Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"Deputy Director Yang, this has nothing to do with Technician Nie. It is indeed my fault. The main reason is that I did not tell Technician Nie all my thoughts at the beginning!"

When Zhou Tian heard what Nie Guodong said, he immediately admitted his mistake.

After all, it was indeed his own fault. He had never thought that a horizontal lathe would attract the attention of two big bosses. To put it bluntly, he did not have enough knowledge about the current world's machine tools.

I don't have enough knowledge about the machine tool improvements in my mind, and I don't know the current progress of machine tool research in China. That's why the misunderstanding happened.

However, Deputy Director Yang's words also reminded Zhou Tian that he must be cautious and extra cautious when dealing with things that are out of date.

Try to combine it with the latest research in the world and then present it, otherwise it will be difficult to explain when the time comes.

"Master Zhou, you worry too much. I don't mean to blame you. I can't thank you enough!"

When Deputy Director Yang heard Zhou Tian’s words, he hurriedly explained that Master Zhou was now the treasure of the factory and he did not want to cause misunderstandings on the other side. Moreover, Master Zhou had actually designed a horizontal lathe and he did not want the credit to disappear.

"Yes! Master Zhou, I was just joking, don't take it seriously!"

Seeing that Zhou Tian took it seriously, Nie Guodong hurriedly explained.

"It's okay, Deputy Director Yang, Technician Nie, I know everything!"

Seeing the two men's serious faces, Zhou Tian hurriedly waved his hands and said, just as he said, although what they said just now made him feel a little uncomfortable, compared to the fact that they could support his research on the lathe, this discomfort was nothing.

"By the way, Master Zhou, now that the drawings of the horizontal lathe have been drawn, when can we expect the results?"

Seeing that Zhou Tian really didn't care, Deputy Director Yang didn't say any more pleasantries and just asked.

Now that Master Zhou has drawn the blueprints for the horizontal lathe, he thinks it won't take long to get the results. But after all, he can't report on the horizontal lathe until the results are completely out.

What if the horizontal lathe failed to succeed, or if it succeeded but did not meet the design expectations, it would be a joke. So after recovering, Deputy Director Yang naturally thought of the problem.

Talking about business, Zhou Tian instantly regained his confidence and said, "Please rest assured, Deputy Director Yang, according to my estimate, it will only take a month for the new lathe to produce results!"

He was very confident about this. After all, the entire lathe drawing was in his mind, and he had also drawn it. As long as they followed the steps, with their abilities, they would be able to process all the parts on the drawing within half a month.

But there was one thing: he had to get the servo motor and cutting tools himself, especially the servo motor. He did not intend to use the servo motor provided by the steel mill.

The first reason is that there are very few servo motors in the country now, and they are only used on some high-precision machine tools. The second reason is that the current servo motors are too simple, and the power and motive force they contain are really not worthy of his attention.

Although Zhou Tian did not do in-depth research on servo motors, don't forget that he also taught himself electrical engineering, so he knows a little about motors.

The servo motor was not that difficult in his opinion, he just needed to make one himself, but the only difficulty lay in the controller and sensor.

Although controllers are already available abroad, servo motors are still in their initial stages in China, and most of them still rely on mechanical and torsion bars for control, which is not very convenient.

He wanted to make some modifications to it, at least to use open-loop and closed-loop regulation of the motor, and drive current or voltage to control the motor's movement.

Although it is not as good as the controllers used in foreign countries, it is considered a relatively advanced control method in China today.

In addition to the controller, the sensor also needs further improvement. Compared with traditional mechanical control, he feels that electromagnetic sensing is easier to sense changes in servo motors.

As for the cutting tools, although he had seen a lot of cutting tool recipes in the information at the beginning, if he wanted to copy them, he still needed to combine them with the craftsmanship, which required constant experimentation. Fortunately, he still knew some simple craftsmanship.

However, this requires the help of Deputy Director Yang, after all, the steel rolling mill does not involve metallurgy.

Thinking of this, he looked at Deputy Director Yang and said, "Deputy Director Yang, we can process all the parts and servo motors ourselves, but there is only one thing that requires Deputy Director Yang's help!"

As he spoke, a trace of difficulty suddenly appeared on his face.

"Master Zhou, you said that as long as I have the ability to do it, I will definitely not let you down!"

When Deputy Director Yang heard that Zhou Tian needed his help, he immediately perked up and asked with great enthusiasm.

"It's the knives. The current knives are not good enough. We need harder and more resilient knives!"

Zhou Tian spoke immediately after hearing what Deputy Director Yang said.

"Knife?"

Deputy Director Yang was stunned when he heard this. Although he knew that lathes would definitely use cutting tools, he didn't know how important the cutting tools were to lathes. He turned his head and looked at Nie Guodong who was in deep thought.

Obviously, he didn't know much about knives.

Perhaps sensing Deputy Director Yang's gaze, Nie Guodong also woke up from his contemplation. He did not look at Deputy Director Yang, but instead looked at Zhou Tian and asked, "Master Zhou, I will solve the problem with the tool for you, but is it true that you can solve the servo motor problem yourself?"

Nie Guodong's words immediately made Deputy Director Yang speechless. They were talking about cutting tools, but why did Old Nie bring up the servo motor?

Is the servo motor more important than the tool?

This puzzled him.

"it is true!"

When Zhou Tian heard Nie Guodong's question, he nodded to confirm. He originally wanted to say that he would provide the material formula and process, but since Technician Nie said he could solve it, he was too lazy to say it for now. He would talk about it after the cutting tools came out. If it was qualified, that would be great. If it was not qualified, he would talk about it then.

"Okay, then Master Zhou, you guys just process the other parts of the lathe as soon as possible, and I'll take care of the rest!"

After getting Zhou Tian's confirmation, Nie Guodong did not continue to ask questions, but made the decision immediately.

Then Nie Guodong and Deputy Director Yang asked Zhou Tian some more questions and turned to leave the abandoned workshop. Zhou Tian then breathed a sigh of relief looking at their backs.

He hurried to the toilet. He was about to go to the toilet, but was stopped by Deputy Director Yang and Technician Nie. Now he felt that if he didn't go, he would be suffocated.

After quickly draining the water, he felt relaxed again.

As soon as I returned to the abandoned workshop, I heard the lunch bell ringing.

After lunch, Liu Wuming and Zhang Qian were still processing other parts. Zhou Tian also asked Liu Yuan to go to the logistics department to ask for an old motor and a stack of copper wires, opened them, and started to rewind them.