In the whole shipbuilding, parts processing is just a small part, in the use of the whole ship, but about 12%, the share is not large, but Pierre is very clear, parts processing is the most time-consuming, the workpiece processed before is a necessary part of the power unit, the use of the power unit is very extensive, has always been a big problem that plagued Jiangnan Shipyard, to solve this problem, the overall construction efficiency will probably be increased by more than one percent.

Workers and machine tools in the northwest, perfect for a few hours, completed the workload that may take half a year, or even a year, the efficiency is so high, it is amazing, if not occasionally, plus other workpieces, just use the machine tool processing efficiency to improve, you can ensure that the efficiency of the construction is increased by more than 25%, which represents higher efficiency and greater benefits, and you can calculate it clearly at will.

In the shipbuilding industry, efficiency represents interests, this is not only clear to Pierre, Nie Yuntai is clearer, especially Nie Yuntai, when he knows the efficiency of the machine tool, the first reaction is not to believe, according to what he understands, it is impossible to be so fast, but the iron fact, 144 workpieces, put in front of him, each with the signature of the quality inspector.

Quality inspection personnel, all invited from abroad, they play a very critical role in shipbuilding, the three people are a little old-fashioned, speaking with facts, it is impossible to lie to him all, then there is only one conclusion, these parts are all qualified, in front of the ~ put this power plant workpiece, Nie Yuntai is very clear, and even through the American friend, asked some shipyards about the price of the processing of this workpiece. Very expensive, $300 each. That's 600 silver dollars, which is a little more expensive than they did it themselves. According to the calculation of working hours and materials, it is about 240 yuan to do it yourself, but unfortunately the efficiency is not high, and an important expenditure on the order includes 72 workpiece purchase expenses, more than 20,000 US dollars, which accounts for almost a fraction of the gross profit of the ship.

In order to ensure the construction period, he must pay this payment, otherwise the liquidated damages will make him unbearable. But now, it only took 3 hours, with the help of the Northwest Machine Tool and the Northwest workers, because the success rate is high, the speed is fast, and the man-hours saved is a huge number, plus the reduction of 10 sets of material losses, the price of this workpiece is only about 60 US dollars at most. That's a huge savings, just 144 workpieces, at least $30,000 or more, that's a net profit.

Shipyard. According to the shipyard, the annual production capacity is fixed, in this case. The shipyard's profit margins are placed on this savings, obviously. Workers in the Northwest, machine tools in the Northwest. It is possible to greatly reduce the cost, he was worried before, the wages of the workers in the northwest are too high, the shipyard can not afford it, I have thought about mentioning it to Yang Yuanzhao, how to reduce the number of workers, now it seems that he is short-sighted, even if these workers can only process this workpiece, even if it is to sell this, it can make the shipyard get a lot of income every year, as one of the important parts of the power plant, its processing difficulty is world-renowned, few shipyards have this wealth, at a price of 280 US dollars a piece, The annual shortfall is at least 3,000, a profit of 200 US dollars, 3,000 workpieces, is 600,000, which is equivalent to the profit of building several 4,500-ton ships.

Nie Yuntai directly thought that exporting these workpieces to earn foreign exchange, but unfortunately the processing workshop did not follow his ideas, if the processing of workpieces to make money, why bother to come to Jiangnan Shipyard, the workers need to solve the workpiece problem one by one, skillfully manipulate the machine tool, and carry out most of the workpiece processing, even the parts that were not sure of the previous and could not be produced, but also processed through the guò machine tool, which is extremely efficient.

A few days, Pierre almost soaked in the processing workshop, step by step to look at the effect of each processing machine, and finally had to sigh, the northwest processing machine tools, is definitely the world's leading, at least in the French warship processing, have not seen such a cutting-edge machine tool, the efficiency has been raised by ten times, in some high-precision and complex parts of the processing, is also quite excellent, quality and quantity to complete the task, saving a lot of time.

Time is money, efficiency is wealth, this is in the shipbuilding industry, is a wise saying, because of this, itself is skeptical, feel that the northwest is unlikely to do a good steam engine, has not been unloaded hydraulic press and free forging press, Pierre is even more expectant, as long as they reach the basic level, then Jiangnan shipyard can be like a tiger wings, not only efficiency will improve a lot, quality will also climb a lot.

Large equipment, unloading is a big problem, 5 sets are almost 10,000 tons, filled with the bottom warehouse of two 10,000-ton freighters, Jiangnan Shipyard went all out, at the expense of recruiting dock workers, unloading, when all unloaded, and in the designated position, after the installation, it was already 5 days later, looking at the huge, through the industrial power of the 1200 tons of hydraulic press and 600 tons of free forging press, Pierre's eyes were shining, this is different from the machine tool, this is the standard German manufacturing, he has seen.

The contradictions between Germany and France are almost natural and irreconcilable, and the two sides are mutually feuding, but the soldiers do not delay Pierre's appreciation of the achievements of Germany's machine, and the German machinery is always known for its perfect fineness and full of artistic feeling, this 1200-ton hydraulic press and 600-ton free forging press are like this, full of the beauty of power, completely original from Germany, and every part is brand new. Pierre looked at these tall buildings with great excitement, with these, plus the shipyard in place in the future, many things can be guaranteed to be completely self-produced.

With the joint efforts of foreign engineers and domestic skilled workers, the huge machine was put into operation, Pierre put almost all his energy here, and personally looked at the operation of the hydraulic press and the free forging press, the engineer from the northwest, on this, is still very rusty, but he completed the basic operation very well, after seeing the operation of the machine, he found Nie Yuntai, and said excitedly: "Great, these machines are too timely!" ”

Nie Yuntai doesn't understand the machine, it doesn't mean that he can't understand Pierre's expression, it seems that these things are really useful, and they are very useful, when Pierre sorted it out, after telling the benefits of these equipment, Nie Yuntai is simply excited to himself, with these machines, except for the steam engine, all the components can be produced by themselves.

This self-production of all parts includes every part of the ship, 2 years of making a ship, Nie Yuntai is very clear, the benefits of self-production of all components, for example, Jiangnan Shipyard before the production of 2000 tons, 3000 tons of sea ships, the main keel is purchased, bought are the ready-made of the other shipyard, can not make any changes to the keel, can only be done according to the mold, so in the performance of the whole ship, far inferior to foreign shipyards.

Then there is the price, the keel of the processing and molding, than before the processing, at least 10 times more expensive, said that the money is on the whole, nothing, may be in the total price, can occupy a good achievement, this is not a part, from the keel, to the propeller, to some special components, 30% of the entire ship must be purchased or paid a high price, let foreign processing, not to mention the huge cost, the timeliness is also difficult to guarantee, many times, for one or two parts, may take a few days for a ship and the whole group of people, Or even a week or two of waiting.

The efficiency of the shipyard lies in the use of the dock, without the dock, a ship can not continue to build, self-produced parts, can be reasonably arranged, the utilization efficiency of the dock will definitely increase greatly, the delivery time of this 4500-ton cargo ship will also be increased from about 3 months now, to two and a half months, or even shorter.

For cargo ships, the delivery time is an important node on the contract, for the cargo owner, the earlier the day of delivery, the sooner the day to create zào value, the same is true of Swire & Co., at that time, for this delivery time, repeatedly discussed, and even put forward some incentives, because the route from Hong Kong to Shanghai, now running, or, two 2,500-ton old ships, at least more than 20 years of operation, has been old.

It's a pity that Pierre and the engineer have carefully measured and given a reply, 3 months is already the limit, at most a day or two in advance, rash savings, any slightest negligence, there is no time to react, once the breach of contract, the fine is also unbearable, and finally according to the 3-month period, the contract was signed, the first ship can be extended to three months and 10 days, but 6 months, two ships must be delivered.

After repeated inquiries, Pierre's affirmative reply made Nie Yuntai's heart rise an indescribable ambition, maybe he could discuss with Swire again, and re-establish a contract with the current completion date, so that the orders for these two ships can also obtain greater benefits.

It's a pity that this idea was directly rejected by Pierre, and other aspects have been improved, the key steam engine has not yet been put in place, and now it is the use of the steam engine in the northwest, or the use of Britain and the United States, because the efficiency of machine tools and hydraulic presses can be improved, so that the process other than the steam engine can be increased by 15-20 days, but because of the problem of the steam engine, the order may be placed a month later, so that the time for the first ship to be delivered may not be much higher, but the second ship, can be faster.

Nie Yuntai then thought, it turned out that he was carried away by the victory, and there was also the problem of the steam engine, the strength of these mechanical watches in the northwest had already made him have some expectations, with such processing capacity, the steam engine should be not bad, really as Yang Yuanzhao said, the industrial heritage of the northwest is far beyond their imagination, so the steam engine mentioned before may really have excellent performance and is worth looking forward to, as long as it can reach more than ninety percent of the British and American levels, he can use this steam engine, It is believed that the advantages of faster completion and price are enough for Swire to accept the slight reduction in performance. (To be continued......) R1292