When will I have a long tassel?

"Isn't this awkward for you?"

At Tengcun Machine Tool Factory, Wen Jianmin, the workshop director of the gear workshop, said helplessly to the miller Gao Shuchun.

A few days ago, Tengji and Linyiji signed a cooperation agreement, allowing Linyiji to rent Tengji's factory buildings and equipment, and hire Tengji's workers to produce machine tool products for Linyiji. Later, Linyiji took orders for several gantry milling machines and began to recruit workers from various workshops of Tengji for production. As the most skilled miller in the gear workshop, Gao Shuchun was included in the list of workers recommended to Linyi Machinery.

Tengji has been short of production tasks for a long time. Gao Shuchun and his co-workers are idle three or four days a week, and they can only find a corner in the workshop to kill time playing cards. Hearing that there was a job available, everyone signed up enthusiastically. Of course, Linyiji hoped to hire a group of workers with higher technical skills, so Gao Shuchun stood out among the crowd.

According to the agreement between Tengji and Linyiji, the wages of workers hired by Linyiji will be borne by Linyiji. Linyiji will also pay an additional fee to Tengji, which is regarded as rent for borrowing personnel and equipment. . From an engineering perspective, it is certainly a more comfortable thing to lend equipment and workers to other companies to engage in production. The money given by the other company is equivalent to the depreciation of the equipment and the cost of the workers’ working hours, and all the profits are taken away by the other company. The opportunity is equivalent to doing a marriage for someone else.

But since I can't get any orders, it's better to do marriages for others than to have all the workers in the factory idle. Linyiji can hire a group of workers, which is equivalent to reducing the burden on the factory. The rent paid by Linyi Machinery is also an extra income for the factory. Although the amount is not high, it is better than nothing.

When Zhou Heng mentioned this matter at the factory affairs meeting, several other factory leaders had some complaints. Everyone feels that Linyiji's move is a bit bullying. Since you can receive orders, and the product is a milling machine that Tengji is better at, you should give the order directly to Tengji for production. At the worst, Tengji will pay you some information fees. The bulk of the profits should still be reserved for Tengji.

Criticisms are criticisms. If people don't pick up on you when the opportunity arises, what can you do? Your own salesperson is not good enough, and when you go out to meet customers, they can snatch orders away from you at the first opportunity. What can you say?

Customers are not fools. The reason why they are willing to sign orders with Linyiji instead of Tengji is that apart from the difference in ability of the salesmen between the two factories, what they value more is that Linyiji has more reliable quality and after-sales service. We promise that if there are any problems in the future, we can find Linyiji to solve them, which is far more reliable than looking for Tengji. In the final analysis, it was Tengji himself who ruined his reputation, and his relationship with the salesman was really not that great.

The factory leaders of Tengji actually knew this, but who was willing to admit that they had a problem? If the company is not running well, wouldn't it be good to blame others? Self-reflection is really annoying.

By the way, Gao Shuchun was quite happy after receiving the notice that he was hired by Linyiji. At present, Tengji's salary can barely be paid on time, but the salary standard is much lower than that of Linyiji. But he works for Linyiji and gets the salary of Linyiji. After working for a month, the money he gets is more than double that of working at Tengji. Who doesn't want this kind of opportunity?

There are thousands of parts on a gantry milling machine, involving all types of work on the machine. Linyiji needs to borrow the location and equipment of Tengji for production. Naturally, it is impossible to move all the equipment used to a workshop. What's more, some equipment cannot be moved at all and can only be produced in the original place. . In this way, workers still produce as they did before, but the people responsible for production scheduling have changed from the managers of Tengji to the managers of Linyi.

In Gao Shuchun's opinion, he was the best miller in the workshop. He was used to doing these gear processing on the gantry milling machine. Who would manage it? He would still work as usual. What else could go wrong?

But something went wrong.

The business assigned to Gao Shuchun is to process several large gears in the machine tool gearbox. Gao Shuchun got the drawings, looked at each parameter, and started working. He quickly clamped the workpiece blank, installed a suitable milling cutter, slightly adjusted the feed point, then started the machine tool and started cutting with a squeaking sound. A set of operations was as smooth as a flow, and anyone who knew the business would know it at a glance. He is an extremely talented senior technician.

In Gao Shuchun's heart, there was an idea that was not common to outsiders, and that was to show off his skills in front of Lin Yiji's dispatch. He did this not to please the dispatcher of Linyi Machinery, nor for any other personal gain. He just wanted to show these southerners that although Linyi Machinery's business is not doing well, it is still in great power and the workers of Linyiji Machinery are working hard. Technology cannot be underestimated. Your uncle will always be your uncle...

"Hey, master, why didn't you change the knife?"

A voice sounded behind Gao Shuchun, with a strong southern accent, and dissatisfaction that even the accent could not hide.

Gao Shuchun didn't panic. He finished the operation he was doing steadily and retreated the milling cutter away from the surface of the workpiece. Then he turned back and looked at the man standing behind him. Gao Shuchun knew this person. Wen Jianmin had introduced them to them before. He was a production dispatcher sent by Linyiji, named Chen Jinsong.

When we met, Chen Jinsong introduced himself to everyone and said that he was also a miller. He didn't say his age, but judging from his face, he looked less than 30 years old, at least 10 years younger than Gao Shuchun. Gao Shuchun was confident enough that his milling skills were enough to serve as Chen Jinsong's master.

"What do you mean by changing the knife?" Gao Shuchun looked at Chen Jinsong and asked casually. This is the way an expert talks to a novice. The more nonchalant you are, the more confident you are.

"According to the process requirements, after you use the three-sided blade cutter to mill the step surface, you need to change to a single-angle cutter to mill the two angle grooves. Why didn't you change the cutter and mill the right-angle groove first?" Chen Jinsong pointed aside. drawings, said.

Gao Shuchun smiled slightly and said, "Chen Shuchun, you haven't been a miller for a long time, have you? Let me teach you how to do it. Come and see, this step surface and this right-angle slot are both made with this three-sided knife. I'll mill the right-angle slot first." , and then change the tool to mill the angle groove there, you can save one change of tool.

"You are also a miller. You should know how much time it takes to change a knife, right? I will finish all the operations with this knife first, and then change to the next knife to process a gear like this. It can save at least one-third. One time.”

"I understand this." Chen Jinsong nodded, "But the process documents say that the angle slots must be milled first, and then the right-angle slots. You must strictly follow the requirements of the process documents."

Gao Shuchun said disdainfully: "Those people who are engaged in craftsmanship have never done any work at all. If you listen to them, it will be a waste of time. Anyway, angle grooves have to be milled, and right-angle grooves have to be milled. Who goes first and who comes last? What's the difference?" I've been working as a miller for almost 20 years, and it's just a broken gear. What kind of process documents do I need to read?"

Chen Jinsong said with a dark face: "Master, I don't understand which place is processed first and which place is processed later, but I believe that the craftsmanship is particular and they will not let you change it one more time for no reason. .

"By the way, when I was in technical school, I heard the teacher say that the material of some workpieces is soft and the surface is easily deformed during processing, so some time should be allowed for the surface to recover. I thought about it, the process stipulates the Is the processing sequence just to allow time for recovery from deformation? If we violate the process requirements, the accuracy of the parts will be affected. We don’t know the specific process design ideas, so we still follow the requirements of the process documents. Doing is the best.”

"What you are talking about is the stuff in technical schools. These things cannot be tolerated in factories. We have been manufacturing milling machines for decades. Myself, my master, and my master's master have all done this. You Go to the market and ask around, is our milling machine not accurate enough?" Gao Shuchun choked.

Chen Jinsong is obviously not good at quarreling. When it comes to milling skills, he is indeed no match for Gao Shuchun. Tengji specializes in manufacturing milling machines, and the quality of Tengji's milling machines is among the best in the industry. Gao Shuchun said that Tengji has been producing this way for decades, leaving Chen Jinsong really speechless to refute.

However, Chen Jinsong has his own principle, that is, the requirements in the process documents must be strictly implemented. This is also the production discipline that Linyiji has continuously emphasized in recent years. In the past, there were some workers at Linyi Machinery who didn’t care much about the process documents. They felt that as long as the parts they processed were exactly the same as the requirements on the drawings, who did you care about how I made them?

But in fact, the requirements in process documents are often well-founded. These requirements are based on theoretical derivation and the summary of countless experiences. Some requirements may seem like red tape, but if you follow them, you can produce better quality parts. Violating the process requirements, even if the surface dimensions and smoothness of the parts are exactly the same, the internal quality indicators will not meet the requirements.

It is unrealistic to explain the theoretical basis behind the process documents to all workers, so the rule in the workshop is to strictly follow the process documents. If you think there is a better way, you can make reasonable suggestions to the technical department. If the technical department accepts it, your method will become a new process requirement. If the technical department does not approve of your method, then you can only follow the technical department's requirements obediently and cannot modify the process design at will.

"Master, I don't care how many years Tengji has been working as a milling machine. Since you have accepted Linyiji's production task now, you must do it according to Linyiji's regulations. The gear you just processed does not meet the requirements of Linyiji." Request, I will go back and ask our craftsman to take a look. If he says it can still be used, then keep it. If he says no, it will be treated as scrap and your salary will be deducted according to regulations." Chen Jinsong said seriously. said.