Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 431 Traffic Problem

The forging workshop originally had a free-fall forging hammer that was launched by the native method, but the efficiency was not high.Barely make do with it.With the continuous improvement of industrial standards, the madmen of the machinery factory are going to abandon this earthen equipment and build a 1880-ton hydraulic press. Later, they realized that this goal was too big, so they decided to start with a relatively primitive method: making steam forging hammers. ——The technical level of this thing is not high, but the effect is sufficient.There are two steam forging hammers manufactured around 20 in the Jiangnan Shipyard and they are still in service in the 90s. The bases are broken and the Jiangnan Factory is reluctant to dismantle them, and they continue to use them after repairing them.

With the steam forging hammer, the forging of many large workpieces becomes much easier.The slide rails of the entire steam forging hammer are as high as 5 meters, all made of steel, and stand on the base of granite and reinforced concrete.The upper forging hammer weighs 1 ton and is driven by steam pushing sliding valves.

Compared with a free-fall forging hammer designed and manufactured by the machinery factory earlier, this forging hammer's forging capacity and work efficiency have increased by three or four times.Originally, using a forging hammer was a very laborious task. It was necessary to continuously operate the steam engine to raise the forging hammer, and then use the cam clutch to control and lower it. Every time forging, there was a long interval, and continuous forging could not be achieved, which also brought great difficulties to the heat treatment. troubled.

The forging workshop quickly finished the low-carbon steel jaw plate, and then used the same method to manufacture the toggle plate and eccentric shaft. After the eccentric shaft was completed, it was turned on a lathe to make it as round as possible.Finally, two large flywheels with a diameter of 1.2 meters were manufactured to connect the power machine.

These Big Mac parts were loaded onto the bullock cart and slowly dragged to Nanbao.Because the carrying capacity of ordinary four-wheeled ox carts is limited, it is placed on a large flat cart specially made with sixteen wheels and pulled by twelve oxen.No matter what the purpose of this thing is, this convoy alone is enough to arouse onlookers and discussions-people along the road are extremely surprised at how Australians waste steel.

The equipment was installed in the No. [-] workshop of the new mining plant in Nanbao Mine.Workshop No. [-] is a large-span iron truss workshop built by Bingfeng, which is as high as a three-story building.The structure is supported by reinforced concrete columns.The floors are poured with concrete and iron tracks are installed to move the ore.

A crane is installed on the ceiling of the workshop to transport a large dumping bucket to load the crusher—according to Zhan Wuya’s opinion, it’s actually better to use a belt conveyor, but they don’t have a suitable substitute for it yet. Made of buckskin, it would be too extravagant.

Finally Xiao Gui came to install the steam engine.Finally, the system was finally installed.A huge team consisting of steel and a huge base with a total weight of about ten tons stands in the center of the workshop. Not to mention the native workers, even the traversers themselves feel amazed.

As Xiao Gui ignites the boiler, the steam engine slowly starts to rotate. Driven by a large gearbox, the last stage transmits power to the flywheel of the crusher through a belt. As the flywheel speed gradually increases, the crusher starts to work Already working.

The workers transported a load of large stones on a flat track car through the track.The crane on the roof uses a steam engine to drive the pulley, and soon lifts a huge stone and puts it into the crusher.Bang bang, bang bang, the crusher was running unhurriedly, the movable jaws slowly opened and closed, and the huge stones sank deeper and tighter with the opening and closing of the jaws.The stone began to shatter, and a lot of debris flew out. With the sound of collapse, a puff of white smoke rose, and the stone broke into several pieces.

Everyone present was taken aback, but the people in the machinery factory knew that this thing was working normally

The jaws are still squeezing slowly, and the smaller stones after being broken are clamped tighter and tighter in the downward process, and continue to bear the extrusion of the movable jaws and the fixed jaws, and continue to move forward. crumbling.

Some gravel and powder began to appear at the discharge port.Percent dust began to fill the air.Then a large pile of gravel fell on the bucket truck at the position of the discharge port.

Below the discharge port is a track, and a group of bucket cars are connected end to end and parked below the discharge port.They are intercepted by cables on a hoist driven by a steam engine.After one car is full, the operator starts the machine to pull the car, and the second car can be changed to the discharge port, so that until one row of bucket carts is fully filled, then the second row can be changed.

The full bucket truck group is pulled to the loading station on the slope, and directly dumped into the bucket of the bullock cart by using the height difference before being transported away.The need for manpower loading and unloading is reduced to a minimum throughout the process.

Zhan Wuya calculated that if only crushed stones for construction are crushed, the crusher can process about 400 tons of crushed stones every day. If the crushing work is done by manpower, there are at least three to four hundred people who can't do it.

But now, including the boiler maintenance workers and those who operate the overhead crane, a shift of twenty workers is enough.The difference in labor efficiency can be described as earth-shaking.

But for the local people, this rumbling stone crusher represents a terrifying power.Such a hard boulder can be crushed, what else can this group of Australians not do?

But the surprise was not over yet. After the crusher was proved to be available on the first day, in the following six months, Nanbao Mineral Concentrator installed three more crushers one after another.This had a devastating effect on the local population.

The result is that no matter what work the Time Travel Group carries out in the local area, it goes smoothly.The local gentry and common people simply obeyed.Moreover, many people who were not very interested in entering the mine as workers came to do odd jobs.Even the landlords and gentry families sent a few house slaves or collateral nephews to work—in order to establish a relationship with the Mining Department.

With enough gravel, the traffic department's hardening work on the road surface is progressing quickly.Shan Daoqian used gravel as the roadbed to increase the bearing capacity of the roadbed, and then used cinders and fine sand to level the road surface.After several times of rolling, the road becomes as smooth as new—more advanced than the low-grade rural roads in some places.

In addition to road rollers on construction machinery, Shan Daoqian also cooperated with machinery factories and vehicle factories to develop road rollers pulled by animal power—this is simple, just a huge stone roller with a traction belt drawn by animal power.Slightly more complex are animal-powered road rakes, sprinklers, and pavers.These are currently drawn by horses, oxen or manpower.These special equipment not only reduce the wear and tear on construction machinery, but because they are self-produced equipment, they are not too rare. The Transportation Bureau ordered several sets at once, and started to use them on many road sections at the same time.

Shan Daoqian applied to Wu De for the quota of dozens of workers, set up a road maintenance engineering office, built road maintenance stations along the way, and formulated regular inspections, maintenance and maintenance work rules for the road.

"There is one more thing, that is to discuss traffic rules." Shan Daoqian approached Wu De.

Originally, there were no traffic rules in Lingao. Apart from pedestrians, there were at most a few sedan chairs and a few wheelbarrows.Now and then a few horses passed by.No matter how narrow or uneven the dirt road is, there will be no traffic accidents.But now it's different.The arrival of the crossing group has greatly increased the complexity of the road conditions on the road. In addition to the increasing number of pedestrians, there are also bullock carts, livestock, bicycles, cars and motorcycles.The construction of roads has also brought new problems, such as intersections, bridges, etc., which require a certain degree of control-there have been several traffic accidents recently.

"Let the police take care of this matter." Wu De said, "Dongmen Chuiyu just takes care of this matter."

Because Dongmen Chuiyu has been responsible for the management of Dongmen City for a long time, he already has some experience in such matters.He said: "I don't think we need to make too complicated traffic regulations for the time being. First, ordinary people can't remember them, so it's difficult for us to publicize them. Second, we don't have so many manpower to go on-site inspection and so on."

When Liu Bang arrived in Guanzhong, there were only three chapters.Although it is a great retrogression from the perspective of legal system, it is easy for the masses to understand and master, and it is easy to be accepted in the initial stage.

The basic principle of Dongmen Chuiyu is: "Keep to the right, overtake the left, separate lanes for fast and slow."

According to the rules, pedestrians, sedan chairs, and livestock should take the slow lane, while horse-drawn carts, ox-carts, and motor vehicles should take the fast lane-it stands to reason that the speeds of motor vehicles and ox-carts are far apart, but motor vehicles have seldom been on the road recently. cause traffic chaos.

Groups of livestock, such as cattle and sheep, are not allowed to go on the road, but are only allowed to walk under the roadbed.Large herds of livestock are likely to cause road congestion.

Shan Daoqian said: "However, it is best not to honk the horn of motor vehicles, so as not to disturb the livestock. And you expect the heavy-duty ox carts on the road to make way, it is simply wishful thinking. It is better to pass by yourself."

"There should be some punitive measures. If a pedestrian walks on the side, what if he likes to walk in the middle?" Dugu asked.

"It's not enough to rely on fines." Dongmen Chuiyu dragged his chin, "First, to implement the concept of crashing to death for nothing, and those who violate traffic rules and cause casualties and property losses will not be compensated—"

"Slow down, that's not the point," Shan Daoqian stopped him, "I agree with what you said, but now we need to talk about general minor violations. As far as our current power is concerned, even if we really hit and killed a few civilians, No one dared to discuss it.”

"Catch the labor reform team!" Dugu proposed this method.

"This can also increase the labor force." Dongmen Chuuyu also thinks it is okay, anyway, minor violations are now compensated with hard labor, ranging from three days to three months.

Shan Daoqian said: "I think it's good. Those who violated the traffic rules and were arrested will all be used by our traffic bureau."

The Transportation Bureau has a lot of projects and affairs, and the more free labor, the better.Not only to build bridges and pave roads, but also to direct traffic.

(End of this chapter)