Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"Director, except for the farm machinery that has been taken away by the department, the rest have been delivered to the villages, including the Zhoujia Village you mentioned. I wonder if more will be delivered next?"

Early in the morning, as soon as Zhou Tian stepped into the office, his secretary Liu Yuan came in to report.

"Let's not send it yet. Let's observe the performance of the farm machinery that has been sent first. By the way, how is the progress of the tractor?"

As early as a week ago, Zhou Tian handed over the design drawings of the tractor to the technical department. Now, because he was busy with the affairs of the combine harvester, he handed over the relevant matters of the tractor to Liu Yuan.

"Director, the production of the tractor is going smoothly. Samples should be available in a while!" Liu Yuan did not dare to slack off in response to the director's instructions and answered immediately.

"Well, after the tractor comes out, we'll choose another village to test it. You go down first!"

Zhou Tian said after thinking for a moment.

"Okay, Director, call me if you need anything!"

After saying that, Liu Yuan turned and left the factory director's office.

After a period of adaptation, the entire Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory has resumed production.

Just yesterday, the higher-ups gave the Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory a task - to research the oxygen top-blown converter for steelmaking furnaces.

Although Zhou Tian didn't understand why a machinery factory would receive such a seemingly incompatible task, since it was issued by the state, Zhou Tian had no choice but to accept it.

At this moment, placed on his desk is the technical data of the oxygen top-blown converter for steelmaking furnace, but a large part of it is the conjecture of domestic experts.

"Hey, I really don't understand why the higher-ups gave me this task. I clearly have a talent for mechanics!"

Zhou Tian shook his head. He couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it and immersed himself in the information about the oxygen top-blown converter for steelmaking furnaces and read it carefully.

As he read deeper, the shape of a steelmaking furnace, an oxygen top-blown converter, gradually took shape in the virtual space of his mind. Instantly, a huge stream of information poured into his memory.

"Wow, it seems that this contains not only information about the oxygen top-blown converter for steelmaking furnaces, but also information about subsequent improvements!"

Absorbing the knowledge in his mind, Zhou Tian seemed to have instantly become a technical expert in oxygen top-blown converters for steelmaking furnaces. He quickly absorbed and digested a lot of knowledge about oxygen top-blown converters for steelmaking furnaces.

After he had digested all the technology about oxygen top-blown converters in his mind, the technical information that seemed profound just now suddenly became simple and easy to understand, and he could see the errors in several of his guesses at a glance.

"Oh, what a hard life!"

With the knowledge in his mind, Zhou Tian put the materials away with disdain, took out the drawings, and began to design the oxygen top-blown converter for the steelmaking furnace on them.

As mentioned earlier, my country's first oxygen top-blown converter was built and put into production at Shougang on December 1964, 12.

But it was only 1952, and oxygen top-blown converters had not yet begun to be developed in many Western countries around the world.

If he could successfully build an oxygen top-blown converter in this era, my country's international status would surely be greatly enhanced.

At least the era of steel shortage will end soon, which will greatly promote the industry.

The oxygen top-blown converter is a modern steelmaking technology that uses an oxygen lance inserted vertically from the top of the converter to blow industrial pure oxygen into the molten pool to oxidize carbon, silicon, manganese, phosphorus and other elements in the molten iron, and generate heat to increase the temperature of the molten pool.

This method was first developed by engineers in Linz and Donawitz, Austria, and is therefore also called the LD method.

Due to its high efficiency, low cost and ability to produce high-quality steel, this steelmaking method will be rapidly promoted around the world, gradually replacing the traditional air converter method and open-hearth steelmaking method, and becoming the most advanced steelmaking method decades later. Even in the past, although the steelmaking industry has been constantly innovating, the oxygen top-blown converter is still the mainstream of steelmaking.

The oxygen top-blown converter designed by Zhou Tian is not the same as it was when it first appeared, but a more modern version. It not only adds a compressible oxygen jet structure and a porous spray gun design, but also improves the vanadium-containing pig iron blowing process, making the oxygen top-blown converter more efficient, lower cost, and producing better quality steel.

At first, Zhou Tian did not want to study the oxygen top-blown converter, not because the technology was difficult, but because he felt it was not the right time. However, now that it was a task assigned by his superiors, he could only temporarily hand over the combine harvester work to Song Weiguo and devote himself to the drawing work.

Before he knew it, when he felt his stomach protesting, he realized that three hours had passed and it was time for lunch.

"Boom boom boom!"

Just as he was about to get up to eat, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in!"

Zhou Tian had no choice but to sit down again.

As the door opened, Liu Yuan came in with a lunch box and said to Zhou Tian respectfully, "Director, I saw that you were so busy with work that you forgot to eat, so I took the initiative to bring you the food back!"

As he spoke, Liu Yuan placed the lunch box on the table.

"Xiao Liu, this is too much trouble for you!"

Zhou Tian looked at Liu Yuan and smiled embarrassedly.

Although Liu Yuan is his secretary, Zhou Tian always feels that it is not good to trouble him too much. Now he is not only responsible for the tractor project in the factory, but also has to take care of his own diet, which makes him feel very sorry.

"Director, what are you talking about? As your secretary, I naturally have to put you first!"

Liu Yuan still smiled and answered respectfully.

"Well, thank you very much. You have worked hard!"

"No trouble, you eat first, call me when you're done, I'll go down first!"

After Liu Yuan finished speaking, he turned and left the office.

“I never thought that I would have the privilege to enjoy the day!”

Zhou Tian looked at the lunch box on the table and smiled at himself.

To be honest, in his previous life, he was just a software engineer at an ordinary university, and he had dreamed of earning a million dollars a year. But compared to being the factory manager of a large factory that will soon employ 10,000 people, he still thinks his current position is better.

Although the country has only been liberated for three years and people's lives are still relatively difficult, everyone has absolute trust in the country.

This kind of trust was unimaginable for him who had awakened the memories of his past life.

Because of this, he loves this era even more.

Even though I used to eat steamed buns made from flour and pickles, I still felt particularly at ease.

Unlike the previous life, even if surrounded by lights, wine, and women, and revelry day and night, the spirit is extremely empty. It seems that everyone has been trapped in endless internal circulation since birth.

"Hey, why are you thinking about this?"

Shaking his head, Zhou Tian erased the memories of his previous life, reached out to pick up the lunch box, opened it, smelled the aroma of the food inside, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Uncle He is still reliable. The chef he hired is indeed a skilled cook, and his cooking skills are no worse than Uncle He's!"

Having said that, he started eating quickly.

After dinner, he asked Liu Yuan to pack up the lunch box and continued to draw the oxygen top-blown converter.