Chen Xin was going to an ilmenite mine in this city.
This is a mineral deposit that was originally discovered within the city's jurisdiction but was not exploited before the disaster.
However, with the huge demand for rare metals in the process of rebuilding the domestic industrial industry after the disaster, especially the demand for the use of rare metals after the establishment of Chen Xin's scientific research center, it has been proven that mining like this is not too difficult. The mineral deposits are arranged to be mined.
"This mine is not yet dug deep, only more than 300 meters, and the overall mining difficulty is relatively small." A mine technician was explaining the situation of the mine to Chen Xin, but he seemed a little nervous in front of Chen Xin : “However, because it is a mine in a mountainous area, the mining time here is also very short, and the construction is insufficient, so currently we mainly use manual mining to mine the ore, so the output has not reached the maximum allowable mining volume of this mine. "
Chen Xin noticed the other party's nervousness, but he didn't say much. He just asked the technician: "What equipment do underground workers mainly use?"
"This is mainly protective equipment that the state stipulates must be worn when going down the mine. Previously, some exoskeletons were distributed to increase production, and now they are also distributed to workers." Hearing Chen Xin ask about the situation underground, the technician seemed even more nervous. , but still answered his question very seriously.
Hearing the technician's answer, Chen Xin nodded and said with some approval: "Exoskeletons are still very practical for jobs such as heavy physical labor. How many sets have you distributed here?"
Seeing that Chen Xin didn't seem to have any reaction because of what he said, the technician calmed down a little and replied to Chen Xin: "Well, we are a small mine here, and we don't have many exoskeletons. There are fifty sets in total. , we can’t make one per person, so we can only ration them to the workers in the lowest-level mines, whose workload is greater and their needs are greater.”
Chen Xin nodded slightly. He also knew a little about the situation in the mine.
Before the disaster, when he was just an ordinary person, when their survival group was discussing how to avoid the apocalypse, in addition to buying air-raid shelters and building self-made shelters, someone also proposed to use abandoned mines to transform shelters. idea.
However, this idea is very unrealistic and very unsafe.
First of all, it is very troublesome to buy a mine in Yanguo, even an abandoned mine. Although it is much simpler than buying an air-raid shelter, it still requires a lot of procedures and qualifications.
This was unrealistic for people in the survival group at that time, because everyone wanted a plan that could be implemented immediately, rather than the hassle of going through the procedures for several months.
Especially since it was still a doomsday situation at that time, the relevant departments could not decide whether to work or not.
And the mine transformation itself is not without its problems.
If it is a mine that has not yet been mined, it is not bad. The underground space with solid support can indeed be used as a shelter or used to accommodate large machinery and equipment.
In fact, at the beginning of the disaster, the country did use some mines to protect valuable industrial equipment and other important materials.
But for abandoned mines, this is not so safe.
Geological structures destroyed due to mining, tunnels that have been left unmaintained for a long time and become leaky, decayed, and collapsed...
These all pose quite deadly potential threats, not to mention a series of problems such as air circulation inside the mine.
Although reasonable transformation can indeed turn the tunnels in the abandoned mines into usable and even living spaces, this is too long in terms of cost and cycle, and it is simply not something Chen Xin and others can afford at the time. of.
Chen Xin shook his head slightly as the events from back then flashed through his mind. These were all attempts they made to survive. Nowadays, they no longer have much meaning. All that is left are some memories and related information. knowledge.
Recalling the memories he needed, Chen Xin clearly knew that in a mine, he would continuously dig downwards and dig several working faces at different depths at the same time to increase the total number of mines per unit time.
In this process, the workers at the bottom of the mine are undoubtedly the hardest working, because they have to dig downward, and in terms of workload, they are harder than workers on other working surfaces.
Recalling this, Chen Xin looked at the researcher who came with him and asked him: "How are the mining Titans prepared?"
"The prototypes and simplified machines we brought have been debugged and can be put into use and tested at any time." The researcher enthusiastically answered Chen Xin. He also looked forward to the two mining Titans he participated in designing being put into practice. How can the application perform?
Chen Xin nodded slightly and asked the technician on the side: "We are going to use your mine to test new industrial equipment. We have already notified you of this before. Is the test site ready?"
"It's ready. Do you want to test it now?" the technician asked, but his eyes involuntarily turned to the two Titans, one large and one small, that were starting up behind the three of them.
"Well, now that everything is ready, let's start testing." Chen Xinru nodded and said to the researcher on the side.
When the researcher heard what Chen Xin said, he immediately responded and said to the two mining Titans behind him, one large and one small, that had already started up: "The experiment begins! Mining Titan prototype, simplified machine, field mining test, start! "
Following the researcher's voice, the two Titans moved.
"Um... I'm sorry! Can you wait a moment?" Seeing the two Titans moving, the technician at the mine suddenly said to Chen Xin: "The small robot can take our elevator down, but the big one can It should weigh several tons, right? The personnel elevator cannot bear such a heavy thing, so it can only be transported by mine carts."
Hearing this, Chen Xin was not surprised and just winked at the researcher.
The researcher understood and pulled the technician from the mine to the side. After asking him about the situation in detail, he made adjustments.
The smaller simplified machine will ride with them on the personnel lift down to the bottom of the mine, while the prototype machine will go through the ore transportation channel and take the mine car used to transport ore down to the working surface of the mine, and then rely on its own The ability to move down to the very bottom of the mine.
