Steel Steam and Flame

A group of irregular cubes, the shape roughly can be imagined with the human heart, also like an old tree roots, the top is coiled full of hideous copper pipes. As a steam-powered assembly, it is said to be a small super-vapor compression device, but its volume is also close to the size of two adults. The design is very compact, the dense hoses have been fixed, and the length of each one has its actual meaning in it, not a random number. The machinist used a difference machine to calculate, and as much as possible to eliminate the error caused by the repair.

The above parts cannot be replaced at will. Like a precision bite gear, small errors will accumulate the fatigue value of the entire mechanical body during countless wear and tear. When the endurance limit comes, it suddenly explodes.

This is also the reason why super vapor compression devices are difficult to replicate, or cannot be replicated. There is a place for them in the foundation of empire rule. Design, materials, craftsmanship, assembly, and debugging technology have all gone through long-term accumulation and dedication of several generations of research.

"Before I saw this thing, I thought it would be a very regular object." Sotagon looked at the compression device above his head, sighed and said to Cassia, "The parts are broken, and the performance is great. Loss, but the power provided can still be equivalent to dozens of tanks. And with the program set in the differential engine, the small super vapor compression device can do a lot of things that the ordinary type compression device can't do."

While talking, the aerial crane has moved the compression device to the fixed platform. At this moment, it is gradually lowering the height. Several engineers are artificially aiming at the fixed device on the platform.

Accompanied by a muffled sound of "boom", the ultra-vapor compression device completely fits into the hinge on the fixed table. The sound of the collision still surrounds the spacious factory building, and it still has a decent weight when it is not too big. At this time, the technical engineers began to loosen the plug on the compression device, revealing a dozen dark holes.

Those are the passages through which steam enters and exits, through the high-pressure tank of the compression device, and the main body of the control valve, as well as the condenser and heating ring on the body of the other armor, and then through the cooperation of various valve bodies, and then complete a power Come in a complete cycle. Except for the main body of the compression device, other components are now replaced by equipment in the factory to simulate the self-circulation system on the armor to test the performance of these devices.

Several technical engineers are now clamping the control pipes and cables, and the sensors used to obtain relevant test data will be finally fixed. They are all skilled veterans, and their rich experience makes the preparation work before debugging go smoothly. Finally, as an engineer first opened the main steam delivery valve of the pump body of the hydraulic system, in the whistling sound of the blade-shaped hydraulic pump, the sharp piston rod stretched out to drive the movable connecting rod to operate. The tension block on the device also supports the compression device from behind.

Then, via the calibrated ground track, a large horn-like spray restrictor was pushed over, and it was precisely connected to the main steam delivery port on the compression device. The technical engineers fixed both of them and checked them from beginning to end again, and the time went from 9 o'clock to about 11 o'clock.

Three other compressors also arrived in the factory during this period. The manpower was obviously insufficient, and finally Sotagon and Cassia all came to help. In actual operation, the two may not match those technical engineers, but their theoretical knowledge is roughly the same. When all the mechanical drawings are basically the same, with a flexible body and huge strength, the installation and fixation progress is indeed accelerated.

After all the five huge horn covers were tightened for the second time, the fixing work was finally completed at 4 pm.

Sotagon evacuated the people around, and several baffles almost as high as the factory building were also placed not far from the horn cover to block the turbulent steam jetting out at high speed. Above this space, ten huge hoses were also pulled over by the aerial crane. Dozens of shower heads with sufficient spray volume were installed on them. After a while, the test officially started, so that the cold water inside could quickly condense massive steam. Prevent them from escaping too much from the factory building to expose the target. A large circle is also surrounded by baffles on the ground to collect water and enhance the effect of absorbing steam.

"Is the pressure enough?" Cassia looked around and took precautions for everything he should pay attention to. The possibility of problems would not be very high, but he was worried that the steam delivery capacity of the factory was not enough to touch the super steam. The limit of the compression device. After all, its size is not as big as the steam engine of ordinary trucks, and it drives the armored body of tonnage. All the moving parts above have to rely on the steam it delivers to operate.

"No problem. The steam pressure and volume here can pull dozens of medium and large machines. If the subsequent pressure and output are not enough, you can also temporarily apply for a steam discharge tower to increase our output here. When this factory attracted steam, The red copper pipes designed and purchased have never reached its limit. The worst result is that you have to pay an extra money to the steam emission tower. The product of the three primary colors group, the appetite of the emission tower managers will not be very big. With a smile on Sotagon’s face, he looked at Cassia, "I’ll see the true power of this thing in a minute~www.readwn.com~ According to its performance, maybe we can also fight against the armor. Make a rough estimate of combat capability."

Cassia and Sotagon all evacuated the area designated by the experiment. The technical engineers activated the differential engine that controls the fixed platform. After the detection data was determined to be within the safe range, they pressed down the safety lever of the main steam pipeline of the factory and began to open the main control rotary valve one step at a time. The sound of the hollow sound mixed in the pipe, penetrated the thick pipe wall, and turned into a muffled swoop on a group of observers.

After ten seconds, the main shaft of the steam turbine in the super vapor compression device started to rotate under the drive of several stages of blades. The blades impacted by the high-temperature and high-pressure steam screamed and accelerated the main shaft to a terrifying state in a short time. The steam in the horn cover changed from a falling shape to a sprayed form, like the triangular combination searchlight on the head of a heavy train at night, the milky white steam became a solid solid in Cassia's eyes, and the surface was extremely delicate. When you look closely, you can see the visual effect of the rapid flow of steam.

The baffle a dozen meters away wailed in the impact, and the fixed platform was covered by steam at this time. The smoke-like layer upon layer of them had a visual weight, and they poured hard and heavy towards the top of the factory.

The water pipe on the aerial crane began to fill with water, and a man-made rainstorm fell. The water droplets hit a real object, piercing through a heavy pile of steam mist, and barely suppressed them in the factory space.

Except for the sound of various machinery rotating and vibrating, only the red light flashing on the side of the differential machine can show the actual conditions of the machines inside the steam envelope.

Sotagong looked at the fast-moving gears, and the numbers on them were rising steadily as expected. He finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and all that was left was waiting for time.