"Engineer Sun, how long will it take for us to go to America?" During the long journey across the ocean, Tao Jianchen and Sun Chengfang of Hanyang Steel were in the same cabin.
Tao Jianchen is still a little excited after going overseas. After all, who would have thought that engineers like them who grew up on the front line of engineering would also have the opportunity to go abroad and see the world.
"I don't know. Listen to what it says. You can come back only after you have learned. If you don't learn well, you won't be able to come back." Sun Chengfang was still shocked by some of the goals described by Gao Jianwu.
For him, an old steel man who has been in contact with the steel industry for almost 20 years, Gao Jianwu's goal is completely subversive to him.
Having stayed at the Hanyang Steel Plant before, Sun Chengfang has actually developed a mentality of looking down on other domestic steel companies. Except for the few large blast furnaces built by the little devils in the Northeast, they are considered to be the top level in the country.
It can be said that old factories like Jinyang Iron and Steel have become prosperous for a while.
But Gao Jianwu broke the window and looked at the outside world. Sun Chengfang suddenly felt that his 20-year career was wasted.
The gap is too big.
And it’s all-around. When Gao Jianwu announced that the American steel plant they wanted to learn from, it was basically not ranked high in the American steel industry. The technology was still in the early 19th century, and it was about 10 years behind Hanyang Steel. But the indicators have lagged behind by more than double!
It's the same meaning, but the difference is so big. It is impossible to say that I was not touched. It feels like being a top student, but now I have to transfer to another class and find that I am completely at the bottom of the class. Only the person involved can understand this feeling.
Of course, for young people like Tao Jianchen, they have only been in the industry for a few years. Now they are still in the learning and growing stage. So I don’t feel deeply enough about all this. Now I am only excited about going abroad to study abroad, but there is no gap.
"What does it mean to learn well? Is there such a standard?" Tao Jianchen looked at Sun Chengfang in confusion.
As soon as Sun Chengfang looked at him, he knew that he had not fully understood the spirit of Gao Jianwu's speech. So I patiently told him. "According to the requirements of the ministry, we must at least reach the technical index level of the Pittsburgh Mellon Steel Plant that we are studying now, and have the technical capabilities to independently build and operate a 500 cubic meter blast furnace.
Regarding the utilization coefficient of blast furnaces, Minister Gao requires us to reach a level of 1. "
"Hiss!" Tao Jianchen took a breath of cold air.
He has only been working in steel for a short time, but as a seedling trained by the backbone, he is still very clear about many basic knowledge of his industry. The furnace volume utilization rate of steel reached 1. In Tao Jianchen’s memory, this was a very astonishing number.
Hanyang Steel cannot catch up with this utilization rate no matter how hard it is.
"Engineer Sun, can we really achieve such a high goal? Are the requirements placed on us too high?" Tao Jianchen asked weakly.
"Xiao Tao, when Minister Gao spoke, you really didn't listen. Minister Gao said that we must face up to the huge technological gap between us and the world's steel industry, but we must also see that we can take a straight line and catch up quickly. Chance.
Foreigners in the development of the steel industry have already tried and failed. We are now directly learning the latest results. This avoids many unnecessary detours and is very advantageous for us to catch up with foreign advanced levels.
Although it is not easy to surpass, it is necessary to reduce the average level of other people. We must believe that our intelligence is no weaker than that of any other nation in the world. The word seriousness cannot be avoided in everything. As long as we study hard, study diligently and ask questions, and put all our thoughts on learning other people's advanced technologies, then there won't be much. Over time, we will learn their techniques.
Sun Chengfang educated Tao Jianchen.
For Sun Chengfang, he felt that what Gao Jianwu said was absolutely correct. Why has Hanyang Steel not made much technological progress until now? That's because we have never thought of sending technicians out to learn other people's advanced technologies and introduce advanced technologies into factories for experimentation and improvement.
Instead, we have adopted a steadfast approach and only maintained low-level self-circulation within the steel plant. Didn't invest anything
How can we achieve great technological progress if we don’t have enough people to study technological progress?
"Although this is the truth, the progress indicator requirements are really too high. Minister Gao is looking down too high on us people. When we go out and don't understand the language, how can we learn other people's skills?" Tao Jianchen I was shocked by Sun Chengfang's words.
All of a sudden, I went from being excited to feeling a little uneasy.
You must know that they are all sent out by the public transportation to study, and they have tasks with them. If they fail to complete it, there will definitely be a certain punishment for them. And now we are given such a good opportunity, it is clear that after completing the studies, the position will be greatly improved after returning, but if the studies are not completed, then a good thing will become a bad thing.
Don't even think about such a good thing just for promotion. I'm afraid your current position is somewhat unsafe.
Thinking of this, Tao Jianchen turned his mind to business.
"Xiao Tao, the questions you mentioned have already been arranged, and translators have been arranged wherever we go. This allows us to have normal communication with foreigners at any time, but how to learn to ask questions, Minister Gao told us a lot Techniques and methods, don't say you don't have records." Sun Chengfang looked at Tao Jianchen and said.
"Engineer Sun, I really haven't written it down. It seems that I have to find your notes quickly and copy them down to learn more and understand more. Minister Gao was in class with us. I was too excited to listen to it, let alone take notes. ." Tao Jianchen said with some embarrassment.
"Xiao Tao, your attitude is unacceptable. Especially when we arrived in America, we had to record what we learned every day and write down the problems we encountered. And many of the things we learned were not just private to ourselves. In addition to learning, you should also communicate more with colleagues and discuss and inspire each other.
We need to form a learning team, constantly accumulate what we have learned, and record it in our notebooks to form the knowledge and experience of our steel industry. According to Minister Gao, the technical foundation of our steel industry is very thin. In this regard, we Very little technical experience, just lots of lessons and questions.
For example, how to effectively improve the utilization coefficient of blast furnaces, we currently have no solutions that can be implemented. There are not even many ideas and ideas to improve the utilization coefficient.
We don't know what the relevant factors are that affect the blast furnace utilization coefficient. These things must be paid attention to one by one in the next study process and slowly acquired through communication with foreign experts.
This time we go abroad, we have an arduous task, a glorious mission, and a huge pressure. I hope that after arriving in America, each of us can adjust our mentality and devote ourselves to the learning process. "
Sun Chengfang said seriously.
"Engineer Sun, I understand. From today on, can I start asking you for knowledge about blast furnaces? I have never been in charge of a blast furnace, and I am blank on many things in this area. I hope that during this voyage, I can learn about the blast furnace. Get familiar with each other." Tao Jianchen now no longer had the excitement of going abroad, but had entered into a sense of tension that waits for no one.
Although what Sun Chengfang said to him did not have any profound understanding or thought, Tao Jianchen really listened because of such simple but practical warning.
All the beautiful fantasies about foreign lands are now forgotten. Tao Jianchen is ready to start down-to-earth with basic knowledge of steel smelting technology, and gradually understand smelting and the blast furnace of a steel plant!
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Not only in Sun Chengfang and Tao Jianchen's cabin, but also in other cabins, such exchanges abound. According to Gao Jianwu's instructions, the cabin arrangement was originally based on the old-to-new approach. A senior engineer, with a Young seedlings, they use this opportunity to study in groups, make the most of this time during the voyage, and fill in the knowledge gaps of the young seedlings as much as possible.
This way, you won't have to start from scratch when you get to America.
Of course, even young talents are candidates for technical training who have worked on the production line for more than five years. At least they have an education level of junior high school graduation or above, and half of them have a high school education.
It’s just that these young talents, they all come from
A certain fixed position does not have a deep understanding of many aspects of the steel plant. If we do not take this opportunity to provide some training to them, their growth rate may be greatly affected.
Therefore, Gao Jianwu specifically explained this method of operation to Ma Shaocheng.
Sure enough, Gao Jianwu's hard work was not in vain.
Before leaving, I would like to enhance your sense of mission and strengthen your learning methods. Although it is impossible for everyone to accept these things in a short time, there will always be someone who learns and understands them first, and then there will be a leader among this group of people. , so that their learning will be organized and planned.
When learning, it is very important to work together as a team and encourage each other to confirm each other.
After everyone forms a strong learning atmosphere among each other, no one can be lazy and lie down, and everyone will act as a teacher and questioner in their future learning career. If you slack off, you will not be able to keep up with everyone's learning pace. In such a large group, that is a very shameful thing.
Although Gao Jianwu did not formulate a strict management system for these people, by building such a large learning team, it is very possible to form a chicken-blooded team with a high degree of involution.
In this era, Gao Jianwu is in great need of such a team for technical learning.
Just like in the top ten research institutes, Gao Jianwu will never issue progress plan requirements to any research institute team. They will devote themselves to research work with a selfless spirit. Gao Jianwu's requirements for them are instead requirements. How many hours of rest a week must be ensured to protect their health!
These talents gathered from home and abroad, under the technical guidance of Gao Jianwu, seemed to have been given a beating. Every technological breakthrough requires a lot of calculations and experiments. These time-consuming tasks are long and It is tedious, but for scientists, these are also full of fun, making people addicted and unable to extricate themselves.
Therefore, the results of the top ten research institutes are amazing. According to the technical guidance issued by Gao Jianwu, many of them have entered the stage of prototype trial production.
This made Gao Jianwu very relieved.
At the same time, he felt that this system was very efficient, so in addition to sending a large number of people to study abroad, Gao Jianwu also began to unite the steel majors of several domestic universities to prepare to expand the construction of a metallurgical research institute!
Originally, he had several special alloy steels to meet the needs of the military industry. After all, those with direct process flow instructions and material formulas were difficult to implement, but not too difficult.
[In view of the general environment,
Therefore, Gao Jianwu put metallurgy in a lower position to consider.
Now that the steel industry is being vigorously developed, Gao Jianwu discovered that he had to make up for the missed courses!
A series of problems in the steel industry have exposed a weak foundation. The production capacity that has been forcibly pieced together at a low level is like building a tower on sand, and it will collapse at the slightest change!
Gao Jianwu has seen it, and every problem exposed in the steel industry is widely related. Many headaches and pains can be solved by treating the head and feet. Treating the symptoms rather than the root cause is simply not feasible in the steel industry.
That's why he made up his mind, rather than slowing down, he would dispatch a large number of backbones to go outside and see how others do it.
Waiting for these backbones to return after completing their studies, Gao Jianwu decided that no matter how high the cost, he would start with the reconstruction of the blast furnace and carry out in-depth technological transformation to raise the level of the blast furnace to above the 20s of this century, from falling behind for half a century. If we are twenty or thirty years behind, we will at least have to take a big step to catch up.
Although Mr. Situ's Pittsburgh Mellon Steel Plant was built in the early part of this century, it has been undergoing minor technological transformations. In many aspects, it has reached the level of the 1920s. For Sun Chengfang and others, this level is actually just right. Otherwise, considering their background, it is too advanced and they may not be able to understand it for a while.
After all, their level is too low. In the world's steel industry, if the advanced level in the West is a college student, Sun Chengfang and the others are at most an elementary school student.
The basics of college students, and the Pittsburgh Mellon Steel Plant is almost the third grade of junior high school. Of course, it is not easy for Sun Chengfang and others to catch up, but it is still much easier than leaping to the college level in one step.
As for Gao Jianwu's goal of steel blast furnace utilization coefficient 1 set by them, this is to allow Sun Chengfang and others to have high aspirations and actually reach the level of Mellon Steel Plant. Gao Jianwu is satisfied enough.
Because with just this improvement, the production capacity of the steel industry can be doubled immediately! There is no need to expand ineffective and inefficient production capacity and increase unnecessary pollution and energy consumption.
Of course Gao Jianwu would do such a deal, and do it on a grand scale!
