Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 64 Speeding up progress
The four of them had a very enjoyable dinner. After tasting Zhou Fengnian's cooking, Zhou Yan realized that what Luo Cheng said was not an exaggeration.

The dishes Zhou Fengnian made were even more delicious than the ones she had eaten in a restaurant when she was a child.

Zhou Yan had only been to a restaurant once, and that was when her family went to a restaurant not long after her brother was born. At that time, Lu Huihong was also generous enough to take her with her and did not leave her at home.

But now, after tasting Zhou Fengnian's cooking, it completely overshadowed the most delicious meal in Zhou Yan's memory.

After dinner, the sky gradually darkened.

When Zhou Yan said goodbye and left, Zhou Fengnian also pushed his bicycle and prepared to see Zhou Yan off.

This time Zhou Yan did not refuse and accepted it with a smile.

In her opinion, her relationship with Zhou Fengnian has become closer, and they will get married sooner or later, so there is no need to refuse too much.

After sending Zhou Yan off, Zhou Fengnian went to the No. 90 compound again to visit his eldest brother, second brother and eldest sister-in-law.

They also worked for a period of time and did not encounter any difficulties after entering the factory.

Because someone had introduced themselves to them, the three of them now had a skilled worker guiding them and had learned some basic work skills.

In a small factory like the Electric Appliance Factory No. 1, if you have a deputy director to take care of you, everything will go smoothly.

Their names will definitely be on the list of regular employees three years later.

Moreover, they had some savings when they came to the city, so Zhou Fengnian didn't need to worry about the expenses.

I will not need it even more after I get my salary next month. An apprentice earns 18 yuan, which is a bit difficult to support a family, but more than enough to support one person.

Zhou Fengnian knew that his second brother was planning to go home in half a month, so he said he would help him bring back some things for the two elders.

He probably hasn't had time in recent months, and the half day off each week is not enough to make the round trip.

Things like going home to visit relatives can only be left to my second brother for the time being, but Zhou Fengnian will pay for the tickets to buy some things to bring back.

Although he no longer had the ten-yuan subsidy from being a workshop director, the salary of a level 13 technician was already very high, and he had little place to spend the money.

Now I can eat almost all three meals a day at the factory, and I really save whatever I earn.

After buying a bicycle and a watch, my savings didn't decrease at all, but increased instead.

on Monday.

Zhou Fengnian was once again immersed in the busy business of machine tool manufacturing.

However, after more than a month of running-in, the harmony among the entire machine tool team has improved a lot, and Zhou Fengnian no longer needs to keep an eye on everything.

He spent more than 80% of his time every day concentrating on drawing the blueprints, and then handed them over to Zhao Yucheng and Duan Weibing, asking them to keep up with the production.

The morning was almost over. After Zhou Fengnian finished drawing the blueprint in his hand, he looked up and shouted

"Yucheng, guard"

"coming."

Guard Duan responded and came to Zhou Fengnian's desk and said, "Yucheng has gone to the workshop to oversee the manufacturing of parts. I will also go to inspect them later. What's wrong, Fengnian?"

"I have finished drawing another batch. These are the last batch of parts for the brake system. You can take them to the workers to produce them."

Zhou Fengnian sorted out the dozen or so drawings he had drawn recently, which contained thirty or forty parts drawings.

"Remind the masters that the drawings must not be damaged."

Although he remembered it in detail, he still needed the drawings to assemble the machine tool later, and he had to redraw it if it was damaged.

"Fengnian, the masters in the workshop are now fully occupied. This batch will probably have to wait until next week."

Guard Duan said, "The ones that were accumulated last week will take at least next Thursday to be finished, and then we can start processing the new ones." Zhou Fengnian was surprised and said, "It will take so long. This won't work. The accumulation will increase, and it will take up more time. Where is Engineer Luo?"

Guard Duan said, "He went to the workshop. He left the office with Yu Cheng this morning."

"Take these first. I'll go discuss it with Luo Shang. I'll get back to you once we've confirmed it."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he left the technical department office and walked towards the workshop.

It turns out that the time it takes to manufacture CNC machine tools is limited by Zhou Fengnian's drawing time.

As long as he can get all the drawings done, the new generation of CNC machine tools can be manufactured in no more than half a month.

The productivity of this era may be slightly behind, but the "fist" is clenched tightly.

If we all work together, we will soon achieve results.

But as Zhou Fengnian drew more and more parts drawings, his proficiency in drawing was also constantly improving.

After one month, he improved three levels, and his improved proficiency also enabled him to draw faster.

It seemed that the workers in the machine tool workshop could not meet his drawing speed.

The drawings he spent two or three days drawing were enough for the workers to work for a week, so he had to hire more people.

"Engineer Luo!"

After finding Luo Cheng in the workshop, Zhou Fengnian told him about this matter.

Luo Cheng nodded after listening to this. He came here today to arrange the work and also discovered this problem.

So Luo Cheng asked: "Do you have any ideas?"

"If we ask other workshops in the factory to help with parts that are not difficult to handle, this can probably reduce the workload of the workshop masters by 40%."

The parts that Zhou Fengnian said were not difficult to make had to be done by workers at level four or above.

There is no other way. The parts of CNC machine tools require very high precision, and many parts can only be made by senior workers to ensure accuracy.

"It's up to you, Engineer Luo, to take care of this. I'll have the guards come find you later. I have to go back to draw the map."

Zhou Fengnian calculated in his mind that according to his current drawing speed, the manufacturing time could be shortened a bit, and the CNC machine tool might be available in two months.

"Okay, I'll take care of this."

After listening to this, Luo Cheng agreed immediately. The technical department has the power to assign tasks to the workshop, and can even cut in line as long as it does not affect other tasks.

This requires him to coordinate with the workshop director.

After Zhou Fengnian finished talking about this, he returned to his office to continue drawing.

Apart from the necessary precision checks, Zhou Fengnian seldom comes to the workshop. His main task is to complete the drawings of all parts of the machine tool, which determines when the CNC machine tool will be completed.

Now Luo Cheng no longer urged Zhou Fengnian, as the progress had completely exceeded his imagination.

Originally, Luo Cheng thought that if he could manufacture it within one or two years, he would have already won the global competition and made one of the domestic industries at the leading level in the world.

But Zhou Fengnian was bold enough to draw the blueprints while manufacturing. He manufactured the parts a few days after the blueprints came out and then assembled them.

Now nearly one third of the machine tool has been completed. Luo Cheng was deeply moved when he saw the machine tool being successfully manufactured and assembled step by step.

Now his only hope is that after the CNC machine tools are manufactured, they can produce and process high-precision parts as expected.

(End of this chapter)