Chen Xin installed these powerful things on the land-based aircraft carrier, and the captain naturally had to report it to his superiors.
And how could the senior management not pay attention to something as outrageous as 3D printing equipment after receiving the news?
"3D printing equipment is not as powerful as you think. This thing is mainly prepared for emergency use on the European battlefield." Facing the representatives sent by senior officials and the military to inquire about this matter, Chen Xin did not waste any time explaining. , took them to a 3D printing equipment that he had remade, and showed it to them.
"I am now using this machine to print a set of power armor. In addition, I also have a set of power armor here that I had someone bring from the factory. You can compare the two." Chen Xin said and started the equipment. , let it work, printing power armor.
Because the internal space of this device is large, a large number of parts can be printed together, so the printing speed is very fast.
But the representative from the top saw some clues, but he did not mention it here. He just watched silently as the entire set of power armor was printed in the form of parts.
After the parts were printed, the workers called by Chen Xin quickly started assembling them.
Originally, the entire set of equipment was designed to be automatically assembled with a matching robotic arm and production line, but now it is just for display, so Chen Xin asked workers to assemble it.
A power armor has a complex structure and many parts. It is not easy to assemble it. It will take a lot of time if there is only one person.
However, it was obviously impossible for Chen Xin to keep the military and high-level people waiting for so long, so Chen Xin called a group of skilled workers, who also brought various auxiliary tools, so it only took about two or three hours to complete. Assembled the entire set of power armor.
After the 3D printed power armor was assembled, another set of power armor that had been prepared in advance was pushed over. Two sets of seemingly identical power armor were placed in front of representatives of the military and high-level officials.
"How long does it usually take you to assemble a set of power armor?" Having roughly understood what Chen Xin meant, he took the initiative to ask the workers on the side.
The worker didn't think too much and quickly replied: "If it is on the production line, without considering the supply of parts and just assembling it, we can assemble twenty sets of power armor in fourteen hours a day."
This number is actually a bit exaggerated. Under normal circumstances, there is no way for the factory production line to operate at full capacity and achieve this production efficiency.
After all, power armor requires a lot of parts, which need to be produced in different factories and finally transported to the assembly factory for assembly.
However, even if the country now concentrates a large amount of resources on it, the operating efficiency of the factory production line is only a little over 80% because there are insufficient parts to run the production line.
This is mainly due to resource constraints. Now that the country is in a state of war, it stands to reason that all resources should be concentrated on the production of such war materials.
However, as the current situation changes, there are many places where resources need to be invested. In addition to the production of war materials, there are many other places where resources are needed.
Coupled with the unbalanced distribution of resources in Yan State, a large amount of resources need to be transported before they can be gathered into production factories. In order to avoid a large amount of resources being wasted due to transportation, the country can only adopt the principle of nearest distribution as much as possible. This is also This also resulted in a large number of factories not being able to obtain enough materials to meet the needs of full production.
The high-level representatives naturally understood this, so when the workers said that they could assemble twenty sets of power armor in just one day, they naturally converted it into actual output in their minds.
But even judging by the actual production speed, the speed of 3D printing is still a bit slow.
Of course, this is not the crux of the matter.
"Academician Chen, how long does it take to produce a set of power armor with a complete set of 3D printing equipment?" A high-level representative asked Chen Xin this question.
When he asked this question, the military representative walked up to the two sets of power armor, stretched out his hand to knock on the two sets of power armor, and checked their quality.
"In fact, it's so fast. The advantage of 3D printing equipment is not its production efficiency, but that it can produce anything if there are enough raw materials." Chen Xin explained to the high-level representatives, while also looking towards A representative of the military explained: "The 3D printing technology I use is slightly different from the existing printing technology. It does not use laser welding powder printing, so it can be printed with a variety of materials mixed, but this also brings One problem is that printing requires more materials than just one.
Production efficiency is a big issue, and it is destined not to replace the existing production line, so 3D printing technology can be used on land aircraft carriers. They need to persist on the European battlefield for a long time, and at the same time provide assistance to European countries, bringing Such a device is very useful.
However, this technology is not suitable for domestic production. It is like having a machine that can make everything, but using it to make only one kind of thing. This is a waste.
Research departments are suitable for the use of 3D printing technology. Sometimes they need to produce some non-standard things or temporarily processed things. In this case, you only need to enter the drawings and dimensions into the 3D printing equipment to get what you want. , it is undoubtedly much better than going to someone to specifically produce, process and customize it. "
In fact, this is also the advantage and disadvantage of 3D printing. It is good to be able to print everything, but it also limits the application of 3D printing in production.
After all, the processes and processes required to produce a product are fixed. What is needed is to maximize production efficiency and produce what is needed quickly and in large quantities.
At this time, instead of using a machine that can make anything, it is better to build a production line specifically designed to produce this product.
This is actually the same concept as the difference between using industrial mother machines to directly produce products and using industrial mother machines to build a production line to produce products.
It’s not that it can’t be done, it’s just that the latter is obviously more productive and can take advantage of 3D printing technology.
After Chen Xin's explanation, the senior representatives obviously understood what Chen Xin meant, and they were satisfied after learning more about the details of the 3D printing technology that Chen Xin presented. left.
On the contrary, the military side, looking at the set of 3D printing equipment, suddenly had an idea of a sexy operation.
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