resume work. Once approved, they will immediately switch to mask production.
This morning, reporters came to the Peacebird apparel production base in Haishu District, Ningbo to learn about the production of masks.
On the third floor of the factory, the reporter saw that the 30,000-square-meter garment workshop was busy. Workers were sitting in front of sewing machines, some cutting styles, and some sewing fabrics and accessories.
“More than 130 workers worked overtime and even gave up their lunch break.” Zhou Jiameng, product director of Peacebird Apparel, told reporters. In the assembly workshop on the first floor, the reporter saw more than 10 workers putting the finished mask casing and filter chips into plastic bags and sealing them.
The sealed bag is printed with the words “Civil Masks, Ningbo City Epidemic Prevention Emergency Support Special Supply Materials”, and the other side is also printed with precautions, including “This product is a non-medical device. It is only for emergency use during the pneumonia epidemic caused by the new coronavirus infection; it contains 1 cotton gauze mask + 8 filter elements; the cotton gauze mask can be cleaned and disinfected, and can be recycled after replacing the filter element.”
Here comes the point! How effective is this Ningbo version of civilian masks?
“The protection is better than N95.” Zhou Jiameng, the product director of Peacebird Apparel, told reporters in detail, “The mask is made of double-layer pure cotton material, plus a layer of non-woven fabric, which is breathable, waterproof and color fast. They are all very good.” Zhou Jiameng took out a piece of white non-woven fabric and showed it to the reporter. “This is provided by Ningbo Guangyuan Textile designated by the market supervision department. It is thicker than the non-woven fabric of disposable medical masks.”
“LookwhatI’mwearingnowisthelatestversion.Itdoesn’t feel stuffy at all and the fit is good.” Zhou Jiameng said that he initially designed seven or eight samples and finally settled on the final one. A good style.
As the standard setter for Ningbo masks, PEACEBIRD has worked hard on the details. The reporter saw that the elastic band used as the ear strap of the mask also has a small pull button that can adjust the tightness.
In the assembly workshop, Zhou Jiameng inserted the filter chip into the inner layer of the mask and demonstrated it to reporters. “These filter chips are technically called melt-blown chips, and they are provided by Lanhe Medical, a well-known medical supplies manufacturer in Ningbo.” The reporter saw that the words PM2.5 were also printed on the filter chips.
“The filtration performance of the chip exceeds 90%, and coupled with the protective function of the mask shell, it is actually better than n95.” Zhou Jiameng said.
“We provide drawings to other companies and provide production technical guidance,” Zhou Jiameng said. After the cooperative enterprise is completed, it will be uniformly inspected and accepted by the Peacebird production base, assembled, packaged, and disinfected before delivery. Distributed uniformly by the Municipal Economic and Information Bureau.
Mao Yihua, secretary-general of the Ningbo Garment Association, told the Hourly News reporter, “Ningbo’s mask production method not only solves the current shortage of non-woven materials, but also this kind of mask can be used repeatedly, and is sterilized by boiling and inserting new ones. The filter can be recycled for 8 to 10 days, which is a subversion of the mask production process.”
“We will also widely publicize how to use and disinfect masks, including video demonstrations. “Mao Yihua said. </p
