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Chapter 1725 New Developments in Automobiles and Engines
"In the past few years, a total of 500 three-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicles have been produced, and most of them have been put on the market. The reserve of gasoline is enough to meet the continuous use of [-] vehicles."

In the engine factory, Daimler introduced the current production status of automobiles to Chu Yun.

At present, there is no dedicated automobile factory, but the engine factory produces important parts and assembles them to form a complete vehicle.

"The output of 500 cars is too small, far from enough to meet the needs. At least 2000 cars should be produced and put on the market within four years, so that cars can change people's lifestyles and travel methods." Chu Yun always felt that 500 cars production is insufficient.

If the capital has a population of 100 million, an average of 2000 people have only one car, which is far from enough.

In the world where Chu Yun used to live, a country called the United States owned [-] million cars, and the per capita car ownership was terrible.

Now that it is leading in this world, it must become a big automobile country.

Vigorously developing an emerging industry such as automobiles can not only improve the living standards of ordinary people, but also solve a difficult problem that Chu Yun is facing-inflation.

As the gold mines in North America and Oceania continue to mine gold and transport it back to the mainland, as well as the silver mines in Japan and the copper mines in Yunnan, and merchants exchange goods from all over the world for precious metals, there is already a lot of silver in China. The increasing availability of precious metals led to a surge in the amount of gold and silver circulating throughout the country.

Chu Yun must produce enough commodities to consume these gold and silver, otherwise the money will become worthless and severe inflation will occur.

In Western Europe, the influx of gold and silver from the Americas led to a price revolution, and Portugal, Spain, and the Ottoman Empire suffered greatly.

Expensive cars may be able to consume private gold and silver reserves, or provide a new commodity for the market to buy with excess gold and silver.

"A car needs a lot of parts, and some parts still need to be produced manually or semi-manually, so it is difficult to keep up with the output. It is also very difficult to produce the corresponding machine tools." Daimler said now Difficulties encountered in automobile production.

"It doesn't matter, there may be a solution in another year or two. Before that, it is better to try to establish an assembly line for automobile production, that is, to formulate a production process for all parts and split the production process into several production steps. , arrange workers and machines for each production step, and streamline production, what do you think of this?"

"There are still some components that can be contracted to private factories so that they can deliver on time, so that the engine factory can focus on the research of core components." Chu Yun put forward his own opinion.

He also doesn't know how to build a car assembly line, so he can only give guidance from a macro perspective.

The assembly line splits the whole car into dozens or hundreds of special processes, each of which is carried out by a production unit.When necessary, it is jointly produced by multiple factories, and finally the various parts are assembled in the main factory to form a complete vehicle.Generally speaking, this is more efficient.

The engineers in the engine factory were thoughtful after hearing this. The idea of ​​the assembly line has not yet been popularized. Chu Yun's words inspired them to a certain extent.

The core of the assembly line is the professional division of labor, allowing each production unit to focus on the process or parts production it is responsible for and improve production efficiency.

The extreme is even to turn the worker into a screw, repeating the mechanical work continuously to improve the production efficiency.

Although such an approach is criticized for sacrificing individual enthusiasm for production in exchange for an increase in overall efficiency, it is an inevitable stage of industrial development before machines can completely replace labor.

The Ford Model T and the assembly line technology are about to be launched. Chu Yun does not have to wait until he has accumulated enough points to build the assembly line. He can also let people explore and toss about it first, and then summon the founder of Ford Motor and other talents later. , when the two are combined, the speed of establishing the pipeline is estimated to be faster.

Chu Yun proposed the idea of ​​building a car assembly line, and this time he was going to check another project.

The engine factory has three projects: gasoline engine, diesel engine, and aero engine.Gasoline engine is the smoothest item, applied to three-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles for people.

Aviation engines are jointly developed by engine factories and aircraft factories. They also use gasoline and have higher horsepower than ordinary car engines.

As for the diesel engine, which once encountered difficulties, the engine material was not strong enough to cause an explosion.

However, when the technology has accumulated to the present, Rudolph Diesel, who led the diesel engine team, finally developed a diesel engine.This kind of engine has high torque, low fuel consumption, and can use low-quality fuel. Compared with gasoline engines, it still has its own advantages.

Seeing Chu Yun's arrival, Diesel introduced the diesel engine to Chu Yun and others with some shame and interest: "Our diesel engine is different from the gasoline engine. The heat is ignited, and the temperature can reach 500 to 700 degrees Celsius. At this time, the fuel injection nozzle of the fuel supply system can inject fuel into the combustion chamber of the cylinder at a very high pressure in a very short time, and the diesel oil forms fine oil particles. The high-temperature air is mixed, and the flammable mixture will burn by itself. After the mixture is ignited, it will expand violently, and the explosive force generated will push the piston down to do work..."

Chu Yun was confused. He had a little impression of the working method of the internal combustion engine, but he was not even an enthusiast in the field of engines. In any case, he could not invent the engine with his own ability, and even listened to its principles. .

Regardless of its principle, the diesel engine has been invented.

"This is our finished product, a single-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine." Diesel pointed to a two-person vertical engine.

There is also a wooden frame next to the engine for people to walk up to check the engine.

This big thing is not the same as the car engine that Chu Yun imagined, but more like a vertical engine used by ships.

However, since a larger diesel engine can be developed, it is not difficult to turn it into a small horizontal engine-driven car.

"The research and development of diesel engines took a lot more time than we thought. During this time, we were also thinking about the structure and design of diesel trucks. This time we can definitely build the first truck within one or two years." Diesel I regained my confidence.

The invention of gasoline engine cars has accumulated a lot of experience in making cars, which can be used when building trucks, which indirectly shortens the time to invent trucks.

The role of the truck is self-evident, whether it is used to transport goods or soldiers is very practical.

(End of this chapter)