"Is the tungsten mine located?"

Joy instantly enveloped Xiao Ming. It has been almost a year since I found the tungsten mine, but now it has finally settled.

"Your Highness, Lao Nu has indeed found a tungsten mine in his search for mines. This is a good omen for the New Year. It seems that your highness will have a good fortune this year." Qian Dafu said with a grin.

During this trip to Dengzhou, Xiao Ming was a little angry, but now the good news immediately made him feel energetic. He said, "Go to the main hall, tell me slowly."

Qian Dafu smiled and followed Xiao Ming to the main hall.

The two sat down, and Xiao Ming asked anxiously: "Where is the specific location of this tungsten ore?"

"Your Highness, you are fifty miles outside Laizhou City." Qian Dafu said.

Laizhou and Dengzhou are adjacent to two states on the peninsula, only two hundred miles apart. In Japan's plan, three years later, the plan of Japan was to land in Dengzhou, then invade Laizhou, and then occupy the Shandong Peninsula.

In Xiao Ming's science and technology library map, it seems that only Laizhou in Shandong has tungsten ore, so it can be said that this tungsten ore is very important to him. Once lost, it will seriously affect the next step of technological development.

Therefore, if the tungsten mine was discovered in Laizhou, he could not lose the cave Dengzhou and the front line of Laizhou, not to mention that these two coastal states are important sea outlets.

"Immediately organize slaves to go to the tungsten mine to mine. If there is not enough manpower, mobilize people from other mines. This matter cannot be delayed, you can do it immediately!"

Xiao Ming said seriously.

Now tungsten ore is found and cobalt has also been found. Using these two materials, it can produce tungsten steel and high-speed steel, which is the best tool for lathes.

Although it is impossible to sinter tungsten steel at the current level of Qingzhou as hard as modern tungsten steel, it is at least sufficient to surpass the steel produced in Qingzhou today.

Xiao Ming's tone was as urgent as scheduled. Qian Dafu realized that this problem was very important. He nodded, "Your Highness, I will mobilize people now."

Qian Dafu hurriedly prepared for the mining of tungsten ore.

Xiao Ming was not idle either. Now that the tungsten ore has been found, the sintering of tungsten steel tools is required, which is also very difficult technology.

Unlike steel making, the production of tungsten steel tools requires the production of tungsten steel tools to undergo powdering, wet grinding, mixing, crushing, drying, sieve, then adding cobalt, and then drying. After sieve, the mixture is prepared, granulating, pressing, forming, low-pressure sintering, forming (blank), and cylindrical grinding and other procedures.

First of all, purifying tungsten is a big problem, because although Laizhou has found tungsten ore, this tungsten ore is a poor ore and must be enriched and screened into concentrate to be effectively refined. Otherwise, a lot of energy will be wasted but a sufficient amount of tungsten powder cannot be purified.

Secondly, another problem in this process is pressing molding. Because of the characteristics of tungsten ore, if you want to produce a tool, you must press the tungsten ore powder into the shape of the tool and then sintered.

Before this, tungsten steel molds must be forged.

Before the chair in the main hall was warm, Xiao Ming got up and went to the Equipment Department at this time.

"Chen Wenlong, call Zhang Liu."

As soon as he arrived at the Equipment Department, Xiao Ming said directly to Chen Wenlong.

Now Chen Qi is responsible for the production of the military workshop, and now the leader of the craftsman in the Equipment Department has become Zhang Liu.

This Zhang Liu is the most skilled craftsman outside Chen Qi. It is precisely for this reason that he was so nervous last time. After all, this Zhang Liu is one of the pillars of the Equipment Department.

Zhang Liu, who was wearing the smell of steel, came soon. He was just repairing water conservancy forging hammers with craftsmen. During this period, the steel workshop has been producing parts of pulley crossbows. The workload is high, and this water conservancy forging hammer often has problems.

The craftsmen who can repair water conservancy forging hammers are only a few craftsmen who have participated in the manufacturing of the Equipment Department.

"Your Highness." Zhang Liu said, wiping the sweat from his forehead and bowed.

Seeing that Zhang Liu arrived, Xiao Ming said, "You immediately call up a few more excellent craftsmen from the Equipment Department to come over. Now you are going to produce lathe knives."

"Knife! Have you found the tungsten ore?" Zhang Liu said excitedly after hearing this.

Xiao Ming nodded and said to him: "That's right, Qian Dafu just told me that this tungsten mine was discovered in Laizhou. Now you must start preparing the mold in advance immediately."

"That's great." Zhang Liu's face was full of excitement.

A year ago, various types of lathes were placed in the water conservancy lathe workshop in Qingzhou. However, due to the unqualified tools, these lathes were basically used to process wooden accessories, and they were rarely used to produce steel accessories, because a tool is often scrapped by cutting one steel. In this way, the lathe workshop cannot produce any decent tools.

Later, due to the need to build Garen ships, the lathe workshop was completely transformed into a woodworking processing factory.

But they have been looking forward to the day when they can use these lathes. If steel is processed like wood accessories, they believe they can make something greater than the Galen ship.

"Don't be happy first, I will tell you about the production process of this tungsten steel tool."

All the twelve craftsmen who participated in the production of tungsten steel were in place, and Xiao Ming immediately began to teach them production techniques.

Xiao Ming was drawing and writing on the blackboard, and Zhang Liu's people suddenly had a picture of tungsten steel production in their minds, as if they were immersive.

This feeling does not appear once or twice. Now they are used to it. In their opinion, this is what Xiao Ming said very vividly and realistically. He would never have thought that these paintings are full of technology crystals.

"Your Highness, this time it is just a tool for producing milling machines, boring machines, and drilling machines?"

"Yes, because these three types of lathes can basically produce our spare parts. If you can't chew too much, you should first understand how these three types of lathes are processed with steel." Xiao Ming said.

Zhang Liu and others nodded. The tools of these three types of lathes are different. The drilling machine tool is easy to say, but it is just a drill bit similar to a cylindrical. The tools of milling machines and boring machines are very complex. Whether such molds can be accurately forged is still a problem.

After the three of them were taught this time, Xiao Ming did not leave. He picked up a pen in the Equipment Department and drew out the tool figure, and also marked the size on the tool.

Since the unification of weights and measures was announced at the meeting, the Equipment Department and the Military Workshop have first used scientific measurement methods.

Millimeters, centimeters, and meters in sizes replace the previous parts and inches, thus making the production more refined.

Now the tool is about to be produced, and Qingzhou's production must enter fine production, and the condition for fine production is precise size.

So before Zhang Liu makes the mold, he must come up with accurate measurement tools.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming asked Chen Wenlong to make a compass for him.
Chapter completed!