Great Power Technology

Chapter 163 New Materials

There was no update on the leaked incident, so Ye Zhou had no choice but to reinvest his energy in research and development. At this time, the manufacturing of various engine components has basically come to an end. More than 30,000 parts are 90% completed, and all key parts have been completed. Next The first step is to assemble.

But it was at this juncture that he received a call from Wan Zhou.

On the phone, Wan Zhou told him a piece of good news that surprised him beyond measure.

Based on his early designation of experimental directions, Sanchi Laboratory has made breakthrough progress in the research on ceramic-based phosphor-iron reinforced composite materials. The new material takes into account the high heat resistance and high plasticity of phosphor iron and the properties of ceramics. Corrosion-resistant and high melting point, the density is only one-fifth that of high-temperature nickel-based aluminum alloys and one-twelfth that of tungsten-based alloys.

This material can not only be used for high-temperature turbine blades, high-temperature combustion chambers, regulating/sealing plates and other components, but can also directly replace the nickel-based titanium alloy superplastic forming process and be directly used for melting and casting after adjusting the proportion of phosphor-iron reinforcement components. Fan blades are made in France!

Fluorescent iron does not have the plasticity defects of titanium alloys.

After receiving a lot of documents from Wan Zhou, Ye Zhou couldn't wait to bring the documents to the materials laboratory. Of course, he didn't want to overthrow the previous design, but out of efficiency and caution, he always felt that if there was only one set The plan would be detrimental to the sedan project.

Therefore, after completing the complete copy of GE-9X, he also wanted to try some newer breakthroughs.

Use ceramic-based fluorescent iron reinforced materials to manufacture key thermal parts of the engine, completely kicking titanium alloy out of the material range!

The benefits of doing this are twofold.

First, lighter and more heat-resistant materials can achieve a greater thrust-to-weight ratio, higher combustion temperature, and greater thrust.

Secondly, the anti-ablation and anti-oxidation characteristics of ceramic matrix can effectively extend the life of the engine, reduce the number of engine maintenance times, and save a lot of costs in the later period.

No matter from which point of view, introducing new materials is a step they must take. The only problem is that the engineers who have just relaxed a little will soon be forced to enter high-intensity work again.

After entering the materials laboratory, the two engineers who were conducting experiments saw Ye Zhou's expression and immediately guessed the weight of the document he was holding. They took the document solemnly and were about to ask Ye Zhou for advice. Unexpectedly, the other party Already ran away in a flash.

This cannot be blamed on Ye Zhou. He must now find Chen Hao and propose his latest plan to him.

Looking at Ye Zhou's back, the two engineers sat down helplessly and began to read the materials sent by Ye Zhou. After they finished reading them all, their faces had completely changed their expressions.

Shock.

One of them turned the material to the first page in disbelief, stared at it and re-read the summary word for word, and then said:

"F*ck. This is awesome. What kind of monster is this three-foot laboratory? What kind of monster is this Ye Zhou? I remember it was less than three months after the fluorescent iron was brought out, and composite materials were made so quickly. ?”

The long-haired male engineer sitting opposite him nodded and said with the same emotion:

"Otherwise, why would you call me Ye Shen in private? It's really awesome. To be honest, with him here, if I were asked to go three feet away, I could do this thing even if I was asked to do it, but it might take some time. "

"Real or false? Tell me in detail?"

The long-haired man cleared his throat, pointed to the experimental records in the appendix of the document and said:

"Look, first of all, let's make it clear that the development of CMCs materials in China actually has a foundation and has received a lot of policy dividends. The ceramic-based materials of Torch Electronics and Xiamen University's Special Ceramics Laboratory are considered to be relatively advanced in the world. Approval, but the question is how to combine ceramic materials and reinforced materials to meet the engineering application requirements of aviation heating end parts, right?"

"That's right."

The man opposite nodded. This is the reality of domestic ceramic materials and is not a secret.

"Okay, now here comes the question. Xiamen University's Special Laboratory has never stopped experimenting with this problem, right? They have been doing it for nearly five years and have tried countless formulas and ratios. The materials they make now are still the same. Nothing groundbreaking, right?”

"Yes! This is a matter of luck. First, you have to choose the reinforcement material, then you have to choose the fusion conditions, and finally you have to choose the proportion. Each choice is to pick the correct one from thousands of wrong choices. In total, There must be millions of combinations - wait, I understand what you mean, how many experiments did Sanchi Laboratory conduct?"

Seeing that the other party had understood what he meant, the long-haired man nodded with satisfaction and replied:

"26 times. Is that an exaggeration? They made it once every two days on average, and it only took less than 60 days to find the formula. How do you explain this? Luck? Are you kidding!"

"Look at the preface again. Before the experiment started, Ye Zhou had already defined a rough scope for the laboratory. If the scope he defined was followed, the number of combinations would only be about 20,000 at most."

"Of the 20,000 choices, 90% are invalid choices. A large number of them can be eliminated after just one experiment. So in summary, Ye Zhou provided the experimenters with less than 2,000 choices, and then The experimenters drew a lottery among these two thousand kinds, and it took them 60 days to win the grand prize.”

"So, do you still think this is luck?"

"To be honest, if I were asked to go three feet, no matter how unlucky I was, I could draw it two hundred times for a year and I would still be able to do it. That's why I said I would do it. Follow me. Is there anything that such a person can’t do?”

After listening to what he said, the man opposite opened the document again in silence, and finally sighed and said:

"It's okay, even if we want to go, others may not necessarily like us. I heard that Sanchi is full of first-line talents, and they will be given a bonus once for each project. I have an acquaintance there, and it will be less than 3 months. I have already taken hundreds of thousands. In the future, the best talents will continue to gather at Sanfei."

The long-haired man nodded and echoed:

"I've heard that too. However, I heard that Ye Zhou paid the bonus with his own money, and all the funds allocated by the state were used to buy equipment. No wonder he is awesome. He is so willing to burn money. How can he not be awesome? ?”

"But having said that, we are quite willing to spend money this time, and we are not addicted to the rich. Before, how could we let this heat treatment cabin be left open like this and just talk here?"

After hearing his words, the man opposite suddenly realized that they were still conducting experiments. He waved his hand and said:

"Forget it, it belongs to other people. If you can't eat meat, you can just drink soup. Come on, bring me the documents. I will immediately organize people to arrange trial production. If the properties are stable, maybe we can put it into mass production in the next few days. By the end of the day, Let’s also mix in some bonuses from time to time!”

While the two engineers were discussing the latest documents sent by Ye Zhou, Ye Zhou had also arrived at Chen Hao's office and finished explaining his plan.

Opposite him, Chen Hao frowned and did not make an immediate decision.

Logically speaking, he should really respect the opinion of Ye Zhou, the chief engineer, but from a rational point of view, he felt that this was too big a step.

"Are we really going to release new material directly? Is this going to be a bit of a break from the plan?"

"It's not about adding new materials! The plan for the sedan chair remains the same. What I have to do is to be prepared! Anyway, I am idle!"

"Engineer Ye, go out and take a look. Who is free?"

"This is a metaphor! To take a step back, even if our goal this time is just to copy, have you ever thought about what if these old materials based on the drawings get stuck? I remember our domestic high-end titanium alloy The industry is immature to begin with. If the amount of titanium alloy used increases in the future, what should we do if the production of titanium alloys cannot keep up? Only new materials can solve this problem once and for all!"

"I know, I know! I didn't say I wouldn't let you do it. I'm just worried that the project team won't be able to handle it. They're all working overtime now. If there are new demands,"

"How much money do you have left?"

Ye Zhou directly interrupted Chen Hao.

"According to the budget, the money is enough now, but the problem is that the follow-up testing process is the bulk of the money. What do you want to do? Pay it all as bonuses?"

"Am I so open-minded? Let me give you 200 million first. There are more than 2,000 people in the project team, including engineers and ordinary workers. The average person is 100,000, which is enough for them to survive for another month."

".I'm convinced. You have the final say. You have the final decision-making power anyway. Besides, you have to find a reason to give out money, right? Just give it forcefully?"

Ye Zhou was stunned for a moment, then replied:

"Just send it hard!"

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