JUKI held a "JUKI free webinar" for helping clothing factories solve their problems.
JUKI held a 2-day free webinar on the 24th and 25th of November to help clothing factories solve their problems amid the age of "living with coronavirus" and in anticipation of the "post-pandemic" period by making the most out of digitalization, automatization and networking that draw the factories' attention as means to cope with their needs. Approximately 1,100 people participated in the webinar.
With respect to challenges in sewing sites such as the "reduction of a fraction defective", "further enhancement of productivity", "labor saving" and "deskilling", needs of the factories differ with regions and countries. To cope with their specific needs, JUKI offered the webinar in Japanese, English and Chinese.
We have received lots of questions and good feedback from the participants such that the explanation about practical case examples was particularly helpful.
During the global coronavirus pandemic, it is and will be difficult to actually organize "real" exhibitions and trade shows. In consideration of this situation, JUKI is going to provide explanations about the JUKI products and hold webinars in accordance with the respective market needs utilizing the Web.
■ Contents of the webinar
・ November 24 (Tuesday)
① 11:00 - 11:45 (Language: Chinese)
Theme(1)：“Make the Impossible Possible!” ～Solve problems in Lingerie sewing by Digitalization～
Lingerie sewing factories were conventionally forced to give up improvement of seam quality, solution of seam-quality related problems and reduction in downtime. In this webinar, measures and case examples of how to improve / solve those problems by means of JUKI-proposing digitalization were introduced.
< Recommended participants of the webinar >
- Those who are not satisfied with the current seam quality but want to try to further improve it
- Those who want to reduce the burden on maintenance staff who is in charge of the adjustment of sewing machines
② 13:00 - 13:45 (Language: Japanese)
Theme(2) : For Non-woven product manufacturing customers who want to automate production
The latest protective wear production line was introduced. A production line that achieves labor saving and automatic production can be constructed with the most up-to-date laser cutting machine, ultrasonic welding machine, folding machine, inserting machine, etc. In addition, JUKI's support system for the production line consisting of a broad range of machines was introduced.
< Recommended participants of the webinar >
- Business operators involved in the support / assistance service for introducing protective wear production facilities
- Those who are engaged in the production of protective wear and try to increase production facilities
③ 15:00 - 15:45 (Language: English)
Theme(3)：“Make the Impossible Possible!” ～Solve problems in Lingerie sewing by Digitalization～
* Same content as ①, but offered in English
④ 17:45 - 18:30 (Language: English)
Theme(4)：Beyond evolution of sewing efficiency Efficient production with automatic bobbin thread changing t echnology and scrap reduction
It is certain that some works in relation to the sewing machine are likely to be hindrances to automatization of sewing work. In the webinar, measures to eliminate those works were introduced. On the basis of practical case examples such as automatization of supply and discharge of materials and complete automatization of supply of bobbin thread, methods of increasing productivity, preventing jump sewing failures, reducing bobbin thread wastes and achieving the reduction of burdens on sewing-machine operators were introduced.
< Recommended participants of the webinar >
- Those who want to save time and effort required to frequently replace the bobbin thread when using the AMS (automatic cycle machine), to increase productivity and to reduce the operators' fatigue
- Those who aim at automatization of the production line, promotion of deskilling and labor-saving, and reduction of a fraction defective
- Those who want to enhance eco-friendliness, to increase productivity and to reduce costs
- Those who want to liberate sewing-machine operators from burdensome bobbin thread management
・ November 25 (Wednesday)
① 11:00 - 11:45 (Language: Chinese)
Theme(1)：“Improve Efficiency for Bag Pack production” De-skilling and Visualizing Production
Automatic sewing machines responding to the sewing of backpacks of all sizes and to the changes in material thickness were introduced.
In addition, JUKI's management system for achieving visualization of operation status of sewing machines for sewing a variety of brands of backpacks was also introduced.
< Recommended participants of the webinar >
- Those who aim to ensure improved quality and increased productivity in a compatible way while reducing the investment in facilities
- Those who have difficulty stabilizing the product quality since a longer period is required to train sewing-machine operators
② 13:00 - 13:45 (Language: English)
Theme(2)：Garment Factory DX（Digital Transformation）
Methods of improving productivity through the management of sewing machines used in clothing factories, improvement of the facility operation rate, development of human resources, etc. were introduced. In addition, inspection work with smartphones and tablets as well as revitalization of human resources by means of e-learning on the Web were introduced.
< Recommended participants of the webinar >
- Those who want to instill a standardized daily inspection that can be carried out by sewing-machine operators in the factory
- Those who want to prevent production line from stopping due to an abrupt sewing machine failure
- Those who want to increase the facility operation rate
- Those who have difficulty training recently-hired operators since it requires lots of man-hours
③ 15:00 - 15:45 (Language: English)
Theme(3)：“Quality cutting with keeping good texture” Proposing new cutting system for PS800
Pattern seamer (PS-800) provided with a double-edged rotary knife for cutting fabrics smoothly though it does not use a laser technique was introduced.
< Recommended participants of the webinar >
- Those who want to use a laser cutter for cutting the material but do not allow the material to be scorched with the laser
- Those who want to reduce investment in the facilities such as ducts for improving the surrounding environment of the production site
- Those who are not satisfied with the conventional cutting / knife devices
- Those who have already introduced laser cutters, but are not satisfied with the finished quality of the cut materials
