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The strategy of cooperating on the Nantianmen project is still under continuous negotiation, and a decision has been made to respond to the so-called paper incident. Therefore, Ye Zhou did not invest too much energy in these two matters, but focused on Part of the time was devoted to assembling the engine.

After all, in order to truly demonstrate the feasibility of the Nantianmen project, the top priority is to produce the results of the sedan project as soon as possible.

The manufacturing of GE-9X engine parts has been completed, and the key components have passed dual testing of matrix and field experiments. The unit assembly has also been completed and will soon enter the component assembly process.

The so-called unit assembly refers to assembling parts and components one by one into a maintenance unit. Only after this step is completed can the next step of component assembly be carried out, and finally the complete machine can be assembled.

Component assembly refers to the process of assembling the maintenance unit into three main units. The largest workload in the aero-engine assembly process occurs in this link, and most of the troubleshooting, cleaning, maintenance, balancing, and measurement are performed. and test work are all completed during the assembly stage.

Similarly, this link is also the link with the highest accident rate. Nearly 20% of the GE-9X manufacturing documents provided by Ye Zhou are about the assembly process, so Ye Zhou is particularly concerned about this.

On Monday, Ye Zhou came to the assembly workshop and began to check the assembly progress as usual. An engineer who was supervising on site saw him and hurriedly came over to say hello. After Ye Zhou greeted him for a few words, he asked directly:

"Are you currently assembling turbofan blades? How is the progress?"

After hearing his question, the engineer quickly replied:

"Gong Ye, the assembly has been basically completed. What we are doing now is the tip clearance test. It is estimated that the results will not be available until the afternoon."

Ye Zhou nodded and continued to ask:

"The results that will come out this afternoon are the rotor concentricity results, right? Have you done the feeler gauge? What's the result?"

The so-called rotor and stator concentricity testing and feeler gauge testing are both testing methods for aeroengine tip clearance, but the former is based on the high-precision machining of the high-pressure turbine rotor and high-pressure turbine stator casing outer ring, and is generally accurate. The accuracy is much higher than that of traditional feeler gauges, and it is also a must-go test during the assembly process of this large aircraft engine.

The engineer pointed to several inspection engineers who were packing tools and replied:

"It has been completed. The data is within the predetermined range. However, the error of the feeler gauge is relatively large. Whether the standard is met or not depends on the results in the afternoon."

"Okay, then I'll come and see you in the afternoon."

After hearing the answer, Ye Zhou did not waste any more time, because in addition to the fan blades, there were a lot of processes that he needed to check.

As he shuttled through various assembly workshops, he secretly felt a little funny in his heart.

Logically speaking, this kind of work is not what he, a project chief engineer, should do at all, but there is no way. This time they are trial-producing an engine that no one has any experience to refer to, and he is the only one. He had thoroughly absorbed the relevant technical knowledge, so he had no choice but to let him take on this part of the affairs.

Such tedious affairs made him feel tired and painful, but he had no other choice, so he had to comfort himself in his heart:

It's okay, after all, it's the first time, so the pain is expected. As long as you have experience in the future, it will be much smoother the second time.

By the time he finished inspecting all the assembly workshops, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. He rarely missed lunch time, but fortunately, the master chef who was responsible for his diet did not forget about him. Seeing that he did not go over to eat, he packed and delivered the meal to him. After seeing no one in the office, he contacted specialized personnel to help Ye Zhou deliver the food to the production area.

In the production area, there are many people like Ye Zhou who have not gone to the canteen to eat. These people are either engineers or assembly workers. Because the project schedule is too tight, they often cannot keep up with the pace of meals in the factory, so they have to let the canteen deliver food. Over time, several customary dining areas have formed in the production area. Every time one or two o'clock in the afternoon, people gather in that small area to eat.

This situation originally violated the management regulations of the production area, but firstly, considering the actual situation, and secondly, the dining area they chose would indeed not have any impact on the production requirements, so the project management team did not interfere and only reminded Please pay attention to cleanliness when eating to avoid contaminating the production area.

This time, Ye Zhou also experienced the feeling of eating in the production area.

He carried the lunch box and walked to the area where several workers in work clothes had gathered. After opening the lunch box, he naturally asked:

"Master, what do you do?"

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Several workers didn't even swallow the food in their mouths, so they all raised their heads and looked at Ye Zhou.

Ye Zhou immediately realized that he was a bit stupid for asking this question in this place, so he immediately added:

"No, I mean, what specific piece of work are you responsible for?"

Only then did the workers laugh.

They didn't know Ye Zhou, so they didn't feel restrained in front of him. After hearing his question, one of them answered generously:

"We are doing bonding this time. We just finished installing the easy-grinding ring today. We haven't caught up with dinner, so we're just here to have a bite. Brother, what do you do? Why didn't you go to the cafeteria? ?”

Ye Zhou was slightly startled and replied:

"Me. I'm an errand boy. I do a little bit of everything."

After hearing Ye Zhou's words, the worker nodded thoughtfully and continued:

"Then your job is not easy to do. Are you a project manager? You project managers like to be modest. You say you are a handyman every day, but in fact you push people harder than anyone else."

Ye Zhou smiled and asked:

"I feel a little resentful after hearing this. What's wrong? I don't get along well with your project manager? Let me ask you, tell him?"

"Don't, don't, don't! This is all a joke, how can you take it seriously? Brother, don't get me wrong. We Northeasterners are a bit more straightforward when speaking. In fact, we don't have any resentment in our hearts. I think you are also a leader, so don't give it to me He wears small shoes, and Brother Liu is very tired during this period, so he really can’t do it.”

Ye Zhou nodded and replied:

"Don't worry, that's all I said. The work intensity during this period is really intense, and everyone is very tired. When the bonus is paid out after the project is over, we can relax."

"No, that's what they say! I'm tired, but I can really make money. I've been working here for 4 months, and my income is more than I did in the past two years. By the way, little brother, you Do you have any news? Do you know how much the final bonus will be?"

Looking at the other person's expectant eyes, Ye Zhou originally wanted to tell him a rough number, but then he thought about it and realized that this was unconfirmed news after all, so he just replied:

"I really don't know about this, but I've heard a lot about it, so you can look forward to it."

"Well, I think you don't know either. But it doesn't matter. Anyway, it's good to have something to look forward to - don't be offended if I ask this, we're just going straight. We little people don't actually have so many lofty thoughts in our hearts. , just want to make some money.”

"Of course, now that I have enough energy, I think it is appropriate to work more overtime and make more contributions."

"That is, that is."

Ye Zhou nodded quickly.

For workers at Liming Hangfa, they work extremely long and intensely, and receive wages and bonuses that are several times the basic level. This is their long-term income, and it is exactly this The forward benefits make them willing to pay before actually receiving the bonus.

The workers said they worked for money, which Ye Zhou saw no problem with.

This is what they call hope.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhou continued to speak:

"Your idea is right. There is no need to say anything about being weird. Just take your own share of the money and do your share of the work. That's better than anything else."

"Yes, we can get a job with a salary and a job, as long as we don't have to work hard - but having said that, little brother, we have been working here for so long, can you reveal, What exactly are we going to do? The engines we installed before are not the same as this time."

Hearing this, Ye Zhou fell silent.

Just like the last chip project, these grassroots workers did not know what they were doing from beginning to end. This seemed unfair to them, but it was what they had to do to implement confidentiality requirements. choose.

After a moment, he answered:

"I really can't tell you what exactly it is, but you should be able to guess it yourself. What you are doing is a big thing."

"So, there is no need to ask or guess. When it is time for you to know, you will naturally know."

The worker nodded and did not continue to ask, but after a while, he seemed to be talking to himself:

"I heard that we have a big project called the Nantianmen Project. If we do this, then we will be on the list of gods."

Ye Zhou was stunned for a moment, and said with some humor and emotion:

"There are no immortal emperors anymore. Our Nantianmen can only be built by our own workers hammer by hammer."