Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 1023 Production at Vehicle Factory

Luo Yaoping pointed to the main shaft and said: "This power shaft is connected to the hydraulic turbine outside. All power in the factory is provided by water power, which can be said to be the lifeblood of the factory. With water power as power, we can do what we do Fast and good.”

Lu Yihao wanted to see how water power could provide power, but unfortunately everything was wrapped and only one shaft was output to the outside.

After the large slabs are cut open, they are piled outside to dry in the shade for a few days before being passed to the next work station.

The next step in sectioning is planing. The power is also drawn from the power shaft to drive a planer, and the wooden board is placed on the platform and pushed flat.

Lu Yihao watched the worker pick up the board and put it on the platform, slowly pushing it forward. The planer in the middle of the platform rotated rapidly, planing the board flat. It was very painful to see it, but unfortunately everything was wrapped in an iron shell, so it was difficult to see what was going on.

The workstations below are almost the same as ordinary carpentry work. However, the carpentry masters here are different from those outside. Each person is only responsible for one process, and then passes on to the next process. Each person only does one job, isn't it a lot lower?

One process follows another, and at the end, there are specialized assembly workers who assemble all the parts into a frame. Finally, specialized transport workers installed wheels under the frame, hitched horses, and transported the frame to a nearby yard.

After watching the whole thing, Lu Yihao and others stood there and looked at the whole line stupidly.

The production line was arranged in this way, and unexpectedly, the output was much higher. In fact, there are not many processes that really rely on hydraulic power. The key is that after dividing the production process into one process, it is reduced a lot. Could it be that if it is lowered, ordinary workers can do the job?

To be precise, this arrangement transforms the requirements for workers' skills into management requirements. Management can be mastered by the factory, but the craftsmanship of workers cannot be mastered by the factory. This change has greatly improved production efficiency.

Luo Yaoping said: "After looking at the production of the frame, it's time for us to look at the production of the wheels."

Lu Yihao nodded: "Let's go and see the production wheels. With the frame like this, the wheels must be bigger than we expected."

After leaving the loading yard and walking forward for a short time, Luo Yaoping led him into another yard. This yard is full of wheels.

Luo Yaoping said: "In the vehicles we produce, the frames and wheels are separated and then assembled together. So the production of wheels is a separate workshop."

The first process of wheel production is to manufacture the wheel hub. First, several workers installed the rolling bearings into the wheels. The next step was to install the wheels on a long shaft. The next step is to install the wheel on the other end of the axle.

Lu Yihao stepped forward and took a closer look, only to find that the left and right wheels were different. Asked Luo Yaoping: "Tiji, why are the left and right wheels different?"

Luo Yaoping said: "It's different because it has to install bearings and match the frame on top."

Lu Yihao thought for a while, but still couldn't figure out why it was different. He just didn't ask too much and nodded.

Finally, the wheels need to be debugged after they are installed. There is a frame, the axle is installed on it, and the worker turns the installed wheel. If it turns to exactly one point, it means the axle is consistent. If you can't turn to that point, you need to adjust the speed. Or move the installed bearings, or reduce or counterweight the wheels.

Lu Yihao couldn't understand either, so he just followed Luo Yaoping's footsteps.

At the end, Luo Yaoping said: "Finally, the frame is installed on the wheels. This step is relatively complicated. Different frames have different installation modes. Let's take a look at how to install the frames produced today. Get on the wheel." After saying that, he walked out of the small courtyard and went to the small courtyard next to it. In this small courtyard, there are mountains of bicycle frames, wheels all over the floor, and piles of small parts.

Luo Yaoping said: "In this workshop, we are responsible for assembling vehicles. Install the frame on the wheels, test it, and it will be ready to leave the factory."

I saw that the workers were divided into groups, and each group had a gantry crane. Fix the wheels under the gantry crane, lift the frame by the gantry crane, find the correct position, and lower the frame. After a simple adjustment by the worker, the position of the frame on the wheel was found, and then it was fixed with screws.

Each team assembled the vehicle very quickly, taking less than a quarter of an hour.

Watching one car after another go out of the door at the other end of the courtyard, Lu Yihao said: "The production is so fast, it is really unexpected."

Luo Yaoping said: "After we leave here, we come to the final step, decoration. However, the decoration workshop mostly uses paint and the smell is unpleasant, so we won't visit it. A car is basically produced in this way. Of course, Today we are looking at the most basic transport vehicles, and the production steps are a little simpler. If we are producing artillery vehicles and people-carrying vehicles, the production steps are more complicated. But they are not bad."

Lu Yihao understood that these factories still had reservations about him and others, and not everyone was allowed to see them. But that's enough. I know how Wang Xiaolie's factory operates and how to produce a large number of products in a short time.

Being able to let everyone visit these is enough to show Wang Xiaolie's sincerity. After all, in the eyes of people like Luo Yaoping, this production process is ordinary. But for people who have never seen it, it is very precious.

Looking at the sky, Luo Yaoping said: "It's almost noon. The governor will have lunch in the factory today. After lunch, we will visit the next one."

Lu Yihao quickly thanked Luo Yaoping. This is a factory area. I can’t find a place to eat out, and I don’t know which restaurant is good.

Over the years, people working in factories have become accustomed to eating lunch, three meals a day. Most people living in rural areas do not know what lunch is and are accustomed to eating two meals. Shopkeepers and bureaucrats living in the city are somewhere in between, and most of them have refreshments at noon.

Under Wang Xiaolie's rule, eating lunch among bureaucrats gradually became popular, and most yamen had canteens to serve lunch.

The canteen has a special private room dedicated to entertaining guests.

Entering the private room, the guests and hosts sat down. Luo Yaoping introduced the people attending the luncheon, including six people in charge of money and taxes, production and logistics. There was a huge round table in front of him, filled with people.

It seemed that Luo Yaoping considered it a great honor to have dinner with Lu Yihao, and all the managers in the factory were invited over. If Lu Yihao hadn't brought four people with him and Cui Nian to accompany him, Luo Yaoping would have called more people.

The round table for dining is magical. The top layer can be rotated to ensure that each dish can be transferred to everyone. There are serving chopsticks or serving spoons in front of each dish. If you want to eat this dish, just use the serving chopsticks or serving spoon to put it into your own bowl.

Lu Yihao tried to turn the table and said to Li Guang: "This is the first time I have seen this kind of table. It is very convenient."

Li Guangdao: "This is the factory area of ​​Luoyang. Even the food is different from other places."

(End of this chapter)