The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 165 Five-axis Blade Milling Machining Center
The next morning.

Liu Tao got up earlier than usual.

After washing up, I went to the canteen to have breakfast. There were already men, women, young and old in the canteen. The small loudspeaker kept reminding everyone to take food on demand. There were also women as inspectors. If anyone wasted food and was found by the inspectors, they would be criticized and educated, and even their bonus would be deducted. At least one yuan of bonus would be deducted for each time. If it happened too many times, the whole factory would be criticized, and those who were allocated housing would even have their housing taken back by the factory.

Shameful waste!
Even though the conditions at Panshan Machinery Factory have improved now, this spirit still lives on.

It is not easy for farmers to grow crops and raise animals. Waste is absolutely not allowed.

Employees at Panshan Machinery Factory eat in the cafeteria with their families most of the time, and they only cook at home on weekends or occasionally on weekdays.

Liu Tao also eats in the cafeteria most of the time.

There are several canteens throughout the Panshan Machinery Factory, distributed throughout the factory for the convenience of employees and their families to eat.

The meals are free of charge and are paid for by the factory.

After taking a look at the cafeteria, he couldn't help but look worried as he saw more men than women.

At the beginning, a large number of female medical staff and teachers arrived in hospitals and schools to initially solve the problem of more men than women.

However, as other factories were merged into Panshan Machinery Factory, the problem of more men than women became prominent again.

Even though the factory had a special department that acted as matchmakers from surrounding towns and villages, Kunming City, and other counties and cities, and girls kept coming to the Panshan Machinery Factory, the problem still had not been completely solved.

For every 10,000 single male workers, there will be 10,000 single female workers!
This gap is really not small.

"Well, I have to bring it up again at the next factory executive meeting." Liu Tao sighed secretly in his heart.

After breakfast, I came to the workshop.

This workshop is very large and currently belongs to Liu Tao alone. There are many CNC machine tools in the workshop. These CNC machine tools are definitely high-end products in China.

And this is only a part of the CNC machine tools developed by Liu Tao. There are other CNC machine tools in a production workshop not far away, which specializes in processing some high-requirement parts using CNC machine tools.

These parts are mainly used in the production of Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and Type 80 tanks.

The more parts that meet the requirements, the fewer upgrade points Liu Tao needs to consume in producing Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and Type 80 tanks, and production efficiency can be improved.

Subsequently, a CNC machine tool was started, which was a blade milling machine specially used for processing blades.

The engine blades must be processed by blade milling machines.

Of course, at present, the blade milling machine cannot produce qualified blades for the diesel engines of the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and the Type 80 tank. After the blades are processed by the blade milling machine, Liu Tao upgrades the blades through assembly production relying on the gold finger.

The material used for this type of blade processing is a unique titanium alloy with rare earth elements added to greatly improve the material performance.

Suddenly, a look of joy appeared on Liu Tao's face.

I saw a virtual panel in the corner of my eye:
[Item: Four-axis blade milling machine]

【Manufacturer: Liu Tao】

[Item Level: LV9 (1000000000/1000000000) (Upgradable)]

[Upgrade Points: 250]

[Item status: intact, analyzable]

Finally, through constant use, it's time to upgrade.

"System, upgrade!" Liu Tao said silently in his heart.

shuh~~
A faint flash of light appeared.

Suddenly, the blade milling machine in front of me has undergone a huge change, a change that can be seen with the naked eye. Looking at the virtual panel again, I have already discovered the change.

[Item: Five-axis blade milling machine]

【Manufacturer: Liu Tao】

[Item Level: LV10 (not upgradeable)]

[Upgrade Points: 250]

[Item status: intact, analyzable]

A bright smile appeared on Liu Tao's face. He finally upgraded this CNC machine tool to a five-axis blade milling machine.

This is the world's most advanced five-axis linkage CNC machine tool. There are only a few countries in the world that can produce it, not even the Soviet Union.

The five-axis linkage CNC machine tool is a machine tool with high technological content, high precision, and is specially used for processing complex surfaces. This machine tool system has a significant influence on a country's aviation, aerospace, military, scientific research, precision machinery, high-precision medical equipment and other industries.

The five-axis linkage CNC machine tool system can be said to be the only choice for processing impellers, blades, marine propellers, heavy generator rotors, turbine rotors, large diesel engine crankshafts, etc.

Such a big machine, with a processing length of 2.6 meters, would be difficult to buy in the international market even if many countries were willing to pay 2000 million US dollars.

"System, analysis!" Liu Tao muttered to himself.

Suddenly, the virtual panel was generating design drawings at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon the design data for the entire five-axis blade milling machining center was complete.

After Liu Tao learned the details, he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

No wonder only a few countries can produce five-axis machine tools. This thing is truly high-tech.

Without sufficient technical reserves, it is impossible to understand.

Afterwards, Liu Tao began to use this five-axis blade milling machining center to process the blades.

Soon, the blades were completed.

Liu Tao took a look and found that the five-axis machining accuracy was indeed much higher than that of the four-axis machining, and he didn't even need to use the cheat code.

Even this five-axis blade milling machining center can not only process tank engine blades, but also aircraft engine blades, heavy generator rotors, turbine rotors, marine propellers and other complex surfaces with high precision.

Of course, to manufacture tank engines, producing qualified blades is only one aspect, other aspects must also meet the standards.

However, Liu Tao is still in a good mood today because he has developed this five-axis blade milling machining center.

Three-axis machine tools are fine for processing blades with relatively simple shapes, but the blades of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and tank engines require very high precision processing, so five-axis machines are required.

Otherwise, even if the engine is processed using a three-axis machine tool, its performance will often be greatly reduced.

The higher the level of the engine, the higher the processing requirements.

In the past, tractor factories could produce tanks.

However, when it comes to the third generation of main battle tanks, only a few countries in the world can produce them.

The same goes for airplanes. In the past, airplanes were simple and there were many countries that could build them. But now, third-generation fighter jets, large bombers, advanced helicopters, etc. have very high requirements for parts processing. This has led to only one or two of the former European powers being able to produce them, and most of the former traditional European powers cannot build them.

Similarly, China is facing the same dilemma. Limited by its industrial level, China is far behind in terms of high-tech weapons.

Whether it's an airplane or a tank, the same principle applies.

The only weapons that can really attract people's attention are the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb, which are used as killer weapons. These two kinds of weapons do not need to be beautiful, they just need to be powerful enough when dropped on the enemy.

(End of this chapter)