The rise of nanometers

In the next ten days, Huang Xiuyuan, Lu Xuedong and others participated in eight related virtual scientific research symposiums.

It includes space development, artificial intelligence, new materials, high-energy physics, artificial gravity, biomedicine, transportation and precision processing.

Walking out of the somatosensory cabin, Huang Xiuyuan stretched, and Lu Xuedong on the side said, "It's finally finished. Our scientific research department has a lot of achievements recently, why don't you go take a look."

Huang Xiuyuan nodded: "Let's go and have a look! Anyway, I'm free these days."

The two took a minibus and arrived at the comprehensive scientific research base in Hongcao Town.

This comprehensive scientific research base started as the materials laboratory of Suiren Company. After more than four years of development and expansion, it has become a comprehensive scientific research base covering an area of ​​more than 8,000 acres.

It is one of the four major scientific research centers of the Suiren Department in China.

Huang Xiuyuan, in addition to meetings these days, is working on a regular model of plasma operation. About 40% of the work has been completed so far.

For this model of plasma operating rules, he did not come up with a complete version at once, but first came up with a simplified first-generation version to avoid being too abrupt.

Unknowingly, the minibus arrived at the scientific research base in Hongcao Town.

In 2008, this place was still a large area of ​​farmland and countryside. Now it has changed beyond recognition. More than 80 seven-story buildings are dotted here, as well as dense underground bases.

The entire Hongcao Town, except for the research institute, is the headquarters and factory of Suiren Materials Company.

Lu Xuedong took him to the research institute code-named "45".

As soon as he arrived here, Huang Xiuyuan knew about the research institute's projects. With his photographic memory, he had already memorized the details of the research institute.

"Is the honeycomb tire research successful?"

Lu Xuedong nodded: "Yes, after all, materials are our strength."

Inside an internal testing site of the institute.

Dai Liang, the chief researcher of the project, pointed to the vehicle on the test platform and introduced to the two of them: "Chairman, Mr. Lu, this is the new generation of honeycomb tire we have developed."

"To what extent are the noise, bumps, and cost specific?" Huang Xiuyuan immediately asked the key issues of Honeycomb Tires.

Honeycomb tires are not unique to Suiren. Michelin and many companies in the United States have already had related products. In China, there are also companies in Yangcheng that are making honeycomb tires.

The so-called honeycomb tires are actually a type of airless tires. Airless tires include solid tires, honeycomb tires, etc.

The advantages and disadvantages of honeycomb tires are very obvious.

The advantages are: no need to inflate, no tire blowout, anti-puncture, strong ability to overcome obstacles, and strong grip.

The disadvantages are: noisy, bumpy, and high cost.

This kind of tire is mainly used for military vehicles. As for civilian products, no company has yet launched it on a large scale.

Dai Liang took out a tablet, handed it to Huang Xiuyuan, and then explained: "We used a hybrid weave of carbon nanofibers, iron nanowires, and special artificial resin nanofibers, and adjusted the honeycomb structure to create a new generation of honeycomb tires."

Huang Xiuyuan flipped through the relevant data on the tablet.

The new generation of honeycomb tires overcomes the bumps and noise of traditional honeycomb tires.

In fact, the noise and bumps of honeycomb tires are mainly due to the poor elasticity of the tires. Due to structural problems, in order to ensure the support of honeycomb tires, high-strength materials must be used. The elastic deformation of high-strength materials is difficult to reach the level of pneumatic tires. .

What Dai Liang's team does is to use nanotechnology and structural adjustment to ensure the support of the honeycomb tire while also having the elasticity comparable to that of pneumatic tires.

Arriving at another simulation test site, a researcher was driving a pickup truck whose tires had been replaced with honeycomb tires.

The pickup truck passed through a series of terrains, and Huang Xiuyuan found that there were no obvious bumps or noises from the vehicle.

Dai Liang introduced: "Chairman, the new honeycomb tires have another feature, which is high-speed deformation."

On a runway, the pickup truck accelerated toward the cobblestone road. However, the pickup truck not only did not get bumpier, but became smoother.

"This is because the tires become softer after high-speed impact and friction heat up, but the tires have elastic memory and will quickly dent when encountering obstacles, and then restore their shape."

This characteristic gives the tire the ability to quickly overcome obstacles and minimize bumps.

"How much does it cost?"

"The initial cost is relatively high. A car tire costs about 540 yuan."

Regarding this price, Huang Xiuyuan is not surprised. Using nanotechnology and nanomaterials, it is difficult to make it cheap.

Lu Xuedong also understands that the price is high: "It is estimated that for mass production, the cost can be reduced to 400 yuan per piece. It will be more difficult to reduce it further."

"How is the service life?" Huang Xiuyuan asked next.

"In a high-intensity use environment, it can last about 150,000 to 250,000 kilometers. We adopt a new design to set a wear thickness line on the tire. When the line is encountered, the tire can be recycled." Dai Liang introduced this design.

Through this design, when the tire is worn to the line, it must be replaced. The recycled waste tire has a splicing line under the wear line. The splicing line can be cut directly, and a wear-resistant layer can be replaced, and then it can be reused.

This design is also an effort made by Dai Liang’s team to promote honeycomb tires.

By replacing the wear-resistant layer, the service life of the tire can be extended and the cost performance can be improved in disguise. According to their calculations, the inner structure of the new honeycomb tire can be used for about 14 to 16 years without artificial damage.

It is entirely possible to flatten the overall cost by replacing the wear-resistant layer.

According to the current production cost, the retail price of new honeycomb tires may be as high as one thousand yuan each. If the service life is not extended, even if it has anti-bump, anti-puncture and super grip, it is estimated that many car owners will not choose it. .

Huang Xiuyuan thought for a while and decided to approve the mass production of Honeycomb Tires: "Build a factory first to supply internal vehicles. In addition, we can sell it to the military."

"Thank you, Chairman." Dai Liang was excited.

Within the Suiren Department, although the income of scientific researchers is very high, if they want to make a fortune, they need to develop products that can be successfully commercialized.

"I will make arrangements." Lu Xuedong also nodded.

Although honeycomb tires are more expensive, they have a longer service life and bring another benefit, which is improved safety.

The grip of honeycomb tires is stronger than that of pneumatic tires, and during emergency braking, they can use their own elastic deformation to increase friction with the ground.

Especially for large trucks and large engineering vehicles, pneumatic tires on them are very dangerous. Accidents with pneumatic tires are common whether during driving or during maintenance.

Feipeng Group has a large number of transportation vehicles and engineering vehicles. After replacing honeycomb tires, it can reduce a lot of maintenance costs every year.

After inspecting the new honeycomb tire project, Lu Xuedong took him to another research institute.

The internal number of this institute is "16". It mainly studies lasers and is also one of Huang Xiuyuan's key projects.

The chief researcher of the institute, named Veitch, is a scientist who escaped from Eastern Europe. He used to be mainly engaged in laser research. Later, the institute where he worked was closed. He lost his job and was forced to leave his hometown for the survival of his family. The country of China seeks life.

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