Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 121 Fully Automatic Production Line Success (Subscription Request)

"It's been a good year, but the sudden transfer to a new factory made me feel a little uneasy. I've worked there for many years, and ended up being transferred to a new place."

Zhou Xiangde said that he was very familiar with the steel mill, but the new place was unfamiliar. What if something happened?

"Father-in-law, you don't have to worry about this. I can only tell you that the new factory is highly valued by the higher-ups, so you can rest assured."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said that he had not received any other notifications, so he couldn't tell Zhou Xiangde too much.

However, my father-in-law has received the notice, so the ministry must be planning to complete the factory merger before the end of the year.

Probably soon, someone will come to look for Zhou Fengnian.

"Let's have dinner here tonight, father-in-law. My eldest brother has been learning to cook recently. You can try his cooking and give your comments."

Seeing that his father-in-law wanted to say something, Zhou Fengnian interrupted him and said to Zhou Yan, "You stay with your father-in-law for a while. I'll go call my brother. It's time for dinner."

After saying that, Zhou Fengnian got up and went out.

As soon as he left, Zhou Yan sighed and said, "Dad, you are such a fool. How can Fengnian tell me about this? It must be a secret for him. How can you force him to tell me?"

"How can you, kid, talk about your father like that?"

Zhou Xiangde felt a little embarrassed, but when he thought about it, his son-in-law seemed to know something, but he just couldn't speak.

"I'm worried about your father. He worked in the steel mill for ten years, but he was suddenly transferred away. So I came to ask what happened to my son-in-law."

Zhou Yan immediately retorted: "Fengnian told you not to worry, but you keep asking, isn't this embarrassing for him?

Besides, you are a worker and you have done nothing wrong, so who can do anything to you? The fact that Fengnian didn’t tell you must be a good thing, and if he told you, you couldn’t help but tell others.”

Zhou Xiangde was a little angry at his daughter's chatter, and said with a shameless face: "I am not like what you said."

"Okay, Dad, I understand everything. You're the only one who doesn't understand. You almost need Fengnian to break everything down and explain it to you."

Zhou Yan said: "The higher-ups all attach great importance to the new factory, and all the people transferred there are senior workers. It sounds like a good thing, so you don't have to worry about it.

And Fengnian has been very busy lately, sometimes he often forgets to eat, and I have to remind him."

After hearing this, Zhou Xiangde felt relieved and no longer worried about the factory transfer.

Then he asked Zhou Yan how her life was.

Zhou Yan smiled when she heard this. She didn't need to say how her life was going. The envious looks from all around her were enough to explain it all.

The four major components of the three turns and one sound are all complete, and there is also an extra portable singing and listening device.

She ate very well every day. After she became pregnant, she rarely did housework. Her sister-in-law and younger sister-in-law came to help, which made her feel embarrassed.

If the previous days were a sea of ​​suffering, then she has reached the other side now.

Zhou Xiangde looked at his daughter, who was wearing nice clothes and a watch on her wrist, and looked like a lady. He knew that she was living a very good life.

As a father, he didn't take the opportunity to say anything, but just told Zhou Yan to live a good life in the future.

But after saying this, he felt that he was talking nonsense. His daughter was already living a very good life now, and he couldn't imagine what life would be like if it were any better.

Not long after, Zhou Weitian prepared dinner, and now he cooks at Zhou Fengnian's house every day.

Outsiders might think that Zhou Weitian is just like a servant, but only Zhou Weitian himself knows how rare it is to have ingredients to practice cooking skills these days.

Zhou Weitian would definitely be reluctant to practice at home. Usually, the couple only eat one dish, and sometimes they just have pickles to satisfy their meal.

Once he has mastered his cooking skills, he will be able to take the exam and get a raise. Zhou Weitian can still make sure he has a full meal every time.

Zhou Xiangde went back after dinner. Although he did not get any specific information, he felt more at ease after hearing what his daughter said.

Especially the sentence: "If something really happens, can Fengnian and I ignore you? Don't think too much."

Although his daughter's tone was a little anxious, she at least showed that she would take care of him as a father, which made Zhou Xiangde feel more at ease.

After dinner, when Zhou Fengnian was drawing in the study, Zhou Yan suddenly walked in with a cup of hot tea.

Drinking tea at night is not a good idea, but Zhou Fengnian likes to drink something flavorful. Even if the tea is slightly bitter, it is better than plain water.

"I'm thirsty."

Zhou Fengnian saw Zhou Yan coming in, took the tea and said with a smile: "Yan Yan, if you are sleepy later, go to bed early, I think it will take a while.

If you can’t sleep, you can listen to the radio.”

It was only around seven or eight o'clock after dinner, and he really couldn't fall asleep before ten o'clock.

"You've been too tired lately, but don't think too much about what happened just now. I've already told Dad, and he's just worrying for nothing."

Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment and said, "I'm fine, but my father-in-law can't understand what I mean, and the new factory is indeed related to me.

This matter is not a confidential matter. Everyone who has heard about it knows about it. It’s okay to tell you.”

After Deputy Director Gao found out the news, the first person he notified was Zhou Fengnian. If the matter was really kept secret, then the leaders that Deputy Director Gao knew would definitely not tell him anything.

As for why Li Hetong did not tell him, it was either because he overlooked it or the details had not been finalized. In any case, he would definitely be notified before the new factory was established.

"The new factory, I want to go too. At that time, I suggested to the leader that the minimum level should be level 4 workers, gathering elite forces. I didn't expect that my father-in-law would also be selected."

Zhou Fengnian didn't reveal much information, but the news that he was going too was enough.

"You're going too? Fengnian, then you won't be working in the machinery factory anymore?"

"Maybe. I originally wanted to develop in the Second Machinery Factory, but the leaders above had other ideas, so I had to follow the organization's arrangements."

Zhou Fengnian didn't dare to guarantee that Zhou Yan could go. If he mentioned it, it would definitely be possible, but the impact would not be good.

He is going to build the new factory and he is bringing his wife with him. The new factory will definitely be very busy. Zhou Yan will be busy while being pregnant, so it will be bad if something goes wrong.

Let her not be busy. She can't go to the new factory to recuperate, so it's better for her to stay in the machinery factory.

After chatting for a while to calm Zhou Yan down, he coaxed her to go back and rest, while Zhou Fengnian continued to work.

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The machinery factory is busy and repetitive every day. Zhou Fengnian checks the tasks and various manufacturing in the machine tool workshop every day.

Now he can handle various things in the machine tool workshop with ease, except that it will waste time.

However, Zhou Fengnian has already assigned most of the inspection tasks to Yu Cheng, Weibing, Song Qian and Qian Qianqian. They generally won't bother him unless it's something important.

Zhou Fengnian also received a letter from Luo Cheng. Not long after he arrived in the northwest, he saw that he was living with his son and daughter-in-law. Now, apart from being busy with work, he can enjoy family happiness when he goes home.

It's just that no one discusses mechanics with him anymore, and after coming here, he felt a little regretful.

Luo Cheng also told Zhou Fengnian in the letter that his wife Li Nianhua had failed several times in cooking according to the recipe, and it was his daughter-in-law who finally managed to cook the meal.

The letter also contained a photo of Luo Cheng holding his grandson. Zhou Fengnian wrote back after reading it, but he planned to wait until the child was born before taking a photo and sending it.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhou Fugui also brought his mother and fifth sister Zhou Xiaomei to the city to celebrate the festival. This was something that had been agreed upon long ago.

Moreover, the Mid-Autumn Festival was followed by National Day, so even the production team took two days off to celebrate.

Now Hongjia Village has a good income and its reputation in Sanshui Commune is getting better and better.

There are six villages in Sanshui Commune, four of which grow mushrooms and two of which make bricks. After a few months, the entire Sanshui Commune has become promising.

Village secretary Hong Changshan may be promoted to the commune.

All the mushrooms are sold out once they are harvested. There is no left over. The director of the farmer's market even said that they would buy as many as they could, and they wanted a large quantity.

This made Hong Changshan and others feel completely relieved. Even if all the villages in Sanshui Commune planted mushrooms, they could still be eaten at the Sijiucheng Farmers' Market.

Zhou Fengnian originally wanted to propose building a mushroom sauce canning factory in the village or commune.

But after thinking about it, I gave up.

Now there are almost no mushrooms left in Sanshui Commune, and there are no mushrooms left to be canned, so they gave up.

We’ll consider the canning factory when the mushroom production increases and we can’t sell them.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Bai Yujie also brought her children to Zhou Fengnian's home.

This was beyond Zhou Fengnian's expectation, but since Zhou Yan had agreed to it in advance, Zhou Fengnian did not refuse. It was just that it felt a bit strange to have an outsider at the reunion.

It was only afterwards that Zhou Fengnian got the news from Bai Kang, and Bai Yujie had another quarrel with her family about the blind date.

This time it seemed like she met a "scabby dog" who came to Bai Yujie's house, so Bai Yujie went to Zhou Fengnian's house to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Bai Kang's house and his uncle's house were just next door, just a few steps away, so Bai Yujie never considered going to her cousin's house.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhou Fengnian once again plunged into his busy work.

The generators for the fully automatic CNC machine tools were ready, but the control systems still frequently jammed.

After several phone calls, Zhou Fengnian went directly to Director Wang and asked him to get him a pass. Then he rode his bicycle to the Sixth Institute every day to work on the control system.

His mechanical and electrical skills and computer skills are not low. If the machinery factory had the conditions, he would have learned it himself long ago.

After getting the pass, Zhou Fengnian came to the six institutes every day and took over the project directly.

In addition to directing others, he also took action himself.

Zhou Fengnian's efficiency is several times that of others, and he has had several manufacturing experiences in the simulation space, so he is basically retracing the path he has already taken.

As a result, with the participation of Zhou Fengnian, the project, which would have taken one or two months to complete, was completed in just nine days.

Zhou Fengnian could accurately point out almost every tiny mistake they made, saving a lot of time in making mistakes, finding mistakes, discussing corrections, and finally correcting them.

After Director Wang learned about this, he was surprised and again proposed that Zhou Fengnian join their institute, but Zhou Fengnian refused again.

Even if he had this intention, the Ministry of First Machine Industry would not let him go.

After the control system was completed, Zhou Fengnian directly called the machinery factory's transportation team to deliver the last part of the fully automatic CNC production line back.

After arriving at the factory, they carefully unloaded it, and then started assembling it after checking that everything was correct.

This time, Zhou Fengnian did it himself again. No one in the entire factory knew this fully automatic CNC production line better than him.

The assembly alone took an entire afternoon, and it was time to get off work by the time I was done.

However, no one in the machine tool workshop left, as they were all waiting to see the performance of this new production line.

After Zhou Fengnian screwed the last screw in and stood up, the others couldn't help but ask:
"Mr. Zhou, what's going on?"

"Is it done, Mr. Zhou? Can such a large machine tool be started?"

"Don't doubt it, what Engineer Zhou made will definitely work, just wait and see!"

Zhou Fengnian waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, stop arguing. I'll start it and try to find some rough pieces."

At his command, workers quickly brought the blanks.

Zhou Fengnian also started the fully automatic CNC production line. After plugging in the power, the machines in the entire production line began to hum.

The onlookers couldn't help but take a step back, but Zhou Fengnian knew that he had succeeded, and the CNC production line had been successfully started.

Zhou Fengnian then continued to adjust the control system, input all the parameters of the bearing products he wanted to process, and after adjusting everything, the handling system started.

Zhou Fengnian immediately said, "Master Ma, put the blank on it."

Master Ma and another person, who were holding the blank, put the blank on the machine. Then they saw the blank being picked up by the fixture and sent away. Then it was transferred to a specific area and began processing step by step.

After that, the whole process went smoothly, and they entered the subsequent processes step by step. The blanks in their eyes slowly turned into the appearance of bearings, and were then processed into finished parts.

Moreover, the fixture is continuously moving and processing one blank after another, and the whole process only requires two workers.

One worker places the blank into the designated position, and another worker takes away the processed finished bearing parts.

"Oh my god, this machine tool can process things without any human intervention?"

"Master, why do I feel that this machine tool processes faster than us, and it doesn't need to rest. Master, why do I feel that the parts it processes are better than mine?"

"Don't make any noise, just watch!"

"How long can this machine tool run? Doesn't it have to rest for a day?"

The workers around were talking about it, but they were undoubtedly shocked.

This fully automatic CNC production line can process parts much faster than theirs, and after it is started it seems that it does not need to rest and can keep working.

Zhou Fengnian doesn’t think as much as the workers do for the time being. The fully automatic CNC production line cannot replace senior workers for the time being and can only be used as a means to improve production efficiency.

He was observing whether there were any problems with the fully automatic CNC production line.

Although it was assembled exactly as he remembered, there might be some differences that he had not noticed, so Zhou Fengnian had to wait until after the test before making an announcement.

Time passed by minute by minute, and none of the workers in the machine tool workshop left. They just stood there watching for more than an hour.

After everything was confirmed, Zhou Fengnian turned around and said, "Yucheng, go call the factory director and the deputy factory director."

"Mr. Zhou, don't shout, we are here."

Li Zhengyang and Deputy Factory Director Gao squeezed out from behind the crowd and said with a smile, "We came just now, but we didn't want to disturb you, so we just watched from behind without saying anything."

(End of this chapter)