Chapter 374: The Toshiba Incident
A country's basic industrial level depends on the manufacture of automobiles, and the level of high-end industry depends on the manufacture of aircraft. And in these manufacturing, all kinds of processing equipment are inseparable.
The use of machine qì to make machine qì marks the beginning of large industry, among which, the mother machine is headed by machine tools.
Machine tools are generally divided into metal cutting machine tools, forging machine tools and woodworking machine tools. In modern machinery manufacturing, various methods such as cutting, casting, forging, welding, stamping, extrusion, etc. are required, but for those parts with high precision requirements and fine surface roughness requirements, the final processing is generally carried out by cutting method on the machine tool. All other methods are to reduce manufacturing costs. Therefore, the level of machine tools in a country reflects the industrial strength of the country.
To put it simply, the machine tool has a clamp to clamp the parts to be processed, and rotate at the same time, and in the process of rotation, the tool is used to start cutting the metal and process it into a suitable shape.
In this case, only one side can be processed, but what if multiple faces are processed? It is necessary to process this machine piece first, and then, clamp it in another way, and then process another surface, so that every time you switch, there is an error, and the accumulation will cause a lot of errors, so that you need a new machine, which can process multiple surfaces at the same time, which is a multi-axis machine tool.
In the past, machine tools are operated by people, the accuracy of processing, completely depends on the technical level of processing personnel, for example, when China developed nuclear weapons, a device needed in it, need to be processed by machine tools, as a result, scrapped a lot, there is no suitable finished product, finally, all over the country, found a master with the most exquisite craftsmanship. It can be regarded as controlling the precision of processing within the required range.
This is not possible, and when the rapid development of computer technology, through the computer to control the processing of the machine, to achieve a high precision CNC machine tools, began to be born, the computer does not need to be experienced. As long as the program is set, it will be processed according to your own program.
The use of computers to drive multi-axis machine tools has achieved the goal of processing special workpieces with complex shapes at the same time, and at the same time achieving the required machining accuracy.
In later generations, in the nineties in China, CNC machine tools are still a new thing, and now in the eighties, CNC machine tools, that is in developed countries. It is also a technology that only a few countries can master. Among them, the island countries are far ahead in this regard due to their advanced electronic technology.
In particular, the technology of the island country is the most advanced for large-scale multi-axis CNC machine tools. At the same time, the island nation has a group of businessmen who can do anything for the sake of profit.
And on the other side, the big brother of the socialist camp, the USSR. However, there are no high-precision multi-axis linkage CNC machine tools, and there are secret negotiations. An agreement was reached with the islanders to introduce four multi-axis linkage CNC machine tools, which has been 83 years.
Relying on this deal, the island people made a lot of money, and the Soviet Union got even more benefits. They can use these two machines to process the complex shapes of large equipment they need most, such as propellers for ships and submarines!
A propeller is a metal object with a complex shape, especially if you want to be silent. If you want to improve efficiency, you need a seven-bladed large sideways propeller, this kind of propeller, with the Soviet Union's own processing equipment, can not meet the accuracy requirements, with these two equipment, the Soviet Union can easily process the right propeller, let their submarines become a black hole in the ocean, so that the Americans' submarine advantage disappears!
Among them, the key person in this transaction is Xiong Gudu, who was the head of Toshiba in Moscow at that time, and he was solely responsible for this transaction, and he knew every detail.
However, two years later, Kumagai's fate took a turn for the better, and he never thought that he would be fired by Toshiba! Thinking that he had paid so much for the company, even risking his life, and now that he was fired, Kumagai was furious.
I don't know how many glasses of wine he drank, in short, Kumagai Du's eyes have begun to become overlapping figures, and his steps are also trembling, he walked step by step, step by step, only a few hundred meters away from the apartment where he lived, but he seemed to have walked for 10,000 years.
Anyway, the company doesn't want to be by itself, simply, he will also pit the company and sue him for what he knows! Let the whole world know about it!
Batumi, the full name of the Paris Coordinating Committee, also known as the Coordinating Committee for Export Control, was established in November 1949 under the United States Tiyì, because its headquarters is in Paris, and the main NATO countries are members of Batumi.
This organization, which was born in the context of the Cold War, although it is an unofficial international organization, has considerable powers, mainly restricting the export of strategic goods and high technology by member states to socialist countries. Included in the embargo list are more than 10,000 products in three categories: military weapons and equipment, cutting-edge technology products, and rare materials.
Because of the advantages accumulated by the West in high technology, this kind of restriction on the output of socialist countries has a very powerful practical effect. For example, this kind of multi-axis linkage CNC machine tool can jam the Soviets.
Even in later generations, because of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Batumi was also dissolved, multi-axis linkage CNC machine tools, still will not be exported to socialist countries, such as Eastern countries, at most to get five-axis linkage CNC machine tools, moreover, the machining accuracy is also deliberately reduced by the other party, as for the more advanced six-axis linkage CNC machine tools, there is no need to think about it.
"Wow." Finally, before he reached the door of the apartment, Kumagai lay alone on the guardrail on the side of the road and spat it out, and the smell of sashimi, with the foam of sake, came out of his mouth and spit on the ground.
The people next to him covered their noses and quickly passed by him, which was very annoying in the clean and tidy Tokyo.
A bright light appeared in front of Kumagai's eyes, he tried to open his eyes, his ears heard a sharp sound of brakes, an MPV, stopped beside him, and in the door that opened quickly, two men came out, took Kumagai's arm, dragged his car, and soon, disappeared into the dark road.
"Who are you?" Kumagai's tongue was still inarticulate, and his eyes were still dizzy, but he knew that he had been hijacked.
"I'm here to help you." One person said: "Tanimura Hiroaki knows that you are going to tell Batumi, and he has ambushed a killer in your apartment, and intends to kill you when you go back, and we are here to save you." ”
Hiroaki Tanimura? Kumagai's mind was not yet confused, he knew that Tanimura Hiroaki was the head of the machine tool division of Toshiba Machinery Corporation and the general person in charge of the machine tool business, and if he told the truth, he would be the first to be implicated.
Hmph, want to kill yourself? It's not that easy! You must go and tell Batumi yourself!
"In order to protect your safety, we will record everything you want to say to Batumi, and then we will help you and send it to Batumi, you don't have to come forward in person, you will not be retaliated against by Hiroaki Tanimura, and when Batumi investigates this matter and arrests all the senior officials of Toshiba for investigation, you will be safe, and you will also be a good friend of the United States." Another person said.
"Who are you?" Kumagai continued to ask, "Why should I trust you? ”
"I've already said it, we're the ones to help you." "You can choose to cooperate with us or not, and we will send you back to your apartment and watch you get killed by the gangsters." We really feel worthless for you, you were abandoned by Toshiba like this, and you were killed and killed. ”
Abandonment, murder, these words are very harsh, in Kumagai Du's mind, alcohol can't anesthetize him, he only feels unspeakable anger, yes, since he has been abandoned, what else is there to be afraid of!
The MPV drove into a villa on the outskirts of Tokyo, where a camera was set up, and Kumagai, still drunk, began to tell the story of the incident with his characteristic smile on his face facing the camera.
"This is a mistake, the mistake of a businessman who does not hesitate to sacrifice the interests of the entire NATO bloc for the sake of profit, and the source of this mistake is Toshiba, the main person in charge, is Ryuji Hayashi, head of the foundry department of the machinery company, and Hiroaki Tanimura, head of the machine tool division ..."
"Smack." The TV was turned off, and looking at the picture in the videotape, Tanimura Hiroaki's face was full of anger: "Damn, this is slander, this is Chiguoguo's slander!" How could we, Toshiba, do such a thing! ”
This morning, just after coming to the company, Tanimura Hiroaki received such a package, opened it and saw that it was a videotape, fortunately he did not give the video to his assistant, but chose to watch it himself, as a result, I saw such a scene, that Kumagai was alone in front of the camera, and told all the original things.
If this matter is reported to Batumi, then the company is finished! Thinking of this, Hiroaki Tanimura broke out in a cold sweat on his back, and now, where is Kumagai Du? How did this package come about?
"Secretary, come in." Hiroaki Tanimura shouted.
The beautiful female secretary walked in and waited for Hiroaki Tanimura's orders.
"Who sent this package?"
"A man, ask me to pass on this package to you, and say that if you are interested in this package, please go to the Wada no material case in Kabukicho."
Kabukicho? Could it be that the gangsters did it? Tanimura frowned, he knew he had to go there. If it is really a gangster, then he will use all kinds of means to make this gang disappear cleanly! (To be continued......)