Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1280 Research Investment ([-])

At the end of March 1661, when the army on the east coast launched the 3th-century global war against the Portuguese in Brazil, Mozambique, Macau and other places, Montenegro Township in the Southern Cone region was still a peaceful rural landscape.

In the second heavy machinery factory, a large group of workers in purple overalls are busy around a piece of equipment.This is a four-column vertical hydraulic press weighing more than five tons, named "Blacksmith-Type 2", with a nominal pressure of 100 tons, which is a great improvement compared to Type 1.

The maximum distance between the beam and the worktable of the "Ironsmith-2" hydraulic press is 950 mm, and a steam engine of about 20 horsepower is used to provide pressure. The size of the worktable is 1800 × 960 mm, and it can be seen that some slightly larger The parts are gone, which is quite different from the Type 1 hydraulic press that can correct the steel shaft.

But don't underestimate the "Ironsmith-1" hydraulic press. Although the size of the components processed by this large forging equipment is small (this is purely for different design purposes), the processing equipment is all iron that is closely related to daily life. At present, the Erzhong Factory has sold more than 20 sets, each priced at 1 yuan. Most of the buyers are machining workshops of large enterprises, such as several major shipyards and railway machinery processing plants. , South Vehicle Factory, First Heavy Machinery Factory, Western Forging Factory, Northern Arsenal, Dayuhe Armory, Tieling Special Steel, Pingan Iron and Steel and other state-owned backbone enterprises process parts ranging from gears to steel shafts. Manufacturing played a vital role.

After many technicians from the Erzhong Factory went to the above-mentioned factories to install, debug, and repair equipment, when they came back, they would complain to everyone that since the "Ironsmith-1" hydraulic press was used, many steam hammers were facing obsolescence.After all, the steam hammer relies on the steam engine to lift the forging hammer, and then relies on the gravity of the hammer itself to process the parts. The forging force is limited and the cost is high. It is expected that it will be eliminated by the small hydraulic press.However, considering the painful price of "Blacksmith-1" (because a lot of research and development, factory construction, and transportation costs have to be converted into it), small steam hammers may not be completely eliminated for a while-especially those ultra-small A hammer that is portable, portable, and can be connected to the shafting of the central power system—it can continue to contribute to the mechanical processing industry of Dadong’an, but with the gradual standardization, large-scale, and Intensification, as well as the gradual decline in the price of hydraulic presses, the complete elimination of steam forging hammers does not seem to be foreseeable.

Moreover, with the launch and sale of the "Ironsmith-1" hydraulic press, the quality of many vehicle, marine, and machine parts produced by Dong'an has been improved to a considerable extent, and the processing cost has also been greatly reduced. There are great benefits in improving the industrial level and reducing industrial costs.The only pity is that the industrial scale of the East Coast Republic of China is not large at present, and selling more than 20 Type 1 hydraulic presses is probably the limit. If you want to sell more, you need to expand the scale of industrial production, and the premise of expanding the scale of industrial production It is the people from the East Coast who have gained a larger commodity sales market internationally, but this is so difficult, so we can only do it step by step.

Closer to home.Since the construction of the heating furnace, smelting room, processing center and other core workshops of the No. 1658 Heavy Machinery Factory in early 1, and the preliminary completion of worker training, the factory began to produce Type 2 hydraulic presses to make money and return funds, while developing the second hydraulic press model. Work.After two or three years of hard work, the technical department of the factory finally came up with the "Ironsmith-[-]" hydraulic press--at this time, everyone was surrounded by it.

The hydraulic machine can process a lot of things, because its workbench is larger in size and its nominal pressure is also higher, so it can process many core parts including axles and crankshafts better—Southern Vehicle Factory burst into tears, trains Finally, the axle does not need to be polished by machine tools or even manually, and the production cost has dropped a lot. At the same time, it can also process shorter ship ribs, iron frames, propeller blades, fan blades, large blades, small-caliber gun barrels, etc. There are many parts, the premise is that you make some modifications to the workbench of the hydraulic press.

The parts being processed on the workbench of the "Blacksmith-2" hydraulic press are some long blades, which are said to be equipped for various horse-drawn harvesters of Dafeng Agricultural Machinery Factory.In the past, the blades on the horse-drawn harvesters were mostly hand-forged and sharpened by blacksmiths. The production cycle was long, the scrap rate was high, the cost was high, and the service life was not very long. Often, the blades would be serious if they could not harvest a few acres of land. Passivation, grinding or even reprocessing is urgently needed, which greatly affects the efficiency and cost of agricultural production.However, with the hydraulic press (in fact, the Type 1 hydraulic press can also process some small blades), the low-cost, large-scale, high-quality rapid production of these knives is possible.

At this time, the hydraulic machine had forged the knife several times in a row. The leading technician looked at the color of the knife blank and raised his hand to stop him: "It's ok, it's ok! Stop first. The temperature of the knife blank has dropped a lot , stop forging, go back to heat first, remember not to overheat, everything is based on the production process parameters. These process parameters are obtained by us spending a lot of energy and materials in experiments, as much as it should be, and industrial production cannot tolerate it. careless."

A bearded production team leader nodded, and ordered his workers to carefully transport the knife embryos to the heating furnace for heating, then approached the technician, lit a pipe, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Sun, In fact, we do not produce knives, but dry hydraulic presses! These specific production processes can be done by Dafeng Agricultural Machinery Factory itself. Wouldn’t it be too disadvantageous for us to do it? I heard that the factory manager has already promised Dafeng Factory. The whole set of production process and parameters was sold for 5000 yuan, hey, this is really cheap.”

"This is a hydraulic press, not a hydraulic press. How dare you smoke a pipe here! How are the safety production regulations written?" Seeing that the production team leader had no safety awareness at all, Sun Gong immediately stared at him and said angrily, "You want to start a fire?" Hurry up and get rid of it, and you are not allowed to do it again in the future, or I will ask your squad leader to assess your salary."

The production team leader's expression changed when he heard the words, and he hurriedly extinguished the pipe in hand, then smiled coyly, and said, "I will never do it again, Sun Gong, just trust me. I didn't realize it, this' Blacksmith-2' suddenly changed from water pressure to oil pressure, hehe, I didn't realize it, sorry."

"Just pay attention in the future." Technician Sun said sternly at first, then changed his tone and softened his tone: "We are a state-owned enterprise, and we can't pay too much attention to economic benefits in many cases. The factory manager has the consideration of the factory manager. The Ministry of Machinery Industry and the Ministry of Agriculture have always had a good relationship. Commissioner Shi Qinjie said, what can we do if the Ministry is suppressed? Now the country is engaged in foreign wars, and many farm jobs in the fields are deserted. This is the time when agriculture When machinery comes in handy. From this point of view, let’s help Dafeng Factory do some research on production technology in advance, so don’t talk nonsense, anyway, it’s not too troublesome. It’s May soon, and most of the farmland in China The autumn harvest will be ushered in. According to Dafeng Factory, due to poor management in the field, this year's grain is a foregone conclusion, so there must be no mistakes in the harvesting process, otherwise everyone will drink the northwest wind? In short, everything The most important thing is to maintain agricultural production, and everything else can be put aside."

What Technician Sun said about the reduction in grain production is almost an open secret.Gein’s land attack on Brazil took up a lot of troops, not only trained militias, but also a larger number of ex-civilians. The transfer of these rural labor forces not only slowed down the progress of many large-scale infrastructure projects (farmers would go to At the same time, there is a lack of manpower in the fields, which will undoubtedly lead to a certain degree of food production reduction—although the Ministry of the Army has also disbanded some county security regiments according to the situation, but the number is far from enough, so this year's food production reduction has become a settlement. , the difference is just how much production is reduced, I hope it will not be too much.

"The tool is heated up and come back for forging." Technician Sun gave another order, and then Shi Shiran went to the next room where the cadres were resting to smoke. He was tempted by the production team leader just now, and his own addiction to smoking was also committed. That's why I ran to the next door to have a good time.

There was also an Italian technician in the break room. Seeing Sun Gong come in, this gentleman nodded slightly, and then continued to puff.Gong Sun knew this guy. He was a member of the newly established "Blacksmith-3" project team. The research and development of the hydraulic press can be regarded as "progress" to some extent.

Speaking of this "Ironsmith-3" hydraulic press, it was actually a project that was launched hastily under the joint urging of the Navy and the Ministry of Communications. The Erzhong Factory itself was actually reluctant to do it. No one else, because of the outbreak of the war, the national scientific research investment Seriously insufficient, the Science Spring Program project was almost partially embezzled, so they had neither the energy nor the money to engage in the research and development of the Type 3 hydraulic press.

However, the attitude of the Navy and the Ministry of Communications is very firm. The Ministry of Machinery Industry has no choice but to transfer technical backbones from subordinate units such as the Railway Machinery Processing Plant and the First Heavy Plant. The "Blacksmith-Type 3" hydraulic press project was set up - but they don't seem to be particularly concerned about it, probably with the idea of ​​taking it slowly, first maximizing the value of Type 1, and then After fully developing the Type 2 market, it may be the turn to focus on Type 3 research and development.

The design indicators of the "Ironsmith-3" hydraulic press did not make an unrealistic leap forward, but improved on the technology of Type 2, which fully demonstrated the consistent industrial style of the Dong'an people.The total pressure of the hydraulic press is 200 tons, the liquid working pressure is 200 kg/cm600; the maximum stroke is 650 mm, the minimum distance from the movable beam to the work table is 1250 mm, and the maximum distance is 3000 mm; the work table size is 1500×6000 mm, The external dimensions are 2100×6400×[-] mm, and a small steam engine is used to provide pressure.

From the above data, it can be seen that the size and weight of this hydraulic machine are not small. It is probably the most magnificent and spectacular industrial machine that the East Coast people can build in the near future. It can be said that if there is no other unit to In terms of cooperation, it is impossible to achieve it in the short term based on the idle attitude of Erzhong Factory.Regarding this point, Technician Sun has no doubts at all!You know, this is a 200-ton hydraulic press that can be called an artifact of the country. It can process long-barreled heavy-duty artillery barrels. This alone can make all the arms dealers in the old continent jealous and jealous!

Let's take the more practical 12-pound artillery as an example. If iron bullets are used, the barrel diameter should be about 117mm. If the "Blacksmith-3" hydraulic press is used to repeatedly forge and process it, then most of them can be produced. A long-barreled artillery with a ratio of diameter to diameter of 25 or more.Of course, it is not impossible to use the traditional casting method to produce, but the ratio of diameter to this level, the scrap rate is already unacceptably high, and the performance of the forged barrel is naturally better than that of the cast barrel It is more than an order of magnitude, so the advent of the so-called "Blacksmith-3" 200-ton hydraulic press should be a major earthquake-level technological innovation for the East Coast arms industry, because it means that the people on the East Coast can work in the original On the basis of cheap, mass-produced various types of long-barreled artillery, the Europeans are far away.

Think about it, if the long-barreled 25-pound gun with a diameter ratio of 12 or more overcomes the technical difficulties of the breech-loading gun, then—well, let us pray for all the enemies of the East Coast Republic of China, they will It was a terrible death, really!

Technician Sun returned to the production workshop after smoking, and urged the production team to continue processing knives.After preliminary forging, an annealing (putting the tool into water) process is required. Generally speaking, this process is relatively long to make the distribution of metal molecules inside the tool more uniform; the annealed knife needs to be slightly polished After a while, it was immersed in quenching oil and quenched repeatedly; after quenching, several processes such as tempering were required. In short, it was still very troublesome. He felt that he had to keep an eye on those people, otherwise the product would be unqualified The ratio may be very high, which is unacceptable to him.

Forging, annealing, quenching, tempering and other processes can actually be carried out in batches at the same time, so this also means that the East Coast people can produce large knives at a very fast speed, and the corresponding cost is also very low, which is very important for agricultural production. Undoubtedly a boon.It is believed that after this batch of trial-produced knives are delivered to the Dafeng Factory for trial use, the Erzhong Factory will be able to hand over the complete set including the "Blacksmith-2" hydraulic press and the production process. This also means that the Type 2 The hydraulic press has taken a key step forward in practicality.

The anti-theft chapter reappears. . .Forgive me, go to the toilet first, come back and modify

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