industrial overlord

Chapter 521
"We can't leave any chance for the Japanese!"

As if telepathically, when the management of Xihu Company threatened not to leave any opportunities for the Chinese, in the Hanhua Institute of Technology and Intelligence at the foot of Beijing Fragrant Hills, Donnie Yen was also speaking to a group of executives and experts. Promise to express their determination.

"Xihu Company is an old company engaged in stamping equipment, with advantages in brand and reputation. We are latecomers and cannot compare with Xihu Company in terms of customer trust. Therefore, if our products cannot be significantly better than Xihu Company, then the possibility of being eliminated is very high."

"Zifei's idea is right. Americans are not short of money. We can't completely win by price. Instead, we must at least not be weaker than Xihu in terms of performance, and then compare the price advantage. Of course, the best way It is because the price is lower than that of Xihu Company, but the performance is better than that of Xihu Company. However, to achieve this, all the experts here need to work ten times harder." Lin Zhenhua, who presided over the meeting, said to everyone.

"I think there is still hope for the performance to reach or approach the level of Xihu company. As for being better than Xihu company, even obviously better than Xihu company, I think the goal is a bit too high?" Technology from the machine tool company Department head Wang Haisheng questioned.

"I would like Zifei to introduce this question." Lin Zhenhua pointed to Yen Zifei and said.

Donnie Yen nodded, and took out a large blueprint. A staff member had already stepped forward to help him hang the blueprint on the wall above the meeting room so that everyone could see it.

Donnie Yen took a wooden stick as a pointer, and began to introduce to everyone:

"Modern automobile production is roughly divided into four links, namely stamping, welding, painting and final assembly. Among them, stamping is the first process. Everyone, this is the process flow of an automobile stamping production line."

Donnie Yen's drawing is very good. From the picture, everyone can clearly see that the whole stamping process is divided into several steps such as unstacking, cleaning, centering, and stamping.At the front end of the production line, the neatly stacked automotive steel plates are hoisted by the crane to the destacker, and the manipulator with the suction cup automatically picks up a steel plate and sends it into the production line.There are two washing machines on the production line, which can clean the surface of the incoming steel plates to ensure the cleanliness of the steel plates.Subsequently, several groups of feeding manipulators and unloading manipulators respectively send the steel plate into a press machine connected in series for several times of stamping.Between the presses, there are special conveyor belts or trolleys for feeding.The stamped workpiece is finally sent out of the production line and enters the next process.

Next to the production line, there is also a special device for changing molds.The same production line only needs to change a set of molds to punch out different shapes of car shells, or in terminology called covers.It can be seen from the figure that the equipment for changing the mold is also automatically controlled and does not require human intervention.

Some of this group of experts have participated in the design of the production line in the early stage, and they know this process well.Some have just been invited to make suggestions, and seeing such a large-scale production line, they can't help but feel a little bloody.

"Zifei, is this the production line you have designed?" Wang Haisheng asked.

Donnie Yen nodded, and said proudly: "That's right, this is the production line we have designed so far. We have consulted all the information we can find, and have specially visited dozens of automobile factories at home and abroad. I dare to say so." It is said that this line represents the latest design concept in the world today, and the design of Xihu Company cannot exceed this level."

"If that's the case, then why did you invite all of us here?" Wang Haisheng asked in surprise.He has been working on machinery for so many years, so he is well-informed.From his point of view, this production line can indeed be regarded as top-notch in today's world, and he really can't think of any improvements that need to be made.

"Idea, I need a new idea." Donnie Yen said, knocking his head with his hand, "It is basically impossible to make any major adjustments to the entire structure of the production line, but how to innovate in details is a headache for us now. We The people in the project team may have been working on this project for too long, and their thinking has become rigid. Mr. Lin suggested that we brainstorm and work together to find some bright spots. If not, I will invite everyone here.”

"Every detail has room for optimization." Lin Zhenhua said, "With the development of the automatic stamping production line today, it is very difficult to innovate in the big picture. But we can win in the details. If we can To optimize 100 details, in the eyes of customers, it is a set of equipment with a new concept. Therefore, I asked Zifei to invite everyone here to optimize various details. Be patient and stay here In the last ten days and a half months, you will show your ingenuity and wisdom."

"Let me give you an example, which can be regarded as attracting jade." Yao Heliang, an old professor at Huaqing University, said.He walked up to Donnie Yen's hanging drawings, pointed to one of them, and said to everyone: "Look at it, the technological trend of today's automated stamping production line is to use manipulators to transfer stamped parts between stamping machines." The manipulator needs to pick up the stamping parts from the stamping machine, relying on the two vacuum suction cups at the top. The suction force of the suction cup comes from atmospheric pressure, and there is an upper limit. In order to prevent the stamping parts from falling off during the extraction process, the action of the manipulator must be Strict control to avoid additional resistance caused by excessive acceleration. At present, the entire production efficiency of this production line is affected by the speed of the manipulator, and it is difficult to further improve."

Zhen Zifei added: "What Professor Yao said is a technical bottleneck that we are facing. According to what we have learned, the best production line in foreign countries currently stamps 1 pieces per minute. We hope to increase this speed to 12 pieces. parts, but we have not been able to solve the problem of the efficiency of the manipulator.”

"Is this the technical bottleneck you encountered?" Wang Haisheng said, "Why do I think this is quite simple."

"What, you said it was easy?" Yen Zifei's eyes were raised, "Old Wang, if you can solve this matter for me, I will make the decision for you. Mr. Lin is also here. I will apply now. Who can take care of me?" If this technical problem is solved, please ask the company to reward him with 100 million."

The technicians in Hanwha Group often hold meetings together to solve technical problems. They are familiar with each other and speak casually.At Wang Haisheng's age, it is enough to be Donnie Yen's uncle, but Donnie Yen still directly calls him Old Wang.

"Is this true?" Wang Haisheng said, "Boss Lin, did you hear that?"

Lin Zhenhua laughed and said: "No problem, if Zifei said so, then do as Zifei said, this technical problem can really be solved, and 100 million is really not too much."

The question Yao Heliang just mentioned sounds really simple at first glance.The car shell is a smooth steel plate, which can be lifted by two vacuum suction cups. This is the principle that the manipulator can carry the steel plate.However, the suction of the vacuum suction cup is limited, and it is only slightly heavier than the steel plate.If it is extracted slowly, there is no problem naturally, but if it is extracted quickly, an additional force required to generate acceleration will be added, which is beyond the scope of the suction of the suction cup.

Because of this, the manipulator can only accelerate slowly when extracting steel plates, which prevents the speed of the entire production line from being further increased.

To increase the suction, of course, there are ways.One way is to increase the area of ​​the suction cup, or increase the number of suction cups, but the position of the suction cup on the stamping part is limited. For some shapes of stamping parts, the suction cup that is too large may not be suitable at all. where to put it.Another method is to change the vacuum chuck to an electromagnetic chuck, but this kind of sucker is useless for aluminum stampings.Can't two different suction cups be designed on one manipulator?
It is precisely because this question sounds uncomplicated that Wang Haisheng can't help saying the word "simple".But Donnie Yen, Yao Heliang and others have pondered this question countless times, and it can be said that they are completely puzzled.Hearing what Wang Haisheng said at this time, Zhen Zifei couldn't help but offered a high reward.

Lin Zhenhua has not been deeply involved in this project, but he has participated in several technical seminars before and knows that this problem is quite a big problem.He himself had thought about this problem, but naturally he couldn't find any ideal solution.In his opinion, if someone can perfectly solve this problem, then a reward of 100 million is really not outrageous.

"Okay, I'll take it. I'm willing to cut myself to pieces. If I dare to pull the emperor off the horse, I won't believe it. Isn't it just a matter of two suckers? Give me a month. If I can't solve it, let Mr. Lin withdraw me." I'm done." Wang Haisheng said angrily.

"If you're dismissed, you'll be dismissed. We are a group of heroes. We have contributed to solving the problem, and we are not guilty if we don't solve the problem." Lin Zhenhua said hehe, "Zifei and the others have worked together with Huaqing University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Automation, etc. for so long. Time, the problems they have not solved, it is unrealistic for everyone to solve them in a short time. Therefore, there is no pressure on our research activities, and everyone puts down the burden of thinking. By the way, next to our base is Xiangshan, the scenery It’s very good, everyone can go shopping if they have nothing to do.”

With Lin Zhenhua's words, all the experts present were relieved.If you solve the problem, you can get a reward of 100 million, and if you don't solve the problem, you can enjoy the treatment of visiting Xiangshan every day. Where can you find such a good thing.Everyone raised their hands one after another and began to claim various problems to be solved.Donnie Yen had already sorted out the problems encountered by the project team into some written materials, and now he took them out and distributed them one by one.Even those impatient technicians went directly to the blueprints and started gesticulating and chatting.

　I dug a hole for myself, the automobile stamping production line really doesn't have any technical highlights to write about, but after writing this, I can only bite the bullet and make it up.Chengzi checked the information for a day today, and made up a few ideas by himself, knowledgeable readers should not be serious, if Chengzi could design this, he would have become an academician long ago. ……… Let me recommend this book to everyone. I don’t know the author, and I didn’t ask me to recommend it. I came across this book by chance and thought it was really good. I couldn’t help recommending it to everyone.The book is an urban book called "Guan Dao Zhi 1976", and the name is quite vulgar.The author's writing style seems to be from a traditional literature background, and his choice of words and sentences, narrative style, and grasp of details are all very sophisticated, which is rare among Internet writers.The story is not traditional, and the layout and cool settings are very in line with the style of online novels.Personally, I think this book will be popular.

　　


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