Chapter 71： Retrofit of old machine tools

After Hashimoto Hiroshi loaded all the machine tools and technical materials, he returned to the United States with a chartered plane with 86 workers. The rest of the workers escorted the boat back to Xiangjiang. Bao Zixuan couldn't bear to hear it, after all, they were all very old. But many old mechanics are afraid that there will be problems with the equipment during transportation, they can solve it in time, and each ship is accompanied by 8 senior skilled workers.

At first, these old German craftsmen did not agree to go to work in Hong Kong, but Heiyun Company directly doubled their wages. Each worker also pays half a year's salary in advance to provide them with settlement allowance, and when everything is settled in Xiangjiang, they can take over their families. This reassures them a lot, and they can still play their residual heat in Xiangjiang.

After coming to the small factory of Heiyun Company, the technicians were a little disappointed, after all, the company was too small. And Bao Zixuan could only come forward to cheer him up when he saw this.

Bao Zixuan stood on the stage and looked at this group of excellent skilled workers. Many people said that the era eliminated them, but they did not know that pure handwork is also a kind of beauty, but it is not suitable for the rapid development of the current industrial system. As long as the method is appropriate, nothing can eliminate them.

Bao Zixuan said to the audience in German: "My name is Bao Zixuan, and I am also your new boss. Many of the people sitting here are older than my mother. In front of you, I am just a student, at least I am operating these machine tools. Aspect." At this time, many people leaked smug smiles. "But the modern industrial system takes at least 20 years to train a skilled worker like you. A computer only needs a few minutes to program it."

"I don't mean to belittle everyone. As a boss, I will discover your value from other sources. Heiyun will build a pure manual mechanical workshop; you are the employees in the workshop. This workshop only produces limited edition products. The same one The price of the product is 100 US dollars made by CNC machine tools, and if you make it by hand, I will sell it for 1,000 US dollars or more."

"Craftsmanship is priceless. Rheinmetall even sold me a high-quality machine tool at the price of scrap iron in order to get you to join Heiyun. Everyone said that I made the worst deal for Bao Zixuan. Rheinmetall threw the burden to me. But what I want to say is do they understand and discover your value! In Black Cloud you will get much higher wages than Rheinmetall, but I may also earn more from you than Rheinmetall earns from you It's more than a few times, and you don't need to say that I am a black-hearted capitalist." Everyone laughed hahaha

"In addition to keeping one production line, I will carry out CNC transformation for the remaining machine tools. No one is better than you in terms of structure and performance of these machine tools, and even the missing parts can be handcrafted by you. This is your value. , it can be said that you are the most quintessential treasure of the entire German machine tool industry. And your work attitude is unmatched by any young person."

"You have to work for me for at least 10 years for CNC transformation alone. I have found a professional company to do research. The number of machine tools produced in Germany from the 1930s to the 1970s can reach millions, and we only need to transform 10% of them. , then you can make more than 30 billion to 50 billion US dollars. This is not a joke, this is real data, and you spend 20 million US dollars a year, even if everyone lives to 100 years old, I only need to pay 900 million US dollars. The outside world said that I made a loss-making business, then use your strength to tell them that the profit of Heiyun Company’s business exceeds more than 10 billion US dollars.”

At this time, the applause came to mind without warning. Bao Zixuan pressed his hands down and said, "I know that you are all the best skilled workers in the German machine tool industry. Now I will divide your work into two parts. Don't worry, this is only temporary. You will all return to the Xiangjiang factory in the end. "

"The first part is to assist the engineers to complete the CNC transformation in this workshop. The workers here need good craftsmanship. I know everyone's craftsmanship is good, but only 40 workers are needed here."

"The second part of the work is very heavy. Everyone knows that the Soviet Union took away a lot of machine tools from Germany after the war, but they understand the value of German machine tools, and many people will not use them. It will only make the pearl dusty."

"I made an agreement with the Soviets. They sold me all the machine tools that were shipped from Germany to the Soviet Union. You can go to any place where they store these machines and find the German machine tools. I am afraid to ask others to let the Soviet Union use their own machines. The defective products produced blinded me."

"Some of these machine tools will be transformed by numerical control, and some will be handed over to you for use."

When they heard that they could take advantage of polar bears, everyone was happy and enthusiastically signed up.

Today, Eva-Bauman came to Heiyun's small factory to find Professor Bauman. He happened to hear Bao Zixuan's speech, and Professor Bauman saw his daughter staring straight at Bao Zixuan, and seemed to understand something.

Professor Bowman: "This time, you know why Bao Zixuan can succeed! These old mechanics will definitely work for him in the future, and Rheinmetall will lose a lot."

Eva-Bauman: "I have heard many speeches, but none of them have such a strong appeal. How do you think he did it!"

Professor Bowman: "Then you have to ask him. By the way, Bao Zixuan doesn't have a girlfriend, and I haven't seen him have contact with that girl. Your eyes betray you! I don't object to you having a boyfriend now. ."

Eva-Bauman blushed and left. After Bao Zixuan invited these old mechanics to a meal, everyone recognized the young boss even more.

It was Hashimoto Hiroshi who led the team. This time we went to the Black Cloud in the Soviet Union to directly charter a special plane. They have to separate to several places to find and transport old German machine tools.

These excellent technicians put their experience to the extreme, and nothing good can escape their eyes, especially the industrial mother machines made in Germany are the first to be shipped to Xiangjiang.

On the other hand, Bao Zixuan has finally completed his work with the help of two mechanical professors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with the addition of old German craftsmanship and technology, and Bao Zixuan's foresight of the software system. Retrofit of old machines.

The appearance of these machine tools is very strange, after all, they were remodeled the day after tomorrow. It takes up a lot of space, and the computers are independent, and there is no place for the computer to be placed. And each computer can change the operating system at any time, which is more convenient than professional CNC machine tools. But there is also a disadvantage, that is, the computer configuration requirements are too high. The Apple 2nd generation computer can only drive the smallest machine tool, that is, the machine tool with the simplest function.

The industrial master machine needs IBM's medium-sized industrial computer to perfectly reflect its performance, which is equivalent to the overall computing volume of a bank. The rest of the machine tools require ibm minicomputers to control.

These computers alone are expensive. In addition to the replacement of some servo motors and components, the cost of transforming an ordinary machine tool is about 20,000 to 40,000 US dollars, and the cost performance is still very high.

Because the computer performance of the transformed CNC machine tool is better than that of the latest CNC machine tool, the overall work efficiency and centimeter error are not bad compared with the latest German Demagi machine tool.

Bao Zixuan once again waved 20 IBM medium-sized industrial computers, 1,000 minicomputers, and 1,000 Apple second-generation computers. And bought a lot of servo motors in Germany and RB. This time the purchase even alarmed the senior management of ibm, but every time Heiyun purchases, it is a big move, but this time it is no big deal.

And the Heiyun employees in the Soviet Union also completed the task very well, turning the German-made machine tools in the Soviet Union upside down. If it didn't go well this time, it can be shipped again next time. After all, the trade with the Soviet Union has just begun.

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