Great Power Ship

Chapter 182 Refining (for Subscription)

But even though Wen Dawei was very emotional, he did not agree with Guo Zhe to resume the production plan of iron alloy ductile iron. The reason is very simple. Although ductile iron is good, its added value is still low, especially in the utilization of rare earth, which is not only extensive. Problem, and several big wastes.

You must know that although the rare earth mines in upstream county are not rich ores, they are typical bastnaesites, which belong to the light rare earth mines. They are rich in praseodymium, neodymium, lanthanum, yttrium, cerium, dysprosium, europium, samarium, Rare metal elements such as gadolinium.

Although the names of these elements are weird, they are rare and good things in industry. Take yttrium among them, it is an excellent optical material, especially when compared with neodymium, which is also a rare earth element. The combined neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet crystal can be said to be an indispensable and important component on the third-generation armored vehicles and even helicopter fighters.

Because the laser rangefinder made of this kind of yttrium-aluminum garnet crystal with neodymium participation not only has strong anti-interference ability, but also can greatly improve the hitting accuracy of shells and missiles.

Lasers made of another neodymium-doped yttrium-iron garnet crystal are widely used in industry, ranging from laser cutting machines to laser welding machines.

If the precision is high enough, even the light source of the photolithography machine that produces semiconductor chips can be made of this material.

There are many similar applications. If oil is the blood of industry and chips are the food of industry, then the rare elements in rare earths are the vitamins of industry.

With their support, steel and aluminum can have higher strength and greater toughness; optical devices can have better transparency and higher precision; electromechanical products can have longer life and smaller volume……

All in all, the addition of various industrial products cannot be described in words.

But it turned out that Zhujiang had such a treasure to use for ductile iron. If Wen Dawei didn’t come here, it’s fine. The problem is that not only did Wen Dawei come, but he was also a coward, so we can’t just sit back and watch such a treasure go to waste like this. go down.

But even if he had such an idea, Wen Dawei couldn't start the transformation of the ferroalloy factory as soon as the Zhujiang factory was established.

After all, they are the economic pillar of the Zhujiang region. If they cut off their pillars as soon as they come up, even if the Zhujiang region does not say it, they will not be happy in their hearts.

What's more, you Wen Dawei said that you can switch to rare earth refining?
You must know that the core technology of rare earth refining in the 80s and [-]s is in the hands of the molybdenum industry company in the United States. Although the domestic rare earth reserves are large and the mining volume is also large, it is the same as the oil in the Middle East, but it is the raw material supply of developed countries in Europe and the United States. land only.

Otherwise, there would not be the famous saying that there is oil in the Middle East and rare earths in the country, which is well-known at home and abroad.

Of course, this does not mean that there is no way to refine rare earths in China, but that it requires a huge cost investment. After all, American Molybdenum Corporation is not a good company, so why should they support a strong competitor?

So Wen Dawei didn't need to think about it, if he said this, he would definitely find countless objections, not to mention prompting the transformation of the ferroalloy factory, it would probably be aborted as soon as he brought it up.

It’s fine if Wen Dawei has high expectations. The problem is that Wen Dawei is neither the factory director nor the secretary. The local factory in Duizhujiang is not stable, so if Wen Dawei wants to get it done at this time, it will be fine. If it fails, the character of being forced to be piled up will be completely ruined, and it will be difficult to implement no matter how good the idea is.

So Wen Dawei simply put this hard bone back, and started with other business sectors. While consolidating his popularity and status, he also let the strength of Zhujiang Plant be further strengthened, and then he will slowly solve the transformation of the Ferroalloy Plant in his turn. problem, it will be much smoother.

This is indeed the case. At the beginning, the ferroalloy factory has not changed much. It still relies on rare earth smelting nodulizers to produce nodular cast iron. Everything seems to be early.

After a period of time, the Zhujiang General Factory adjusted its research and development organization, moved the second research team to the upstream county as a whole, integrated the original motor factory and battery factory in the upstream county, and engaged in mechatronics research.

During this period, the ferroalloy factory is required to cooperate with the second research group to carry out rare earth refining tests and the supply of supporting rare metal materials.

The Ferroalloy Factory didn't feel anything about it, and it was imperative to contribute to the development of new products in the factory.

However, as the depth and breadth of the development of the second research group expanded, the scale and output of rare earth refining also began to grow exponentially.

At this time, the ferroalloy factory felt that something was wrong, because the materials used for research had greatly squeezed the production capacity of ferroalloy ductile iron.

However, the upward report found that the ferroalloy factory, which was originally in Zhujiang, had long since been replaced by the dominant position of the Zhujiang General Factory, so that the problems I reported had no effect at all.

Now the ferroalloy factory panicked. Even if the wages and benefits are the same, just providing materials for the experiment is not a long-term solution. If you don’t sell the products and pay back the money, you will always go around inside, and one day it will collapse. of.

Guo Zhe, the director of the ferroalloy factory who transferred from the army, has a very clear understanding of this. Otherwise, it would be impossible to find Wen Dawei many times. In the end, he even organized more than 500 cadres and workers in the whole factory to write a petition, just to let Wen Dawei give an explanation. What should the factory do.

Wen Dawei's answer was also very simple: "Your ferroalloy factory will create unprecedented value, so please rest assured that the ferroalloy factory's good days will come soon."

Of course Guo Zhe knew that Wen Dawei was using warm water to boil frogs, replacing the traditional nodular cast iron smelting with rare earth refining little by little.

Although he knew that rare earth refined products were more expensive, but like most workers in ferroalloy factories, he felt a little bit at a loss for this new product.

In the words of the master of the ferroalloy factory: "The annual output of ductile iron is tens of thousands of tons, which sounds exciting; but the refined rare earth is only a few hundred tons, so is it worth more than tens of thousands of tons?"

So after being persuaded to go back by Wen Dawei's nice words, he still felt empty in his heart, but just as he was about to go to Wen Dawei's place to make a final attempt, a sum of 450 million US dollars was transferred to the account of the ferroalloy factory.

Guo Zhe was stunned when he received the news. He didn't remember that his own products were involved in the export, so after some inquiring, he found out that the DC brushless brushless motor developed by the second research team was included in the "Houlang" pro upgrade kit sold in North America. Rare earth elements refined by ferroalloy factories are added to the motor and nickel-metal hydride battery. It is precisely because of this that the "Houlang" pro upgrade kit has excellent performance that makes competitors almost desperate, sweeping the entire European and American markets!
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