Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 681 Joint Research and Development

"Dr. Yang really said that? Isn't he looking for excuses to deal with us?" Li Weidong asked.

Yue An'an nodded: "At first, I was worried that Dr. Yang was looking for excuses to deal with us, so I went to the farmers who grew hybrid rice and asked. If the mud is too deep, it will indeed be detrimental to the growth of hybrid rice. "

Mud feet refer to the depth to which agricultural machinery has grown and sunk into the soil due to use.

If it is a dry field, the depth of mud feet does not matter, it will basically not affect the growth of crops.

But if it is a paddy field, the situation is completely different. If the mud feet are too deep and directly submerge the depth of the seedlings, then the seedlings will definitely not survive. Therefore, for paddy fields, if the mud is too deep, the entire field will be considered useless and the water will need to be released again for reclamation.

There is almost no problem with the hand-pushed micro-agricultural machinery that the feet are too deep in the mud, because the weight of the micro-agricultural machinery is relatively light and ordinary people can move it. When working, the driving wheel can be directly replaced by a paddy wheel without causing deep mud feet.

But if it is a larger agricultural machine, the situation is completely different. Large agricultural machinery is large in size and weight, and must be equipped with additional tires to move normally. However, during paddy field operations, the tires can easily create excessively deep mud feet, causing damage to the paddy field.

The requirements for planting hybrid rice are higher than those of ordinary rice. If the mud is too deep, hybrid rice will not be able to grow. Therefore, wheeled agricultural machinery is not suitable for hybrid rice cultivation.

After listening to Yue Ping An's explanation, Li Weidong pondered for a moment and said, "Let's call Mr. Ni over and let's discuss how to solve this problem."

After a while, Ni Guilin also came to the office.

Yue Ping An informed Ni Guilin of the situation. After Ni Guilin thought for a moment, he said: "When we were doing product research and development, we really didn't consider the problem of muddy feet.

Our north is mainly dry land, with almost no paddy fields. Even if we grow rice, we only grow upland rice, and we don't need to pay attention to the depth of the mud. Now it seems that it is still necessary to set up an experimental field in the south. "

"We already have the experimental field in the south. We can gradually conduct experiments in the future. However, we should still find a way to solve the problem of muddy feet."

Li Weidong then asked: "Those rice combine harvesters are not light in weight. They can weigh several tons. The paddy fields must not be able to bear it. How do they solve the problem of muddy feet?"

"It's crawler tracks." Ni Guilin answered: "Large-scale paddy field agricultural machinery all uses crawler tracks. The track's contact area is large, the pressure on the ground is relatively small, and deep grooves will not be dug during use."

"Then let's use crawler tracks too!" Li Weidong blurted out.

Ni Guilin showed a troubled expression and said, "Chairman, the weight of the track itself is relatively large, plus the weight of the entire transmission assembly. If you push it by hand, even if it can be pushed, it will not be able to move when working. It’s more laborious!

Therefore, if crawlers are used, the engine must be relied upon to provide power support. In this way, the engine must provide power output to both the rotary tiller and the crawler tracks, which places greater demands on the engine.

The engine we originally used was unable to provide so much power, so we had to use a larger engine. And a larger engine also means larger volume, more fuel consumption, and more professional maintenance.

If we use a large engine, we don't need to make a hand-pushed agricultural machine. Wouldn't it be more cost-effective to directly add a steering system to make a self-propelled agricultural machine? "

"That makes sense. Tracks are indeed not suitable for small and micro agricultural machinery. In that case, let's do what you said and make a tracked self-propelled rice rotary tiller!" Li Weidong said.

"Well..." Ni Guilin hesitated for a moment, then said; "There are also some difficulties. At present, crawler systems are mostly used in large agricultural machinery, such as combine harvesters and other products.

If you want to build a rice rotary tiller, you need to develop a small crawler power assembly. And this aspect belongs to our research and development blank, whether it is technical reserves or research and development experience, it is almost zero! "

Yue Ping An also explained from the side: "The track system is much more complicated than the wheel. In the past, only large and powerful agricultural machinery companies could manufacture crawler agricultural machinery. General agricultural machinery companies either directly make wheeled agricultural machinery, or they manufacture wheeled agricultural machinery directly. Big businesses buy crawler turf.

The predecessor of Fukang Agricultural Machinery was just a county-level agricultural machinery factory, which did not have crawler technology. In the past few years, we mainly made agricultural tricycles and did not involve crawler systems. The cotton harvester developed later also used tires.

Therefore, in terms of crawler systems, our technology is relatively weak. If we develop it from scratch, it will not only cost a lot of money and time, but we may not be able to obtain satisfactory results. "

"I understand! More than ten years ago, many tractor companies were imitating Dongfanghong's small four-wheel tractor, but no one imitated Dongfanghong's crawler tractor. This is because the crawler technology is difficult and ordinary companies cannot master it." Li Weidong said.

"Yes, that's the truth!" Yue Ping'an continued: "If we make a rice harvester, we can directly purchase the crawler chassis from other companies. After all, that thing is relatively large, and other companies have ready-made crawler systems.

But the size of the rice rotary tiller is much smaller. It is impossible for those large companies to develop a small crawler specifically for us, so we can only develop it independently. But for independent research and development, we don’t have the technical reserves. This is the most contradictory part now. "

"Who said we have no technical reserves." Li Weidong smiled slightly and then said, "Have you forgotten who is next door to you?"

Yue An'an and Ni Guilin were stunned at the same time, and then said in unison: "Fukang Project?"

"That's right, your Fukang Agricultural Machinery side doesn't have track technology, but Fukang Engineering next door does!" Li Weidong replied.

Fukang Engineering is a company that produces excavators. How could it not have crawler technology?

Just listen to Li Weidong continue to say: "Let's do this, I will pull the strings and let your two companies form a research and development team to specialize in the technology of small crawler sites!

Once this technology is successfully developed, it will not only benefit you, but also Fukang Engineering. If you develop small construction machinery in the next step, this small crawler technology will be used. "

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The concept of tracked self-propelled rotary tillers was proposed by a private agricultural machinery company in about 2004. However, this agricultural machinery company had a relatively average technical foundation. Although they thought of this product, they were unable to conduct research and development.

It was not until 2006 that the first self-operated crawler rotary tiller in China was officially rolled off the production line. However, the product at that time was still relatively crude and not yet practical.

After another two years of improvement, until 2008, crawler-type self-propelled rotary tillers were put on the market in small batches, and were tested in Hunan, Jiangxi, AH and other places.

However, this product still cannot be considered a success, and there are many aspects that need to continue to be improved.

The land in each province in China is different. Some places have hard land, some places have soft land, some places have more sand content, and some places have less sand content. If you are only adapted to the soil quality of one province, it is very likely that you will not be acclimatized to other provinces.

After another three years, in 2011, the mature and efficient crawler self-propelled rotary tiller was officially put into the market. It has withstood the test of the market in Hunan, Hubei, Fujian, Guangxi, AH, and Jiangxi grades, and was then sold to Southeast Asian countries.

In other words, it took seven years for this product to go from research and development to formal use.

This time is not short. You must know that the rotary tiller is not a new agricultural machine, and the crawler track is not high-tech. The crawler self-propelled rotary tiller is just a combination of existing technologies, but even this will take seven years. It takes time to integrate a usable product.

Although Fukang Agricultural Machinery is a private enterprise, its scale and technical level are not comparable to those of ordinary small and medium-sized agricultural machinery factories. If it wants to develop a crawler self-propelled rotary tiller, it will definitely not take seven years.

What's more, there is also the help of Fukang Engineering.

Although Fukang Agricultural Machinery does not have crawler technology reserves, Fukang Engineering has mature crawler technology. As a construction machinery company, many products such as bulldozers and excavators require crawler tracks.

Moreover, many technologies of Fukang Engineering can be directly transferred to large agricultural machinery for use.

Construction machinery and large agricultural machinery actually have a lot in common at the technical level, so many construction machinery companies are themselves agricultural machinery companies.

For example, Caterpillar, the world's number one in construction machinery, also produces agricultural machinery; and John Deere, the world's number one in the agricultural machinery industry, is also among the best in the world in the field of construction machinery.

There are similar cases in China. In addition to being a top construction machinery supplier, Zoomlion is also a leader in the agricultural machinery industry. In addition to agricultural equipment and construction machinery, Lovol Heavy Industries also has engine business and traditional business.

Fukang Engineering and Fukang Agricultural Machinery jointly conducted research and development, and it was not difficult to conquer the small crawler technology. Within a few months, the crawler self-propelled rotary tiller was successfully rolled off the production line.

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The agricultural machinery subsidies for the first half of the year were finally paid out, and Dayang Machinery also breathed a sigh of relief.

In order to purchase raw materials, Dayang Machinery borrowed a large sum of money from the bank. As a result, these raw materials could only be sold at a 95% discount. The money sold was not enough to repay the bank's principal. Dayang Machinery also suffered heavy losses.

It was not until the agricultural machinery subsidies in the first half of the year were paid that Dayang Machinery finally paid off the loan.

This order was given by Kubota, but it was suddenly withdrawn in the end. According to the contract, the party who breached the contract must be compensated. Dayang Machinery also planned to seek compensation from Kubota.

However, the reason given by Kubota was that the cancellation of the order was caused by the protests of Thai farmers. This was not Kubota's human error and was a force majeure factor. Therefore, apart from the words "Simi Masai", it will not compensate a penny. of.

Dayang Machinery also consulted a lawyer. Farmers' protests can be regarded as political unrest and are indeed force majeure factors. Even if it is a lawsuit, Dayang Machinery has a low chance of winning.

Therefore, Dayang Machinery can only swallow this huge loss by itself.

Having lost so much money, Dayang Machinery will definitely have to tighten its belt in the next few years to survive.

As the chairman of Dayang Machinery, Song Chengde is not incompetent. After suffering huge losses, he immediately launched some self-rescue measures. The most important thing was to launch several new products. As long as the new products can have good sales, the company will be Survived this disaster.

In terms of rice planting agricultural machinery, Dayang Machinery's technical level is still very good. They have just developed a rice combine harvester and plan to put it into the market.

But before the product is officially launched, it would be great if it could enter the agricultural machinery promotion catalog of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Once you enter this agricultural machinery promotion catalog, it means you can easily apply for agricultural machinery subsidies. In addition to the agricultural machinery subsidies provided by the state, there are also many local subsidies.

A local company like Dayang Machinery, whose products are included in the agricultural machinery promotion catalog, will definitely be able to apply for large agricultural machinery subsidies from the province.

In order to help farmers, the state provides very strong subsidies for agricultural machinery. Adding up the bits and pieces can reach half of the product price, which means that farmers can buy agricultural machinery at half the price.

They are all rice combine harvesters. Some are sold at full price, some at 20% off, and some at half price. Anyone who is not a fool knows how to choose.

Therefore, the importance of entering the agricultural machinery promotion catalog of the Ministry of Agriculture for a new product is self-evident.

However, the number of places in the agricultural machinery promotion catalog is limited, and it is not easy to enter this catalog.

This rice combine harvester is related to whether Dayang Machinery can escape the predicament, so Song Chengde also tried his best to find ways through various connections, hoping to enter the agricultural machinery promotion catalog of the Ministry of Agriculture.

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In the test field, Yang Yuming looked at the tracked self-propelled rotary cultivator in front of him with a surprised expression.

"A crawler rotary tiller was developed so quickly?" Yang Yuming circled around the machine and then said; "The concept of a crawler rotary tiller has been mentioned by some companies before, but no one has actually done it. After all, R\u0026D It’s a bit difficult. I didn’t expect that Fukang Agricultural Machinery was able to develop a crawler rotary cultivator in such a short time. Your technical level is really extraordinary!”

"Dr. Yang is so complimentary." Yue Ping An hurriedly said; "Actually, our technology in crawler tracks is still relatively weak. The reason why we came up with the product so quickly was thanks to the help of another company.

Our chairman Li Weidong is also the chairman of Fukang Engineering Company. Fukang Engineering is a first-class construction machinery company in China. They have relatively deep technical reserves in crawler technology.

So we went directly to Fukang Engineering and jointly developed this small crawler track. Thanks to the technology of Fukang Engineering, we were able to complete this product in such a short period of time. "

Yue Ping An deliberately introduced Fukang Engineering to tell Yang Yuming that the technology of this crawler rotary cultivator is reliable and can be used with confidence.

Sure enough, Yang Yuming heard that the technology was provided by a construction machinery company, and he immediately eliminated his doubts.

The following agricultural machinery test was very successful. The rotary cultivator carried by two crawlers drove very smoothly in the paddy field. The mud was well cultivated and there was plenty of mud.

In the blink of an eye, one acre of land was cultivated.

Yang Yuming bowed down, carefully inspected the plowed land, and then said: "Yes, this crawler rotary tiller is a good thing. With this machine, the efficiency of rice planting will be greatly increased!"

Yue Ping An quickly asked with a smile: "Dr. Yang, could you please recommend our product to Mr. Yuan?"

"The teacher is in Sanya, and he will probably be here for a while." Yang Yuming replied.

"Then when will Mr. Yuan be able to come back?" Yue Ping'an then added: "I'm really anxious here. After all, the deadline for submitting new agricultural machinery to the Ministry of Agriculture this year is coming soon."

"There are a batch of experimental fields in Sanya that are about to be harvested. It is estimated that the teacher will come back after the harvest is completed." Yang Yuming thought for a while and replied: "Mr. Yue, since the Ministry of Agriculture has a deadline, you should go and deliver the report first. Come on! I'll report to him as soon as possible after the teacher comes back."

"Then thank you Dr. Yang." Although Yue Ping'an felt helpless, he did not dare to neglect the etiquette at all.

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