With Chairman Chung in mind the interests of FHKI members, Mr. Koo has a bigger picture, and he wants to help his friends think about the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong in six years.

It's not okay for the two major chambers of commerce to eat alone, you have to go to the four major chambers of commerce together.

The more supporting manufacturers, the more it can reduce the management and financial pressure of NB Electric, and the influence of the four major chambers of commerce is much greater than that of the two major chambers of commerce, as long as the NB bank can seize the domestic beach, as long as it can raise enough funds, it is equivalent to a monopoly on the domestic county and municipal hospitals high-end medical imaging diagnostic equipment market. If you can't borrow money, competitors such as CE in the United States and Dongmenzi in Germany can only do it in a hurry.

As soon as the two Hong Kong business tycoons reached a consensus, they accompanied Huang Li'an, Sun Xiaoguang, and Wei Huaming to the second floor of the experimental workshop to continue their visit.

Talking and laughing, the four major chambers of commerce in Hong Kong organized a delegation to Beijing to BJ to cheer for NB Electric, Wu Jinhua, Guan Hao and other Hong Kong high-tech talents who made up their minds to accept the invitation are more confident in the future.

Building a national laboratory requires not only a large number of top talents, but also a lot of investment. The scene that just ended reminded Principal Gao of what the young man next to him said in the office yesterday - to see if we have a future and whether we have the strength to build a national laboratory!

There are so many talents who are dedicated to R&D, and there is NB Electric Group, which spares no effort in R&D investment, it turns out that he is not exaggerating, NB Laboratory is indeed promising, and its strength is strong.

Maybe it's all separated by tempered glass, and it feels very peaceful when you visit the first floor.

On the second floor, on the contrary, as far as you can see, desks and computer desks are still full of all kinds of machinery, instruments and spare parts, and nearly 100 researchers from China, Germany and Hong Kong are busy. It's like a messy repair shop, and you have to pay attention to your feet even when walking, otherwise it's easy to stumble and trample on their things.

“PLC？” Wu Jinhua picked up a programmable controller and looked at it, and asked puzzledly: "Mr. Zhang, what are they doing here?" ”

"Manipulator."

"Industrial robots?"

"Yes," he said, pointing to the white blackboard behind him, and proudly introduced, "There are a total of 24 teams here, including the workshop opposite. In addition to the directors and deputy directors of each team and the external support of the NB Lab in Berlin, almost all of them are interns from CUHK, PolyU, HKUST, Xiangjiang University and Andong Institute of Technology.

This is also our biggest project at this stage. They will use our own circuit breakers, relays, PLCs, inverters, servo motors, human-machine interfaces and other industrial control products, and use our own developed programmable control and other software to build the largest and most automated smart factory in Asia. ”

It is easy to build a robot, but it is not easy to build a factory composed of industrial robots, and people who know how to do it, such as President Gao, Wu Jinhua and Guan Hao, were stunned. Staring at the design drawings on the white blackboard, he asked without looking back: "Flexible control?" ”

See the statute towards yourself. Sun Xiaoguang, director of the Systems Engineering Laboratory, nodded slightly. "The flexible manufacturing unit has been completed, and the next thing to do is to connect the units to form six flexible production lines, equipped with automated three-dimensional warehouses, and use computer systems to connect and build a complete FMS from ordering, design, processing, assembly, inspection, transportation to delivery." So as to realize the flexibility and automation of the factory. ”

Where can Mr. Gu and Chairman Zhong understand one professional term after another, and they can't help but ask: "Director Sun, this is the smart factory?" ”

"It's not. The factory is in Bao'an, and it is engaged in infrastructure construction, which is just a test workshop, and will be installed when it is completed. The plant will be completed before September, installed and commissioned in three months, and should be put into production before the Spring Festival. ”

"What does the factory produce?"

"Color TVs and computer monitors."

Sun Xiaoguang took out a few PLCs and a servo motor from a cardboard box, and patiently explained: "Mr. Gu, Chairman Zhong, smart factory is just a concept, and there is no so-called standard, we just want to test the programmable control software and these industrial automation control products developed in five years." ”

"Automated production of color TVs?"

"It can only be relatively automated, and with the current technology, full intelligence can't do it."

Chairman Zhong is engaged in business in the end, and asked sharply: "What about the cost?" Is it the high cost of an ordinary factory, or the high cost of an automated factory? ”

"The domestic labor cost is so low, of course, it is cheaper than ordinary factories. But for us, this is not just a factory, but also a model project for industrial automation control. As long as the factory can be built and put into production smoothly, then we are confident to promote these products to the international market. ”

Principal Gao took the servo motor, looked at it carefully for a while, and then asked suspiciously: "Director Sun, is this developed by you?" ”

"To be exact, it was developed in the NB laboratory in Berlin and manufactured by the NB motor."

Sun Xiaoguang found a few more servo motors and excitedly introduced: "As of last month, German colleagues have finalized two categories of standard and short servo motors, with a total of 61 specifications of 8 frame numbers. The NBC61 series of transistor pulse-width modulation drivers can be used to control motors with up to 6 axes. It can fully meet the different needs of working machinery, handling mechanisms, welding robots, assembly robots, electronic components, processing machinery, printing machines, high-speed winding machines, winding machines, etc. ”

Looking at his incredulous look, the charter took over: "For the PLC, inverter and servo motor, Director Sun and his colleagues have worked hard for five years. It wasn't until the German plant went into production that it became a reality. ”

"Materials and processes?"

"Well, these two are the bottlenecks that limit our development, so we invested in Germany and set up an R&D center in Taiwan."

Principal Gao put down the servo motor and sighed: "It's unbelievable, you actually started industrial control research a long time ago, and you have been working hard for five years." Mr. Zhang, Director Sun, it is not easy to get them out, this is the foundation, the foundation of industrial automation, with them, you can extend a variety of CNC products, as long as you want to. None of this is a problem. ”

Mr. Gu reacted and couldn't help blurting out: "Principal Gao, are you saying that with them, you can make CNC machine tools?" ”

"Yes," Principal Gao emphasized and confirmed: "CNC machine tools, printing equipment, packaging equipment, textile equipment, laser processing equipment, robots, automated production lines, as long as it is equipment with relatively high requirements for process accuracy, processing efficiency and work reliability, can be applied." ”

The charter smiled and quipped: "For example, Zhong's Group, as long as we are willing to invest, we can help Chairman Zhong develop a set of CNC systems." From the current CNC injection molding machine agent to CNC injection molding machine manufacturer. ”

Chairman Zhong was happy, shook his head again and again, and said: "Mr. Zhang, it is not enough to have a CNC system, but also machining, and all kinds of spare parts. ”

"None of this is a problem for us. It is important to know that NB Lab is a research institution that accepts external R&D commissions. We are doing a good job in Germany, giving more than a dozen countries such as Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, etc. Nearly 1,000 companies provide a variety of product upgrades, equipment transformation and other services. The customer satisfaction rate is 99.999%, and you can ask the German Federal Government for verification if you don't believe it. ”

After a pause, he turned around and asked, "President Gao, can you now trust that we can provide enough jobs for CUHK engineering students?" This is our confidence, as long as there are Hong Kong enterprises that are interested in engaging in industry, we can provide corresponding services. There are only more manufacturing enterprises. Only engineering students in Hong Kong can have jobs. ”

"Mr. Zhang, if the Hong Kong NB Laboratory can devote itself to the development of technology applications and provide services to enterprises like German research, then all this can be realized."

Principal Gao pondered for a moment. He continued: "But I don't think I'm up to the task, after all, the inch is long, the ruler is short, whether it is composite insulation materials, medical CT, or automation control technology here, it is not a field that I am familiar with." ”

The charter took over an English document from Huang Li'an's hand, and said with anticipation: "I'm not familiar with it, Director Sun is not familiar with it, and Director Huang is not familiar with it, but we still let the NB laboratory start from scratch, and let one dream after another become or will become a reality." Principal Gao, this is a list of full-time researchers at the NB Lab in Berlin, there are a few names that you will be familiar with, and after reading it, you will decide whether to accept our invitation or not. ”

More than 40 academicians, more than 200 doctors, where is the list of R&D personnel, it is simply a list of former East German scientists. If you invite all of them to CUHK, you will be able to raise the academic level of CUHK by several grades.

Principal Gao was shocked, holding the list and saying: "There are so many people engaged in basic research, Mr. Zhang, any of them can be qualified as the chief scientist of NB Electrical, and any one of them is more suitable than me." ”

"Science knows no borders, scientists have borders, and although you have dual citizenship of the United States and the United Kingdom, you are also a Chinese. NB Electric needs a Chinese chief scientist with rich experience in technology application, so this position is for you. ”

Looking at the charter's troubled appearance, Principal Gao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The discoverer of the giant magnetoresistive effect, the chief engineer of NB Electrical. Mr. Zhang, in the international physics community, you are much more famous than me, the president, isn't it more suitable for you to be the chief scientist? ”

"I'm too young."

"Ambition is not in old age, young is not a reason."

"I have more important things to do."

"What's the matter?"

The charter sighed lightly and said solemnly: "As we all know, NB Electric is a company dedicated to providing power technology and services, on the surface, we have done a good job, from high-voltage technology to automation control, we have made some achievements. However, if you go around the workshop, you will find that NB Electric is like a building on a sand dune, and the foundation is not solid.

Why do you say that, because the engineering plastics of switch panels and industrial appliances need to be imported, the complete sets of high and low voltage steel plates need to be imported, the silicon steel sheets of power transformers need to be imported, and industrial control products such as PLC, inverter and human-machine interface need to be manufactured by assisting manufacturers. We didn't want to do everything ourselves, but we couldn't do without key materials.

As resources such as coal and oil continue to be exploited, new and renewable energy sources such as wind power and photovoltaics will become more and more important, and both of these are entirely dependent on materials, so I will focus on silicon purification and wind turbine blade materials, and I will not have time to focus on technical applications. (To be continued......)