Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 798
The general machinery factory of the manufacturing director department is located in Bairen Industrial Zone.Although the director of manufacturing owns many manufacturing companies, the most important thing is this machinery factory--except for the STC, most of the various machinery and equipment brought from the old time and space are installed here.There are special machining workshops, assembly workshops, metalworking workshops, riveting and welding workshops, forging workshops, heat treatment workshops, casting workshops, electroplating workshops, woodworking workshops, standard parts workshops, bearing workshops, chain workshops, measuring tool workshops... a series of specialties workshop.Not only all kinds of mechanical equipment are manufactured here, but also various standardized parts, tools and measuring tools commonly used in the industrial field are manufactured in large quantities.It is the core part of the cross-group industry.

In addition to these tasks, another important task of the machinery factory is to carry out the self-replication of industrial equipment, and finally achieve the purpose of enabling the entire industrial system to perform self-replication-self-upgrade without relying on the equipment of the old time and space.

The General Machinery Factory used to be nothing more than a big shed with bamboo poles on brick pillars and a straw curtain as a roof.With the continuous strengthening of the Lingao regime, the conditions of the factory have also been greatly improved.Like Bopu's arsenal, this place has gradually become a heavily guarded fortress.On the 1-meter-high reinforced concrete wall foundation stands a 5-meter-high Qingshui red brick wall, on which stands densely packed battlements and sentry towers.The factory walls are themselves workshops, warehouses and offices.Two red brick circular towers guard the deep and tall door openings on the left and right.The arched lintel of reinforced concrete is inlaid with a line of red shattered glass, "Manufacturing Director Department directly under the jurisdiction of Bairen Machinery General Factory".On the walls of the towers on the left and right of the gate, stretched out a cast iron arm with clenched fists and bulging muscles, holding a cast iron torch-at night, the flames of gas burned blazingly on the torch.Brighten up the whole gatehouse
The roar of machinery in the general machinery factory did not stop all night, and black smoke and white steam evaporated day and night.Those naturalized citizens who hold a special pass and are allowed to enter to work and study can see a circular square as soon as they enter the gate. In the center of the square is a modern sculpture that symbolizes industrial power-but ten of the ten indigenous people can't understand it. .

Around the square are three-storey small buildings used for administration and office.From the square to the front is a cinder avenue that is enough for four heavy-duty carriages to pass side by side. On the east and west sides of the road is an elevated factory building with a wrought iron truss structure and red brick exterior wall next to each other—the construction speed of the truss factory building is fast. .The structure is light, and it is the mainstream of modern workshops.Between the workshops are laid lightweight tracks embedded in concrete subgrades.

There is a power workshop in the east and west of the road. The powerful power output by the steam engine is transmitted to the ceiling of each workshop through the sky shaft, and transmitted to each machine tool through many belts and gearboxes.Although the power of the workshop is driven by the overhead shaft, there is still power supply here-each machine tool has a separate lighting work desk lamp for the workers to use during operation.On the walls of the workshop, no matter day or night, the blue flame of the gas lamp is burning behind the explosion-proof lampshade, emitting a bright light.Cast iron water pipes are fixed on the wall, continuously supplying the machine tools that need water cooling.

The workshop is filled with the smell of water vapor, soot, engine oil and steel after being heated, the roar of machinery and equipment running, the sharp friction sound of processing parts, and the impact of loading and unloading materials.The natives who came here for the first time were all shocked by this scene, and then were impressed by the "divine power" of industry.The ability of the elders to control such power as they wish made the natives feel awe.

The Guihuamin who work here are the elite among the Guihuamin.In the traditional agricultural society, there are not many people who are suitable to be modern mechanical workers.Those who can stay in the machinery factory, even if they are just handymen, are all natives with ingenuity and quick response. Almost all of them are young people under the age of 20 and have strong learning ability.

The working environment in the pre-industrial society was very harsh. Exhaust gas, noise, vibration and highly concentrated labor made the labor intensity of workers extremely high.In order to ensure the health of the painstakingly trained industrial workers and to serve the crossing cause for a long time, not only the industrial workers are treated well, but also canteens, public bathrooms, clinics and temporary dormitories are set up in the factory area.We also do our best in the supply of labor protection supplies.Lingao produces cotton gloves, overalls, masks, and even labor insurance glasses and earmuffs.

At the end of the road is another high wall, and the gate guarded by the sentry tower is closed.Pedestrians only go through the small door next to it. The door will only be opened when the carriage or rail car transporting large goods arrives. At this time, the sentry on duty will guard the surrounding area with live ammunition, and no unrelated personnel are allowed to enter.

Behind the heavily guarded gate are two of the only four joint processing centers in the Senate.It is installed in a well-built special workshop.Another set was installed in a secret workshop in the Alpine Ridge area.Another set has been sealed away.The machining precision that can be achieved by the combined machining center is beyond the reach of all current equipment in Lingao. It is specially used to manufacture many molds and special parts that require high-precision machining.The use of the joint processing center requires the signatures of Zhan Wuya and Wu De from the Planning Institute.

There is also a warehouse under the direct control of the Planning Institute in the tightly guarded processing center compound.In order to make it easier for the manufacturing department to take it nearby, the Planning Institute has set up a controlled product warehouse here to store materials brought from the old time and space: special steels of various labels, non-ferrous metals, standard parts, tools, and measuring tools.

Turn left from the gate of the joint processing center, pass a row of factory warehouses, and arrive at a large open space, which is a proving ground for assembling and testing large-scale equipment and a storage area for heavy raw materials.At the root of the fence in the open space, there stands a simple earthen crane, and there are many steel plates, steel materials, and several machine tool bases piled up beside it, which have become rusty due to the wind and rain.

In order to facilitate the testing of some large-scale engineering equipment, a set of reinforced concrete columns to support the equipment has been built in the empty field.Now this pillar is equipped with the chain dumper that has just been manufactured.A potted machine made in Lingao is temporarily used as the power of the equipment.

The track is laid on the artificially built slope, and the dump track car is parked on the slope.The principle of the whole tipping bucket loader is very simple. Through the rotation of the chain, many tipping buckets are continuously lifted to a high position, and then they are automatically overturned to tip the ore into the cargo hold.The tipping bucket goes down, and when it goes down to the ground section, the ore is continuously filled into the tipping bucket by manpower.The chain and the tipping bucket attached to the chain is a circular motion.Although manpower is still used for feeding, continuous loading and unloading of goods has been realized.The labor efficiency is much higher than that of dock workers carrying large baskets.

Although the principle is very simple, hanging chain is a great technical problem.It is a high-strength high-strength round link chain. 34 tipping buckets are on the hanging chain, and each dumping bucket also carries several tons of iron ore.There are high demands on the chain load.It involves many aspects of materials, heat treatment and machining.

Now, all the wooden dumps used for the test have been hung up, and the working load has been filled with sandbags and iron ingots.Zhan Wuya and some key veterans of the machinery factory were watching eagerly.

Zhan Wuya saw that people were almost here, waved to the workers and said, "Everyone, back off and start right away!"

When the worker heard Zhan Wuya's order, he immediately turned on the transmission switch, and the hoist machine output power through the gearbox, and then the hoist machine began to rotate.The chain was tightened, and a row of hanging buckets began to move unsteadily, booming and booming, rising higher and higher, reaching two-thirds of the height in an instant.

Zhan Wuya, Jiang Hongjun, Liang Xin, Sun Li and other veterans of the machine shop and all the workers present watched intently.Although the chain is small, it is a necessity in the field of industrial equipment. Now Lingao's self-produced hanging chain is very insufficient in terms of load capacity and durability. This time, both the material and the processing method have been greatly improved. , if it can be manufactured successfully, it will solve a big problem of industrialization.

Everyone looked at it, and suddenly there was a click, and the chain broke.

"Oops!" Everyone just yelled, only to hear a loud bang, and the hanging buckets all fell to the ground, smoke was everywhere, and they were smashed to pieces.

Sun Li touched the helmet on his head: "The load capacity is still insufficient."

"We need to do a metallographic analysis," Zhan Wuya said, "to see whether it is a material problem or a processing problem."

At the moment, everyone carried the chain back and put it in the forging workshop.The size of the forging workshop of the General Machinery Factory is comparable to that of the arsenal. Of course, the large steam forging machines were self-made after D-Day.

"Everyone, let's do an analysis tonight." Zhan Wuya said to the disappointed veterans of the mechanical mouth, "Does anyone want to have sex with a maid at night? Those who have this plan don't have to come."

Several people laughed, and Sun Li said: "The maid is always there, she wants to use it at any time, she will use it sooner or later. I will definitely come."

Several others said they would come.The machinery factory is the place where veterans are most concentrated. Many operators on machine tools are veterans themselves. Especially in lathes, fitters and combined machining centers, the main force is still veterans who are skilled workers.They not only have to operate the equipment themselves, but also undertake the task of teaching apprentices.Work is very busy.Many people have lived in the factory since the establishment of the machinery factory, and now many people still sleep in their offices.For many people work is their entertainment.

Zhan Wuya also lives in the factory, and he has a particularly deep affection for the general machinery factory - the earliest foundation of this general machinery factory is the small machinery processing factory he opened in the suburbs of Guangzhou back then.He usually sleeps in a dormitory in the factory - the same as when he was a small boss in the past.

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