Steel Dynasty - Chapter 591

[Chapter 591 Machinery Manufacturing]

The explosion at Bowen College was just a false alarm, which made Xiao Ming breathe a sigh of relief.

However, the experiment with smokeless gunpowder still showed him the enthusiasm of the students. In more than three years, Qingzhou’s science and technology has not completely surpassed the West, but with the efforts of these students, he believes that trains and electricity will be possible. , there will also be internal combustion engines. It won’t take long for Dayu to once again stand proudly in the world in science and technology and become a holy place for all nations to visit.

After understanding the situation, Xiao Ming told Lu Tong about establishing a chemical industry, and then took advantage of today’s free time to inspect various workshops in Qingzhou.

With the establishment of steam engine workshops, steam engines began to be used in more and more machinery. During the attack on Wei, steam engines were used on drilling machines, boring machines, milling machines, and grinders.

Nowadays, not only the production speed of gun barrels is increasing rapidly, but the production speed of flintlock spare parts is also greatly accelerated, because craftsmen do not need to use traditional manual polishing methods, but directly use mechanical polishing.

In addition to the acceleration of the military industry driven by steam engines, the textile industry under Fei Yue’er’s control is now also booming, and the output and quality of cloth have been greatly improved.

However, this is only part of the role of the steam engine. Lin Wentao is leading the students of the institute to apply the steam engine in the chemical industry and metallurgical industry.

After all, steam engines can not only perform linear motion, but also convert it into circular motion through the crankshaft and flywheel. It can be said that the steam engine of this era is a truly universal machine. Even in many modern industries, steam engines are still used. Now its only shortcoming is But now steam engines can only be transported to a small area like Qingzhou. As for other prefectures and counties, they are rarely affected by steam engines.

But everything is difficult at the beginning, you have to eat one bite at a time.

When he arrived at the workshop area, Xiao Ming first went to the steel workshop, where Lin Wentao had already installed two steam engines. When he arrived, the steam engines were driving the bellows to continuously blow air into the converter.

Below the converter is burning coal. There are craftsmen supervising the molten steel on the observation platform above the converter. Once the molten steel is refining, the craftsmen below will pull the converter to tilt it.

At this time, the molten steel in the converter will flow out along the tapping port, flow down from the groove on the other side, and enter various molds for shaping.

In addition to the use of steam power for the bellows, today’s steel workshops also have their own forging hammers, but they are different from water conservancy forging hammers. At this time, steam-powered stable forging hammers are used.

Some large steel structures are gradually formed under the beating of this forging hammer.

Very satisfied with the reform of the steel workshop, Xiao Ming went to the paper mill again. This industry has been made by hand since Xiao Ming was established, so the output of the paper mill has not been high.

Now the steam engine has taken over the most important pulping stage in the papermaking process, which has immediately increased the output of papermaking slurry. Now the craftsmen only need to focus on the subsequent work of netting and pressing. In this way, most of the craftsmen are freed to devote themselves to the back work. The amount of paper production is also doubled.

After leaving the paper mill, Xiao Ming went to the white sugar workshop. Just like the pulping stage of papermaking materials, the sugar cane chewing work in the white sugar workshop was also handed over to the steam engine.

When the steam engine was combined with other machinery, Xiao Ming naturally did not forget to hand over the construction of simple machines such as crushers to Lin Wentao. These crushers were produced by Lin Wentao and others under the guidance of the craftsmen in the steel workshop.

After all, the structure of the crusher is very simple. It is just a large cylinder with a fan blade and turbine-like structure inside.

After understanding the current pilot experiments of steam engines, Xiao Ming finally went to Lin Wentao’s steam engine workshop. In order to conveniently obtain raw materials, the steam engine workshop was located inside the workshop area, only one kilometer away from the steel workshop.

When he arrived at the workshop, Lin Wentao was talking to the students in the workshop’s research room.

“Your Highness.” Seeing Xiao Ming’s arrival, Lin Wentao bowed, and the students in the research room looked excited.

Nodding, Xiao Ming looked at the picture on the blackboard in the research room and said, “Are you studying the conveyor belt in the coal mine?”

“Yes, Your Highness, steam engines require a lot of coal, but there are not many coal mines in Qingzhou, and most of them are deep mines. “If steam engines are used to pump water and transport coal, the output of the mining area will increase a lot, and once the coal mine can be used, other mines can also be used. In this way, Qingzhou’s metallurgical industry can develop,” Lin Wentao said: “His Royal Highness once said. What Qingzhou lacks now is raw materials, so Xianguan wanted to build the machinery needed for the mine first.”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming smiled happily. In the past three or four years, these students have made greater progress day by day, and he worked hard every day. The hard work of writing scientific and technological books was not in vain after all.

“You really want what I think, but what I want to tell you this time is to directly separate machinery and steam engines, and let some students from the institute be responsible for the research of machinery in various industries?” Xiao Ming said .

In modern mechanics, mechanics is an independent subject. The steam engine only provides power, and the machinery is the purpose of power. Now with the steam engine, Xiao Ming can teach the mechanical knowledge in the science and technology library to Lin Wentao and others.

Lin Wentao thought for a while, and now the main work of the institute has really shifted from steam engines to machinery. He said to Xiao Ming: “Your Highness, this is okay. Now some machinery is created from scratch, and we need a dedicated group of people to take charge of it.” “

Xiao Ming smiled. The books in Bowen College are only part of it. It can be said that they are just simple junior high school knowledge plus some high school knowledge, while mechanics is a serious university major.

And in order to prevent technology leaks, he has always selected important technologies from books and compiled them into volumes for separate research by various laboratories and research institutes.

So he said: “Creating something from scratch is a waste of time. I will give you a mechanical book. You only need to refer to the book to manufacture the machinery for various industries in the book.”

Lin Wentao was a little shocked, and then With his understanding of scientific knowledge, he understood more and more that any subject in Bowen College requires a lot of energy to achieve success, but Xiao Ming treated everything lightly and seemed to be very proficient in all knowledge.

Thinking of this, he admired Xiao Ming even more. This kind of admiration was not the admiration of a common person for a monarch, but the admiration of a knowledgeable person.

After deciding on the matter of machine manufacturing, Xiao Ming chatted with the students at the institute for a while, and then he went to the Qingzhou camp. He had prepared food and firearms. The only thing left was the army.

(End of chapter)