Rebirth 99 to become a car giant

June 2002.

It is a good harvest month for Nanshan.

The number of Nanshan 6AT gearboxes delivered in a single month exceeded 50,000 units, contributing more than 400 million in turnover in one fell swoop.

Coupled with other businesses such as bearings and nut plates, Nanshan's monthly sales exceeded 700 million yuan.

This situation was told last year, and many people did not believe it.

But it's actually happening now.

Naturally, the people in the district knew about this situation quite well, so Cao Yang didn't need to arrange someone to urge the Nanshan Industrial Park Phase II project, and someone in the district was watching every day.

After rapid construction, the gearbox factory assembly workshop has been completed.

It has entered the state of small batch trial production since June.

Soon, Nanshan 6AT will completely explode its production capacity in July, and it is very hopeful that the monthly turnover will exceed 900 million.

In this way, Cao Yang's goal of 10 billion will be stabilized.

The number of employees in Nanshan has officially exceeded 5,000 due to the continuous construction of the factory.

This scale is already considered a large enterprise.

"Professor Ji, can this production line also produce 4MT and 6MT manual transmissions?"

Cao Yang stayed with the R\u0026D staff during this time.

Even when Liu Tianwu came to inspect the Phase II Industrial Park, he arranged for Ji Hua to receive him.

Of course, Cao Yang consciously asked Pan Jinxing, Ji Hua, and Luo Hongxing to help him with part of the reception work.

Otherwise, the leaders would come to investigate every now and then, and Cao Yang would not have much time for himself.

This state is definitely not what Cao Yang wants to see.

"Leader, the production lines of 4MT and 6MT are basically shared. Considering their future needs, we think it is necessary to set up a dedicated line for manual transmission, so that the production efficiency is higher."

"The production line next to it is shared by 4AT and 6AT. Except for a small number of processes that 4AT does not involve, most of the others only need to change some installation procedures to realize free switching between 4AT and 6AT."

Ji Hua couldn't be more familiar with the situation of the gearbox factory.

During this time, he spent most of his time in the company.

Let alone 996, it is almost 007.

But he enjoyed it and enjoyed the process.

After all, what a person like him pursues is technological breakthroughs and the realization of ideals.

Personal enjoyment or something, on the contrary, comes second.

"Many domestic car companies are now using Nanshan gearboxes. Does Yangcheng Honda still not consider using your gearboxes?"

Liu Tianwu is now more active than anyone else in helping Nanshan promote his business.

The more orders Nanshan gets, the bigger the company will be, and the more achievements he can enjoy.

It can be said to be a win-win situation.

Not to mention in the district, even in the city, or even in Lingnan Province, there are not many such competitive companies.

"Their gearbox uses Honda's own products. Even if the level is not as good as our 6AT, it is impossible to cooperate with us."

"Just like Toyota and Nissan, they will only buy gearboxes from Aisin and JATCO, and will never consider Nanshan."

"However, without Toyota and Honda, Nanshan can still develop."

Nanshan also has a very clear understanding of the customer's choice of gearbox.

In the short term, GM, Ford and Volkswagen are the most important customers.

In the long run, self-owned brands are the best choice.

But no matter what time it is, there is no chance of cooperation between the Dongying and Korea series with Nanshan Transmission.

"Why."

"It's a pity."

"Fortunately, you got so many big orders from Ford and GM."

"If we can get a few more car factories, then maybe the turnover in the next month will be higher than that of last year."

Turnover is closely related to GDP.

Last year, Panyu's GDP was only over 40 billion yuan.

A large part of this year's increase was contributed by Nanshan.

Even because of the rapid development of Nanshan, Panyu's GDP growth in the first half of this year has become the first in Yangcheng.

This is also very rare.

Although there is still a relatively large gap compared with Tianhe in terms of total volume, no one is afraid of the increase in ratio.

"Leader, starting from the end of this year, we will start mass production of gearboxes equipped with models that we cooperate with many independent brands."

"Even if there are no other new orders, next year's sales are expected to double."

Ji Hua has a good understanding of the company's situation.

He has been in college for so many years, and he has a certain understanding of what Liu Tianwu cares about.

"I can rest assured that!"

"I heard that Mr. Cao has been living directly in the company during this time, working with a group of technicians on motors and robots. I hope he can surprise me again."

Liu Tianwu came to inspect the industrial park. Although Cao Yang did not attend, he must explain to Liu Tianwu.

Otherwise, it would be bad to leave a pimple in my heart.

"Leader, don't tell me, this time Cao is always pissed off by those companies in Dongying, and maybe he can really hold back a big surprise by then."

Taking this opportunity, Ji Hua is going to put eye drops on those manufacturers who are against Nanshan.

"Um?"

"How do you say that?"

FANUC and other robot manufacturers have jointly banned the sale of robots by Nanshan's affiliated companies. Neither FANUC nor Nanshan made much of it.

For the former, they were worried about arousing public opinion attacks, so they did not exaggerate.

Nanshan, on the other hand, held his breath and wanted to launch a big counterattack.

So there is no promotion.

So Liu Tianwu really didn't know.

"Because our gearbox is very good, it has been recognized by many car companies."

"In this way, some other gearbox manufacturers will naturally lose orders."

"Among them, Aisin Seiki, a subsidiary of Dongying Toyota Motor, has been most affected."

"In the whole of China, except for Spring City Toyota, they can hardly get new orders from other manufacturers."

"Even some models that are in mass production have been switched to Nanshan gearboxes one after another."

"In this way, Aisin Seiki naturally has a big opinion on us."

"Before they found Toyota Motor, they asked Spring City Toyota to prohibit cooperation with Nanshan, and even parts produced using Nanshan's molds and equipment were not allowed to be supplied to Spring City Toyota."

"Now it is even further to cooperate with FANUC, Yaskawa, OTC and other robot manufacturers to propose a ban on the sale of robots to the Huaqiang Stamping Factory invested by Nanshan."

"They tried to suppress Nanshan by uniting to ban the sale of robots, so that the degree of automation of Nanshan and its affiliated companies has been unable to improve."

"Who is Mr. Cao?"

"How could he bear this kind of anger?"

"So during this period of time, he personally led the R\u0026D team and was engaged in robot research all day long."

"Now the trial production line of the robot has almost been repaired, and there will be products coming out next month."

"At that time, our robots will not only meet internal needs, but will also be sold externally."

"If the sales increase, a robot factory will even be built in the third-phase industrial park."

When Ji Hua said this, Liu Tianwu couldn't help frowning.

Dongying Enterprises actually imposed a sales ban on Nanshan?

Robots are not military sensitive substances, why should they be banned?

In order to suppress Nanshan, did they go so far?

"Professor Ji, are you sure what you said is true?"

"Of course, the leader, if you arrange someone to investigate, everything will be clear."

Ji Hua looked at Liu Tianwu very calmly.

The latter thought for a few seconds and asked, "You just said that Japan's robots are called FANUC? Is it the same FANUC that used to make CNC systems for machine tools?"

"That's right, it's FANUC. Their main products are CNC systems and robots."

Hearing Ji Hua's affirmative answer, Liu Tianwu immediately made a decision.

"This FANUC is currently investigating in Panyu, and plans to build a factory in Yangcheng. Originally, I wanted to try my best to see if it could fall into our district."

"Now it seems that there is no need for us to ask them to come to such a company."

"What FANUC can produce, Nanshan can produce, and the district will fully support your development."

Liu Tianwu naturally knows who is more important than others.

Nanshan is now the largest industrial enterprise in Panyu and the largest single tax-paying industrial enterprise.

Under such circumstances, how could he choose Nanshan's competitors to attract investment?

"Thank you for your support."

"Whether FANUC's numerical control system or robot is good, it is destined to be eliminated by Nanshan."

"It is definitely a correct choice not to waste land in the district to build factories for them."

...

The Nanshan Robot Division is located in the northwest corner of the first floor of the R\u0026D building in the first phase of the industrial park.

During this time, Cao Yang spent 80% of his time here.

Every hard work pays off.

With Cao Yang there to "pull the seedlings and encourage them to grow", the progress of the Nanshan robot project is naturally very smooth.

The first batch of prototypes of a total of 5 welding robots has been successfully produced.

"Mr. Cao, the NS-Roboter 100 welding robot has a very high repeatability and can perform the same welding task repeatedly without adjustment. This shows that there is no problem with the manufacturing quality of the robot, and the accuracy can fully meet the requirements."

Li Shigui, the deputy director of the robot business department, personally participated in the debugging and testing of the robot, and reported the confirmation results to Cao Yang item by item.

As a "talent" supported by the Jier Machine Tool Factory at the beginning, Li Shigui didn't do well in Jier before.

The servo stamping machine he researched was too technologically advanced to be produced at Jier's current level.

In this way, it is naturally difficult to reflect his value.

After Nanshan cooperated with Ji Er, he learned that Ji Er had such a task as Li Shigui, so naturally he easily recruited him.

Because the servo press is the next research direction of Nanshan.

Of course, the robotics department was temporarily established recently, and Li Shigui was transferred to work on robots.

Not to mention, he helped Cao Yang solve many problems.

"What about the movement speed?"

For welding robots, the speed of movement is basically closely related to production efficiency.

However, the speed of movement is high, and the requirements for bearings, motors, control systems, etc. are also high, so it is not so easy to improve.

"Its movement speed is very fast, and welding operations can be completed in a short time; according to our tests, the maximum movement speed of this robot is 20 meters per minute."

"This data is more than twice as fast as the welding robots currently sold by FANUC!"

Speaking of this, Li Shigui is also full of pride.

Although the main structure of this NS-Roboter 100 was designed by Cao Yang himself, the key component motor is also a blueprint designed by Cao Yang.

He, Li Shigui, was just standing by.

But that sense of accomplishment is also very strong.

After all, robots have grown from scratch, and he personally witnessed the birth of NS-Roboter 100.

"In addition, our welding robot can be equipped with a variety of welding power sources and welding guns, such as argon arc welding, carbon dioxide gas shielded welding and spot welding, etc., and can weld various types of welding operations."

"In such an excellent condition, our welder robot is relatively cheap to operate, it has low maintenance and operating costs, and it has very high reliability and safety."

"It is equipped with multiple safety systems, such as a collision prevention system, a temperature control system, and a tilt sensor, etc. It can fully ensure the safety of the robot to people and other equipment."

Li Shigui expressed his evaluation of this product in one breath.

Good products are like their own children to technicians.

No matter how you look at it, people like it.

"For robots, the main difficulty is the control technology and reliability of the robot."

"We need to do full verification in this regard."

"Of course, it can be tested on the production line of Huaqiang Factory while doing a trial run."

"Then form a promotional material as soon as possible, and we will start to consider the external sales of this product."

"Fanuc and the others unite to deal with Nanshan. They fight whenever they want. Who is afraid of whom!"

"When the time comes, let them know that our local snake in Nanshan is not so easy to bully."

Seeing that the various parameters of the sample basically met his design requirements, Cao Yang was relieved.

My hard work these past few months has not been in vain.

"Robot control technology is the core technology, which involves robot navigation, motion control, mission planning, sensor integration, etc."

"The robot's control technology needs to meet the requirements of high precision, high efficiency and reliability to ensure that the robot can accurately perform tasks and achieve the desired effect."

"And this aspect is exactly our Nanshan's strength."

"The previous machine tool CNC system won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, which is the best proof."

"At that time, we will focus on introducing and promoting this aspect."

Li Shigui looked ambitious, ready to roll up his sleeves and do a big job.

I just don't know if FANUC and the others will feel depressed and want to vomit blood after they know the result!