Chapter 62: The Steam Engine

Sun Qi strode into the equipment department, saw the elated face of Zhang Wenzhong who was walking towards him, and secretly said that he had succeeded. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Qi Gongzi, the equipment configuration of the steam engine has been fully put in place, and after our efforts, it is almost assembled, and you have to come to this matter."

Zhang Wenzhong pointed to the important parts of the steam engine neatly placed on the ground of the instrument division, and the excitement in his tone could not be hidden.

According to the drawings, all the manufacturing has been completed, and the craftsmen of the equipment department are all technically solid in the county, as long as there are drawings, there is nothing bad to do.

Even if you take something small, these craftsmen will immediately cast the model and then make it precisely.

In other words, Sun Qi did not develop a steam engine at the bottom of the ditch, not because the level of the mechanic was not enough, but because of the level of the craftsmen around him, the level of the craftsmen at the bottom of the ditch, it is good to make some simple things, but if it is really this kind of big equipment, it is really not as good as one-tenth of the craftsmen of Jiangning County.

After the workers finished making the parts, they couldn't understand the instructions of their bosses, what was the use of these things, but Zhang Wenzhong's talent was limited, and it was impossible to explain them one by one, so he could only wait for Sun Qi to come, assemble these together, and then see the effect.

"Okay, let's start assembling it!"

Sun Qi rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward.

"This long pipe is the intake pipe, which is connected to this end of the cylinder....."

Sun Qi instructed the craftsmen to connect the complex cylinder of the equipment to the intake pipe, leaving a hole as an exhaust hole.

"The large boiler can be placed farther away, and the intake pipe must be carefully installed between the large boiler, and the steam engine will be equivalent to the cost if the air leaks."

In the distance, there is also a round wooden wheel, called the flywheel, which is the flywheel that carries many machines to operate and increase productivity.

"The connecting rod and crankshaft are ..... together"

Sun Qi personally put the two important parts together, and installed a frame to fix the unit under the crank shaft to prevent the crank shaft from rotating too quickly and leaving the unit.

This is not unheard of in history, and such accidents can eventually cause damage to the steam engine unit, causing irreparable damage.

More than one air path is installed between the cylinder and the boiler, that is, the air intake, and about three need to be installed to make the steam enter from different directions of the piston to increase the pressure to complete the piston movement.

The key problem is the gas circuit from the boiler to the cylinder, there are three gas paths, one is the exhaust line, and the remaining two air intakes are at each end of the piston.

The connecting rod and crank shaft are connected to the flywheel

After installing the last slide valve, Sun Qi wiped the sweat on his forehead, the main function of the slide valve is to control the switch of the air circuit, which is as important as the switch.

From a distance, the huge steam engine looked like a giant standing still, with a metallic luster, and the cylinder, like a cylinder, and the air intake pipe, all like black snakes.

All the workers reached out and wiped their sweat, proud of their success, but the question is, what is the use of making it?

"Is this the steam engine after the installation is completed?"

Zhang Wenzhong's question also expressed her question, this machine looks very handsome and trendy, but how to use it, where to use it?

The Yang family was still waiting for a bowl of porridge, but now except for Sun Qi, no one would use this machine, and the pictures in his mind about this machine showing its might were gradually diluted after it was created.

Feng Chuan happened to float in from outside the door, looking at the huge machine standing in the center of the instrument division, covering an area of several zhang square, his body was stunned, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at Sun Qi.

Seeing that he looked at the steam engine with a solemn face, isn't this machine finished, why is Sun Qi still not happy, it stands to reason that he should be happy after his dream comes true, and his face will shine.

"Sun Gongzi, this machine is the same as the one on the drawings, shouldn't you be happy?"

Feng Chuan asked puzzledly, just now the four major families sent people to see how the machine was done, and they wanted to recover some of the cost of funding, that is, the benefits.

Feng Chuan has also been busy with this matter these days, and those families, no matter which one of them, are inextricably linked in the state, and he can't be offended, so he is busy agreeing.

"This machine can be run, but is the coal mine in the county enough to support the operation of this machine?"

Sun Qi explained to himself, anyway, these people didn't understand what percentage, in short, he said concisely: "Although this machine can provide huge efficiency, but the waste efficiency is also extremely amazing, if ten tons of coal are applied to this machine, only one ton can be effectively used, and the others are wasted, but..."

If Jiangning County does not produce coal mines, or if the coal mine output is not very sufficient, the machine will not be able to operate at all, which means that it is equivalent to being wasted, and it is ironic that it will be scrapped before it is used.

Sun Qi built the most advanced kind of steam engine, but the utilization rate of coal mines was still less than 10 percent, that is, all those coal mines turned into steam and slipped away, and the rest were really usable.

"But what?"

Feng Chuan secretly scolded Sun Qi for not being able to speak, and he was halfway through his speech.

"If I put it in the textile industry and combine it with my new weaving machine, it would be ten times more efficient, and the output would be more than ten times greater."

Feng Chuan and the craftsmen will be suspicious, thinking that Sun Qi's cowhide is blown up, ten times? Speaking of which, in our ten miles and eight townships, which good hand dares to say this, Huang Gongniang of Beihai County does not dare to boast of this kind of Haikou.

But although Feng Chuan knew that Sun Qi had always supported the real evidence, what if there was really a sea bowl in this Haikou?

"So, how do you use it?"

Feng Chuan's question is the same as Zhang Wenzhong's, and he returns to the original starting point.

"Let's get some coal first, I'll test the accuracy of the machine, whether it can run freely, if it just looks like a sample on the surface of the drawing, but the inside can't work, it will be a waste of brain power and skill."

Hearing that Zhang Wenzhong ordered his men to go to the warehouse to bring a few large pots of coal mines, Sun Qi saw that this coal mine was all raw coal, which was the same as the coal mine in the Sun family's dungeon, but this raw coal was used to support the operation of equipment, and the refined coal was all chemically useful.

From raw coal to refined coal, it is necessary to go through the way of coal washing, ash removal and quality improvement, in order to transform refined coal, which is an important material for the production of coke.

"First boil the water in the boiler, and then open the No. 1 spool valve."

Sun Qi ordered, and when he heard this, several workers lit the coal stove under the boiler, and the fire was raging and instantly rose under the boiler.

In a moment, the water began to roll, and there was a loud roar in the boiler, which Sun Qi knew was caused by the steam rising and the pressure was too high.

Feng Chuan, Zhang Wenzhong, and a group of craftsmen all watched the operation of the machine without blinking, for fear of missing a little excitement.

"Pass the cylinder and open the No. 2 exhaust valve ....."

The sound of piston movement came from the cylinder, and the sound was like thunder, almost causing several officials to scream in fright.

After another moment, a scene that made Sun Qi excited appeared.

The flywheel, after a few squeaks, began to slowly rub and turn.

Sun Qi's eyes shone with joy.