God said let there be light, so there was light...

Well, the prince said that power is needed, so a hydraulic station was built.

With a hydraulic station, there is power, and with power, there is a factory.

The factory is a few red brick factory-style buildings built next to the hydraulic station. These factories were built at the same time as the hydraulic station. Although the roof of the factory has not been completed due to the tight construction period, the interior of the factory has

It's finished, especially the most important sky axis.

The so-called "heaven axis" is a long axis installed above the factory building, with a power machine driving multiple working machines. A similar one installed on the ground is called an earth axis. With the invention and innovation of electric motors, independent motor drive slowly replaced

"Heaven Axis" and "Earth Axis" are no longer used in modern times.

However, it is now resurrected here... No, it was taken by Zhu Guoqiang to the Ming Dynasty in the twelfth year of Chongzhen.

"This is the axis of heaven!"

He raised his head and looked at a thick and long celestial shaft at the top of the high beam of the factory building. Ge Zhenye, who had been concentrating on studying steam engines in recent times, looked extremely surprised. He even wanted to ask how such a long iron shaft was made.

.In fact, even if he asked, he couldn't get the answer. The iron axis was brought by Zhu Guoqiang from another world.

"right!"

Nodding, Zhu Guoqiang pointed to the sky axis above the factory and explained.

"The "heaven axis" is driven by the turbine of the hydraulic station, and then drives multiple intermediate shafts, and then drives each working machine respectively. Two pulleys with equal diameters are often installed on the intermediate shaft, one of which is firmly connected to the shaft, and the other

Idling on the shaft. When the transmission belt is on the fixed wheel, the working machine is driven. When the transmission belt is on the idle wheel, the working machine stops. The transmission from the intermediate shaft to the working machine can also use a cone wheel to

Achieve speed regulation..."

When Zhu Guoqiang explained the working principle of the "Heaven Axis", he looked quite emotional. In another world, the "Heaven Axis" was widely used to drive machine tools. Of course, this was because in the early days of the Industrial Revolution, a waterwheel or

Water turbines and steam engines need to be able to provide power to a workshop or several workshops, so engineers designed this exquisite transmission mechanism.

When many people mention the industrial revolution, they will mention the "Jenny machine". They will mention steam engines and machine tools, but no one has ever mentioned the seemingly simple "heaven axis".

The eye-catching "Heaven Axis" is an indispensable hero in promoting the industrial revolution. It is through the "Heaven Axis" that one machine is connected to multiple machines, and the speed of the machine tool is adjusted through the "Heaven Axis". The steam engine is the driving force of the Industrial Revolution, and it is the "Heaven Axis" that

Axis" gave it further applications.

Of course, compared with the exquisitely designed "Celestial Axis" in the late 19th century, the "Celestial Axis" used by Zhu Guoqiang seems a bit primitive. Except for the main axis, which is made of steel, most of the others are made of hardwood.

"In the process, Zhu Guoqiang truly saw the ingenuity of the world's skilled craftsmen. It was through their skillful hands that this entire set of heavenly axes was created.

Carpenters, in ancient China, can be regarded as the first of all craftsmen. In terms of woodworking craftsmanship, Chinese carpenters are ranked second, and no one dares to be called first. No one will doubt this. After all, no matter whether it is

Thousand-year-old wooden towers or wooden halls fully illustrate all this.

All that is needed now is to shift the goals of these skilled craftsmen from construction to industry.

"Is this a hydraulic hammer?"

Chen Zhihuan said in surprise as he watched the hydraulic hammer begin to forge the red iron block driven by the sky axis.

"It's no longer a simple hydraulic hammer. This is a metal forging hammer, which is more scientific than a hydraulic hammer."

In fact, there is essentially no difference, except that its design is more scientific, Zhu Guoqiang thought to himself.

"In the future, this will be the metal forging workshop. Not only can tools such as iron drills be forged, but also iron, plates, rivets, etc. can be forged. Manufacturing steam engines requires a large number of iron plates, rivets and other iron tools, which are inseparable from here. Now,

The forging workshop has more than a dozen types of forging hammers, ranging from 10-pound hammers to 1,000-pound hammers, which can process a variety of metal parts..."

Even so, it is still at the level of the eighteenth century, which is almost less than a hundred years ahead of the world... Naturally no one will pay attention to Zhu Guoqiang's inner self-talk.

But one thing that is certain is that with this metal forging workshop and these forging hammers, this seemingly inconspicuous workshop may be the cornerstone of the world's industrial revolution...

In the future, there will be too many "firsts" born here, such as the first horizontal chambering machine - some of its metal parts were processed here, of course, just some of them, like gears.

Such components were brought by Zhu Guoqiang from another world.

"Tsk tsk, what a wonderful workmanship, what a wonderful workmanship..."

Walking to the hammer forging equipment made of gears and wooden shafts, Ge Shizhen admired and said.

"Master, I think this celestial axis can not only drive such a forging hammer, but also other things." What other things?

Everyone's eyes were focused on Ge Shizhen, as if waiting for his answer. Not only were the craftsmen looking at him, but Zhu Guoqiang was also looking at him.

Drawing inferences from one example, this is what Zhu Guoqiang needs.

After staring at the rapidly rotating celestial axis and thinking for a while, Ge Shizhen seemed to have thought of something, raised his head and asked Zhu Guoqiang for advice.

"My lord, what do you think if we get a machine here specifically for grinding iron?"

"Grinding iron?"

"No, it should be polished iron..."

Ge Shizhen thought for a while and then said:

"After all, ironware also needs to be polished. In the past, it was done manually. We can use tools similar to the ones used to process jade to polish the ironware. Master Xu, what do you think?"

Ge Shizhen turned around and asked the master behind him:

"Master Xu, do you know how to tie a weight?"

"Zha Miao? What is Zha Miao? What is the young master talking about?"

The carpenter asked with some confusion.

"It is a wooden machine that uses a pedal to rotate a metal plate back and forth, and uses sand and water to process jade. We can use a sky axis instead of a pedal to rotate it, and then use it to process iron."

After thinking for a moment, Ge Shizhen said again.

"I have seen this kind of machine in the book "Tiangong Kaiwu". There is also a drawing of it in the book. It may be somewhat different from the drawings, but Master Xu, if you study hard, you will definitely be able to come up with it. Otherwise, we

Try it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, as if he had thought of something, Zhu Guoqiang said in surprise.

"Heaven created something? Song Yingxing, he..."
Chapter completed!