Luoqiu Metallurgical Machinery Factory, Luoqiu City, Central Plains Province.

Accompanied by the technical director Wang Weilong and the factory's deputy chief engineer Chen Bangpeng, Feng Xiaochen walked into Luoye's production area. According to the order of the workshops, they visited the machining workshop, casting workshop, forging workshop, welding workshop, etc. Wherever they went, Chen Bangpeng would point to the new equipment in the workshop as if offering treasures and show off to Feng Xiaochen:

"Director Feng, look, is it because the shotgun has been replaced?"

In addition to obtaining design and process information transferred by Haifei Company in the United States, Luo Ye also has another very important content, which is to import a large number of processing machinery from the United States, Germany, Japan, France, Sweden and other countries that reached the latest level from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, and comprehensively replace the old equipment in the factory before the liberation and during the 1950s.

While replacing equipment, the workshop organization also made large-scale adjustments. Throughout the 1980s, Chinese industry learned from the West in all aspects and wholeheartedly. Except for a few sentimental party members, most cadres and staff did not have any idea of ​​cherishing themselves. Everyone was thinking: foreign things must be the best. Even a yellow line drawn on the ground or a process schedule posted on the wall, all exuded the atmosphere of "modernization". If you don't learn all these things, how can we build our own modernization?

Not to mention that Honghedu Copper Mine refuses to accept the dump trucks produced by Luoye, even Luoye himself regards imported equipment as a treasure. If anyone wants to replace these imported equipment with similar domestic equipment, Wang Weilong and Chen Bangpeng will probably be furious.

The effect of comprehensively updating the equipment has indeed been reflected. Luo Ye sent several groups of workers to study in the United States, and invited technicians from Haifei Company to give lectures in the factory. The workers' technical level and quality concepts have been comprehensively improved. It is reflected in product quality, which is a qualitative leap. After visiting along the way, Chen Bangpeng told Feng Xiaochen countless examples, the accuracy of the gear processing is now; the error of deep hole boring is now.

These boring indicators, which sound boring, were spoken from Chen Bangpeng, as if they were talking about an interesting story. Feng Xiaochen is a knowledgeable person. He could understand the difference at first and was deeply happy for Luo Qiu's progress. At the same time, he could also understand the helplessness that Leng Feiyun told him. Without a few years of professional mechanical skills, it was really not easy to understand the content introduced by Chen Bangpeng.

"It looks a bit like a modern factory." Feng Xiaochen responded to Chen Bangpeng's boast with a smile. This evaluation cannot be considered a compliment, but should be considered a realistic one.

Chen Bangpeng was even more proud when he heard Feng Xiaochen's praise. He said, "I'm not bragging. I, Old Chen, have visited hundreds of factories in China in the past, and dozens of them are larger than our Luoqiu. Looking back now, which factory can be more advanced than us? Not to mention how much imported equipment there is, just talking about the tidyness in this workshop, I dare to say that our Luoqiu is the best in the country."

Wang Weilong couldn't stand it anymore. He had been a colleague with Feng Xiaochen, had a good personal relationship, and also understood Feng Xiaochen's vision. He knew that Chen Bangpeng's bragging might have some effect in front of others, and it was simply a show of his awesomeness in front of Feng Xiaochen. Seeing that Chen Bangpeng had the intention to continue to blow, Wang Weilong quickly said to him half-jokingly:

"Old Chen, you are really bragging. What you are talking about is something from the past, right? Xiao Feng doesn't know what Luo Ye looks like in the past, can I still not know? It's dirty everywhere, and I can't even find a place to sit when I go to the workshop. As long as there is no superior to check for a month, there will be spider webs everywhere in the workshop. Have you forgotten all these?"

"Uh, isn't that a thing from the past?" Chen Bangpeng's old face had a fever and quickly retracted his words: "Director Wang, what I said was now. Look, we cooperated with Haifei Company to learn other people's advanced technology, and also learned their management experience. This is the result of our learning. I will introduce it to Director Feng, and I also want to ask Director Feng to criticize and correct me."

"Mr. Chen is so serious, I'm here to learn." Feng Xiaochen said modestly.

The group walked and watched and chatted, and finally arrived at the assembly workshop. As soon as they entered the door, Feng Xiaochen was shocked. The workshop was almost as big as a football field, and it was more than 20 meters high from the ground to the roof, which made people feel dizzy. In the middle of the workshop, five huge electric wheel dump trucks were arranged in sequence, each of which was a circle larger than the 120-ton dump truck that Feng Xiaochen had seen in the cold water mine.

The assembly progress of these dump trucks is different. Some are almost completed and are undergoing final commissioning and beautification; some have just set up a rack, and some workers weld various steel structures on the truck, welding flowers, and the driving trucks on the top of the workshop are constantly being sent to the truck for assembly operations for installation workers.

"Look, this is the first batch of dump trucks, motors, reducers, and hydraulic parts we assembled were imported from the United States and will gradually be transformed into domestic production in the future. The steel for frames is imported, forging, welding and heat treatment process was completed in our Luoye. At present, domestic steel is not up to date. We have obtained the steel formula provided by Haifei Company and are working with steel plants in the province to try to smel qualified steel. I don't know when it will be completed. There is also tires, which involves rubber technology. The gap between China and abroad is still very large, and it may be difficult to achieve domestic production within a few years. However, our Luoye is not responsible for this technical research, and we can't do it even if we want to work hard."

Chen Bangpeng took Feng Xiaochen and walked to the dump truck that was about to be assembled, and introduced him in detail the specific technical situation.

Feng Xiaochen walked around the car slowly, and from time to time reached out to touch the body and felt the manufacturing process. He kept nodding to show satisfaction. Compared with the 120-ton dump truck at the time, the 150-ton dump truck produced by the technology introduced not only has a more beautiful appearance, but also has a more mature process. The welded parts look very flat and there is no deformation. The processing of small parts such as screw caps also seems much more refined, without any scratches, burrs, etc.

"Director Wang, General Engineer Chen, how much difference can the dump trucks we built are compared with those imported from Haifei Company?" Feng Xiaochen asked.

Wang Weilong and Chen Bangpeng looked at each other, and finally Wang Weilong replied: "The first car has not been fully assembled yet. The specific technical parameters need to be taken out after assembly. However, based on our experience, the performance indicators of the whole vehicle such as braking performance, hill climbing ability, steering stability can reach at least 95% of the original vehicle; fuel consumption and noise indicators may be slightly lower than the original vehicle, but the gap will not exceed 10% at most. In terms of overhaul cycle, it is at most 10%. Moreover, our spare parts price is far lower than that of the original imported spare parts in the United States, and it does not occupy foreign exchange. In terms of maintenance, our assembled vehicles should have advantages."

"Are your data reliable?" Feng Xiaochen asked.

Chen Bangpeng nodded and said, "We have also discussed this issue with the US technicians. They also believe that the quality of the dump trucks we manufacture is very small compared with that of Haifei Company, and some of our key components are still used by the original products provided by Haifei Company, which further ensures that our products have good performance. The points that Director Wang just said should be guaranteed."

Feng Xiaochen said: "Do you dare to write these into the supply contract? For example, how long is the overhaul cycle? If the main components have irreparable faults before this time, and the responsibility is not on the user's side, you need to make corresponding compensation."

Wang Weilong was shocked and said, "Xiao Feng, if we do this, we will be under too much pressure. After all, it is the first time we have produced dump trucks according to international standards. Although everything is done in accordance with the regulations provided by Haifei Company, there are always inevitable areas where we are under consideration. If there is a problem, we have to pay compensation. How much money is the same as one aspect. I am mainly worried that it will dampen the enthusiasm of cadres and employees."

Feng Xiaochen smiled slightly. Wang Weilong's last words were about being a big banner. The enthusiasm of cadres and employees is linked to the economy. If dump truck production can make money, everyone can spend more money, and their enthusiasm will naturally be higher. However, if compensation is required due to quality issues, the profit will be reduced and there may even be losses. At that time, everyone will not get the funds, which will hurt their enthusiasm.

However, if there are no such constraints, how could Feng Xiaochen convince Honghedu Copper Mine to accept this batch of dump trucks? They also have economic efficiency indicators. If the quality of the dump truck you provide is not good, and it will affect their production every few days, who can protect their enthusiasm?

Thinking of this, Feng Xiaochen said to Wang Weilong: "Old Wang, you know. I came out this time to facilitate the Honghedu copper mine to accept your dump truck. If you dare not guarantee the quality, what reason do I have to convince them to believe you? We are friends, which does not mean that Honghedu also regards you as friends..."

"I know this." Wang Weilong said, "When I was conducting the 120-ton dump truck industry test, I went to Honghedu and dealt with their Director Zou, and knew his temper. You are right. If we can't make some promises, Zou Bingzheng would probably not nod."

"It's good that you understand this." Feng Xiaochen said, "Since that's the case, please ask Luo Ye to come up with a sincere plan. I will take your plan and meet this Director Zou for a while."
Chapter completed!