"Oh, this one, this was our main machine model in the 1960s and 1970s. It was all manually controlled. Look at these handles, they're what workers use to control the machine.
There is a TV series online called "A Courtyard Full of Birds", in which the old man Yi Zhonghai is a ninth-level fitter. Actually, ninth level is just a common name, and the highest national level is eighth level.
If you reach level nine, you will be called the legendary "King of Clamps". It is said that the parts made by these workers by hand are more delicate than those made by today's five-axis machine tools.
Back then, our first satellite was made entirely of parts hand-made by our workers.”
Lin Sanqi was a little excited. He just needed this outdated and obsolete model.
"Mr. Wang, can you still produce such machine tools?"
Vice President Wang almost fell down, thinking that the southern guest was joking, so he jokingly said:
"Mr. Lin, you're joking. We can't produce old machine tools like this anymore. If you're interested, Mr. Lin, we have a few in our collection and we can give you one to play with. Haha~~~"
Sales Director Xie Yujun was a shrewd man. He knew that the customer couldn't have made such a joke for no reason, so he explained:
"The main reason is that the production line of the old machine tool is gone. If Mr. Lin still wants such an ancient machine tool, the production line must be remade first, and all the parts of the machine tool must be re-molded. With the current level of workers, I am afraid it is difficult to do this.
What's more important is that such machine tools now require professional workers to operate.
When we first started working, we all had to learn from a master who taught us step by step, and then we had to pass the exams one level at a time. There was a complete teaching and training model, but now this model no longer exists.
Chairman Lin just said at the forum that machine tools exported to Africa don't need to be super advanced. My personal suggestion is that even if they're not advanced, they shouldn't be so backward.
African workers don’t know how to operate the machine, and we can’t find such masters in our country, so we have no place to train them even if we spend money on it.
Even if we find some experienced masters from all over the country, the training fees, labor costs, transportation and accommodation costs, etc. are frighteningly high and not cost-effective.
So I think if Mr. Lin really wants to export to Africa, he can buy some of our old CNC machine tools.
At that time, we only need to input the part data and the machine will run automatically. At most, we can just manually replace the cutter head and drill bit. "
When Lin Sanqi heard this, he suddenly understood.
I thought that it was an impossible task to bring an African uncle to China for training, let alone a worker from another time and space.
In addition, after the X-ray production line incident a few years ago, Lin Sanqi realized that he should not underestimate people born in the 1960s.
People in that era had no computers or supercomputers, but they built the atomic bomb using only abacus.
A small machine tool, no matter how modern it is, is just a matter of computer operation, right?
In fact, my country planned to build its first Institute of Computing Technology in 1957. my country's computer industry started only 13 years later than that of the United States.
Give it a try.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi pretended to think for a moment and continued to ask:
"Mr. Wang, let me give you an example. The machine tools here are from this era."
The Fengtian Machine Tool exhibition hall is arranged in chronological order. Lin Sanqi pointed to a machine tool from 2000 and asked:
"Take this machine tool, for example. It was a gift to the new century, right? It must be quite outdated now, right?"
Vice President Wang had no idea what this Mr. Lin was up to, so he nodded in astonishment.
"Yes, but this machine is already 15 years old. Mr. Lin, you may not know that our business is different from yours. You value the older the better, and even wish it was a century-old ginseng.
But for our machine tool industry, these high-tech products are updated very quickly, so the latest machine tools are definitely the most advanced. For example, the display cabinet over there is full of new models we launched this year."
Vice President Wang never forgets to promote sales.
Lin Sanqi coughed lightly:
"Mr. Wang, if I take this machine tool to Africa, I'll be faced with a group of workers with no basic skills. What should I do?"
Wang Yong understood, and said with a smile:
"Mr. Lin, this is easy. There are two ways. One is to have Africans come to our company for training. If it is not convenient for us in Northeast China, we can choose Huadu as the training location and send our experienced trainers over.
Another way is that we have a complete set of instructions and video materials, including Chinese, English and French versions. You can operate it according to the instructions. In our words, it is a fool-proof operation.
For example, if you want to produce this part, you just need to enter the product data on the computer, and this product data is recorded in detail in the R&D department, just like this. Let me demonstrate it to you. Boss..."
A technician from the exhibition hall rushed over and quickly opened this old machine tool produced in 2000.
Vice President Wang added with a smile:
"Mr. Lin, this is the strength of our large state-owned enterprise. The first machine tools here are all operational, and we want to show our customers our quality and reliability."
Lin Sanqi thought, how much money would it cost to maintain so many machines every year? Only state-owned enterprises could do such a thing.
After the machine tool was turned on, Lin Sanqi casually took out a metal part from a pile of parts.
Manager Wang casually ordered, "Master Dong, please demonstrate how this part is produced."
Another worker quickly retrieved the data of the part from the documentation, and Master Dong began to input the parameters of the part on the touch screen of the machine.
Lin Sanqi watched carefully from the side, thinking to himself, can he handle it with his intelligence?
Lin Sanqi is a medical student and has no basic knowledge of engineering and mechanical equipment. If Lin Sanqi can operate this machine tool, then if he travels back to 1962, then any professor or college student there will definitely have no problem operating it.
Yin Lianyi no longer asks her boyfriend why he suddenly wants to buy a machine tool. Many lessons have made her understand that her boyfriend will definitely not do business at a loss, so she just needs to listen.
So she watched it very carefully and even took out her mobile phone to record the whole process.
The product parameters were input very quickly. Master Dong immediately took out a pile of metal and placed it on the machine tool's fixed frame. Then he installed the cutter head and pressed the start button. The machine tool started running automatically.
Vice President Wang explained: "If it is the latest model of machine tools, the blade milling head can be automatically replaced."
The machine tool started running, and after a while, the parts were processed. Lin Sanqi took the new parts, compared them with the old parts, and felt relieved.
Exactly the same.
The entire operation process is very simple. If we just talk about it from the perspective of usage, the workers there in 1962 had no problems at all.
Even if there is a problem, it is about how to maintain the machine tool or repair the equipment, etc.
Lin Sanqi knew that one characteristic of state-owned enterprises was that obsolete production lines would not be sold at will, but would generally be placed in warehouses to facilitate annual asset inventories.
Just like Huadu Medical University, decades-old experimental equipment was piled up in the warehouse, and then Lin Sanqi bought them all in one go.
So Lin Sanqi decided to give it a try.
"Vice President Wang, I'm personally satisfied with the equipment at Fengtian Machine Tool. I have a suggestion. Could you also sell me your obsolete machine tool production line?"
Vice President Wang is a little confused about the situation:
"Director Lin, you came here to buy machine tools, didn't you? Why did you choose to buy a second-hand production line?"
Lin Sanqi knew that state-owned enterprises had many rules and restrictions, so if someone wanted to sell, it would just be a matter of a word.
But if they don't want to sell, it's no use talking to them.
Only inducement.
"Mr. Wang, this is what I think. I think the machine tools your company produced around 2000 are very suitable for Africa's national conditions. They don't need overly advanced machine tools. After all, they are making a breakthrough from 0 to 1.
So, no matter how many old machine tools you have in your warehouse, I won't ask how many you have. I'll buy them all. But my only requirement is that you transfer the entire production line to me as well."
Taking the production line away not only enabled us to produce advanced machine tools ourselves in 1962, but more importantly, if a machine tool broke down, there would be enough spare parts to replace it.
Lin Sanqi thought that Vice President Wang would not agree, but who knew that the CEO of the state-owned enterprise suddenly showed a wicked smile.
"Director Lin, this is what you said. If I remember correctly, we currently have over 2,000 machine tools of various types produced over the years in our warehouse. They are all brand new and have never been opened."
Lin Sanqi thought, no wonder you are making losses. Fengtian Machine Tool has more than 2,000 machine tools in stock that are more than ten years old. How can a company like this not make losses?
For Lin Sanqi, this number is not too much, but too little. (End of this chapter)
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