Chapter 398…Seam Welding Machine

The recruitment work of Dahua Shipping Industry is going very smoothly.

A shipyard does need a lot of people, but the number of professional technicians is not too many. Dahua Shipping Industry has temporarily set its target at 1,000 people. Some of the positions can be met by drawing workers from Dahua Industrial Group itself.

Jichai has always served as a training base for Dahua. As a large diesel engine factory with thousands of people, they have provided hundreds of workers to Dahua Petrochemical and hundreds of people to Dahua Shipping, which is also easy.

The number of people poaching the middle ship was limited to 200 by Sucheng. In addition, more than 20 people recruited by the society, as well as technicians from other departments of Jichai and Dahua Shipping Industry, the technicians from the LNG project department were all complete.

There was laughter and joy inside Dahua Industry.

Taking this opportunity, Su Cheng also took Shu Lan to inspect the Ocean Research Institute of Dahua Laboratory.

The pre-research stage of the lng project was placed in the Ocean Research Institute.

Gu Haijian put on a white shirt early and stood at the door to greet Su Cheng with several office leaders.

Shu Lan changed into a popular one-step skirt, which was the front version of the later ol outfit. She followed Su Cheng and whispered: "Fortunately, there is no more line-up to welcome him, so it's so uncomfortable."

"The employees of Dahua Shipping Industry are mine. He can't line up with me to welcome me, right?" Su Cheng teased and stepped forward to shake hands with Gu Haijian and others.

Compared with the previous few years, Gu Haijian showed obvious old looks, and his temples also showed a little white hair. Being a business manager is much harder than a pure technician.

However, Gu Haijian was very energetic. He held Su Cheng in his hand and shook it hard, saying: "Dr. Su, just about to report good news to the group headquarters, the Yingang Plate Seam Welding Machine we are working on has applied for two invention patents and has been approved. They are the invention patent for the conductive shaft of the welding machine and the welding drive synchronization mechanism of the resistive seam welding machine. Through these two technologies, we can ensure that the sealing of the welding is fully met."

Su Cheng knew about the technology that Dahua Laboratory was working on, and asked in surprise: "Oh? So fast?"

"Sell half and get it half." Gu Haijian laughed twice and said, "The one who made these two invention patents is my junior brother, one studying in France and the other working in Brazil like me. I made a special trip to bring them back, with a high salary of $100,000 a year, so that they could bring back the unfinished technology, and finally lived up to expectations."

Gu Haijian's speech speed is very fast. A salary of US$100,000 is very rare even when he is abroad, let alone the current situation in China.

Although Dahua Industrial is a private company, Gu Haijian takes certain risks when offering such a salary. Now that he has achieved results, he can express it happily.

Su Cheng himself supported him, and at this time he asked: "Is there any legal problem with the patent? If so, please ask the legal department of the group to eliminate the impact as soon as possible."

Gu Haijian affirmed: "When they were in their respective companies, they were only in the conceptual stage and did not implement it. All the patents belong to Dahua Laboratory."

"That's good."

As the administrative director of Dahua Laboratory, Li Huanxiang said in a timely manner: "The Yin-steel plate seam welding machine that Dahua Laboratory is currently working is expected to be put into use within the year. At that time, this will be the first domestic equipment in our country for LNG ship manufacturing. We have arranged this item in our itinerary today."

During the shipbuilding process, welding is the place where the most labor is used, and automatic welding machines are the inevitable development direction.

Sucheng nodded and chose to cooperate with a Korean company in order to save money. The contract they signed with the French Atlantic Shipyard had loopholes, so South Korea itself first spread it in China, which allowed companies such as Samsung Heavy Industry to obtain LNG ship technology.

Dahua Industrial will definitely spend less money through them than Atlantic Shipyards.

However, this kind of transaction also has certain risks. France's Atlantic Shipyard must use the two knives of Dahua Industrial's after-sales service, whether it is warranty and maintenance, or design and production. The current Korean shipbuilding industry is not as limited as it has been 20 years later.

If Sucheng had not had a deep trust in Dahua's self-reliance level, he would not dare to use indirect purchases. Continuing to contact the French Atlantic Shipyard was also intended to put pressure on South Korea. If they were unwilling to sell money, Dahua Industrial would find their previous Frenchman.

The group of people spoke and arrived in the laboratory.

Dahua purchased two Yinsteel plate seam welding machines for research. One of them was used as a prototype and was only dismantled and not modified. The other was repaired beyond recognition and installed several of Dahua's own new technologies.

An industrial machine like this, after understanding the basics, it is like playing with any function you want. However, if you want to buy a machine with additional functions, you will pay a lot more. And during the construction of a ship, a model of seam welding machine will definitely not work.

Dahua has studied a kind of equipment thoroughly, which can reduce its own costs even if it cannot be used for production profits.

The 200 million USD LNG ship costs $20 million even if it reduces the cost by 10.

According to the tradition of Chinese manufacturing, the cost of manufacturing the first batch of products can exceed the national average cost, but then the cost will drop to below 50 of the average cost. Finally, Chinese manufacturing completely fulfilled the dream of capitalism, provided cheaper products for the whole society, and obtained excess profits by the way.

Since Sucheng started to build LNG ships, it is aiming to significantly reduce the cost of LNG ships. The improvement of production tools is naturally the first to bear the brunt.

Gu Haijian's junior Bai Muyun personally operated the seam welding machine and gave a demonstration to everyone.

This is a device that looks like a large vacuum cleaner. The slide rail installed below ensures that its welding direction is correct. When Bai Muyun successfully initiates the arc, the seam welding machine slowly moves forward. While welding, it sprinkles a large amount of fish-like materials on the weld, and there is no trace of fire.

About 10 minutes later, a piece of steel plate was welded. Bai Muyun said excitedly: "If we don't consider the patent, we can already produce our own seam welding machine, but it will probably take one or two years to bypass the patent."

Su Cheng couldn't help but use his hands to touch it, and the welded was indeed tight.

Bai Muyun coughed heavily from beside him and said, "Dong Su, Yin Gang cannot touch it with his hands."

“How to say it?”

"Yingang is easy to rust. The sweat on people's hands sticks to Yingang. In less than a quarter of an hour, Yingang will rust, and various indicators drop sharply. If it is on the boat, the steel plate will be remade. Bai Muyun said and raised his hand and said, "When we work, we always wear sheepskin gloves just to absorb sweat."

"Sheepskin gloves..." Su Cheng suddenly remembered that there was a ticket of sheepskin gloves in the document he signed. He was still surprised at the time, but he didn't expect it to be used by the welder.

The workers in charge of the welding of Yinwa Steel require at least a few hundred people, and the thousands of pairs of gloves are not enough. Su Cheng shook his head, and the LNG ship really requires money everywhere.

Thinking of this, he raised his head and said, "So, when we build ships by the beach, Yin Gang is also prone to moisture?"

"Yes, to establish a fully enclosed humidity-controlled environment, we must cooperate with strict management. If we damage a piece of Yin steel, we will have to pay tens of thousands of yuan, which is a very easy cost to lose." Bai Muyun learned about mechanical manufacturing, but because of his work, he participated in the construction of LNG ships, which is also one of the reasons why he was poached by his senior Gu Haijian.

Gu Haijian smiled and said, "We have made a plan and the links involved in Yingang welding have been specially marked. We are also trying our best to reduce the risk of moisture."

Su Cheng nodded with satisfaction, and after looking around, he let the accompanying people disperse, then called Zhong Zhigen, Li Huanxiang and Gu Haijian, and said, "Everything is ready, only the east wind is needed. Let's discuss it again. If there is no problem, I will prepare to order steel plates from the steel mill."

"What about technology? We have to wait until China and South Korea officially establish diplomatic relations before we can find them."

"I already have my own eyes, and I will be responsible for this matter for the time being." Su Cheng said that, but he did not have enough confidence.

The South Korean delegation and the Chinese delegation talked about very secrets, or in other words, secrets were kept very well during the process of establishing diplomatic relations between China and South Korea.

Not to mention notifying the media, even the charter flights from both sides came quietly and left quietly. Chinese personnel did not pick them up, and the same was true for South Korean personnel.

Until the third round, no voices came from the people.

If Dahua Industrial had not had a deep relationship, they wouldn't even know whether China and South Korea were talking about it.

This is because China-South Korea relations involve too many points and areas. The first thing that is difficult to solve is the North Korea and Taiwan issue. South Korea and Taiwan have a good relationship, and China and North Korea have a good relationship. Both sides do not want to steal chickens and lose money, so they are so low-key.

The trade negotiations that Dahua Industrial can participate in can normally be carried out after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides.

But for Sucheng, such a driving force is obviously insufficient.

Therefore, he simply booked a small building at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse and secretly waited for the South Korean delegation. During this period, Su Cheng stayed at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. Every morning, he pretended to be doing morning exercises and walked around the venue to see if any small building had entered a new state of alert.

Although Diaoyutai State Guesthouse is open to the public, it still requires letters of introduction and other items. Sucheng can wander inside because it is due to Mr. Zhou's glory.

After living like this for a few days, the 8th building was indeed quietly moved into the house.

What he didn't expect was that this team of the Korean delegation had no intention of coming out after moving into the small building.

If I hadn't seen people sending food in every day, and the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who were repeatedly traveling, I wouldn't have known that there were people living inside.

Su Cheng waited for two days and found that there was no way to contact him privately. He made up his mind and simply came to Ding Zhipeng and asked him to coordinate with the Korean representative.
Chapter completed!