Chapter 394 New Discovery
However, Director Liao couldn't leave either, and could only sit here and listen to Engineer Kong and the others talking about the "holy book".
Suddenly, the argument between Engineer Kong and Engineer Hu was like a surging wave, breaking the originally dull atmosphere.
Everyone present was a little stunned and didn't dare to step forward to help. After all, the two were eighth-level workers in the factory, and it seemed bad to help either of them. Besides, if they went to help, the situation might even get worse.
Kong Gong's face flushed, the veins on his forehead bulged slightly, his eyebrows were twisted tightly together like two angry caterpillars entangled, his eyes were wide open, and then he clenched his fists, his knuckles turned white due to the force.
He said loudly: "I tell you, Lao Hu, special steel should be made according to traditional methods."
Mr. Kong's voice was high-pitched and passionate. Every word seemed to be hammered out from deep in his chest, echoing in the space of the conference room with unquestionable power.
Engineer Hu was not to be outdone. He frowned, his eyes narrowed into slits, but his eyes revealed a stubbornness, like a provoked bull.
Perhaps because he was too excited by the rebuttal, Engineer Hu immediately stood up and retorted: "Old Kong, you are too stubborn. I think we can try to add something new to see if we can make special steel."
When Kong Gong heard this, he exploded like a powder keg: "Our factory has been using this method for so many years, and we can't try any other method."
The main reason is that trying new methods will increase costs a lot, so they have been adopting a more conservative approach.
"If we can't manufacture it, it means our technology has not yet reached the required level."
Engineer Hu's eyes remained firm. He quickly adjusted himself and said, "Engineer Kong, you are too conservative. If we don't innovate and add new elements, we will never be able to produce special steel that meets the regulations in our lifetime."
The atmosphere in the entire conference room became tense because of their heated argument, and everyone else watched quietly, as if they were at the center of a storm.
The mason said slowly, "Don't worry, Lao Kong and Lao Hu. I think we can explore some new production processes. While ensuring the hardness, we can add some new elements to see if we can produce special steel that meets the requirements."
If we don't stop the two from arguing, it's likely that there will be no result.
After being stopped by the stonemason, Engineers Kong and Hu calmed down a little. They were indeed a little angry just now, and coupled with the long period of mental tension and being questioned, they couldn't help but start to get angry all of a sudden.
The two of them stood up quickly: "I'm sorry, I scared everyone."
Director Liao came over to smooth things over: "It's okay, Engineer Kong and Engineer Hu, people are bound to have tempers, it's normal."
The people present had no intention of pursuing the matter.
Then everyone continued the discussion, with a feeling that they would not stop until they reached a conclusion.
Zhou Yimin, who was sitting next to him, was not idle. He was directly looking at the trends of these data in different experimental stages, looking for patterns in those seemingly chaotic data fluctuations.
He found that the curve had tiny fluctuations in certain intervals. These fluctuations were very weak compared to the main fluctuations of the curve, like imperceptible ripples on a calm lake.
His gaze lingered on these tiny fluctuations for longer and longer periods of time, and his eyes became more and more focused.
After that, he began to check the factors that might be related to these fluctuations one by one by comparing them with the experimental condition parameter table next to him. His fingers tapped lightly on the table, as if he was talking to the data.
He noticed that under certain pressure values ​​and raw material ratios, these tiny fluctuations would present a relatively stable frequency. This discovery made his eyes light up, but he did not draw conclusions immediately, but continued to analyze in depth.
Zhou Yimin also retrieved data from different batches of experiments under similar conditions, and repeatedly compared the amplitude, frequency and time of occurrence of these tiny fluctuations.
His brain was working fast, and he found that although these fluctuations were small, similar signs had appeared in the early stages of some successful experimental samples, but they were not taken seriously at the time.
Zhou Yimin took a deep breath. He realized that these tiny fluctuations that were ignored by everyone might contain the key to unlocking the door to successful research and development of special steel.
He then told everyone what he had just discovered: "Everyone, please stop for a moment. I have a small discovery."
When the people present heard that Zhou Yimin had made a discovery, they immediately stopped discussing and all looked at Zhou Yimin.
Kong Gong was a little anxious: "Section Chief Zhou, if you have any findings, please tell us right away, don't keep us in suspense here."
Zhou Yimin did not keep anyone in suspense: "My discovery was the slight fluctuation of the temperature curve under certain conditions."
Kong Gong and his colleagues were immediately disappointed, as they thought there must be some major discovery.
Shi Gong said: "We have observed these fluctuations before, but we think that this kind of fluctuation does not have much impact on the results, so we ignored it."
Zhou Yimin said at this time: "I think so! There is no better direction now, why not try this direction?"
Engineer Hu thought Zhou Yimin's words were quite good, and he offered his help: "Old Kong, Old Zhou, we have no clues now anyway, so it doesn't hurt to give it a try."
"What if it succeeds?"
Director Liao also knew that Zhou Yimin was very good at analyzing things from angles that others had not thought of, and he could get what he wanted.
For example, water pressure wells and solar stoves have been recorded in ancient books, but no one has discovered them.
"I think so too. Why don't we try the method that Yimin suggested?" Director Liao also voiced his support.
The people present saw that more and more people were supporting it, and more and more people followed suit.
In the end, only Kong Gong was left who disagreed.
When Kong Gong saw that everyone agreed, he had no choice but to agree.
Now that we have a new direction, we can’t continue to sit here and discuss it. We have to go to the workshop and put it into practice.
First, the coking coal is mixed and crushed and then added to the coke oven for dry distillation to produce hot coke and crude coke oven gas.
Then the powdered iron ore, flux and fine coke are mixed and granulated and added into the sintering machine, ignited to complete the sintering reaction and generate sintered ore.
Iron ore, coke and flux are then added to the blast furnace, and high-temperature hot air is blown in to reduce the iron ore to produce molten iron and slag.
Finally, the molten iron and raw materials such as scrap steel are placed in a converter or an electric furnace, and impurities are removed and the composition is adjusted by blowing oxygen and other methods to obtain molten steel.
The molten steel is immediately injected into the continuous casting machine, cooled and solidified into steel billets.
This time I followed Zhou Yimin's instructions and paid attention to the slight fluctuations in temperature, but it was still a little difficult to catch it in one go.
(End of this chapter)
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