The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 24: Overcoming the Others

"Director Tang, judging from today's audit materials, our wheel hub bearings were still produced 20 years ago with reference to the polar bear's drawings and parts. We haven't made any technological progress, right?"

Everyone thought Jiang Hui might get angry.

As a result, he was still able to talk to Tang Riyue with a smile, which made many people have a new understanding of Jiang Hui.

"That's right, we really haven't made any progress!"

The words have been spoken, and Tang Riyue has made up his mind.

He felt that there had been no technological progress in many areas of various industries in China, and it was not just their wheel hub bearings that were like this.

Jiang Hui was talking without any hesitation.

If there is a real opportunity to upgrade technology, how can he not be proactive?

But I don’t have that ability!
"The bearings used on the BJ212 need to be disassembled and maintained after about 8000 kilometers. The main thing is to re-apply grease. If they are worn or rusted, the bearings need to be replaced."

"Isn't what I said correct?"

Jiang Hui was not annoyed at all and was about to slap the other person in the face. He didn't mind wasting a few minutes.

"Yes, what's the problem?"

Now that the fight has already begun, Tang Riyue definitely has no choice but to give in.

Otherwise, he will be the one who gets embarrassed.

I'm almost fifty years old. How can I bear to be forced into that state by a young man in his twenties?

"Why do you think this is okay?"

"It is very inconvenient to assemble our wheel hub bearings on the car body. The bearings and steering knuckles are independent of each other. During online assembly, the inner ring of the bearing needs to be pressed onto the wheel hub and the outer ring of the bearing needs to be pressed into the steering knuckle."

"Because the process cannot be precisely controlled during installation, the performance deviation of the bearing after press-fitting is also large, and the overall performance is low."

"After installing it on the car, it needs regular maintenance, which is even more inconvenient."

"Why can't we design a wheel bearing that is easy to use and maintenance-free?"

As soon as Jiang Hui said this, Tang Riyue became even more unhappy.

In his opinion, Jiang Hui was completely standing on the moral high ground to criticize their work.

So Tang Riyue immediately retorted: "I would like to, but I don't have the ability. Can you, Engineer Jiang, design such a wheel hub bearing?"

"Then I, Tang Riyue, will immediately become your disciple and will recognize you as my master for the rest of my life!"

Although Tang Riyue's words were very confident, other staff members of the Capital Automobile Accessories Factory did not think there was anything wrong with these words.

They are all considered professionals in the automotive parts industry of this era.

Few people have the confidence to design the structure of upgraded parts on their own.

A small number of college students in earlier years who had better skills may have wasted their time during those years, or even lost their lives.

"I do have some ideas."

As Jiang Hui spoke, he stood up and walked towards the blackboard at the front of the conference room.

“Integrating the wheel hub into the wheel hub bearing makes our wheel hub bearing a true wheel hub bearing.”

"The flange for connecting the steering knuckle is integrated on the outer ring of the bearing, and can be connected to the steering knuckle by bolts. In this way, the assembly accuracy is greatly improved."

Jiang Hui picked up the chalk and started drawing quickly on the blackboard.

His level of automotive parts design is definitely the best in China at this time, and his mechanical drawing skills have been fully developed in the past two years. Apart from other things, the fact that he quickly drew the outline of a new wheel hub bearing with chalk made many people present put away their contempt.

"It just so happens that these parts are all matched by you. By integrating them together, the comprehensive performance of the wheel hub bearing can be improved to the greatest extent."

“And here, with the multi-lip seal design, contaminants are kept out and grease is held inside the hub.”

"Eventually, our wheel hub bearings can be maintenance-free within 20 kilometers, or even maintenance-free for life."

Jiang Hui's solution is the result of combining the advantages of the third-generation wheel hub bearing solutions of later generations with China's actual processing and production capabilities at that time.

Compared with SKF's wheel hub bearings in Europe, it is generally at the 2.5 generation level.

But you should know that SKF's third-generation wheel hub bearings have not yet started designing, and they are still using the second-generation products.

By comparison, Jiang Hui's solution is currently the most advanced wheel hub bearing solution in the world.

To an outsider, you may not be able to feel how powerful it is.

But those present were all industry insiders, so they could naturally recognize the superiority of the solution on the blackboard.

Even Tang Riyue, who was still beeping just now, had a drastic change in expression.

The more knowledgeable you are, the more you can see the benefits of this plan.

However, he certainly was not willing to surrender easily. "Humph, this plan is good, but merging several parts into one wheel hub bearing is equivalent to saving some processes. Then, won't some of the original workers in the workshop have no work to do?"

If this reason were used in later generations, people would definitely scold him to death.

Just because you are worried that the workers will have no work to do, you won’t upgrade the technology?

Are you waiting to be eliminated?
But in 1978, Tang Riyue's view still had many supporters.

"I will answer this question later. First, I want to confirm with you whether the technical solution of this wheel hub bearing is advanced and excellent."

Jiang Hui glanced around. Now was not the time to be modest.

It is mediocre not to be envied by others.

If you want to become famous and achieve something, you can't just be a pushover.

For technical people, the more they are at the grassroots level, the more they need to show their talents. After they are promoted, they will focus on blending in with the world.

"Technically, Jianggong's solution is indeed more advanced than the wheel hub bearings produced by any domestic manufacturer."

There was silence for a while, and He Qingquan, chief engineer of the Capital Automobile Accessories Factory, gritted his teeth and answered.

There is no way. As a technical person, if you keep not bowing your head in the face of absolute technological advantages, it will only become more embarrassing in the end.

Tang Riyue acted like a coward, and as the person with the highest position on the scene, he had no way to hide his head.

"Since the design is good and the technology is advanced, there is no reason for us not to use it."

"As for the employment issue that Director Tang is worried about, I don't think it's a big problem."

"If you do well, you can provide supporting products for FAW, Second FAW and SAIC."

"It is even possible to earn foreign exchange through exports in the future."

After Jiang Hui said this, He Qingquan immediately became interested.

Not to mention supplying goods to other companies, it can be regarded as expanding new customers, which is definitely a good thing.

As for whether grabbing orders from new customers would affect other supporting factories, that was not something he needed to worry about.

The most important thing is, can this technological improvement be exported to earn foreign exchange?
(End of this chapter)