Born In England

"Long Live in England ()"

How to make your own ship more selling point than others?

Li Lin thinks nothing more than 2 points.

First, sailing speed.

Second, the loading capacity, and a stronger and safer hull!

Li Lin knew about the shipbuilding industry before. After all, he also has his own shipbuilder and shipbuilding engineer. Through understanding, he found that the current shipbuilding industry still needs to be improved.

In particular, all current cargo ships and warships are mainly powered by steam engines.

The power of the steam engine must be unsatisfactory.

Therefore, Li Lin thinks that there are only two understandings of the improvement of disruptive technologies in the shipbuilding industry: diesel engines replace steam engines, and welding technology replaces riveting technology!

That's right, most shipbuilding companies still use riveting technology! This technology will be eliminated sooner or later.

"The new welding technology will definitely make the ship construction faster, stronger, and more integrated!" Li Lin secretly guessed in his heart.

As for the future segmented construction method, dual fuel, cancellation of bulbous bow, etc., it is understood that it is more of an improved rather than a subversive technology. Technological innovation does not originate from the shipbuilding industry itself, but more from major technological breakthroughs in cross-industry, which promotes the progress of the shipbuilding industry.

"Fortunately, I have so many blueprints, diesel engines of ships, I can take out countless at will!" Li Lin thought of this, and started to look for it as soon as he buried his head.

Half an hour later, he picked out the diesel engines of three ships from the [Complete Collection of World War I and World War II Weapon Design Drawings].

They are all diesel engine models from destroyers, cruisers, and large transport ships.

These diesel engines are basically designed after 1910, absolutely advanced!

It just so happens that the design drawings of these three diesel engine sets can be applied to small, medium and large cargo ships of different sizes!

Looking at the design drawings of six large boxes, Li Lin called his secretary and asked him to bring the person in charge of the company's power research department over.

That's right, just let them develop it.

Soon, George, the head of the power research department, came over.

"Boss, did you ask me to come over?" George was more respectful to Li Lin.

The reason is that when Li Lin hired him with a high salary, he also helped him solve his family troubles, so he was still very grateful to Li Lin.

"Here are the design drawings of three types of diesel engines. Take it and study it. It is best to develop it as soon as possible!" Li Lin said.

"Huh? Is this for an airplane or a submarine?" George was taken aback for a moment.

"It's for ships! Well, don't ask too many other questions, and study it carefully." Li Lin didn't intend to say too much.

"Yes, I will develop it as soon as possible." George nodded.

He was not surprised that Li Lin took out some design drawings from time to time for the people in his department to develop.

After George left.

Li Lin rubbed his chin, the ship's diesel engine has been solved, and I believe it is only a matter of time before it is developed.

But he really didn't know where to find the welding skills of the ship!

[Complete Design Drawings of Weapons of World War I and World War II] There is no welding technology in it.

"Since you can't find the technology, then find a professional to inquire about the situation. If a new welding technology has been invented, I can definitely hire it with a high salary!" Li Lin thought to himself.

Soon, he went to the shipbuilding company again.

Found Ronald, the chief designer and general manager of the shipbuilding company!

Speaking of which, this guy made a submarine before, and he contributed a lot!

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

"right."

"At present, most of our shipbuilding companies use riveting technology?" Li Lin asked Ronald.

"Yes, this technology has been mature for a long time and is very stable, so most of our shipbuilding companies in the world are using this technology." Ronald nodded, feeling a little puzzled in his heart.

Why did my boss suddenly ask such a professional question today?

In the past, my boss always threw a batch of blueprints to him and asked him to build submarines...

too difficult!

"You are in this line of business. Do you know if there is any new welding technology coming out? Or, some shipbuilding companies are trying to use it. How effective is it?" Li Lin said.

"New welding technology?"

Li Lin looked at him, waiting for an answer.

If not, then it's a bit of a pain in the ass.

But it doesn't matter, after all, my power system has changed from a steam engine to a diesel engine, and the selling point is also full!

Never mind that the diesel engine was invented in 1892.

It's been a few years since it was invented.

But the diesel engine is still in the preliminary stage of invention and has not been used on ships!

After all, on a ship, the required diesel engine is very large, and the horsepower is also huge, so the technology inside must be difficult.

The use of diesel engines has improved almost ten years later.

"In 1885, Bernardos discovered carbon arc welding technology. In 1887, Thomson invented resistance welding for sheet welding. At present, these two new welding technologies are new welding technologies." Ronald thought thought about it.

Hearing this, Li Lin thought to himself, he asked the right person! As expected of someone in the industry, the other party really paid attention to these news.

"Then our shipyard can also introduce this kind of technology, we must keep pace with the times!" Li Lin said excitedly. It seems that arc welding technology is also used in future generations, right?

"This... Boss, these two technologies have only been invented for a few years. I heard that these two technologies are still very unstable. There are many defects in the technology, and the quality cannot be guaranteed during welding! I have not been in the shipbuilding company for the time being. You need to know that shipbuilding is a very rigorous industry, and once there is any problem, the money invested before will be gone.” Ronald said.

Li Lin thought about it and agreed.

After all, shipbuilding starts from hundreds of thousands of pounds to millions of pounds.

The welding technique is unstable and flawed, who would dare to use it?

If there is a problem in the end, wouldn't tens of millions of pounds be in vain.

In fact, at the beginning of the 20th century, carbon arc welding and gas welding were applied, and thin-coated electrode arc welding also appeared. The arc is relatively stable, the welding pool is protected by slag, and the welding quality is improved, which makes manual arc welding enter the practical stage. Arc welding has become an important welding method since the 1920s.

Although Li Lin didn't know that carbon arc welding and gas welding had to wait more than ten years before they could really transform into applications.

But he is very clear that the invention of any kind of technology will definitely not be applied so quickly in the first few years.

The main reason is that many speculators think that if I invest money in research and development, will I be able to reap results?

For example, now Bernardos invented the carbon arc welding technology, but it still has defects and instability, and there are still various problems that need to be solved before it can become a mature technology.

But you need to invest money in research and development to solve the above problems and make this technology mature!

This is why although the carbon arc welding technology has been invented, it has not yet been applied.