Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

617 Factory, production workshop.

"Comrades, time is tight and the task is heavy. I hope everyone will carry forward the spirit of fearing neither hardship nor fatigue and complete this turret welding task as soon as possible!"

"Factory Director Wang, don't worry. It's just welding a turret; it's not like we haven't welded one before."

Old welder Luo Ruixiang patted his chest: "As long as the steel plates are cut well, I can weld them out with my apprentices in one afternoon!"

"Old Luo, it's different from our previous 122 tanks. This time, we need to use brand new armor steel,"

Wang Lin said, "This kind of steel has higher hardness, and it is more difficult to weld."

"New armor steel? Great, we like to launch assaults on new targets!"

A young welder said.

"Lu Feng, look at how capable you are! This welding process will be handed over to you for research. We will cut the steel plates and assist you,"

Luo Ruixiang said.

Lu Feng entered the 617 factory last year. After entering, he became obsessed with electric welding. In just three months, he could weld beautiful fish scale patterns. Within a year, his skills had already caught up with the master welder, and everyone was shocked by his progress.

Now, it is time to test them. Will Lu Feng create another miracle?

"Okay, if I don't complete the welding process research, I won't leave this workshop. You don't need to assist me. Just prepare some scrap materials for me.

Let me try first to see what welding rod and how much current are most suitable."

Last night was really satisfying. All the energy was released, and this morning, it was still rock hard. As a result, Nie Xiaoqian begged for mercy. Who said there were only overworked oxen and no barren fields?

Qin Yang cheerfully got out of bed, happily got food and came back. After eating, Nie Xiaoqian recovered and accompanied Qin Yang to the factory.

Since the two of them didn't get up at a fixed time, others didn't wait for them, and Factory Director Wang and the others were also busy. Qin Yang and Nie Xiaoqian entered the workshop alone.

A young worker with bloodshot eyes held a welded scrap material in his hand and excitedly introduced it to other workers on a welding machine: "This new armor plate is not difficult to weld.

First, you need to heat the armor plate to 180 degrees, and then use our austenitic welding rod to weld, adjusting the current to..."

This should be the factory's technical research. Qin Yang didn't pay attention to it at first, but when he was about to walk past, Luo Ruixiang praised: "Lu Feng, well done.

You solved the welding process problem for us so quickly! How many welding rods did you weld to summarize the rules?"

"After you left work yesterday, I welded more than a hundred more."

Lu Feng? Welding king, master craftsman!

Qin Yang's eyes lit up, and he looked at Lu Feng's arm again. His left hand was fine, so it seemed like he hadn't reached the year of the accident yet!

Images from the central news appeared in Qin Yang's mind: Lu Feng, who lost his left hand in the accident, added a ring inside the mask and used his teeth to weld, eventually becoming the best welder in the 617 factory, becoming a master craftsman and spreading throughout the country!

Qin Yang has always respected people with technical skills, and now that he has encountered one... then what else is there to say, dig up a master craftsman and take him back!

Now Lu Feng is just a young man, and it shouldn't be a problem to take him away. As long as he is willing to go, would the factory dare to stop him?

Wang Lin would obediently send the person to him. How can he trick him into being willing?

Qin Yang's eyes rolled, and he had an idea, coughing twice.

"Using austenitic welding rods is already outdated."

As soon as this was said, everyone turned their attention over. After seeing Qin Yang and Nie Xiaoqian, they were immediately suspicious. Where did these two come from?

They weren't wearing work clothes, so they didn't seem like workers from the factory. They were young, so they shouldn't be leaders. They shouldn't be important figures...

Although Qin Yang had been to the 617 factory many times, the factory had tens of thousands of employees, and it was impossible to have seen them all. Perhaps someone in the final assembly workshop knew him, but this welding workshop was the first step in manufacturing tanks, belonging to the foundation.

"Hey, what were you saying just now?"

"That's right, do you know how difficult armor steel welding is?"

"Of course, I know that armor steel is high-carbon steel, and there are many alloy elements inside. For example, our domestic armor steel contains a large number of rare earth elements, so its welding performance is very poor.

For tanks and armored vehicles, the quality of the weld is crucial. After all, when a shell hits on the battlefield, the armor steel may be fine, but the weld may break."

"That's right, you understand a little. Then how can you say that our austenitic welding rods are outdated?"

"Traditional austenitic welding rods have many advantages, such as strong desulfurization and dephosphorization capabilities, low hydrogen content in the weld, and can meet the crack resistance and mechanical properties of armor steel welded joints under preheating conditions,"

Qin Yang said eloquently, definitely an expert: "But..."

"But what?"

"But this kind of welding rod has problems such as poor arc stability and slag removal, large spatter leading to serious metal loss, and poor weld formation quality.

These problems greatly affect the quality of rare earth steel welds, and put forward high requirements for the welder's technology. Only the most excellent welders can weld qualified welds."

"That's right, what you said makes sense, then what can you do to change it?"

Luo Ruixiang asked.

"Our tanks use the world's unique rare earth steel, so if we want to weld our tanks better, we need a special rare earth stainless steel welding rod for welding high-strength armor steel."

Welding rods are divided into two parts, the inside is the welding core, and the outside is the coating.

The function of the welding core is relatively simple, which is to transmit the current and form an arc on the surface of the workpiece.

After melting, it can also be added to the weld, and the function of the coating is more, it can improve the stability of the arc combustion, protect the welding pool, deoxidize the weld, supplement alloy elements for the weld, and so on.

Generally speaking, the development of a new steel should have a corresponding welding rod for welding, but the research on welding rods is not easy, and it is generally lagging behind armor steel.

Domestic rare earth armor has been engaged for so many years, and it still uses ordinary austenitic stainless steel welding rods.

Now, the young man in front of him actually said that he wants to develop a special welding rod? Isn't this bragging?

"Humph, bragging, aren't you afraid of getting your tongue twisted by the wind?"

"That's right, you say it nicely, who are you? Can you develop welding rods?"

"Fangbei Company, Qin Yang,"

Qin Yang said.

"Fangbei Company? This company is very awesome. It seems that their company's boss is also named Qin."

"That's right, it's me."

What?

Everyone present widened their eyes: "You are President Qin?"

Nie Xiaoqian had been silent all the time. She knew that Qin Yang liked to experience this feeling, pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger, and every time the mystery was revealed, it would surprise and shock countless people.

"President Qin, are you going to help us develop a special welding rod?"

Lu Feng also became excited: "You have created miracles in our military industry field.

If you say you want to develop a welding rod, you will definitely be able to develop it, and it will be very fast!"

"Yes, I plan to develop a special welding rod for our rare earth steel, but... alas!"

"President Qin, why are you sighing?"

"Yes, if you have any problems, you can tell us, maybe we can help."

"I lack an expert welder who can experience the advantages and disadvantages of various welding rods through his own welding, and determine which ingredients are more suitable.

If we have an excellent welder like Lu Feng, we will definitely be able to complete the research and development of this special rare earth stainless steel welding rod."

"President Qin, I, Lu Feng, am just an ordinary person. Since you think so highly of me, then I have nothing to refuse.

You send the developed welding rods over, and I will experiment with them one by one. Even if I don't sleep or eat, I will complete the task,"

Lu Feng said, "I guarantee to find the most suitable one from it."

"It's not suitable here,"

Qin Yang shook his head: "Lu Feng, you need to go to our 960 factory to personally communicate the welding experience with the R\u0026D personnel, so that you can quickly improve the qualified welding rod, but I don't know if you are willing?"

"No problem, I can go,"

Lu Feng nodded.

At the door, Wang Lin and others happened to walk over, and their faces were complicated when they heard this.