Siheyuan: Steel Mill Engineer

Chapter 116 Machine
After a while, an old lady came over and called us to eat.

"Uncle, I want Huaiyong to learn a craft from you. Do you think this is possible?" Yang Zhenyu asked Yi Zhonghai.

"What do you think?" Yi Zhonghai did not agree directly, but asked this question.

"Huaiyong is the grandson of the old branch secretary. He has grown up following me closely. He is a filial child. He will stay in the city in the future. If I am not in the city one day, Huaiyong will be able to help me." Yang Zhenyu said.

"Has your job been transferred?" Yi Zhonghai said with a frown.

"Not yet, but I will inevitably go on business trips in the future, and my connections will definitely still be in the city." Yang Zhenyu said.

Yi Zhonghai understood what Yang Zhenyu meant. This was to prevent problems before they occur.

I still want to provide for myself in my old age, but I’m worried that I won’t be able to take care of it alone, so I’m looking for someone to help me out.

In Yi Zhonghai's opinion, having one more person to support you in your old age means having one more security. In case one fails, there is always a backup. This is definitely a good deal.

"Okay, I'll talk to the workshop director about this tomorrow." Yi Zhonghai agreed.

In this era, transistors were not yet popular, there were not many CNC machine tools, and these technicians had never seen such advanced things.

After dinner, Yang Zhenyu took Chen Huaiyong and He Yuzhu to meet again so that they could take care of them when getting meals in the cafeteria.

Yang Zhenyu has been busy making the prototype model, and it was only officially completed today.

So, they are still a little worried about these things.

As Yang Zhenyu gave the order, a technician closed the switch and the indicator light on the machine came on.

"Well, starting tomorrow, you will go to work with me. We'll decide the specific work after we get to the factory." Yi Zhonghai nodded.

"Power on, turn on the machine!"

"Whether it works or not, we'll know once we put it into operation," Yang Zhenyu said confidently.

After a year of research, the institute has almost completed the development of the second-generation transistor computer, and it will be ready for use in a few months at most.

The most notable feature of the second generation of computers is that they can be simply programmed, which is many times more advanced than the first generation.

"Put some material on it and see if we can pull it out." Yang Zhenyu said.

Although it is a model, the machine is not small and all its parts are produced by workers in the factory.

"What are you standing there for? Why don't you call me Master?" Yang Zhenyu patted Chen Huaiyong and said.

In just a few moments, the material changed its shape.

After all, he is just an eighteen-year-old boy, still ignorant about everything, and has not figured out many things, but he knows that Yang Zhenyu will definitely not harm him.

"Hello, Master!" Chen Huaiyong shouted in a daze.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the machine slowly started up and began to process the materials.

Put the ingredients in place and press the button.

Time flies, and several months have passed.

"Engineer Yang, will this thing really work?" Chen Zhiming's face was full of excitement and worry. This thing was already too advanced for this era.

With the technology of this era, there is no way to manufacture chips, but larger integrated circuits can be used instead, and then the integrated circuits can be simply programmed with the help of the institute's semi-finished computers, so that some simple functions can be realized.

These technicians had no experience in operating this type of machine, so Yang Zhenyu was the one who ultimately operated it.

After one side is torn, the machine retracts, adjusts the material, continues to move, and then processes the other side.

Soon a workpiece is processed and the machine is turned off.

"Caliper!"

Without Yang Zhenyu doing anything, the technician put on gloves and took a caliper to start measuring. "The workpiece structure is qualified, the tolerance is 0.03 mm, and it meets the design requirements."

"it is good!"

All the technicians shouted, and some even jumped up excitedly.

"Engineer Yang, we succeeded!"

"Success!"

After several months of hard work, they are finally seeing the results. How can these people not be excited?

In particular, such an advanced machine was created by them, which is a lifelong honor.

Yang Zhenyu was not in a hurry to disturb these people. He let them cheer for a while before speaking.

"Okay, let's sort out the parameters. Next we should produce the prototype. After all, this model is not a finished product."

Although the materials used for the model machine are not bad, it is scaled down after all, and is still different from the real machine.

The technicians began to record various data in notebooks, and everyone was very serious.

Everyone knows that the advent of this CNC machine tool will change the industrial process, and future production work will probably have to be gradually automated.

These technicians don’t know that with the emergence of CNC machine tools and the advancement of automation, the work that originally required two or three workers can now be completed by just one person.

What does this mean? It means that a lot of workers are going to be laid off.

Others may not know these things, but Yang Zhenyu knows them very well.

There is no way around this; it is an inevitable development of the times.

After the technicians recorded all the data, Yang Zhenyu took his people back to the office.

"Our preliminary experiment today was a success. We still need to further optimize the data. You should still conduct research according to the original groups to ensure that we can successfully complete the experiment once our prototype is produced." Yang Zhenyu said.

"Engineer Yang, we have recorded all the data, there will be absolutely no problem. If we try to restore it proportionally, there may be discrepancies in the data." Qi Fangfang said.

"So, now all of us have to calculate these data and make sure there are no problems with the data, and then we can delegate the task to the workshop," said Yang Zhenyu.

"Okay, let's start working, and try to put the machines into production as soon as possible." Yang Zhenyu clapped his hands and said.

"It's time to work!"

The technicians roared and threw themselves into their work.

While the technicians were working, Yang Zhenyu was not idle either.

Others focus on data calculations on the machine itself, while he optimizes things like integrated circuits.

This is the most critical thing, and this is also what the technicians cannot accomplish.

Yang Zhenyu felt that with the current level of technology, it was possible to produce a relatively large computer.

The functions of the second-generation machine itself are almost the same as those of later machines, but it is too large in size, and the programming system is not perfect, so many functions cannot be realized.

Yang Zhenyu felt that as long as he improved the storage and computing functions and then performed simple programming, there wouldn't be any major problems.

"It's a pity that there are not enough materials. After all, it's not a research institute, and they can't get many things to me. Otherwise, I can really try to make a slightly smaller computer, so that it will be more convenient to do research in the future." Yang Zhenyu said helplessly.

Yang Zhenyu knew clearly what the current conditions in the country were, and he also knew that it was impossible to give him too much convenience.

It’s not that the country doesn’t want to give, but there is really no surplus. Every resource is used in a planned way.

However, Yang Zhenyu was not discouraged. Although he did not have the opportunity to work on computers, he could borrow some from the research institute.

(End of this chapter)