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Chapter 300 The feel was absolutely amazing! (Third update!)

In Gusu, Lin Yi received a message from Liu Daneng at 11 p.m. and was getting ready to rest.

Upon seeing the message, he jumped out of bed, rushed into the next office, and rummaged through the drawer to find the list he had been given.

As he scrolled through the list, he casually opened the system panel and found the corresponding empowerment page.

Below the empowerment page, there are dozens more partner suppliers and more than a dozen research institutes.

Lin Yi checked the list against the names on the empowerment page to make sure no companies were missing before tossing the list aside.

Click on these company names to select all, and a system prompt will pop up.

[Should we empower the selected target?]

On the confirmation screen, Lin Yi hesitated for a moment and did not immediately click "Empower".

Instead, click on the corresponding company's name, scroll down through thousands of production parts, and find the parts you want to customize.

Check the box and click "Confirm Enablement".

[Successful empowerment!]

Upon seeing the notification pop up, Lin Yi casually closed the system panel, walked out of the office, and went to Ji Shuangshuang's door, knocking a few times.

Not long after, Ji Shuangshuang appeared, wearing a face mask and dressed as a landlady, with an alarm clock in her left hand.

"Do you want to check what time it is?"

"Let's go out for a late-night snack!"

Upon hearing that they were going out for a late-night snack, Ji Shuangshuang burst out laughing, then pointed at the corridor window and roared at Lin Yi:

“Look outside now, Suzhou has no nightlife! If we go out now, we'll look like two lonely ghosts who died on the street!”

"Go to Shanghai for a late-night snack, then enjoy the night view, stroll along the beach, and then come back!"

"go with!"

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On the other side, at the Yanjing Aerospace Instrument Research Institute.

In Director Zhou Xuemin's office, several people were gathered around a computer, looking through the blueprints on it.

Yanjing Aerospace Instrument Research Institute.

It is a leading research institute in the field of inertial navigation and precision optical instruments within the Chinese aerospace system.

Our main products include fiber optic gyroscopes, laser gyroscopes, MEMS gyroscopes, and inertial navigation systems.

In addition, it also involves precision optical instruments and quantum sensing technology.

In this collaboration, the business they were assigned was gyroscopes.

They stayed up until the early hours of the morning before the people gathered around the computer dispersed and sat down on the sofa next to them.

Zhou Xuemin, carrying a teapot, poured tea for his key personnel in the institute before sitting down with a cup of tea in hand and asking:

"What do you think?"

"I think they're crazy!" Chief Engineer Gu Shuchuan said without hesitation, holding his teacup.

He took a sip of tea and continued, "I've taken a look at the launch plan you brought back."

"The group headquarters allocated them three No. 3B rockets."

"Two rockets are for low Earth orbit, and one is for geosynchronous transfer orbit."

"The weight of their satellite was also marked on their drawings."

"Each of the 24 satellites in low Earth orbit weighs 600 kilograms."

"The three satellites in geosynchronous orbit each weigh 1.5 tons."

"Now that you know these two parameters, take a look at their configurations."

"Eight fiber optic gyroscopes, six of which are in use and two are on standby; two laser gyroscopes, one in use and one on standby."

"If we use the fiber optic gyroscopes and laser gyroscopes we have launched, just these 10 gyroscopes will take up 150 kilograms of weight."

"How much of his 700-kilogram satellite is left?"

He had barely finished speaking when the person next to him immediately chimed in with a laugh and joke:
"Didn't they produce the blueprints?"

"The fiber optic gyroscope weighs 5 kilograms, which is half the weight and half the size of ours."

"They're so thoughtful!"

Everyone present was technically savvy and had seen all sorts of people, so they could tell that the person speaking was being sarcastic and insinuating.

But no one spoke.

Gu Shuchuan paused for a moment, then brought the topic back:

"That's why I said that, that's why I think they're crazy."

“However…” he paused, shrugged, and said:

"But none of this has anything to do with us. The director just said that we have a liability waiver agreement."

"As long as we produce according to the blueprints and provide the parts, whether the satellite launch is successful or not, or whether it can be used, is none of our business."

He had barely finished speaking his words of relief when he suddenly noticed that the expressions on the faces of his colleagues around him were rather strange.

Immediately afterwards, he slapped his forehead and started cursing:

"Damn, I forgot."

"The blueprints these guys provided were practically at the limit of our technological capabilities."

"If we can't make it, then this pot is ours, isn't it?"

After speaking to himself as if to himself, he turned his questioning gaze to Zhou Xuemin.

Zhou Xuemin smiled at him, revealing a helpless expression:

"I'm retiring in a few days! Old Gu, keep it up!"

Those who had just been looking relieved now turned ashen-faced.

Even if you die before you succeed in your mission, you still have to succeed at the beginning.

They're currently stuck at this awkward point of completing their apprenticeship.

A group of people immediately turned their attention to Zhou Xuemin, who chuckled:
"It's alright. I asked them when I was at the group's headquarters."

"All the research institutes and partner companies are stuck at the technological limits when they receive the blueprints."

"We're all in the same boat, so there's no need to panic!"

"However, if we can get the product out before our other units and pass the inspection, that would be great."

"That means we are stronger than our brother units."

"At least when we apply for funding next year, we can ask for more."

"So, Lao Gu, it still comes down to the same thing!"

"come on!"

"I'm leaving first. You guys figure out what to do, and remember to turn off the lights when you leave!"

After giving his confession, Zhou Xuemin dashed off, leaving Gu Shuchuan roaring behind him:
"You told me to cheer up, but don't just give me a word; at least give me something in return..."

The people ahead seemed not to hear them and simply ran away.

Watching that figure disappear from sight, Gu Shuchuan futilely lowered his arm and turned to look at the others beside him:
"Let me assign the tasks!"

"The production team has not been adjusted. Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, each department will adjust the equipment according to the design requirements."

"At noon, I will begin the acceptance inspection of the equipment."

"Then we began the first round of trial manufacturing." "We adjusted the precision little by little, and if nothing unexpected happens, our personnel and equipment will be able to adapt to the other party's processing requirements in about three days at most."

"Then you can try making the finished product."

"This mission is very challenging, but it also allows people to grow quickly."

So, keep going!

Having made empty promises, Gu Shuchuan also got up and left, taking a copy of the blueprints with him before he left.

Seeing this, the others in the office nodded thoughtfully and then left.

In the end, the lights were left on.

Early the next morning, Gu Shuchuan arrived at the workshop carrying a bag. The people from the research institute were already in place, all watching him, the chief engineer.

Without any unnecessary words, he opened the bag in his hand, revealing a USB drive covered in labels.

It shook:
"The USB drive contains the drawings I made yesterday, broken down according to our job positions and the chapters of their drawings. The design and instructions for these drawings are very user-friendly, and you can learn from them when you look at them."

"I'll call out names. When your name is called, come and get the blueprints."

"In addition to the original instructions, I have added some extra instructions to each drawing. You just need to adjust the equipment according to the instructions in the drawing and then process it."

"We're conducting experiments now, so let's take it one step at a time and not rush."

"It would be best if everyone tried it out! It will help you grow!"

“Especially for the young people who have just joined the institute, this kind of opportunity to have large-scale hands-on experience may never come again in their lives, except for this one time.”

Upon receiving the USB drives containing the blueprints, these production teams returned to their posts as quickly as possible, connected the USB drives to their computers, and began studying the blueprints.

Both fiber optic gyroscopes and laser gyroscopes operate on the Sagnac effect, but they differ significantly in their function.

The Sagnac effect states that when light travels in a closed loop in clockwise and counterclockwise directions, respectively, if the loop rotates, the two beams will have an optical path difference. When the optical path is in the same direction as the rotation, the optical path becomes longer, and when it is in the opposite direction, the optical path becomes shorter.

This difference will result in a phase difference.

The resulting phase difference can then be used to calculate the position of the gyroscope.

Because light is involved, the first challenge for both types of gyroscopes is materials science.

Fiber optic gyroscopes require ultra-low loss optical fibers to reduce optical signal attenuation.

Having optical fiber is not enough; you also need a sufficiently powerful symmetrical winding technique.

However, when the team responsible for winding the wire opened the blueprints and saw the information inside, the entire team was stunned.

The group looked at each other for a long time, then read through the information again from beginning to end.

After reading it, they stammered and asked Gu Shuchuan:
"Chief Engineer Gu, have you looked at the winding process?"

"I didn't look at it much, what's wrong?" Gu Shuchuan frowned and slowly walked up to these people.

The symmetrical winding process of fiber optic gyroscopes directly determines the quality and output of the gyroscopes.

The people in this group are all key members of the institute, but they all seemed flustered at this moment.

It's really... a bit unsatisfactory.

"Look here!" The group leader pointed to the blueprints.

The design specifications in the drawings are very long; the specifications alone take up 16 pages of drawings.

You can't see anything in the PDF document, but if you print it out, you'll realize how complicated it is.

The position the group leader was pointing to was the 9th drawing out of the 16 drawings.

Gu Shuchuan enlarged the drawings and also clearly saw the contents of these instructions.

[Nanofiber Manufacturing Process!]

The chief engineer put down the mouse, rubbed his eyes, closed the document, and then, under the guidance of the team leader, reopened the document and selected the target document again.

That's right, nanofiber manufacturing process!
He continued reading down the title and saw more content.

This is indeed a fiber optic manufacturing process.

The following drawings also show the corresponding manufacturing process.

The problem is, shouldn't this thing be found in other research institutes?
How did it end up here?
Although the Aerospace Instrument Research Institute manufactures fiber optic gyroscopes and laser gyroscopes, they do not produce the optical fibers themselves.

They just picked up the finished products from other sister companies!
Gan!
If the other party categorized this item under the research institute based on equipment, then we need to quickly extract these drawings and synchronize them with the sister research institutes and companies that produce these parts.

Gu Shuchuan pounded his head with both hands and then instructed the group leader:

“You take these young people to adjust the equipment and observe the fiber optic cable winding.”

"I need to separate these drawings and send them to the optical signal research institute that produces optical fibers."

Gu Shuchuan was the chief engineer. After hearing what he said, the group leader could only take his subordinates to adjust the winding equipment.

After making another copy of the drawings, the team leader, along with his team and a computer, went to the winding equipment and began adjusting the equipment according to the process required in the drawings.

"These devices are all precision instruments, unique instruments, the institute's most valuable assets, and also the nation's most valuable assets."

"Be extremely careful when making adjustments!"

"Moreover, when making adjustments, there must be three people: one to make the adjustment, one to monitor and record, and another to watch the power switch."

"Make sure you keep a close eye on the power switch!"

"The parts have been replaced."

"We'll adjust it like this, slowly... slowly... sigh, all at once!"

After the group leader finished speaking, he also finished his work.

After finishing both, he was stunned.

He clearly meant to say "take it slow," but he went straight to the point.

Something feels off, but I can't quite put my finger on it. If I had to say, it's that I'm having a really good game today.

In the past, adjusting these devices would take anywhere from ten or twenty minutes to more than half an hour.

Now, the adjustment was completed in less than 10 minutes.

A deathly silence fell over the air. The young men next to them stared at their team leader, trying to figure out why he said one thing but did another.

Beside him, the team leader looked at his hands, spread his fingers, and then clenched them into fists.

It seems like I'm having an exceptionally good shooting touch today!
After repeating this several times, he looked at the control head on the other side of the equipment.

He sorted and packed the replaced parts on the control panel, then carried the replacement parts to the other control head.

This time, he didn't speak, but focused intently on the control head and the replacement parts.

Without saying a word, he increased the speed of his hands.

three minutes!
Replace the parts and adjust it in one go.

After doing all this, the team leader breathed a sigh of relief. Then he felt himself sweating profusely, and within seconds his clothes were soaked through.

Looking at the equipment in place, the team leader took a deep breath, turned around, and asked the people behind him:

"Did you see clearly?"

"I couldn't see it clearly!" Several people shook their heads repeatedly. Seeing them shake their heads, the team leader turned around, quickly adjusted the control head to the other side, and then grabbed the nearest person:

"You make the adjustments, and I'll explain."

"First, we need to use our fingers to feel the devices and sense their connection."

"Then adjust it slowly..."

The group leader's voice grew softer and softer until it was almost inaudible.

Because this team member only took two or three minutes to adjust the equipment to the correct position!
The feel is simply amazing!

(End of this chapter)