60s: I have a store

Chapter 285 Seat Belt

Zhou Yimin didn't keep the secret and said directly: "It's the seat belt, but the possibility of this exit is not high."

"Seat belt?" Director Hu found it a bit strange?
"What does this seat belt do?"

You also need to know what the function of this seat belt is before you can judge whether it is useful or not.

Car seat belts are safety devices designed to restrain occupants in the event of a collision and to prevent occupants from secondary collisions with the steering wheel, dashboard, etc., or from being thrown out of the car and causing death or injury.

It can also be called a seat belt. It is a type of occupant restraint device. It is recognized by later generations as the cheapest and most effective safety device. Many countries require seat belts to be installed in vehicles.

In fact, seat belts existed before the invention of cars.

In 1885, horse-drawn carriages were common in Europe, and seat belts were simply used to prevent passengers from falling off the carriages.

In 1955, aircraft designer Niels invented the three-point seat belt after working for Volvo Cars.

In 1963, Volvo Car Corporation began to register Nils' three-point car seat belts and install them on its own cars.

Zhou Yimin explained: "The function of seat belts is to ensure the safety of drivers, and the cost does not need to be very high."

"If the vehicle is traveling too fast and the driver suddenly brakes, the person in the cab can easily break through the glass and be thrown out. Yesterday, an accident almost happened." Zhou Yimin analyzed yesterday's experience.

"Yimin, are you okay?" Director Hu asked with concern.

Zhou Yimin is now the darling of the steel plant. If anything goes wrong, it will not be good for anyone. The steel plant’s current good development is all thanks to Zhou Yimin, which makes many brother factories envious.

Some factories wanted to offer many preferential conditions in an attempt to poach Zhou Yimin.

In order to keep Zhou Yimin, the leaders of their steel plant put in all their efforts and mobilized a lot of connections, which is why he was not poached.

"Director, I'm fine." Zhou Yimin shook his head.

Director Hu said, "That's good. Do you have a sample of this safety belt so that everyone can have a direct experience of it?"

He thought more about it. Cars are more numerous and more popular abroad, so if it is true as Zhou Yimin said, these seat belts can also be exported, but they are of little use in China.

"Samples? Then I need the help of some veteran masters in the factory to complete it." Zhou Yimin said after thinking for a while.

Although the seat belt looks simple, it is composed of two parts: one is the seat belt, and the other is the retractor.

The retractor is the most complex mechanical part of the seat belt. Its function is to store the webbing and lock the webbing from being pulled out.

From memory, there is a ratchet mechanism inside the retractor, which normally allows the occupant to freely pull the webbing at a constant speed on the seat.

However, once the continuous pulling process of the webbing from the retractor stops, or when the vehicle encounters an emergency, the ratchet mechanism will perform a locking action to automatically lock the webbing and prevent the webbing from being pulled out.

Mounting fixtures are ears, plug-ins and bolts connected to the vehicle body or seat components. Their installation position and firmness directly affect the protective effect of the seat belt and the comfort of the occupants.

"As long as it does not affect production, you can mobilize the factory's veteran workers to help you complete the sample production of this seat belt." Director Hu delegated his authority.

Zhou Yimin assured: "Okay, with your support, I am confident that I can produce this safety belt in the shortest possible time."

After saying that, he went out.

I could only find the old master in the factory, so I came to workshop No. 1.

When Director Liao of the workshop saw Zhou Yimin, he came forward and greeted him enthusiastically: "Captain Zhou, how come you have time to come to the workshop?" "I'm here to find Master Kong to help with something." Zhou Yimin responded.

"Master Kong," the workshop director squeaked.

Master Kong is an eighth-level fitter in Workshop No. 1, and one of the best among the eighth-level workers. Even he has no way to give orders and can only discuss with them. Sometimes he is afraid that his tone will be bad and anger Master Kong.

"Director Liao, don't worry. I have already told the factory manager that it will be fine as long as it does not affect production," Zhou Yimin explained.

He also saw the difficulties faced by the workshop director, so he brought the factory director out.

When the workshop director heard that it was the factory director who gave the permission, he immediately said, "The factory director actually gave the permission. Section Chief Zhou, you can go find him directly. He's over there."

"Okay, I'll go there myself and not trouble the director." Zhou Yimin said indifferently.

Soon a middle-aged man came. He looked to be in his fifties and was tall. There were many people around him watching, wanting to observe and learn the technique.

"Hello, Master Kong." Zhou Yimin greeted.

Master Kong was concentrating on processing parts and was startled by the sudden greeting. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and the parts were not scrapped. He immediately became angry.

He wanted to see who was so bold that when parts were being processed, even the director could only stand aside and not speak until the parts were finished.

"Who is it?" Master Kong asked unhappily.

Turning around, I saw Zhou Yimin still raising his hand to greet me.

His gloomy face suddenly showed a smile and said, "Section Chief Zhou, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Master Kong's ability to change his facial expression shocked everyone present who knew Master Kong's usual appearance.

I didn't expect him to be such a Master Kong.

You know, Master Kong usually doesn't even have a good face towards the director, but his attitude towards Zhou Yimin is so good.

The people watching only dared to discuss it in their hearts but did not dare to speak it out loud.

"Master Kong, I have something I want your help with. Please help me make something." Zhou Yimin explained his purpose.

Master Kong said with some embarrassment: "Captain Zhou, I want to help you, but I still have some parts that have not been processed yet."

Under normal circumstances, when the task was to be completed, he would still be happy to help, but today's task had not been completed yet, and it would probably be almost time to get off work by the time it was completed.

"Master Kong, it doesn't matter. The factory director has already agreed." Zhou Yimin explained.

"Since the factory director agrees, I have no problem. What do you want to build?" asked Master Kong.

He is still quite confident in his craftsmanship.

Zhou Yimin: "It is a reel. Its function is to roll up some materials. Normally, they can be pulled out smoothly, but if they are pulled violently, they will be fixed."

I roughly explained the function of the reel, but I don't know if Master Kong understood it.

Master Kong listened to the somewhat abstract description and began to use his years of knowledge to try to understand what Zhou Yimin had just said. After about ten minutes, he said, "Section Chief Zhou, I'll make one for you. See if it's what you want."

(End of this chapter)