Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 402 The Infinite Potential of Superpowers Created by Hand
On the first floor of Building 9 in the industrial park is a craft brewery, which has a full range of metal processing equipment, including some high-quality items worth millions.

As the person in charge of the "less important" motor part of the project team, Qi Lin's job from the beginning was to design motors that matched silicon carbide power devices. In principle, this task should have been handled by the more experienced Zhai Da, but considering the issue of energy allocation, Zhai Da still handed it over to Qi Lin.

If you can't lead a team, you'll just work yourself to death.

Qi Lin did not disappoint. As a mechanical design genius, he quickly got on the right track after some initial struggles and made rapid progress under conscious guidance. Zhai Da even reminded him to consult Xu Xuejun whenever he had a problem.

With their combined efforts, they have successfully designed the corresponding motor structure based on the planned silicon carbide power devices, and have come up with many unique and ingenious ideas.

Then a new problem arose: it couldn't be manufactured.

"President, can you handle this?"

Qi Lin was a little nervous; the chairman had been gesturing with the materials for quite some time.

Dressed in a metalworking suit, Zhai Da looked like any other worker in the factory, but he was focused intently on the design drawings.
"Relax, it's simple."

I've worked on many precision objects, so what's a motor?

Xu Xuejun curled his lip: "If it weren't for my old hand problem, would he have gotten to do this kind of work?"

Although many components were directly purchased, there were still some areas that required custom processing, since this was the first prototype and manual work was unavoidable.

However, Xu Xuejun was not good at fine work, and Qi Lin could only design but not do practical work, so in the end Zhai Da had to personally lead the charge.

Once the prototype is finalized and the technical parameters are summarized, we can place bulk orders. With sufficient volume, most suppliers are willing to customize, since the motor body is not considered a major technical challenge in silicon carbide motors.

After Zhai Da finished his preparations, he was confident and began to walk around the various equipment rooms on the first floor. Some parts only needed to have their corners repaired, while others required hand-crafting from the raw materials.

Rotors, stators, bearings, ceramic materials, silicon steel—none of these pose a challenge for him.

A year ago, his hand-rolling precision was already terrifying, and now he has additional assistance.

Because the light display is integrated into the filing workbench, it can be finely adjusted using telekinesis in areas invisible to the naked eye.

With both advantages combined, Zhai Da found it difficult to describe his hand-crafting skills, but in short, he was more than capable of creating a prototype motor.

Moreover, during the work process, the proficiency in using telekinesis to assist in hand-rubbing is rapidly increasing, as if there is a third... no, countless hands.

It can supplement strength above and precision below!
Those without education who acquire "psychokinesis" will only push each other around or fight, while those with education have already integrated it into production and scientific research.

If there weren't people around, Zhai Da would have loved to have his tools floating in the air while he worked; that would have been quite a sight.

One hand is equivalent to 27 axes. You can imagine how much of an advantage that is. He doesn't even dare to imagine how far he can go if he becomes more proficient in it in the future.

"Magic Talent Show" is still in the final editing stage and is expected to air next week, but as time goes by, the number of his "followers" has naturally increased to more than 30,000, and his ability parameters have been significantly upgraded.

In just three hours, all the main components of the motor were completed, and I even managed to grab a bite to eat in between.

Qi Lin compared the unassembled metal parts on the table and felt that each one was exquisite and up to standard. When he took them to the testing instrument for verification, some of them even exceeded his design requirements.
Xu Xuejun's face was stern, but he couldn't help but smile: "Learn from this. You can't go far just by being good at design. You need to have practical skills. You're a bright kid, and you're not clumsy with your hands. You just haven't practiced."

Zhai Da's skills were taught to him by himself in Dongyang County. Although he can hardly understand them now, it doesn't stop him from being proud.

My master's grandson has grown up very well. Although he was only a guide for a small part of his journey, he was still quite gratified.

Qi Lin pursed his lips and said sincerely to Xu Xuejun, "Master Xu, may I come to learn from you in the future?"

Xu Xuejun didn't refuse, but still habitually used his foul mouth: "I definitely won't kick you out if you come, but I'll curse you if you're stupid."

"It's alright! I'm used to it. You've been swearing quite a bit lately..."

Xu Xuejun:
Zhai Da finished the last task and was about to take off his rubber apron when a figure walked in hesitantly: "Senior, I'm here."

Zhou Mo looked up at the enormous, upside-down tree canopy. Anyone seeing it for the first time would be stunned. Although Old Elm was mocked by Zhai Da for "eating without growing," its trunk had actually become much thicker. When he first arrived, the canopy was about seven or eight meters in diameter, but now it was close to ten meters. Seeing such a unique sight indoors, any newcomer would have to exclaim "Holy crap!" on the first floor.

Then hand it in again on the second floor.

Zhai Da clapped his hands and called out, "You've come at just the right time. Let me change my clothes, and then we'll go upstairs together to proceed to the next stage."

He then introduced Qi Lin and Xu Xuejun, saying, "This is a new member of 'π,' codenamed 'Little Flying Stick.'"

Zhou Mo's face fell: "Senior, you're Peter Pan."

"This is Qi Lin, the 'Airship'. You're all from the 'Flying' generation. This is Master Xu."

After a brief introduction, Qi Lin became very curious about this top scorer in the college entrance examination, and also felt a growing sense of crisis.

The research institute is growing rapidly, and more and more people are using "π". He hopes to take the lead like Cheng Mo, but unfortunately there are no particularly good opportunities yet, and he is not considered important in the silicon carbide project team.

For example, this motor design actually comes largely from the chairman's ingenious ideas, and very specific ones at that.

Zhai Da changed his clothes and led everyone to the second floor without stopping.

Sun Ting and Ge Qiaoqiao are waiting here.

Over a period of nearly three months, the project team went through countless rounds of learning, from mastering the equipment to designing components and determining parameters.

The substrates, costing tens of thousands of yuan, have already been used three dozen times. In the beginning, they were all wasted, contributing to the GDP of the German supplier. But things got better later on, and some qualified products that met the requirements were accumulated.

Leaving aside Zhou Mo's second exclamation of "Holy crap!" to the second floor, the northeast corner here is currently used for the silicon carbide project, including the three equipment testing laboratories.

The processes that require expensive equipment have all been completed at Harbin Institute of Technology, including packaging and cutting. What we get here are individual power modules.

It can be roughly understood as a series of ceramic blocks, which are integrated from a "substrate" and a "chip".

What they've been doing all along is just the chip part (micrometer level, which can also be understood as integrated circuits). Starting from substrate deposition, a four-inch circular substrate can be cut into about 64 chips, and a module requires 16 chips according to the current design.

On the contrary, ceramic substrates are convenient, as they can be sourced domestically.

These modules have all been tested and are qualified. Today, Zhai Da's work is to use them to replace traditional components and make the most important "inverter" of the motor system.

This is no small box; it weighs six or seven kilograms and is almost the size of a box of "Six Walnuts".

Yes, it's another hand-crafting process that's indispensable in research and development, but Zhai Dake is much better than the average lab worker. This is probably what Xu Xuejun meant when he said:

Having a brain but no hands will hinder you at every turn; having hands but no brain will lead to a life of mindless toil.

If you're only looking at "employment," working with others and dividing tasks is fine, but if you're committed to expanding your territory, you need both brains and hands.

In principle, Zhai Da could have done this himself, but in order to deepen everyone's understanding of the project, Zhai Da hoped that everyone would visit and learn from it.

Sun Ting, Ge Qiaoqiao, Qi Lin, Xu Xuejun, and Zhou Mo all became students in the laboratory. Among them, except for Xu Xuejun, who "has both hands and brain, but his hands have been ruined by his own playing," the others were relatively unfamiliar with actual operation.

The names, principles, and formulas on paper have been transformed into tangible objects in reality, and this kind of knowledge linkage is of great benefit to everyone.

The inverter design was completed by Zhai Da himself. As mentioned before, the silicon carbide motor did not change the logic of the traditional motor, but simply replaced the traditional module with a silicon carbide module with higher physical properties.

The only newcomer among them, Zhou Mo, remained silent, simply gazing intently at Zhai Da's retreating figure, seemingly lost in thought.

Ge Qiaoqiao thought he was nervous, so she nudged his thigh with her elbow: "Don't be afraid, junior. The president isn't that strict."

Zhai Da didn't even look up: "If you keep whispering, I'll spank you."

Ge Qiaoqiao:
What's there to be afraid of? It's not like we haven't been beaten before.
(End of this chapter)