After leaving Guo Zilong's office, Zeng Wei had just returned home, and Wang Shuyao arrived immediately, and asked Zeng Wei anxiously: "Why are you still at home?

Is the glass factory about to open its furnace?

Zeng Wei was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect it to be so fast, it seems that the glass factory is still more concerned about the order placed by the winery.

You know, the glass products factory was originally very unwelcome to the Qingquan Distillery.

It turned out that although Gudan only had one glass factory, there were fewer places where glass products were needed, so the few units that needed glass products, such as Qingquan Distillery, were their main customers.

In addition, they also take some scattered orders and produce some specific products for some special customers. However, such opportunities are obviously very rare, and they cannot support the glass products factory at all.

The shutdown of Qingquan Distillery half a year ago affected not only the distillery, but also the glass factory, especially the Qingquan Distillery owed them nearly 100,000 yuan, which pushed the glass factory to the brink of bankruptcy.

Because of the Qingquan Distillery, it is strange that the glass products factory can have a good impression of the Qingquan Distillery.

Although the current Wuling Xian Liquor Company has drawn a clear line with the original Qingquan Distillery, in Zeng Wei's opinion, I am afraid that the other party will not give him a good face.

But he has no other choice, if he goes to Fuzhou or Jiangzhou to find a manufacturer, the distance is too far, not only increases the cost, but also the time may be too late. After all, Zeng Wei planned to open the curtain of the winery's actions before the Spring Festival.

Therefore, he could only helplessly find the glass factory, placed a large order, and paid a deposit of 50,000 yuan first.

Although the winery accepted the order, he didn't expect the other party to treat him very favorably, he only hoped that the other party could design the appearance of the bottle according to his own intentions and take out samples.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually gave him a surprise, and in such a short period of time, there was action.

This made Zeng Wei a little overjoyed. After all, the sooner the winery produces bottles that meet his requirements, the sooner he can prepare for production.

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After rushing to the glass factory, Zeng Wei found that the masters were basically in battle.

Time waits for no one, Zeng Wei feels more and more that he is not enough time, and marketing also needs advertising and packaging to back, the original packaging of Quankong wine is too ordinary, and to cooperate with marketing, it is necessary to have a design that makes people feel amazing.

If it was Zeng Wei in the past, this matter would be really tricky, but after he was reborn, he not only put some effort into music, but also in art, he also spent a lot of thought, and now it is no problem to do some simple drawings. Coupled with the knowledge of his previous life, he quickly came up with a design that made him more satisfied.

Zeng Wei's design is not only beautiful and practical, but also considers cost.

After all, today's distilleries have very limited funds and strength, and the brand has not yet been fully established, so it is impossible to sell the products at too high a price.

The design concept provided by Zeng Wei to the county glass products factory is for the aging of Wuling Xian and the fine Wuling Xian. The former is slightly higher grade, so the design of the bottle is quite exquisite.

Zeng Wei borrowed from the "Yuanding Jingsheng" co-produced by Wuliangye and Swarovski, the first crystal brand in Austria, in his previous life, and Zeng Wei believes that such a delicate design will definitely be able to greatly enhance the quality of aging Wuling Xian.

As for the high-quality Wuling Immortal, because the price is more affordable to the people, the cost is naturally much lower, and it cannot be filled with such a delicate bottle as the aged Wuling Immortal.

However, because the boutique Wuling Immortal is the main wine of the distillery, Zeng Wei cannot be treated simply.

In this regard, Zeng Wei designed three bottles, the first is a one-pound cylindrical wine bottle, the second is a flat wine bottle based on a half-catty, and the third is a 125-ml flat small square bottle.

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The production process of glass includes batching, melting, forming, annealing and other processes, and the production of crystal glass is similar in the process, but the changes in the ingredients are relatively large, and the proportion of the product formed is much larger than that of ordinary glass, so when the crystal glassware is held in the hand, it is heavy and weighty.

According to the designed material list, the workers weigh various raw materials such as quartz sand, lead oxide, limestone, feldspar, soda ash, boric acid, etc., mix them evenly in a mixer, send them to the melting kiln, and form a uniform bubble-free glass liquid after high temperature heating.

A luggage master watched from the side and introduced to Zeng Wei: "The formation of glass involves physical and chemical reactions, and this reaction process is very complex, and there are two main types of melting furnaces used. ”

"One is the crucible kiln, where the frit is contained in the crucible and heated outside the crucible. Small crucible kilns only hold one crucible, and large ones can have dozens of crucibles. Due to the high cost of crucible kiln production, only optical glass and colored glass are produced by crucible kiln. ”

"The other is the pond kiln, where the frit is melted in the kiln and heated on the upper part of the liquid glass by an open flame. The melting temperature of glass is about 1,500 degrees, and most of them are heated by flames, and a small amount is heated with electric current, which is called electric melting kiln. Nowadays, the pond kilns are all continuously produced, and the small pond kilns can be a few meters, and the large ones can reach several hundred meters. ”

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As he spoke, a furnace of high-heat glass solution came out.

As soon as the glass melt came out, everyone began to get busy.

First of all, the processing is different, and the raw materials are divided into three treatment methods.

One is to directly pull away the raw material that has been processed into large chunks for annealing to form a rough embryo, which is then cut as needed and then remelted into a liquid for fine processing.

The other is to inject the melt directly into the mold and process it into various shapes through automatic machining.

The other is completely manual and directly blown into various shapes of handicrafts.

The bottle redesigned by Zeng Wei for the distillery is naturally a closed container, and the technology required is naturally the third, that is, it needs to be blown.

"The wealth we have created is blown out of our mouths. Master Li said to Zeng Wei with a smile.

Before Zeng Wei could reminisce, he saw the master manipulating the tool, taking a ball of molten glass from the molten liquid, and then using a nickel-chromium blowpipe to blow it up in the mold, and the soft molten glass gradually took shape.

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Master Li couldn't spare time, so an apprentice next to him took on the task of explaining, saying: "Transform the molten glass into a solid product with a fixed shape, which we generally refer to as molding. ”

"This process can only be carried out by controlling the glass melt within a certain temperature range, which is actually a cooling process, where the glass first changes from a viscous state to a plastic state, and then to a brittle solid. ”

While speaking, Master Li blew out the embryo of a wine bottle.

There was a master next to him who used scissors, tweezers, and pliers, and began to pick up a small tip from a ball of glass melt, and quickly trimmed it.

"Take it down and do it for annealing. After Master Li finished his work, he instructed an apprentice.

Zeng Wei was a little moved, and Master Li saw it, so he handed him the alloy pipe, gave him a ball of raw materials, and then instructed him to try it too.

Zeng Wei learned to blow up, but it was always difficult to control the force, and after trying a few times, the appearance he got was not satisfactory.

But I see that people have begun to press products with molds, and one by one is very neat.

Master Li took a look at Zeng Wei's works and praised them with a smile: "It's very good that you can have such an effect by blowing glass for the first time." In fact, when we were apprentices, we were far worse than you, and we always asked the master to beat a few times to master the trick. It's amazing that you can blow like this in a matter of minutes!"

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Zeng Wei looked at a somewhat deformed wine bottle that he blew out, scratched his head and asked, "Should I take it out and cool it down? I can take it home later! I guess my parents will be more interested when they see it!"

Master Li shook his head and said, "You'd better not do that, the annealing process is indispensable!"

Zeng Wei was very curious, and asked puzzledly: "Why, isn't it easier to cool down in a cooler place?"

Master Li explained: "Generally speaking, glass is subjected to very intense temperature changes and shape changes during the forming process, and the thermal stress left by this change in the glass will reduce the strength and thermal stability of the glass products. ”

"If you take the product to cool directly, it is very likely that the glass product will break by itself during the cooling process, or during the subsequent storage, transportation and use, which is what we commonly call cold explosion. ”

"To solve this problem, glass products must be annealed after forming. In fact, it is to keep warm within a certain temperature range, or slowly cool down for a period of time, so that the thermal stress in the glass can be eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level. If you don't anneal, it's a question of whether you can take it home, let alone store it. ”

Zeng Wei suddenly realized: "I see!"

Zeng Wei looked like he had been taught, handed the wine bottle to an apprentice next to him, and ordered, "I'm sorry for you, help me take it and defire it!"

Everyone's faces suddenly smiled.

In fact, the glass factory was able to restart, and the most beneficial ones were naturally these dozens of workers and their families, so Zeng Wei was grateful.

Zeng Wei watched the workers use all kinds of machinery and equipment and all kinds of molds to process the finished products, and then shipped these finished products that exude heat out for annealing.