The production line issue was studied here, and Wan Feng then talked about the 90CC engine.
"Uncle Chen! How far have the Type 90 engine prototype tests progressed?"
Chen Dao shook his head. "It will take a long time to research, mainly because of the material problem. There is no problem with the principle of the engine, but the materials are still not suitable. We used the materials of the AX100 engine to build the 90 engine. The ignition is no problem, but the stability and sustainability are always worrying.
The reason is a material problem. If qualified materials were available today, the engine could be declared a success tomorrow."
Materials science is a profound subject, and many advanced inventions cannot be popularized due to material limitations.
Apart from conducting our own research, we can only wait for breakthroughs from other domestic material manufacturers.
Wan Feng was not too anxious to research the 90 engine. The two-stroke motorcycle could still last for more than ten years. As long as this motorcycle could be launched in 1995, it would not be outdated. If it could be launched earlier, it would be even better.
This was still a long time before 1995.
"There's no rush. We have plenty of time to study it slowly. Now that the car has been disassembled, what do you think?"
Chen Dao smiled wryly. "We haven't even figured out a motorcycle engine, let alone a car engine. It's not just the engine, the transmission, the chassis—everything is complicated. And Soviet cars weren't mainstream yet. Western cars are probably even more complex. We're confident we can develop a motorcycle engine, but it'll take time. As for car engines, we're not confident we can. Even if we do, they won't be competitive in the market. Uncompetitive production will only lead to self-destruction."
"I know this. We're just trying to understand it right now. When I approve some funding for you, you can set up a dedicated automotive engine department. Your mission is to explore first. I won't give you any hard and fast targets. Just figure it out."
This is much easier without indicators.
"Once the motorcycle engine is successful, we'll move on to car engines. If you're short on manpower, you have the right to recruit technicians in this area. I'll give you full autonomy."
"Xiao Wan! Since you said so, let's take it over and give it a try. Maybe we can still fix it. Even if we do, we can still gain experience."
"Uncle Chen! You're busy, I'll go check on Engineer Li."
Compared with the bustling engine department of Chen Dao, the machine tool research department headed by Li Da is relatively quiet.
Except for a few machining centers, most of the machine tools that Wan Feng brought back from the Soviet Union were conquered and improved.
The crude Russian products were improved by the meticulous Chinese and their performance was doubled.
If the Russians were not careless in designing and manufacturing this kind of machine tool, there would be no need to buy Japanese machine tools.
You can obviously make the machine tool yourself, but instead of making it properly, you insist on buying it.
It can be seen that the Russians also have the problem of worshipping foreign things and fawning on foreigners.
"We also have two of the most complex machining centers, both of which are five-axis machines. If we can improve and produce five-axis machines, then China won't have to beg anyone to buy foreign products in a short period of time."
Now, as long as there is good steel, the Nanwan factory is fully capable of producing machine tools that are not world-class. Even if the quality is not as good as the machine tools produced in China and Japan, the gap is not too big.
As long as Nanwan Factory does not stick to the old ways and continues to research, it may not be able to catch up with others, but it can definitely stop being widened by them.
Li Da is confident about this, and so is Wan Feng.
He is very willing to invest in research and development.
There will be no progress in scientific research without investment. Although having money does not necessarily guarantee results, without money you will definitely not get any results.
“Are there any manufacturers interested in making those common machine tools?”
"Yes! Bohai Third Machine Tool, Shenyang Shengli Machine Tool, Shuguang Machine Tool, and a machine tool company in Dandong are all interested in taking on our project. They sent people to contact us a few days ago."
"Failed to contact?"
"When you're not at home, no one dares to make the decision."
"Look at what this has caused. Didn't I tell you that those interested in ordinary machine tools can be transferred out? Even three-axis CNC machine tools can be transferred out. We only need to keep the four-axis and five-axis machine tools."
Alas! These people, when I was away from home all year round, they did a pretty good job, why did they not dare to take charge when I came back?
We must never let them develop a dependent nature. Let them do what they need to do. If we ask them for instructions on every trivial matter, they will be too busy even if they have two heads.
"Engineer Li! You can make the decision on the transfer of machine tool technology. Discuss the transfer price with the other factories and set a reasonable price."
"But what's a reasonable price? I'm good at technology, but I'm not good at these things."
"You can go talk to Director Zhu about this. It's good enough. We're not transferring these machine tools for profit, as long as we can recoup the costs of research and development and improvement. These ordinary machine tools are not very advanced for us, but for the old manufacturers still using technology from the 1950s and 1960s, these machine tools are advanced enough. My goal is to support these companies with backward products so that they can be reborn and have a foothold in the tide of reform."
"Xiao Wan! I understand."
"We don't need too many manufacturers to transfer the technology. Just three or four will be enough to take over and digest the technology. This way, we can form a machine tool production group with us as the leader. It would be even better if we can form a healthy competitive environment."
Without competition, there will be no progress, and without competition, manufacturers will naturally be complacent.
But we cannot allow them to compete in a vicious way, it is best to keep it benign.
This requires the ability to coordinate.
"Now that we have finished researching the machine tool, what will our team do next?" Li Da lit a cigarette, took a deep breath and asked.
"Still working on machine tools. I've thought about how your team can't be disbanded to do other things. We should focus on the research, development, and improvement of machine tools. Only in this way can we lead the trend of the domestic machine tool industry and have the capital to dominate the world in the future."
"Okay! I think so too. If we keep resting on our laurels, we might be surpassed by others when we wake up. Only by constantly delving into research can the company remain full of vitality."
As long as the starting point of the machine tool industry is not much lower than that of the United States and Japan, Wanfeng is confident that it can catch up with them within ten years.
Others are superstitious about foreign craftsmanship, but this does not exist here in Wanfeng.
What craftsman spirit? Bullshit! They are just craftsmen.
Wan Feng has seen too many scenes of Japanese companies bowing and apologizing for fraud, and they are all fake.
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