Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 423 My head is buzzing! (Third update!)

Time seemed to stand still at that moment. Tan Chuan gripped the stopwatch tightly, as if confirming something that could not be confirmed.

After a long while, he put the stopwatch back in his pocket, looked up at the people in front of him, and tried to speak, but all the words got stuck in his throat, and he couldn't utter a single word.

Seeing that he was getting agitated, Zhu Jingyao quickly reached out and pressed his hands on his shoulders, saying in a low voice, "Old Tan, it's too early for you to get agitated like this."

"Let's talk about it after the test is finished!"

"If it passes the test, then we can get excited!"

He was good at persuasion. After those two sentences, Tan Chuan opened his mouth, took two deep breaths, finally suppressed his emotions, and turned to look at Lin Yi:
"Mr. Lin, let's begin the test!"

Lin Yi immediately turned his head: "Cao Bin!"

After working at high intensity for more than twenty consecutive hours, Cao Bin showed no signs of fatigue, only the joy of his masterpiece nearing completion.

Although he was very excited, he still did not forget the proper work procedures.

Holding the register in his left hand and a megaphone in his right, he circled the lifting system, repeatedly confirming each procedure and checking the status of the engineers at each post.

After repeatedly confirming that they were ready to work, he returned to Lin Yi and the others, put the megaphone to his mouth, and shouted loudly:
"Except for the crane operators and data recording team, everyone else, retreat to the workshop entrance!"

Once all personnel had evacuated, he issued the new instructions:

"Overhead crane, bring the test counterweight over here!"

Following the command, the gantry crane moved in the opposite direction. When it reached the end, the hook slowly moved downwards. When it rose again, there was a large iron lump on the hook.

A large, solid black iron lump.

Just one glance was enough to tell that this thing was quite heavy.

The crane was lifted up and started up again, slowly moving towards the lifting system. Finally, it stopped above the lifting system, and the large, square iron block was suspended directly above the lifting system, about two meters above the lifting platform below.

Once everything was ready, Cao Bin approached Lin Yi with a megaphone and handed it to him, saying, "Senior brother, you can have this!"

Lin Yu took the megaphone, tapped the microphone port, and a sound came from the broadcast. Then, he brought the megaphone to his mouth:
"put!"

The calm words were broadcast through the loudspeaker to the crane operator, while Tan Chuan, who was standing to the side, suddenly turned his head and stared at Lin Yi in disbelief. Just as he was about to ask a question, the crane hook opened, and the large iron head hanging below instantly lost its restraint and crashed straight down onto the lifting platform below.

With a loud bang, those present felt the earth shake violently. At the same time, the sound of the large iron head colliding with the steel plate of the lifting platform echoed continuously throughout the workshop.

That's because it's dull and piercing, making people dizzy and their heads buzz.

After pressing his left hand against his forehead to calm himself for a moment, Lin Yi raised his hand and slapped himself: "I was careless!"

His careless remark jolted the others, especially Tan Chuan, who immediately lunged at Lin Yi, grabbing his collar with both hands.
"what are you doing?"

"Who taught you to test like this?"

"Do you know that with that crash, this entire lifting system might be ruined!"

"Also, there's a crucial point in testing the lifting system: the synchronous coordination of multiple lifts. Tell me, if you damage one of them, do you have to rebuild it?"

At this moment, Tan Chuan's heart was bleeding. If he had known that this kid had such a testing method, he would have kicked him aside and brought his own people over to arrange the testing himself.

At least, it wouldn't be such a waste of equipment.

Meeting his fierce gaze, Lin Yi chuckled, looked away, and simultaneously pleaded for help from Cao Bin.

Cao Bin naturally took the loudspeaker and continued to issue commands methodically:
"Operating crane, move the counterweight!"

"Dynamic load test complete. Data collection time: 30 minutes!"

"In 30 minutes, begin the 200% overload test and check the safety redundancy!"

The command was given, the overhead crane hook lowered, hooked the counterweight, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, removed the large iron block marked 100 tons from the lifting platform.

After the large iron lump had moved away and been lowered to the ground by the overhead crane, the engineers from Xiaomi Heavy Industry quickly stepped forward and used X-ray equipment to scan the elevator system and perform X-ray flaw detection.

Time flies when they get busy.

Half an hour is just a blink of an eye. The first time data was collected, the speed was a bit slow, taking a full fifty minutes. The engineers used X-ray equipment to scan all the locations.

The data was presented to Cao Bin, and the engineers left with the X-ray detection equipment.

After glancing at the data, Cao Bin handed it to Lin Yi and continued giving instructions.

The overhead crane lifted the large iron block from the ground and placed it back onto the lifting platform.

The lifting platform motor starts, driving the hydraulic oil pump to inject hydraulic oil from the opposite direction of the hydraulic rod.

Under the action of the hydraulic device, the lifting platform slowly moves downward.

Five minutes later, the lifting platform reached the bottom and came to a steady stop.

After a two-second pause, the electric motor drives the hydraulic pump to inject hydraulic oil from another direction. The hydraulic oil then drives the hydraulic rod, slowly lifting the lifting platform upwards.

This was repeated three times, and another half hour passed.

After four consecutive attempts, Tan Chuan, who had been keeping a close eye on the lifting platform, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As envisioned, the maximum takeoff weight of carrier-based aircraft is only about 45 tons, while that huge iron lump weighed 100 tons and fell from a height of more than two meters.

At such a height and with such a weight, the force that the hydraulic platform bears far exceeds the force generated when a 45-ton aircraft sways and moves from side to side on the platform.

It's a miracle that the hydraulic rod and all the other parts were undamaged after such an impact, and the system is still functioning normally.

This lifting system is currently simulating normal lifting; the next step is to add supplementary components.

Simulate the situations that may be encountered during operation.

Taking a deep breath, Tan Chuan looked at Lin Yi and calmly asked:
What about the salt spray test?

Lin Yi turned his head: "Cao Bin! Add all the other test items!"

Cao Bin was busy talking to others when he heard this. He tilted his head, as if he hadn't quite heard it.

Seeing his reaction, Lin Yi repeated what he had just said.

After clearly hearing his senior brother's words, Cao Bin didn't hesitate for a second, picked up the megaphone and started shouting:

"Everyone, remove your tools and testing equipment!"

"Get ready to turn on the salt spray nozzles, and then pull that small signal base station over and place it next to the motor."

"Where are the mannequins and dolls I asked you to arrange?" "Get them arranged quickly, get ready to start the test!"

The projects that were supposed to be tested one by one were all put together by Cao Bin, which immediately increased the difficulty by several levels.

The engineers first placed the small signal base station next to the motor, then turned on the salt spray nozzle. After the salt water with a concentration of 10% and a temperature as high as 70 degrees Celsius gushed out from the nozzle and was evenly sprayed onto the operating equipment, they tied the doll to the bamboo pole and slowly extended the doll under the elevator.

As soon as the doll was extended, it was immediately detected by the laser sensor, which sent a signal to the central control panel, causing the equipment to stop immediately and sound an alarm.

As soon as the alarm sounded, the engineer immediately retracted the bamboo pole and dragged the doll out of the sensing area.

After waiting for two minutes, the red warning light on the equipment stopped flashing, and the lifting platform continued to descend until it reached the bottom. After waiting for a few more minutes, the lifting platform began to rise.

Just as it rose halfway up, the doll reappeared, only this time in a different position.

And so, the testing continued from morning until afternoon. As the golden-red sunset streamed into the workshop through the cracks in the door, Lin Yi took the megaphone from Cao Bin and shouted:
"Shut down the machine, collect data, and that concludes today's work!"

"We have two days off. Everyone can sleep in or go out if they want!"

"have a good rest!"

After speaking, Lin Yi walked up to Tan Chuan and asked with a smile:
"Mr. Tan, what do you think of this machine?"

“Very satisfied!” Tan Chuan replied, then slowly walked towards the lifting system. When he reached the bottom of the system equipment, he looked up, staring at the equipment in front of him with fascination.

The massive counterweight had been towed away by the overhead crane, and the nozzles spraying hot salt water from above had stopped spraying water.

The previously sprayed salt water dripped down through the gaps in the equipment, and with the help of the industrial air conditioner and fan, the water evaporated quickly, leaving white streaks on the equipment.

Those are traces left after the high concentration of salt water evaporated.

After maintaining the upward gaze for two or three minutes, Tan Chuan walked to the bottom of the lifting platform and looked up at the hydraulic rod in front of him.

The hydraulic rods made of high-strength stainless steel also bear traces of dried high-concentration salt water.

White marks remain on the smooth, high-strength steel, like scars crawling all over a person's arm.

He rolled up his sleeves and wiped away the white marks on the hydraulic rod. Then, he breathed on the hydraulic rod, pressed his thumb on it, and carefully felt the remaining marks on the hydraulic rod.

As he closed his eyes to feel, a voice sounded beside him:
"Mr. Tan, you can't tell by feeling it with your hands, you can only see it with equipment!"

The speaker was Lin Yi. Tan Chuan opened his eyes and looked over, only to find that Lin Yi was holding an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer used to detect the degree of corrosion in salt spray environments.

He did not refuse, reached out and took the equipment, aligned it with the hydraulic rod, and started the spectrometer.

The spectrometer swept across the surface of the hydraulic rod to begin analyzing the chemical composition of the surface corrosion products.

More than half an hour passed, and all the data was collected and presented to Tan Chuan. He took the data and read it through from beginning to end, then handed it to Yuan Minghui, who was eagerly waiting beside him.
"Old Yuan, take a look!"

Yuan Minghui took the documents, first reviewed the salt spray test results, and then directly found the X-ray flaw detection results.

As he looked at it, he slowly raised his head, staring at the lifting system in front of him with disbelief. After a while, he quickly ran towards the overhead crane and finally stopped in front of the counterweight block, which was 2.34 meters long, wide, and high.

He held the report in his left hand and clenched his right fist, his gaze shifting back and forth between his fist and the counterweight, as if preparing to punch the counterweight, but in the end, he abandoned the idea.

Instead, it becomes stroking with the palm of the hand.

And so, Yuan Minghui, holding the report in his left hand and stroking the counterweight with his right, circled the counterweight once, returned to Lin Yi, and handed the report to Lin Yi:

"Mr. Lin!"

“I, Yuan Minghui, have lived for over 50 years. In terms of scientific achievements, I used to only admire my teacher. Now, my teacher's place has to be relegated to the back. You are the one who stands before me!”

Yuan Minghui gave Lin Yi a thumbs-up, then withdrew it, letting out a sigh of relief.

"Before you came along, I thought that I and my team would definitely become the most outstanding members of the 001 aircraft carrier manufacturing fleet."

"However, your appearance made me realize one thing: there are always people more capable than you, and there is always something beyond your understanding."

"I'm nothing but a frog in a well, confined to the small world of my own well, thinking I'm invincible!"

At this point, Yuan Minghui gave a wry smile, bowed to Lin Yishen, and then turned to Tan Chuan: "President Tan, I now finally understand your good intentions back then."

"I assure you, Marine Machinery Research Institute, with this newfound understanding, we will surpass ourselves and realize our value next time!"

Seeing that Yuan Minghui was getting more and more agitated, Tan Chuan reached out and pressed his shoulder: "Go and rest!"

"You've been watching for so long, you must be tired. Go and get some rest."

"Then come back to the scene, see how they did it, and then go back and see what you should do."

"Go!"

With a push, Tan Chuan shoved Yuan Minghui toward the workshop door. After everyone else had left, Tan Chuan sat down on the ground in a very unladylike manner, then lay down, folding his hands behind his head, and looked at the equipment above him, saying:
"Lin Yi, you've given me a wonderful surprise!"

“I originally thought that your lifting system was only slightly close to our design requirements, but now, this lifting system has far exceeded our requirements.”

"It's even better than we expected!"

"You are a great contributor. With you here, and with all of you here, I think the launch speed of this aircraft carrier can be even faster."

"The whole plan isn't finished yet, so I'll just note down your contribution for now. We can discuss it in detail once the ship is launched."

"Also, you should publish articles on these things and submit them to the relevant authorities."

"It's already late August, and there are only a few months until the Chinese New Year. There will be some bonuses and awards at the end of the year. Can you see who needs them and compile a list of all the projects they've participated in, especially those involved in the construction of this aircraft carrier? Give me a copy."

"I'll organize everything and submit it to you all together later."

"To save you the trouble!"

After saying these words, Tan Chuan turned his head and stared at the elevator with a look of fascination.

After a while, he suddenly got up from the ground and walked to the overhead crane next to him: "Can I control that big iron lump to smash it again?"

"can!"

With permission, Tan Chuan controlled the overhead crane to lift the counterweight to the top of the lifting platform. The hook was released, and the counterweight fell back down.

With a loud crash, everyone felt their heads buzzing.

Having just recovered, Mao Xiaofei rushed to the workshop door:
"Boss, those signals have changed again; they've left New York!"

(End of this chapter)