Science and technology are people-oriented, and if a company wants to develop, it also needs to be people-oriented, which is largely reflected in the respect for scientific research talents. Zhang Lan didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him respecting Agata so much, the boss of a company, if he didn't know how to respect his company's talents, especially high-end talents, then the company would really not be too far away from closing down and resting.

Why did the product competitiveness of those old state-owned enterprises always fail to improve? The quality of managers is certainly one thing, but think about how those leaders treat the baby bumps of these companies? Even the most skilled skilled workers are just a skilled worker in the eyes of those leaders, at best, when they encounter a problem, let these skilled skilled workers help solve the problem, and then pay a little more post allowance, and that's it.

It is really a blessing for the Chinese nation that China's skilled workers have been able to achieve such great achievements under such conditions, and if it were not for the efforts of such a group of skilled workers who do not care about personal gains and losses, it is difficult to imagine what kind of situation China's various industries would be like today.

Why did the company develop an all-aluminum engine after three years of production, when it had been using a cast iron engine? It is because the development of high-power all-aluminum engines is not as simple as imagined, at least it is much more complicated than all-aluminum motorcycle engines, and it is not just about replacing the cast iron cylinder block and cylinder head with aluminum alloy. Because the melting point of aluminum ground is too low. The biggest problem is how to strengthen the heat exchange efficiency of the engine and effectively reduce the temperature of the engine to ensure that the engine can work more effectively.

The company's previous technology. There is no guarantee that the total output of the engine will remain unchanged after the cylinder block and cylinder head are replaced with aluminum alloy. Although the company has experience in designing all-aluminum engines for motorcycles, the company's technical strength is there compared to more sophisticated and complex car engines. But to develop a completely new engine, the difficulty is not half a star.

Fortunately, the foundation of these guys was there, and the company did its best to stimulate the enthusiasm of these guys, coupled with the cooperation of those engine designers in the motorcycle design department, after more than half a year of hard work, this 3.6-liter naturally aspirated V-six all-aluminum engine was finally developed. Compared with the company's previous 3.6-liter naturally aspirated V-six cast iron engine, the all-aluminum engine is not only almost one-fifth lighter, but even reduced in weight, after improving the engine manufacturing process and retuning the engine, the maximum output of the engine has been increased by 15 kilowatts compared to the previous cast iron engine. The maximum torque output is also almost 50 Nm higher than before. Rice.

Zhang Lan was a little ecstatic by this figure: without reducing the service life of the engine, it would take a lot of effort to increase every kilowatt of power, let alone 15 kilowatts.

Naturally, the advantages of all-aluminum engines over cast iron engines are not only this, the cast iron engine production line covers a large area, pollutes the environment, and the processing process is more complex; The production characteristics of all-aluminum engines with cast aluminum cylinder blocks are just the opposite. The simplification of processing technology means a reduction in costs, for businessmen. What could be more tempting: the engine, in the same way, has been equipped with new technologies and materials to increase power, torque and weight. Reduced fuel consumption. The most important thing is that it represents the direction of engine technology development in the future! God, could there be anything better than that? This is simply the dream of all car manufacturers in the world.

Well, it's just that it's still in the dream stage. Although the processing technology of all-aluminum engine is simple, but compared with the cast iron engine, its production cost has risen a lot, if the production cost of all-aluminum engine is reduced, it is already the era of all-aluminum engine running everywhere, how can there be a way to live with a cast iron engine?

After the mass production of this engine, this engine will become the most powerful and lightest engine in the current civilian gasoline engine market under the same displacement conditions. This also means that, under the same conditions, this is the engine with the highest power factor on the market at present, and before that, Volkswagen could not, Toyota could not, and GM did not work.

Zhang Lan couldn't help but drool: It's much better now, with such an all-aluminum engine, in the Dakar Rally, with the weight reduced, it is equivalent to indirectly improving the performance of the car a lot. As for cost, does racing need to be too cost-conscious?

Uh, the cost? Zhang Lan suddenly realized a new problem: of course, racing cars do not have to think too much about the cost, but as a model sold on the market, the cost issue is a problem that has to be considered.

"Have you calculated the cost of this engine?" Zhang Lan asked a little nervously: Although I know that the cost will definitely rise, I hope that the increase will not be much, otherwise it will be a little more than worth the loss.

"It's just a preliminary accounting, and it hasn't gone through a fine accounting," Agata still can't hide his excitement, "After improving the production process and production accuracy of the engine production line, although the cost will rise, but the increase will not be much, the preliminary calculation result is that the production cost of a single engine will rise by about seven to nine percent, and if the production technology and output can be further improved in the future, the cost will be further reduced." ”

"Oh", Zhang Lan nodded, finally relieved: it is not as exaggerated as he imagined, and for a model that uses this engine, the rising cost is completely acceptable.

All-aluminum engine as a new selling point, is now being hyped in Europe, whether it is Audi, BMW or Mercedes-Benz, are now hyping the concept of all-aluminum engine, Audi's new Audi A8 national head of state model, is to use the displacement of 6.0 liters of W-type 12-cylinder all-aluminum engine as a selling point for key publicity. \\\\\\

The price of the car has risen a little, and there is no big problem at this stage when the buyers of sedans are mainly in demand for buses. It's a good idea to take this opportunity to hype up your company's technical prowess. ,

But what about this engine? Zhang Lan couldn't help but be curious: just listening to what this guy said, he hasn't seen what this engine looks like.

"Dad, shall we go over and have a look?" Seeing the curiosity in Zhang Lan's eyes, Xiao Chenxi proposed.

"It's good!" Zhang Zongjun, who is also curious, is itching in his heart, and when he hears his daughter say this at the moment, it feels like a small hand reaching out and gently scratching the itchy part when it's itchy, but because the itching strength is not enough, while relieving the itch, the original itchy place seems to become more itchy.

The engine in front of him is even the engine that Agata is shouting to himself to give good tidings? Zhang Lan turned around the big metal creature in front of him a few times suspiciously, except that the size has become a little bigger, and some other ways of routing have changed, there doesn't seem to be much change.

It is understandable that the size has become larger, because the strength of aluminum is not as good as that of cast iron, and the all-aluminum engine of the same displacement cannot be made as compact and compact as a cast iron engine, but why has there been no change in appearance?

Well, someone has to ask, why does there have to be a change in appearance? In fact, this is very easy to explain, because although the principle is the same, but in the actual production process of the all-aluminum engine and cast iron engine are still a lot different, there are also many different changes in the design ideas, these changes in the design ideas, directly lead to some changes in the design of the parts in the engine, if the internal changes in the appearance of the change is useless, it is really too strange, Zhang Lan felt a little bad in his heart: is there something greasy in this?

"Help me analyze some of this engine," Zhang Lan whispered to Xiao Chenxi, his tone hesitant, not very sure, "This, it should be fine, right?" ”

"No problem," after a while, Xiao Chenxi whispered to Zhang Lan, "There is no problem, the results of my simulation are the same as what this guy said, there is no problem." ”

Zhang Lan nodded, relieved: Well, these guys didn't fool themselves and fainted, why have they become suspicious recently? This does not bode well.

How can anyone dare to fool around now? Since the group-wide rectification that began a few years ago with Petrovich's guy, few people - including the company's highest-paid designers and engineers - have dared to make their own calculations about the tasks assigned to them by the company.

The company stipulates that if the remaining design funds do not exceed 8% of the total project funds after the completion of this design task, the remaining design funds can be distributed to the project research team as a reward.

The purpose of this regulation is to encourage designers to work with minimal expense while maintaining product quality, because the money saved is the design team's own. At the same time, the company also knows how much design funds should be invested in similar design projects in the future, and then gives them a little more on the basis of the calculated research funds, which is regarded as an encouragement to them, and everyone is happy.

But the designer who took the lead in the project may have been greedy for all the money that could not fit into his own pocket, so he secretly put the money into his own pocket. As for the consequences of the guy who dared to put the rest of the money involved in his own pocket, everyone was not very clear, but the people in the company never saw this guy again in the future.

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