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Chapter 180 Alarming the Ministry of Metallurgy, a new generation of bearing steel is launched
The Hummer project is a key project promoted by Capital Institute of Technology this year.

Every week, the Department of Automotive Engineering regularly reports the progress of the project to the deputy dean in charge, Lin Guanyong.

Since there were problems with such important parts as the transfer case and gearbox, Lin Guanyong must be very concerned about how the problem was solved.

"Old Zhu, I went to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building for a meeting yesterday. The ministry said they could grant us a special amount of foreign exchange to purchase bearing steel for the Hummer project."

"The Economic and Trade Commission has also arranged for people to contact us about the purchase of bearing steel. In the future, we can buy the materials back at any time according to our needs."

When a project encounters problems, the leader will definitely hope to do something to help push the project forward.

This will also help establish your leadership authority.

Because of the bearing steel issue, the next step of the Hummer project has not been determined for some time.

Lin Guanyong felt that it was time for him to take action.

"President, we have already cooperated with Capital Polytechnic University to develop a new generation of bearing steel with Xinggang, and some progress information will be released soon."

"If the development is successful, it can be used on many of our bearings to improve related performance."

"Although the final performance may not be better than that of imported bearing steel, as long as it can meet our requirements, we will definitely continue to choose to purchase from domestic sources."

Lin Guanyong was a little surprised when Zhu Jiansheng said this.

Being able to obtain foreign exchange quotas to purchase imported materials is a very attractive thing for any project.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Jiansheng actually declined.

It seems that Comrade Lao Zhu has a high level of awareness and deserves to be reused.

In an instant, many thoughts popped up in Lin Guanyong's mind.

"The country's foreign exchange is very tight right now, so it would be best if we could not use foreign exchange."

"But the Hummer project has attracted much attention from all parties. We must ensure that the production schedule is not delayed, otherwise the impact will be very severe."

For Lin Guanyong, as long as the project is successfully completed, everything else will be easy.

However, if the project is constantly delayed in order to achieve localization, it would be a loss.

Especially in the south, although there have been no large-scale actions, there are still some sporadic actions that seem to have no end in sight in the short term.

In this case, it makes sense to produce the Hummer and then arrange for its use on the front line as soon as possible.

"Understand, our original schedule will not be delayed, and we have no plans to delay even the assembly of the prototype."

"At worst, we can replace the gearbox and transfer case midway and carry out various tests in stages."

Zhu Jiansheng is well aware that the school has invested so much manpower and material resources, and he hopes to produce the finished product as soon as possible.

This will bring greater benefits to the school, otherwise Lin Guanyong will also be under great pressure.

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"Xiao Jiang, I heard that the Hummer project encountered problems?"

During this period, Jiang Hui spent most of his time at the Capital Institute of Technology helping to solve the Hummer project. As soon as he returned to the factory today, he was called over by Chen Qi.

As the star project of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, the Hummer project is also of great concern to the First Ministry of Machine Building.

After all, some similar products are actually produced in factories under the First Ministry of Machine Building.

Now the Capital Institute of Technology is cooperating with the No. 618 Factory to produce a military vehicle that looks very impactful. Chen Qi must be very concerned about this.

"We did encounter some minor problems. The performance of the bearing steel provided by Shougang did not meet the requirements, resulting in the corresponding bearings not meeting the requirements of the Hummer project."

Jiang Hui knew that Chen Qi must want to know the specific details, so he did not hide it.

There are still ways for people who need to know about the problems with the Hummer to know.

If you don't know the solution, you may have to keep it hidden.

Now that we have a solution, there is nothing wrong with discussing it in detail.

"The performance of bearing steel cannot meet the requirements?"

Chen Qi is also a professional in the automotive industry and he immediately understood the meaning behind this sentence.

"This is a bit troublesome. It may be difficult to solve in a short period of time. I guess we have to import it from abroad."

Chen Qi is very clear about the situation of the domestic steel industry.

The question Jiang Hui raised is completely reasonable.

"It is indeed a bit troublesome, but we have found a solution and are working with the steel mill to jointly research a new generation of bearing steel."

Anyway, Xinggang will soon have some interim results.

Because the technical solution provided by Jiang Hui is actually very mature.

Even though the current steel processing technology is not very good, the performance of the bearing steel produced will definitely be much better than that produced by Shougang.

This basically means that the bearing steel problems currently encountered in the Hummer project can be solved.

"You have an idea so quickly?"

Chen Qi looked at Jiang Hui in surprise.

Those who are engaged in industry know that upgrading steel technology is extremely difficult and often takes a long time.

The problem was just discovered some time ago, and now a solution has been found and is being verified. This speed is absolutely exaggerated.

"We can't help it. Time waits for no one. The military representatives are watching the progress of the Hummer project every day, and the relevant departments also hope that this military vehicle can be put into use as soon as possible."

After Jiang Hui said this, Chen Qi could naturally understand.

But what does this have to do with the fact that the Hummer project team was able to come up with a solution to improve bearing steel technology so quickly?

"Isn't it you who came up with the technical solution again this time?"

Chen Qi felt that he could not find any other reason except this answer.

"I provided some ideas, and Director Zhu and Professor Zou from Capital Iron and Steel Institute helped to improve them."

Although Jiang Hui said this, Chen Qi was very clear about the ins and outs.

It seems that Jiang Hui is a treasure, and there are still many skills waiting for the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant to discover.

"The factory is now officially preparing to start the construction of a new phase of the factory, striving to increase the production capacity of BJ212 to units per year."

"This involves the layout of many production lines and the selection of equipment. When the time comes, you can bring the technical staff to help with more checks."

Chen Qi felt it necessary to find more things for Jiang Hui to do.

Otherwise, the other party would focus on the project of Capital Institute of Technology.

"Has the factory finally decided to expand production?" The current production capacity of Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant is definitely not enough to meet future demand.

Therefore, expanding production is almost inevitable, but Jiang Hui did not expect that the factory would make up its mind to expand production just a few months after the new BJ212 was put into production.

"This year's unplanned BJ212 has brought the factory a lot of extra profits. If it continues to develop at this pace, the factory can basically raise funds on its own to solve the problem of production expansion."

"So naturally the First Ministry of Machine Building had no objection. As for the capital, the expansion of production could solve the employment problem of a large number of people, so they naturally supported it even more."

Chen Qi explained briefly.

"This is a great thing. I will definitely support it with all my strength."

It certainly doesn’t hurt to familiarize yourself with the equipment procurement channels of this era in advance.

It will definitely be useful in the future.

Therefore, Jiang Hui must be very happy that Chen Qi asked him to participate deeply in this project.

"By the way, Chief Engineer Chen, I may need to go on a business trip with Director Zhu and others recently to confirm some issues regarding the improvement of the bearing steel process. It will probably take a few days."

Chen Qi's behavior of being in Cao's camp but having his heart in Han, taking a salary from the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant but doing the work of the Capital Industrial College, is definitely a bit unpleasant.

Zhu Jiansheng had considered the impact of this aspect before and wanted to ask the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant to formally second Jiang Hui.

However, Jiang Hui felt that the factory would not agree to this, so it would be easier to just take leave from time to time.

"As long as it doesn't affect your work in the factory, I have no objection."

Chen Qi knew that the Hummer project was a military project that was highly valued by the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building and other departments.

The importance of that is certainly not to be underestimated.

Even if he wanted to disagree, it would be meaningless.

It would be better to be a good person and let Jiang Hui work well in the factory.

Since Jiang Hui had reported to Chen Qi in advance, there was naturally no surprise about his business trip to Xinggang.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Jiang Hui has left the capital since he came to this era.

Of course, the business trip was to Xinggang, so there were no surprises.

With his personal guidance on site, the project progress was naturally completely different.

"Assistant Jiang, the quality of the second batch of steel billets has obviously improved a lot. I will immediately arrange for someone to do the remaining testing work."

Jintai preliminarily confirmed the metallographic structure and gained a lot of confidence in the new generation of bearing steel project.

"There is no problem with the metallographic structure. The previous material formulas were developed according to the data provided in the materials. The final result will not be bad."

Although the first test results showed some improvement compared to Shougang's current bearing steel performance, the improvement was limited.

Jiang Hui personally came on a business trip and taught Xinggang's technical staff various precautions step by step. The result was naturally completely different.

"We have recorded all the data from this debugging. If the results are really good, we can immediately consider starting mass production."

Jin Tai became more and more confident about the future of Xinggang.

Bearings are widely used in all walks of life, and the weight of the bearing steel required for each bearing may not be very heavy.

However, if the number of bearings needed nationwide each year is added together, the weight of the bearing steel consumed is exaggerated.

The key is that the selling price of this special steel is much higher than ordinary steel. As long as the cost is well controlled, the profit will be very considerable.

Although as a state-owned enterprise, the amount of profit often does not affect the salary income of employees, there can be a huge difference in welfare benefits.

In a good factory, the various welfare materials distributed in a year, if converted into money, can be equivalent to a year's salary.

A bad factory may give you nothing but an enamel mug all year round.

It is very obvious that if Xinggang's income increases, its welfare will definitely improve.

"Some tests take longer to do, but some tests give results very quickly."

"Xiao Jiang, after you confirm some of the test results, you can go back to the capital to work."

Zou Yuan knew that Jiang Hui was still working at the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant.

With rich life experience, he knew that in this situation there would definitely be some people in the factory who would be dissatisfied with Jiang Hui.

"Well, although the test results haven't come out yet, I think the problem is not serious. At most, there are still some minor details that need to be paid attention to."

Jiang Hui now misses his pregnant wife a little, so naturally he doesn't want to be on a business trip for too long.

Not only Zhu Jiansheng, but also Zou Yuan was very clear about this situation.

In the next two days, Jiang Hui carefully confirmed the situation at Xinggang and found that all the completed tests on the bearing steel were very good.

Although it cannot be compared with the performance of high-end bearing steel in later generations, it is already relatively advanced in this era.

Even compared with special steel masters such as Kobe Steel and Sanyo Special Steel, it is not much worse.

This is absolutely rare.

In other words, the equipment at Xinggang is not complete enough and not advanced enough.

If there were various electric arc furnaces, secondary refining, RH vacuum degassing equipment, electroslag remelting, vacuum arc-consumable electrode remelting and other equipment, and 1500T and 3000T presses for forging, Jiang Hui would have absolute confidence in producing the world's most advanced bearing steel.

Some steel mills in later generations have refined and purified the technology accumulated over many years to make high-purity steel with ultra-low content of non-metallic inclusions. In particular, the content of oxygen, sulfur and phosphorus is controlled at a low level, and the deviation of the amount of added alloy elements is controlled, so that the mechanical properties of the produced steel are stable and the heat treatment deformation is stable, reducing the occurrence of thermal cracking and cracking.

This is definitely beneficial for improving the performance of bearing steel.

"Xiao Jiang, a new generation of bearing steel has been developed, and the test results are very good. I think it can fully meet your needs."

After Jiang Hui returned to the capital, he worked honestly in the factory for two weeks.

As a result, Zou Yuan called soon.

A new generation of bearing steel has been developed!
This is good news.

"Great! I will communicate with the Capital Gear Factory now and order a batch of bearing steel as soon as possible to produce bearings and confirm the final bearing performance."

This time, the research and development of bearing steel went more smoothly than Jiang Hui had imagined.

Such a result is naturally the best.

"No problem. I have already reported it to the Ministry of Metallurgy. The Ministry will arrange a team of experts to come and organize a technical review meeting tomorrow to confirm whether our results are really that good."

Zou Yuan quickly introduced the next arrangements and situations of the Ministry of Metallurgy and Xinggang.

Then he hung up the phone with a feeling of unfulfilled desire.

(End of this chapter)