Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1556 All-round Monitoring

The introduction of six ASML advanced lithography machines this time is of great significance to the relevant national departments.

Although ASML lithography machines had entered the Tianyin Group before, Duan Yun has always strictly blocked this matter. Except for a few senior cadres who visited before, no one knew about it. Later, the Tianyin Group In full cooperation with the Ministry of Electronics Industry, after the establishment of a microelectronics base in Shenzhen, a group of experts entered Tianyin Group for investigation and research, and began domestic reverse imitation work for some technical materials provided by Tianyin Group.

And this time, these domestic experts finally had the opportunity to visit ASML lithography machine assembly work with their own eyes.

In fact, for a chip production line, the most time-consuming thing is the construction of the clean room, and Duan Yun has already built the new workshop before that, and the rest is to install and debug the equipment.

According to the agreement between Duan Yun and Vincent at that time, the equipment installation was still in charge of the two Dutch engineers who installed the first batch of ASML lithography machines last time. The two had already received Duan Yun's $1 a year. The benefits are good, the technology is good, and the people are reliable. So far, there has been no rumors about it, so Duan Yun returned.I am going to ask these two people to help install the lithography machine.

Raising soldiers for a thousand days is for a short period of time. Duan Yun signed a five-year agreement with these two Dutch companies in private. Times, they don't have to do anything when they have nothing to do, but they need to install a new lithography machine, so they must rush to China as soon as possible.

The assembly of precision machines is not an easy task, and even the installation steps of each screw are very particular. Last time, Duan Yun saw the detail of ASML’s installation manual, including how many screws are needed for each position. The power of kilograms, and then turn a few times forward and reverse a few times. This is also a very strict standard. If you don’t go through special training, even if you can barely assemble the machine, the accuracy and service life of the machine will be greatly damaged. , it might damage the machine.

This kind of thing must be done by a professional person, so after the machine arrived, Duan Yun immediately notified Hong Kong Vincent.

At the same time, the chip production equipment that Duan Yun ordered from China began to arrive one after another. Hundreds of engineers from various manufacturers went to Shenzhen in large quantities. There is air conditioning and TV, and the standard of food is very high.

"You installed 8 surveillance cameras inside." In the dust-free workshop, when he learned that Duan Yun had concealedly installed 8 surveillance cameras from different angles above the workshop, he led a team to the Ministry of Electronics Industry in Shenzhen this time. Director Li said in surprise.

Director Li's name is Li Kecong. He has been responsible for the introduction of foreign advanced technology and equipment in the Ministry of Electronics Industry. The introduction of a one-micron process lithography machine by Tianyin Group this time is of great significance to China's microelectronics industry, and it is precisely because of this, This time he personally led a team into Tianyin Group. In addition to inspecting the imported new machines, he also had to assist Tianyin Group in assembling new production lines according to the requirements of his superiors.

It can be said that for the new production line expanded by Tianyin Group this time, Hu Qi, the vice minister of the Ministry of Electronic Machinery Industry, directly assigned more than a dozen scientific research institutes and units to assist, and sold them at a price within the system, except for the photolithography machine. Other complete chip production equipment.

In addition to assisting Tianyin Group to install a new production line, Li Kecong also has an important task, which is to organize relevant engineering and technical personnel to visit and learn about the installation and commissioning of ASML lithography machines.

Of course, the two Dutch engineers are definitely unwilling to pass on their technology to the Chinese staff, so if they want to learn their installation technology, they can only choose to monitor and peek.

In fact, when Dutch engineers installed the lithography machine last time, Li Yun, who was the translator of the Chinese liaison, used various ingenious methods to copy out all the installation manuals of the ASML lithography machine, and also communicated and hand-painted, Got some installation details of the lithography machine.

It’s just that for the installation of this kind of precision equipment, having the installation manual is really helpful, but in some details, it still needs to be comprehended and learned. It is precisely because of this that before the two Dutch engineers are in place, Duan Yun intends to The layout in advance allows these domestic experts to have close contact with all the installation steps of the precision lithography machine.

"I still plan to install 4 more, because some blind spots may not be visible." Duan Yun smiled slightly, and then said: "The monitoring room is in a laboratory behind the workshop. The personnel can see every move of the Dutch engineers there, and with their previous installation manual, I think they should be able to quickly grasp the essentials of the installation.”

"Your preparations are well done..." Li Kecong said to Duan Yun approvingly upon hearing this.

"Now there are 0.5 micron process lithography machines in the world, so the chances of us learning the assembly of this type of lithography machines in the future can be said to be very small. At least within one or two years, our group company does not plan to introduce more The one-micron process lithography machine." Duan Yun paused, and then said: "It is not enough to rely on the strength of our enterprise to engage in the microelectronics industry, and more needs the support and help of the state. Our Tianyin Group also I just did what I can, hoping to contribute to the country."

"Well said!" Li Kecong patted Duan Yun's shoulder approvingly, and said, "I actually admire your Tianyin Group very much, especially entrepreneurs like you. There are so few entrepreneurs in China. There are many private entrepreneurs who only have money in their eyes. At most, they donate some money to the country, but in fact they contribute very little to the country... If our country can have a few more companies like yours, then our products will The technical level has long been able to catch up with the international advanced level."

"Hehe, Director Li is too much for the award." Duan Yun said with a smile.

Later, under the arrangement of Li Kecong, only an engineer and technician entered the installation workshop to start preparations for equipment installation.

The assembly of the production line is a time-consuming and labor-intensive task. It takes a lot of time from the placement of the equipment in the early stage to the debugging of the equipment in the later stage. However, the construction period assigned by Director Li to these subordinate units this time is 4 months. , that is, before November this year, the installation and commissioning of the entire production line will be completed.

(End of this chapter)