"So you've succeeded?" Alice was a little happy.

"It can only be said that we have achieved a partial success," Engineer Li smiled bitterly, "we have not yet succeeded in developing the ceramic component part that can be used as the most important internal core part of the engine, and the strength and ductility of the special ceramics we have developed are still not up to that standard." ”

"However," said this, Engineer Li's voice began to be excited, "our nearly two years have not been in vain, through the efforts of all our colleagues, we have developed a new type of special composite ceramic material that is strong enough to be used as an engine shell." ”

As he spoke, he pointed at the black thing in the glass cover, and his eyes were so gentle and full of emotion, as if he was looking at his own child, "This is it, this is the highest achievement we can achieve so far!" The shell of the engine does not require much strength, and it has the lowest requirements for strength compared to the internal gears and cylinders, connecting rods, and cylinder blocks. The shell of this engine can already be mass-produced, and compared with those ceramic engine products that can only be used in dozens and only hundreds of hours at most, it is already a mature product! ”

"I am sure that even in the world, we are in a leading position in the research of special ceramics, at least in the field of special composite ceramics for vehicles!" Engineer Li's words were sonorous and powerful, and he clearly had a strong confidence in his achievements.

"Oh," Zhang Lan nodded, "So what about the performance indicators of this ceramic engine shell?" How much does it cost? Is it difficult to produce? "This problem is the most critical, if the cost is too high or the performance indicators are poor, then this thing will not have much practical significance, at most it is applied to the team's car, if the difficulty of production is too high or the yield rate is too low, it is also very scratching the head, which can be regarded as a disguised increase in cost.

"In terms of performance, the strength is similar to the aluminum engine shell used today, of course, it is still slightly worse than aluminum alloy. But it definitely meets the requirements for the strength of the engine casing. But one of his biggest advantages is its light weight, which is only about a quarter of the weight of an aluminum alloy engine shell. We have done experiments and if the force of the impact is the shell of the aluminum alloy engine, it is fine. Then the shell of this ceramic engine is fine, of course, if it is hit violently, the shell of the aluminum alloy engine will break a big hole, and the shell of this ceramic engine will be completely broken. Engineer Li shrugged helplessly, "After all, it's still ceramic, even if it's a special composite ceramic!" But I think, now in our China, the motorcycle team is still a treasure for ordinary people, and it's too late to feel distressed on weekdays, and no one will do it if they are idle and have nothing to do with the engine shell, right? ”

This intensity is already acceptable! Zhang Lan, Alice, and Xiao Chenxi nodded, and they were deeply convinced of what Engineer Li said: Now the motorcycle team is still a luxury for most families, and it is too late to take care of it. Who would be willing or bored to deliberately hit the engine to play? Is there more money to burn?

This news is even more great news for the Alice Motorcycle Team! For a professional racing car that weighs every gram, how much weight can be saved for the entire car by the shell of this ceramic engine alone? What a possibility it can also bring to the Alice team to achieve better results!

The performance can meet the requirements of use, so now everyone is most concerned about the cost and production difficulty, these two indicators for a company, its importance is absolutely not less than any technical indicators.

"In terms of cost, it's about one-third of the aluminum alloy engine shell that is being used today, and that's just our preliminary calculations, I'm sure of one thing. By the time this composite ceramic engine housing is mass-produced, this cost will drop a lot. Speaking of this, Engineer Li waved his fist excitedly, "As for the difficulty of production." Because the production process of these two things is completely different, it is difficult to compare them horizontally. But in general, it is similar to the production of aluminum alloy parts, about lower, and the yield rate is very high, and the yield rate of the composite ceramic brake system is even higher than it! ”

That's it! With the words of Engineer Li. The three of them finally put their minds at ease, and Xiao Chenxi couldn't wait to grab the phone and wanted to report the good news to his father Zhang Zongjun: This news is really too good news for the company.

"So," Zhang Lan thought of a possibility, "Is this ceramic material also very convenient to make into the shell of a car engine?" ”

"Of course," Engineer Li nodded with great certainty, "it's not difficult at all!" All you need to do is change the mold, and you don't even need to adjust the production line. ”

For ceramic products, changing the production mold of the ceramic engine shell is much simpler than changing the mold of the aluminum alloy of the engine, and the production of the two things is not the same concept at all.

Zhang Lan secretly kept this result in mind, since it can be applied to cars, how heavy is the shell of the motorcycle engine? How heavy is the casing of a car engine? The most important point is that the engine of the motorcycle is exposed, and there may be a risk of being hit, but the engine of the car is completely wrapped in the engine compartment, and it is absolutely impossible to be hit - if the engine of the car can be hit, how tragic is it to be a traffic accident? Is there a difference between the engine casing used at that time, whether you are aluminum alloy or ceramic?

This means that the same engine, even all the structures inside are exactly the same, and the power output is the same, but the engine with the ceramic engine housing is more efficient because it is lighter! Moreover, the use of ceramic engine shell will not affect the performance of the engine itself, and even because the engine reduces weight, to a certain extent, it can also increase the speed of the car accordingly, and reduce the fuel consumption of the engine, very simple things, the same power of the engine, pushing the body of 320 kg and pushing the body of 300 kg of fuel consumption is completely different.

Since the cost is only one-third of the aluminum alloy engine shell used now, and the weight is only one-quarter of it, what reason do you have not to use it? Just, can the production capacity keep up? If the production capacity can keep up, Zhang Lan doesn't mind replacing all of his company's engine products with ceramic shells, which saves money and reduces weight, why not?

But in the blink of an eye, Zhang Lan wanted to give herself a big mouth: fool! It seems, it seems, this kind of thing that represents the latest scientific and technological achievements, it is better not to use it in too low-end product lines, right? This kind of thing should be used in high-end products, and it should give people a high-end feeling! Slaughter the money of the rich.

Received a call from Xiao Chenxi, Zhang Zongjun ran out of breath, he hasn't moved much in the past few years, there are cars in and out, Zhang Zongjun's physical fitness is obviously not as good as before, in the past, it was a bit braggadocio to run two thousand meters without breathing, but there is absolutely no problem at all when running three thousand meters, but now? Zhang Lan estimates that it would be good for the old man to run down a thousand meters, or you look at how tired he is now!

On the phone, Xiao Chenxi just told him that the company has made a breakthrough in the field of ceramic research, and before Xiao Chenxi explained what kind of progress has been made, Zhang Zongjun has hung up the phone excitedly and ran over: This is his own heart and liver baby, think about how much money that composite ceramic brake system has earned for the company so far! Thinking of this, Zhang Zongjun couldn't help but start drooling: That's all the dollars that are common all over the world!

When Zhang Lan was bored, he was also very interested in inquiring about the current news of Bosch, but unfortunately, this company is now more miserable, after the American Alice Group took the lead in launching a more practical version of ABS+EBD products, Bosch's automotive safety products are almost unpopular because of the huge performance gap between the products of the American Alice Group, and they are far from being as beautiful as in history.

Alice Group has now launched the second generation of the composite ceramic brake system, which is the real 2.0 version, the one designed by Xiao Chenxi, and even the composite ceramic brake system sold for the high-end modification market contains ABS+EBD function, so that those car enthusiasts who like to modify their cars to the limit can obtain the ultimate performance at the same time, and the life safety has also been greater safety guarantee.

Not only Zhang Zongjun, but even Xiao Chenxi also informed the guys in the racing department, learning that the company has made significant progress in engine materials and has reduced its weight a lot. I dropped my work and ran over.

When the researchers of the racing department arrived, Zhang Zongjun had just arrived, and when Zhang Lan was still thinking about the use of these things, Engineer Li Da next to him had already introduced the performance, cost and advantages of this ceramic engine shell to Zhang Zongjun and those guys in the racing design department, as well as the progress of his current research, and made a small on-site report to Zhang Zongjun briefly.

Zhang Zongjun looked at the black composite ceramic engine shell with fascination, and listened to Engineer Li's report to his work. It wasn't that Engineer Li said to himself, Zhang Zongjun was similar to Zhang Lan, and he couldn't imagine that this black-looking thing was actually made of ceramics. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )