Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 53 CNC Machine Tool Group
Luo Cheng is right that a blacksmith must be strong himself.

Besides, Zhou Fengnian is not afraid of a factory director. The sun hasn’t set yet. What can a factory director like him do?
When I first came here, my family was from the countryside and my relationship with Mr. Luo was just so-so.

At that time, he couldn't afford to offend the deputy factory director, otherwise Zhang Anhong would have made Zhou Fengnian very troubled with a few transfer orders.

Now he is both red and expert, and many places want him. He has made many contributions, so why would he be afraid of a deputy factory director?

After returning to the technical department, Luo Cheng discussed the CNC machine tools with Zhou Fengnian.

Zhou Fengnian suggested that we could start manufacturing CNC machine tools now. Since we wanted to complete it by the end of the year, we should just draw a drawing and manufacture the parts according to the drawing.

However, Luo Cheng was a little hesitant after hearing this. He felt that Zhou Fengnian was more radical than him.

How can you start building a blueprint without verifying it first?

What if I'm wrong?
Even if there is a mistake of 0.1 mm, all the previous work will be in vain.

Luo Cheng's plan was to work overtime to finish all the drawings, then work overtime to verify them several times, and only work overtime to manufacture the machine tool after everything was foolproof.

Zhou Fengnian's painting of a part manufacturing a blueprint is extremely radical and confident.

There must not be any mistakes. Any mistakes may result in all previous efforts being wasted, and a huge amount of manpower and material resources.

In other words, only people like Zhou Fengnian, who have manufactured the product in advance and are absolutely sure of it, would think of doing this; in the eyes of others, it is equivalent to having an idea for a pharmaceutical product and then manufacturing it immediately for terminally ill patients to use.

This is too risky.

"No, Xiao Zhou, you can't do this, you know. We have plenty of time, we can't rush like this."

Luo Cheng shook his head without much hesitation, firmly disagreeing with Zhou Fengnian's proposal.

"Engineer Luo, if you are slow, you will be slow all the time. We started late, and if you keep dawdling and not speeding up the pursuit, how long will it take for us to catch up with the Russians and the bald eagle?"

Zhou Fengnian said righteously.

These words made Luo Cheng very uncomfortable. Wasn't this the same thing he said to Zhou Fengnian a few days ago? Now it became a knife stabbing him.

"That's not the case. We need to catch up, but we also need to do it in a safe way."

"Engineer Luo, isn't this safe? Oh, I understand. You don't believe me."

Zhou Fengnian sighed and said, "It seems that Luo Gong thought I would make a mistake, so he chose a safer and slower method."

When Luo Cheng heard this, he said with a clenched teeth, "Xiao Zhou, are you trying to play the emotional card with me? The task of the new machine tool is very important, and we can't joke about it."

Zhou Fengnian also became serious at this time and said solemnly: "Engineer Luo, I am not a fool who would joke about such things; if the new machine tool fails and wastes materials, I will definitely be the one who is most affected.

By then, Deputy Factory Director Zhang Anhong will probably want to crush me to death. I would never joke about a new machine tool, even if I joke about getting married."

After hearing this, Luo Cheng thought about it and felt that what Zhou Fengnian said was indeed reasonable. He then asked, "Then what are you doing?"

"If I wasn't 100% sure, how could I tell you this? Mr. Luo, when have I ever done anything unreliable?"

After hearing what Zhou Fengnian said, Luo Cheng became a little unsure.

If you object again, it means you really don't trust Zhou Fengnian.

Moreover, it seems that Zhou Fengnian has never made any mistakes since he started working, but now he is so radical. Is he so sure?

"Xiao Zhou, seriously, are you sure? There won't be any mistakes?"

"I'm so sure I won't make any mistakes!"

Zhou Fengnian said affirmatively that he had made all the mistakes he should have made in the simulation space, and now the data of the CNC machine tools were all engraved in his head, and he just had to make them in order. Moreover, Zhou Fengnian had agreed with Wang Hai from the Liu Institute of Electronic Research that they would be the leading party in the cooperation, and he would have the final say on how to develop the electronic control system of the machine tools.

"and you."

Luo Cheng was halfway through his words when he hesitated and pondered for a few minutes before he gritted his teeth and said:

"You take full responsibility. I'll cover for you. If there's any mistake, it's mine."

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian felt it was a rare opportunity. It was only at this time that he could meet such a leader.

So he said with great confidence: "Engineer Luo, don't worry, if I take responsibility, there will only be success, not failure."

He draws the drawings and controls the test data. As long as the data is correct, there will be no problem with the final product.

The reason why Zhou Fengnian suddenly became so radical was because there was something wrong with Zhang Anhong's eyes, so he started to inquire about him and wanted to get credit as soon as possible.

Although Luo Cheng is his protector now, he can't always rely on an old engineer.

If he were a level 7 or 8 engineer, he would be pointing at Zhang Anhong and cursing him.

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After finalizing the CNC machine tool project, Zhou Fengnian discussed it with Luo Cheng again.

First of all, we need a safe and confidential place. After all, this is the world's most advanced CNC machine tool. Nowadays, everyone has to be aware of guarding against spies, and those who are engaged in advanced research must do so even more.

Zhou Fengnian quickly chose Workshop No. 17, which was the workshop that previously manufactured hot pots and electric blankets.

Now that workshop is about to be moved away, and both the personnel and machines will be moved to Electrical Appliance Factory No. 1.

The vacant space was used by the machine tool team.

We also need machine tools for processing core parts. The key parts must be processed and manufactured by ourselves, but some non-critical parts can be given to other workshops or sister factories to help manufacture them.

He also had to arrange for people from the Sixth Electronic Research Institute to come and provide assistance, and Luo Cheng directly handed this task to Zhou Fengnian.

Anyway, Zhou Fengnian was in charge of the general direction of the design of the machine tool control system, so he simply took care of the food and accommodation issues of those people.

However, Zhou Fengnian needs to coordinate with the factory on these matters.

Safety issues must also be taken seriously, but this requires the factory director to give orders to the security department. The security department that patrols day and night must pay attention to the new workshop and circle around it more often.

Luo Cheng and Zhou Fengnian spent most of the afternoon standardizing the CNC machine tool team plan.

At the beginning, Luo Cheng sorted out the content and Zhou Fengnian supplemented it. Later, Zhou Fengnian summarized and sorted it out, and Luo Cheng supplemented it.

After the two of them took turns to talk about it, Zhou Fengnian organized it again and finally made a detailed plan.

"Almost there, it's detailed enough. If the factory director approves it tomorrow, you can take this to report to the leaders."

Luo Cheng looked very satisfied after reading the plan of the machine tool team. Then he asked, "We can't have too few people. How many people do you plan to transfer from the technical department?"

"Well, we transferred three people to the new factory. We don't have many people now, so we have to keep a few to take care of the daily machinery maintenance."

After thinking for a while, Zhou Fengnian said, "Let's transfer four people: Zhao Yucheng, Duan Weibing, Song Qian, and Qian Qianqian."

The first two are very honest, the last two are relatively careful, and the others can stay in the technical department to handle maintenance tasks.

Before he knew it, Zhou Fengnian was almost becoming the head of the technical department.

(End of this chapter)