The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 177: Workplace football game, eternal

Because of the successful development of high-strength automotive steel plates, Zou Yuan can now be considered to be in high spirits and will soon be officially appointed as the head of the Steel Metallurgy Department of Capital Steel Institute.

The most crucial reason why we achieved this result in such a short time is that Jiang Hui provided some relevant theoretical and technical information.

What he did more was to verify these technical data.

If Jiang Hui can come up with some constructive things in the development of bearing steel, then just like the research and development of high-strength automotive steel plates, a breakthrough in bearing steel technology may be achieved in a relatively short period of time.

If that were true, it would be truly remarkable.

"The key to the technological breakthrough of bearing steel is the adjustment of material formula and the setting of processing parameters, as well as the technological improvement of processing equipment."

"It will definitely be difficult for us to make some big moves in terms of equipment in a short period of time."

“But by adjusting the material formula and processing parameters, some action can be achieved.”

"Although this solution cannot immediately produce the world's most advanced bearing steel, it should not be a problem to initially meet the needs of our Hummer project."

After Jiang Hui said this, both Zou Yuan and Zhu Jiansheng breathed a sigh of relief.

They all knew Jiang Hui quite well. Since Jiang Hui dared to say so, it meant that he was really confident.

The most frightening thing when doing things is having no direction. Once you have a direction to work towards, many things will not be so worrying.

"Xiao Jiang, do you have any idea now on how to adjust the material formula and process parameter settings?"

Zhu Jiansheng is the person who bears the most pressure.

A huge amount of manpower and material resources have now been invested in the entire Hummer project. If the issue of bearing steel were to come to a standstill, his hair would probably turn completely white with worry.

"I had some ideas when I was studying books on materials science."

"Recently, when I was helping the First Ministry of Machine Building translate various foreign documents, some of the documents also contained some content related to special steel."

"I'll go back and sort it out in the next few days, and then come up with a preliminary plan."

Although Jiang Hui could immediately come up with a very mature bearing steel smelting plan, it was still somewhat inappropriate to bring it out so abruptly.

"Okay, since you already have an idea, there's no need to rush for a day or two."

"I'm going to Shougang to have a good look these days and listen to their own ideas."

Zhu Jiansheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, no matter what technical problems you encounter, as long as you can find Jiang Hui, you can always find a solution.

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Compared with the relief of Zhu Jiansheng's pressure, the situation on Shougang's side is a bit embarrassing.

Although the Ministry of Metallurgy has previously required each steel mill to improve its technical level, and even allocates some special research and development funds every year.

However, Shougang's technological progress has been relatively slow in recent years. Even with the reform to expand its management power that began this year, technological changes have been relatively limited.

In the past, the situation in all steel mills was similar, and everyone was laughing at each other. No one wanted to laugh at anyone else.

But now that Capital Steel Works, as the only reform demonstration factory in the steel industry, is lagging behind in the national defense projects that the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building is focusing on, the situation is definitely different.

You know, the Hummer military vehicle project has received high attention from the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building and a number of military departments.

The Ministry of Metallurgy even received a formal official letter asking them to fully cooperate with the advancement of the project.

The design work of the Hummer military vehicle went very smoothly in the early stage, especially the clay model made everyone very satisfied. FAW and Second FAW even wanted to snatch this project.

The sample preparation had already begun and the prototype car was to be assembled in the next stage, but Shougang failed to deliver.

The nature of this matter naturally began to change.

"Chief Engineer Zuo, we are now on the same page. If we cannot produce qualified bearings, then the Hummer military vehicles will not have a suitable gearbox to use."

"When the time comes, not to mention the First Ministry of Machine Building, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, and the Ministry of Metallurgy, even the military representatives will not let us off."

Ji Hua arrived at Shougang early in the morning and prepared to discuss the response plan with Zuo Guangsheng.

Yesterday, Capital Gear Factory held several meetings to discuss various plans, but what they can do on their own is limited.

Of course, Zuo Guangsheng may not necessarily think so.

"Chief Engineer Ji, there is indeed some gap between our domestic bearing steel technology and the advanced level abroad. I admit this."

"But the bearing steel we provide to your factory is the highest level of material we can produce at this stage."

"I think the reason why the bearings cannot meet the requirements is not because of the bearing steel, but because the technical parameters of heat treatment during the bearing processing are not set well enough."

Although improving the performance of bearing steel can definitely solve the current problem, Zuo Guangsheng will definitely not take all the responsibility.

After all, the quality of a bearing is not only related to the material, but also closely related to the processing technology.

He is not simply shirking responsibility.

"The heat treatment process used by the bearing processing workshop of Capital Gear Factory is considered a very advanced solution in China."

"We have previously supplied BJ212 and other products in large quantities, and there is no problem with that."

"The main problem now is that the comprehensive properties of bearing steel, such as wear resistance and toughness, are not good enough, which leads to the performance of parts after processing not meeting the standards."

Seeing that Shougang was trying to pass the buck, Ji Hua immediately stood up to refute.

If Shougang is not convinced and Zuo Guangsheng is not made to admit that the performance of the bearing steel it produces is not good enough, the next step of improving the plan will definitely not be smooth.

“There is definitely room for improvement in bearing steel, but the same is true for processing technology.”

“It would be much simpler if the design requirements could be met by improving the processing technology.”

Zuo Guangsheng knew that it would be difficult for Shougang to significantly improve the performance of bearing steel in a short period of time.

He even felt that it would be difficult for other domestic steel mills to complete technological upgrades in a short period of time.

It is impossible for every technological breakthrough to be as successful as high-strength automotive steel plates, where technological upgrades can be completed in such a short period of time.

"Let's not argue about this for now. Capital Institute of Technology certainly doesn't want to hear us arguing about these things."

"The next thing we need to consider is how to improve the performance of bearing steel."

"Of course, our factory will also consider how to further optimize the processing technology so that our products can eventually meet the requirements of the Hummer project."

Ji Hua knew that there was not much point in continuing the argument, so it would be better to think carefully about how to solve the problem.

"We will also discuss this project internally, but upgrading steel technology is not such a simple matter."

Seeing that Ji Hua did not intend to put all the responsibility on himself, Zuo Guangsheng relaxed his attitude.

(End of this chapter)