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  Chapter 250 Inspection of Diesel Engine Plant

  Songjiang Town

  Diesel engine plant under General Machinery Australia

  The rows of tall reinforced concrete factories are neat and orderly, and the concrete roads connecting the factories are also flat concrete roads, with green trees on both sides of the roads, and long flower beds full of flowers.

  This is a modern factory building with very high standards. Flat tractors shuttle between them, sending equipment parts to each station in an orderly manner for assembly.

  General Machinery Company manager Hou Guangde graciously accompanied Li Fushou to inspect, followed by Wu Mozhou and other leading figures, walking along the factory area.

  " Lord Earl;

We just looked at the foundry branch, which is responsible for casting diesel engine alloy cast iron cylinder blocks, cast iron engine covers, intake and exhaust pipes and other components. There are 322 sand founders and related technicians, 37 of which are hired by the United States. Experienced and highly skilled veteran technicians.

  These are all veteran technicians recruited by Cargill Steam Machinery Factory from other bankrupt factories in Detroit. They have rich experience in the production of alloy castings.

  We are now adopting the inheritance of the old and new technology, and we are equipped with enough manpower in the various processes of casting, sanding, grinding and cutting.

  According to the current production capacity of casting, it can produce 1,600 sets of engine cylinder blocks per month, which is almost 1/3 of Detroit Cargill's production capacity, including various engine castings. "

"Wait a minute, is the quantity a bit low?" Li Fushou interrupted him, frowned and looked at it for a while; "Cargill Company is responsible for the production of large and medium-sized diesel engines. It has reached a monthly output of 5,500 units. You are responsible for the production. For small and medium-sized diesel engines, it is reasonable to say that the difficulty should be smaller and the output should be larger. Why is there only a production capacity of more than 1,600 sets? The production equipment and conditions of the Songjiang base are not inferior to Detroit. Is it because of insufficient orders?"

  "The production order has been scheduled for two years, so there is no problem in this regard."

   "Then why is the expansion speed so slow?"

  Seeing that Li Fushou's face was displeased, He Guangde did not dare to neglect, and quickly explained; "Earl, please explain one or two to Rong Beizhi."

   "Well, let's talk about it."

Hou Guangde bowed his hand and replied in a stern tone; "This is the case. The production capacity of the Songjiang base is designed for an annual output of 60,000 sets of small and medium-sized engines. The annual output can reach 20,000 sets of small and medium-sized diesel power generation equipment. The production capacity of 12,000 walking tractors can meet the continuous and strong demand from all over the world.

  Since the start of production at the beginning of the year

  The production capacity curve has been maintaining a good upward trend, gradually releasing production.

  But to reach the full design capacity, it will take a year or more for General Machinery Company. This is because we have 4 difficult bottlenecks to overcome.

The first one is that our own technical force is weak. Most of the relevant skilled workers are newly recruited high school graduates. There are relatively few experienced teachers and fewer skilled workers. There are a lot of defective products and scrap parts in production. A process from unfamiliar to proficient.

  Such a large production volume, it is not enough to rely on American technicians alone. We must train our own skilled workers.

  At present, the company has made great efforts to rectify this. A production team led by skilled American masters, implements the responsibility to the team, rewards to the team, punishment to the team, and conducts production competitions in groups.

  High productivity, good product quality, and the production group with fewer scrap parts have additional rewards, and the wages they get are more than double the average.

  The pay of the poorly performing production group has been greatly reduced. Not only the apprentice workers, but also the American technicians who lead them are also severely punished. The wages can only get half of the average, and those who lag behind for three consecutive months are dismissed.

Five American technicians have been dismissed this month, and the production evaluation is conducted every month. This greatly touched the American technicians and apprentices. The bubbles, cracks, impurities and non-conforming products in the castings were greatly reduced, and the yield rate was greatly reduced. From 43.6% at the beginning of the year, it has jumped to 71.5% today, and this month is expected to rise to a high level of 75%.

  Compared with Detroit Cargill's 89% yield, there is still a lot of room for improvement, and we are taking various measures to catch up. "

  Hear here

Li Fushou's expression eased a little, and he nodded calmly and said; "These American technicians are a bunch of cheap leather, so let's say to the technical experts in charge of Cargill Company, for example, all American technicians who have been fired are not allowed to card. Gill Company re-employed. Evaluations for awards and punishments are held every week, and the amount of rewards for excellent teams should be increased by 30%, which allows them to bring more apprentices, and apprentices are selected from teams with poor production quality, and more production is in line with quality. In addition, they contacted the Detroit Cargill Company and asked them to select 20 outstanding technicians to help the foundry improve its level. This thing will be done immediately."

"Humble duty." Hou Guangde replied, and then continued to explain; "The second production bottleneck is the lack of accessories, especially the diesel drive shaft. Previously, it had been produced by related American manufacturers, but their production capacity was limited. , The financial strength is not strong enough, and the pace of expansion obviously cannot keep up with the production scale of our OEM.

  The drive shaft is a high-tech product. It is necessary to use a steam hammer or a high-power hydraulic press to produce the blanks, which are made through processes such as extrusion, cutting, boring, and grinding, and few manufacturers can produce them.

  For this, we contacted the artillery factory under the Deep Blue Weapons Company, and they imported a batch of processing equipment to produce various drive shafts, intake and exhaust valves and other components on their behalf.

  It’s just that because the supporting production has just started, the relevant production capacity is also increasing, and it cannot fully meet our needs for the time being.

We have received a promise from the artillery factory that we can get 1,200 sets of shaft products every month after May, and there will be an increase of more than 300 sets each month. need.

  In this way, coupled with imported parts, it can basically meet the needs of releasing full production capacity. "

   "Well, how is their production quality?" Li Fushou asked.

  "Dark Blue Weapon Factory is a manufacturer of artillery. It has always been very strict in quality. The shaft products produced can reach the average level of the supporting manufacturers, but are slightly inferior to the best."

"Then you take the best products to them, let them see where the gaps are, try to improve the production process, and don't just be satisfied with the average level." Li Fushou paused, looking at the distance with his hands calmly. Continue to say; "Tell the people from Deep Blue Arms Company that as long as their production level reaches the best supporting manufacturers, then Kargil's product orders can also be given to them. You know, this is a big piece of fat! You can eat it."

  Speaking of these words, Wu Mozhou and others nearby laughed with understanding.

  Throwing out such a big piece of fat, I am not afraid that Deep Blue Weapon Company will not take it seriously.

The two factories add up to nearly 130,000 sets of shaft products, and the output is still growing. This is a large order worth more than one million pounds. It is estimated that they will use the energy of milking to improve the production process and strive to win This big order.

  Hou Guangde also felt confident. The Deep Blue Weapons Factory now keeps orders and is very proud of itself. Now that the Lord Earl has spoken, I am not afraid that they will not obediently submit.

After all, the examinations and income of business managers are closely linked to the benefits of the business. You can't grasp the opportunity if you don't do it well. If you don't do well, you will lose points in the eyes of Lord Piaget. This is undoubtedly a big failure. The future is worrying. !

Hou Guangde smiled and said, "Our third bottleneck lies in Siemens. The supporting generator sets are all produced by Siemens. Our diesel generator sets are sent to Europe for assembly, and their production capacity has increased more slowly than ours. , The production scale of only 950 generator sets per month is reached, which greatly slows down the order delivery speed.

  For this reason, we have explored or established the possibility of establishing a generator set manufacturer in Australia. Siemens flatly refused. This is their core product field and will never allow other companies to intervene.

The fourth bottleneck is that all production lines are running in. It is not just a foundry. The carriage factory recruited 770 new workers. They also started independent production after training. The new production team produces 11 sets of carriages a week, composed of skilled workers. The old production team can produce 23 to 26 carriages, which is a big gap.

  Moreover, the car kits produced by the new production group have many quality problems, such as missing riveting, wrong riveting, center line deviation, irregular size, etc., which need to be gradually overcome and improved.

  The wheel factory also has similar problems. Due to the impact of the current war, the supply of raw materials for solid rubber tires imported from Malaysia is insufficient, which affects the delivery speed of walking tractors.

There are too many novices in the main assembly plant, and we did not dare to start production with all our strength. The main focus is on training industrial workers. Only a group of qualified workers can participate in production after training. In the next step, the company plans to increase training and productivity, and try to strive for it. 80% of the production capacity requirements will be reached before the end of the year, and the production capacity will be fully released before April next year. "

   "Well, the results are remarkable and there are many problems." Li Fushou was basically satisfied with the performance of General Machinery Company's Songjiang base.

  There is a lot of work that needs to be perfected, and a lot of difficulties need to be overcome. He suddenly remembered something and asked; "Are the tractors using solid tires?"

   "Yes, they are all solid tires." Hou Guangde answered inexplicably.

  The others didn’t know what was going on either, and looked at Li Fushou with surprise.

  Li Fushou seemed to be taken aback, and then the smile spread from the corner of his mouth to the entire face, and even the brows were full of joy.

  Grandma, why did I forget this?

  Hollow tires, this is a big industry.

  The real principle is not worth it. It is just that some steel wire is wrapped in the rubber. If the high-strength steel wire does not meet the requirements, then the high-tenacity thread woven with hemp can also be used.

  As early as 1836, the Belgian Diez put forward the idea of ​​pneumatic tires, but did not put it into practice. This guy is a complete visionary.

  In 1845, Robert W. Thomson, a civil engineer in Middlesex, England, invented a tire wrapped in leather and filled with air or horsehair, but it was not actually used.

  That and that...

  John Bird Dunlop, a Scottish veterinarian living in Belfast, Ireland, has not invented hollow rubber tires yet!

  Hahaha... I picked it up, this invention belongs to me, and this big industry belongs to me.

   By the way, this thing works very well when used on bicycles. It seems that a bicycle manufacturer is needed to eat up this market share.

  Good, great.

  (End of this chapter)