Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 530 Learning in Progress! (Third Update!)
No sooner had the speaker finished speaking than someone behind him covered his mouth, saying, "What did you say! What do you mean by 'working on equipment'? This is called learning advanced production work experience! Don't you know how to use your words?"

Reminded of this, the person who had spoken realized what was happening and pried the hand away from his mouth: "Yes, yes, we came here to learn advanced production experience, not to mess around! You're right!"

This little incident quickly disappeared amidst the commotion of the group, because the lathe in front had already begun the formal machining of the external gear ring.

The milling cutter slowly cut through the outer gear ring, scraping off a layer of skin and removing the outer shell. The outer gear ring became shiny and new. The milling cutter that had scraped off a layer of skin was removed and replaced by another, smaller, finer milling cutter.

Amidst a buzzing sound, the second round of processing began.

From a purely visual perspective, this round of processing looks like a toothless child biting into an apple.

After nibbling on it for ages, the apple suffered zero damage!

However, no one present spoke; they simply watched silently, because they all knew very well that this was a fine-tuning process.

This round of attacks lasted longer than the previous milling cutter, a full four hours, before the milling cutter finally stopped working.

Compared to the first round of machining, the external gear ring looks much shinier after the second round of machining.

The engineers, carrying their equipment, went forward to inspect the external gear ring, confirming that each gear met the requirements, before waving to Cao Bin at the control panel.

"Engineer Cao, this is fine!"

Upon receiving the engineers' signal, Cao Bin walked to the control panel, stopped the equipment, and, together with other engineers from Xiaomi Heavy Industry, removed the cutter head from the equipment. They then used a gantry crane to slowly lift the outer gear ring and move it to the grinding workbench on the other side.

As the external gear ring moved to the next workstation, Cao Bin handed his work to another engineer next to the control panel and turned to walk towards the grinding workbench. Shen Weihua and Liu Nanqiao quickly followed.

The two followed Cao Bin to the control panel of the polishing workbench. From their angle, the polishing workbench looked like a round pit filled with silt.

The pit is the polishing workbench.

As for the silt, Shen Weihua and Liu Nanqiao both knew that what was inside the grinding workbench was not silt, but flexible abrasive.

Flexible abrasives specifically designed for precision machining.

The external gear ring is inserted, but not completely.

Above the grinding table, there is a huge pair of pliers that grips the outer ring and slowly pushes the outer toothed ring into the silt.

Cao Bin started the workbench, and the huge circular pit shell began to rotate.

Centrifugal force causes "sludge" to move, and the sludge begins to rub against the outer gear ring, thus initiating the grinding process.

After about 10 minutes, the robotic arm lifted up, changed the direction of the outer gear ring, changed its clamping position, and then inserted the outer gear ring into the flexible abrasive again.

Another 10 minutes passed, the robotic arm retracted, changed the angle of the outer gear ring, and then inserted the flexible abrasive.

In this way, the robotic arm repeatedly extends in and retracts, and the surface of the outer gear ring becomes shinier with each repetition of extending in and retracting.

In the end, it looks exactly like a mirror.

Standing at the control panel, Shen Weihua was itching to write everything down, but this wasn't his own weapons and equipment group; it was someone else's production workshop.

They just arrived today, and Lin Yi, in a moment of great compassion, allowed them to watch, but he didn't say they were allowed to take photos or record the scene.

There are so many things to remember, and he's afraid he'll forget them as soon as he turns his back if he doesn't write them down in a notebook!
Beside him, Liu Nanqiao, with a furrowed brow, noticed Shen Weihua's agitation and naturally tilted his head to the side.
"You feel uncomfortable watching this right now, don't you?"

Liu Nanqiao's words acted like a tranquilizer, forcefully suppressing Shen Weihua's agitated heart.

Shen Weihua first turned to look at Cao Bin, who was working not far away, then tilted his head, smiled, and whispered to Liu Nanqiao, "You too! Right?"

After asking that question, he looked away, his attention returning to the outer gear ring that had been picked up again, and said to himself as he looked ahead:
"According to the information I have, you are very proud and have a high opinion of yourself."

“You look down on them, but from just now until now, your pride has been shattered little by little.”

"So, you should be feeling even worse than me!"

"But this isn't the worst part yet. The worst part is when the outer gear ring is finished being polished, tested according to a series of procedures, and ready for use. That's when you'll feel the worst!"

After finishing his own words, Shen Weihua confidently turned around and accurately caught the fleeting embarrassment on Liu Nanqiao's face.

But this fleeting moment of embarrassment was so quick that he probably wouldn't have caught it if he hadn't reacted so fast.

Upon catching this clue, Shen Weihua smiled even more broadly.

Upon seeing this smile, Liu Nanqiao, who was standing opposite him, frowned and then turned his head to look ahead.

"You're absolutely right!"

"I do have a high opinion of myself, but you must remember this saying: 'Among three people walking together, there is bound to be one I can learn from!'"

"There are so many people here, what's wrong with me studying hard?"

This resounding statement left Shen Weihua speechless.

He pursed his lips, turned his head, and continued looking at the workbench in front of him.

Polishing is a very time-consuming process.

During the breaks in the polishing process, this large group of people were arranged to eat in shifts, and after eating, they couldn't wait to come back.

There's no other reason than to see the difference between the external gear ring produced by Xiaomi Heavy Industry's processing flow and the external gear ring produced by their entire processing flow.

The machine continued polishing until 8 p.m. After the robotic arm removed the outer gear ring once again, the engineers finally confirmed through repeated testing that the dimensions of the outer gear ring and the smoothness of the bearing groove met the requirements.

After confirming the data, the engineers recorded it and then dragged the meticulously crafted part back to the ultrasonic flaw detection table where they had started.

After a series of processing steps, there is a chance that problems will occur inside the parts, and they will need to be re-inspected.

This time, with Lin Yi's consent, Shen Weihua and Liu Nanqiao followed Cao Bin, serving as his deputies on either side.

Ultrasonic flaw detection, hardness testing, and a series of other processes are involved.

Shen Weihua laughed more and more happily, while Liu Nanqiao's face grew increasingly gloomy.

After laughing for a while, Shen Weihua tapped Liu Nanqiao with his hand and asked in a low voice:

Why aren't you smiling? Smile! Don't you like to smile?

Faced with his sarcasm, Liu Nanqiao did not respond. Instead, he walked around him, stood in front of Lin Yi, and raised his hand in a salute.

"Director Lin, Liu Nanqiao from the Tank Research Institute 412, under the China Ordnance Industry Group, is reporting for duty!"

The form of address has changed.

Upon seeing the middle-aged man in front of him, who was probably in his forties, Lin Yi smiled and returned the greeting: "Lin Yi from Research Institute 80515, welcome to Liu Gong!"

After exchanging pleasantries, Liu Nanqiao turned around and pointed around:
"Director Lin, I'd like to ask, what kind of determination led you to choose to adjust the procedures in this way?"

"To be honest, our research institute is also working on something similar, but..."

“With a slight adjustment, the parts produced are... well, let's just say they're not up to par.” Across from him, Lin Yi pointed to the equipment on site and spread his hands. “Of course, we need to make it faster, better, and stronger!”

"We're tech people, isn't it all about making these things easier?"

"If there's no difference before and after, then wouldn't all this work have been for nothing?"

"Speaking of which, the equipment you've built will probably be obsolete in a few years."

"Because we are researching additive manufacturing technology!"

Additive manufacturing technology is not unfamiliar to Liu Nanqiao. It is a technological concept that was proposed a long time ago, just like building a house. The China Ordnance Industry Group has a similar research team that has been researching it for several years, and the progress can only be described as a little faster than a snail.

Although this thing looks like building a house, the problem is that there are many materials used to build a house: wood, adobe bricks, cement bricks, and concrete.

The real questions are: how to build the wooden frame, how to mix the adobe bricks, how to mix the cement bricks, how to mix the concrete, and how the construction workers should operate to build the house.

He was a little confused when he suddenly heard Lin Yi mention this, but he was also a little expectant.

Taking a deep breath, he saluted Lin Yi again: "Director Lin, please don't treat us like human beings this time!"

"Just treat us like bricks; we'll be moved wherever we're needed. If you say go east, we'll never go west!"

"If you say go west, we absolutely won't go east!"

After a series of questions and strange reactions, Lin Yi finally understood that Liu Nanqiao, whom Shen Weihua had described as arrogant, had convinced himself to work hard after watching the entire processing procedure.

He smiled and extended his right hand: "Mr. Liu is joking. You should be the pillars, supporting wherever you are needed, not just bricks!"

"We are the bricks!"

"And I'm not the one in charge on site!" After saying that, he beckoned to Cao Bin, and when Cao Bin came over, he pushed Cao Bing between himself, Shen Weihua, and Liu Nanqiao:
"This is Cao Bin, one of our company's two chief engineers."

"The other one is Mao Xiaofei, who is mainly in charge of electronic equipment."

"From now on, you will mainly follow their instructions!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Weihua extended his hand to Cao Bin:
"Chief Engineer Cao, please guide me in the future!"

Seeing the two of them clasping hands, Liu Nanqiao was furious and cursed Shen Weihua's ancestors for eighteen generations in his mind.

After the three people in front of him had finished shaking hands, Lin Yi waved:

"Gentlemen, it's getting late. I'll take you to arrange your accommodations."

"go to bed early!"

"Let's talk about it tomorrow!"

"Okay!" Liu Nanqiao nodded in agreement, then shoved Shen Weihua aside and followed half a step behind Lin Yi, engaging in a lively conversation.

With a large number of people, accommodation for them had to be arranged at the battery factory.

Fortunately, the side entrances of the battery factory and the special alloy company are very close. You can enter the battery factory by going out through the side entrance and crossing the sidewalk.

After arranging accommodations and explaining the details of the surrounding area, Lin Yi braved the cold wind and returned to the telecommunications company.

After seeing Lin Yi off, Liu Nanqiao returned to his dormitory and saw a large group of people standing at the door.

He led the key personnel into the dormitory, closed the door, leaned against the bed, and quietly asked the group in front of him:

"How was your day?"

As soon as the calm voice fell, a voice immediately rang out from the crowd: "Their production efficiency is very high! I just discussed it with the pipe fitter in the metal processing. With their processing efficiency, even if the yield rate is only 50%, their production efficiency is still higher than ours, but the cost is a bit hard to control."

No sooner had this person finished speaking than someone next to him reminded him: "But they're not just efficient! After you went to see the cutting process, I also went to see their mold, and the mold is brand new."

"This means they haven't produced this part many times; it's more like trial production. According to our previous records, trial production usually takes at least a few months to adjust, but they didn't. My impression of them is..."

"It's like a tank that's been in production for many years!"

"But strangely enough, there aren't many older engineers here!"

As the two men explained, everyone present, except for Liu Nanqiao, lowered their heads, pondering the strangeness of the situation.

After they remained silent for more than ten minutes, Liu Nanqiao raised his hand and clapped his hands:

"Raise your heads!"

"This feels strange, but doesn't that just mean we didn't make a mistake coming here this time?"

"We are here to learn advanced production experience."

"Isn't this advanced production experience?"

"So I hope that during this time here, you can put aside all the messy things in your mind and devote yourselves wholeheartedly to learning."

"We don't need to be very strong, but at the very least, we need to suppress those bastards from the weapons and equipment group."

"Is everyone confident?"

Liu Nanqiao emphasized his last sentence, shouting it out as if he were yelling.

The others in the room looked at each other and shouted, "Yes!"

Their shouts alerted the people from the weapons and equipment group who were having a meeting in the corridor upstairs.

Shen Weihua rolled his eyes, spat to the side, then straightened up and addressed the others present:
"Remember this: learn more, ask more questions, and observe more!"

"Don't assume that just because these people are young, their work experience is not worth learning from."

"Before I came here, Chairman He personally told me that if you learn well here, master the technology of Xiaomi Heavy Industry, and bring it back with you, you will be able to achieve your goals."

"We will promote you based on your abilities!"

"So learning it well will benefit everyone!"

"Get up at 6 a.m. sharp tomorrow morning, gather for a half-hour run, then wash up at 6:30 a.m., and leave for the factory at 7:00 a.m. sharp!"

"In the coming period, we will have to fight those arrogant guys from the China Ordnance Industry Group to the death!"

"Now wash up and rest!"

At the order, the members of the weapons and equipment group went into their dormitories, washed up, and went to bed.

While darkness still enveloped the earth, the 5:30 alarm clock woke Shen Weihua from his sleep.

He pressed the alarm and started waking up the others.

(End of this chapter)