"......... The elders have a full understanding of the importance of the optical industry. As early as the planning period, with the concern of the Executive Committee, it was led by the Ministry of Science and Technology, and coordinated by the Ministry of Machinery Industry, the Ministry of Metallurgy and the Ministry of Light Industry
, the time travelers established their own optical industry from scratch..."
Excerpted from "Contemporary Industrial History = Optical Industry Volume" []
Of course, readers of this high-sounding cliche will simply skip it. The first generation of time-travelers all understand the difference between history and official history. The descendants of time-travelers either know the true story from their parents or simply don’t know it.
No. Only those historical researchers who have been granted the highest authority to enter the Vientiane Grand Library to consult the most original records know the true face of history.
In fact, the Imperial Optical Industry began with just a few pairs of reading glasses.
In Bairen Industrial Zone, black smoke and white gas are rising day and night, and the wheezing and vibration of machines are constant all year round. There is no night here. The light of burning boilers, electric lights and gas lights drive away the night.
.The rail car driven by the gas engine pulled the flatbed car speeding along the track, making squeaking sounds from time to time.
In a relatively quiet corner of the industrial zone is the machining workshop directly under the Ministry of Science and Technology. The so-called Science and Technology Department is a "cutting-edge department" under the Manufacturing Directorate.
The so-called cutting-edge, on paper, means that this department is responsible for industrial products that are currently difficult to mass-produce. Travelers are either limited by the supply of raw materials, limited by the performance of self-produced materials, or limited by processing capabilities.
, it can only be regarded as "pre-research". To be precise, it is to explore the production technology and technology under the conditions of Lingao's limited industrial level.
Included in the "pre-research" list of the Ministry of Science and Technology are various instruments, precision tools and instruments, optical instruments, communication equipment, power and lighting equipment, timers, etc.
The Ministry of Science and Technology is in charge of Zhong Lishi. His official title is People's Commissar of Science and Technology. He is a doctor. Although he is not the only doctor in the Senate, he always likes to remind everyone that he is a doctor. Over time, everyone is half
I jokingly call him Dr. Zhong.
Dr. Zhong’s main areas of research in the Ministry of Science and Technology are clocks and batteries. In particular, he has conducted in-depth research on batteries. Currently, the wired telegraph sending and receiving systems in Lingao, Hong Kong, Sanya and other places use the Daniel battery or batteries he developed.
It's called "Zhong's No. 1" battery.
After the "Zhong's No. 1" battery was successfully put into production, Dr. Zhong's main tasks became timers and radios.
These two projects are one of the most urgently needed precision instruments in Lingao's industrial, military and civilian systems. Accurate navigation clocks are needed for navigation and navigation. There is also a great demand for precise timing in industrial production.
As for radio, its importance is self-evident. At present, the Senate's expatriates and foreign stations can only rely on radios brought from another time and space to maintain contact with the "center". He spends all his time and energy
They were all involved in it, and they also occupied several senior figures in science and engineering from the Ministry of Science and Technology, so that the several bell towers he promised to use were no longer needed, and each bell tower became an empty watchtower.
After the Ministry of Science and Technology, which originally had few personnel and resources, focused on radios and timers, the optical project became uninterested.
The exclusive workshop area of the Ministry of Science and Technology is near the end of Bairen Industrial Zone. Outside the high wall is a fifty-meter-wide "warning zone" marked with bamboo fences and trenches. Aboriginal people are not allowed to enter the warning zone at will.
In order to make full use of the space, the Agriculture Committee will open this plot of land into fields to grow castor, soybeans, jute and other cash crops. Most of these cash crops are directly supplied to industrial enterprises. Castor oil, soybean oil and jute are all
It is an important material in industrial production.
"Master, you drink water." In the workshop, a young man in blue cloth work clothes respectfully brought a wooden tray to another thin black man in blue cloth work clothes who was measuring parts with a vernier caliper. In the tray was placed
A glass bottle of light salt water and a bottle of ice-cold kvass. The thin black man who was called Master responded, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, picked up the salt water, raised his head and drank half a glass of it in one go.
He took a breath and drank the rest of the salt water. He picked up the kvass again, but didn't drink it. He just held it in his hand and let his palms feel the cold feeling.
This kind of enjoyment only started more than ten days ago. After Dr. Zhong fought hard, the Planning Institute finally approved the installation of a small gas cold storage at the location of the Ministry of Science and Technology. There are many more sophisticated equipment and instruments in the Ministry of Science and Technology that require a suitable temperature.
For operation, it is essential to use a large amount of ice cubes for physical cooling. Taking ice from the large ice warehouse of the food factory every day is time-consuming and laborious, and there is also a lot of loss on the road. With this ice warehouse, it not only meets the production needs, but also
There is still such a small enjoyment.
"Junjie, don't be too busy. Let's take a break together. Your health is important in this hot weather." Looking at the young man's work clothes that were blackened with sweat, the thin dark man said.
At the same time, the young man had already removed the tray, picked up a fan and was fanning the master: "I'm not tired, master, please rest."
"Everyone, please take a break." The master picked up the workpiece he had just finished and squinted his eyes to look at the sunlight projected from the skylight carefully.
"The craftsmanship is very good. In a few years, you will be able to do your own job as a fitter."
"It's all because of the good teachings from the leaders." The apprentice said respectfully, "My father's craftsmanship is much better than mine. If it weren't for his bad eyesight, he would definitely be better than me."
"It's a pity." The master was silent for a moment. He knew the apprentice's father. He was only a little over 40. Due to long-term malnutrition and heavy labor in the past, his eyes were already presbyopic.
"Thanks to the leader, otherwise my whole family would have starved to death." The apprentice spoke more respectfully.
The master waved his hand. "No more of that."
He knew that his apprentice's family was a fugitive Shandong craftsman family. The family of six had wandered all the way to Guangdong and became refugees. Only the father and two boys were left. If the Guangzhou Station had not taken them in, the three members of the family would have been on the verge of death.
It is simply impossible for a person to live to this day. The older child went to a factory to be his apprentice, the younger one went to school, and the older one, although he has good craftsmanship, has bad eyesight and can only do what he can in the factory of the Ministry of Light Industry.
live.
After work that day, the master walked in front with his hands behind his back, and the young follower walked behind carrying a bag, a clean lunch box, and a kettle.
"Old Lin! Old Lin!" Someone shouted from behind. "Lin Hanlong!"
Lin Hanlong turned around and saw Wu Zijin, a colleague from the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Wu Zijin is a "lut party". Like Mei Lin, Ji Xin, Cui Yunhong and others, he is one of the very few adult male elders who have not bought maids yet - in Lingao... the vast majority of adult elders, including female elders
They all bought maids. So their differences are particularly eye-catching. Although the reasons why they don’t buy maids are various: some have no “sexual interest” in women, some have temporarily lost interest, and some have aesthetic tastes and
There are many differences, and some "would rather solve it by themselves than make do with it"... wait until a better maid comes out in the future before buying it.
Xiao Bailang got drunk once in a farm cafe, so he made them a separate party and called them "Lu Dang". So the term spread.
Wu Zijin was a recent master's degree graduate in electrical engineering in the old time. He majored in power cables. He had interned in cable factories, transformer factories and substations, and was familiar with the cable production process, but his practical experience was limited and he didn't have half a bucket of water.
He was messing around in the Ministry of Science and Technology, engaged in "electrical equipment development". He was also the main force of the football team of the Senate Office, serving as the left back.
Lin Hanlong saw that he was carrying a string bag of dirty clothes, which also exuded a strong smell of sweat.
I remembered that today he went to coach the football team of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Under Chen Sigen's strong advocacy, football, rugby and baseball began to be promoted from schools to various industrial, agricultural and administrative departments.
"Did you watch the 88s? The navy guys are clamoring to install fire control systems on ships." He said enthusiastically... "They also want to build mechanical fire control computers! It's really exciting."
"Fire control? I haven't taken out the telescope yet. It's really an army, a land, a navy and an ocean. We can't keep up with the rapid pace."
"Speaking of which, you majored in optics, right? That's your specialty."
Lin Hanlong smiled bitterly. "What haven't I done in Dongguan? Mobile phones, computers, digital cameras... I've made knockoffs of everything. Speaking of general optical instruments, it's not hard to find. The problem is that we don't even have optical glass, so what can we do with it?"
With those few bureaucrats who are already very decent, it will be good to remember this after the First Five-Year Plan is completed."
This is not bragging... Lin Hanlong has been working in small electronics factories in the Pearl River Delta for a long time since graduating from a second-rate university. He has worked as an "engineer", "senior engineer", "technical manager", etc. His main job is in various factories in the Pearl River Delta.
In the Shanzhai Electronics Factory, they make fake mobile phones, fake computers, fake this one, and DKE that one. From notebook digital cameras, there are almost no consumer electronic products that he has not worked on. He has also been exposed to such products as optical instruments and electronic equipment to a greater or lesser extent.
"Isn't there no optical glass? I remember that elders can wear glasses..."
When we first traveled through time, we considered that there were many myopias among the elders. Although some people had corrective surgery for myopia before the D-Day, many people had doubts about the corrective surgery...and were unwilling to go through the trouble. For this reason, we have arranged to carry supplies.
When the equipment list was made, a full set of optometry and mirror grinding equipment and a large number of resin and glass optical lenses were specially brought to ensure that the elders could be equipped with various glasses for decades. Elders with vision problems often brought enough for a lifetime.
Spare glasses for use.
"How many can there be... These optical equipment and materials are prepared for five hundred people, but now they have to serve hundreds of thousands of people... How can it be enough?"
Lin Hanlong shook his head and said goodbye to Wu Zijin. After returning to the dormitory, he did not eat, bathe, play cards or watch movies. Instead, he ate in a hurry and took out the professional manual that had been dusty for many days and started reading. His maid did not dare to disturb him.
, just fill him with tea and water from time to time.
During the lunch break the next day, Lin Hanlong found a glass plate. Flat glass is not a rare commodity. It is available in the workshop warehouse. Lin Hanlong carefully selected it, searching almost all the glass plates in the Ministry of Science and Technology's inventory, and selected
The clearest glass plate.
Make a scratch with the iron ruler, turn it over and lay it flat on the wooden board, align the scratch with the edge of the board, tap lightly and a long strip of glass will come off. Follow the same pattern for a few times, and the long strip will turn into eight one-inch square glass pieces.
In the afternoon, Lin Hanlong found time to take his apprentice to the general warehouse for material preparation at the Industrial Port. All kinds of modern materials were strictly monitored by the Planning Institute. No one could take out a screw or a wrench without the signature of a few bosses.
But the time travelers are much more casual about what they can produce in this time and space.
For ordinary materials in the warehouse, as long as they are below a certain limit, the veteran of the industrial port can directly fill in the requisition form and sign for it. As an engineer in the Ministry of Science and Technology, Lin Hanlong often comes to the material preparation warehouse. He nodded to the manager of the warehouse and said,
The middle-aged naturalized citizen treasury manager immediately ran over.
There is no easy job in Lingao. In addition to managing the warehouse, the warehouse manager also has to work as a porter. When he is free, he also does some manual work that does not require equipment. All of these are included in the work quota. In the Planning Institute
The former sweatshop hn would often randomly check the labor efficiency and workload of various types of work to ensure that no one was having an idle time.
Without waiting for instructions, Lin Hanlong's apprentice pushed a "Zidian modified" to the side and followed Lin Hanlong and the warehouse manager into the warehouse.
The main material preparation warehouse at the industrial entrance used to be just a shed...it was recently renovated into a standard warehouse with a red brick forged iron truss structure. There is also a thermal insulation layer under the tiles on the top floor. The sun is scorching outside, and when I walk into the tall and deep warehouse, I immediately feel...
There was a chill, and the sweat went away a lot.
The material preparation warehouse is internally divided into several sub-warehouses according to the types of materials stored. Wooden and iron shelves are densely arranged and filled with various materials. These are collected, produced and processed in this time and space.
of.
Lin Hanlong knew where the things he wanted were. He walked directly to the shelf and pointed out the quantity. The apprentice immediately moved forward and moved it to the car, and the warehouse manager filled out the form accordingly on the writing board. In a while, Lin Hanlong had already got it.
All the things they wanted. The three of them returned outside the warehouse. Lin Hanlong and the warehouse manager entered the office. The warehouse manager returned to his desk and began to copy the invoice in triplicate. Someone else came over to serve Lin Hanlong tea.
The apprentice pushed the cart and waited outside. After a short time, the material distribution list was copied. The warehouse manager sent the material distribution sheet to Lin Hanlong for his signature, and then submitted it to the steward for his seal. Another person was responsible for checking the materials distribution sheet and the
The number of things in the car matches the type, and then there are three more chapters.
Back in the workshop, Lin Hanlong told his apprentice that he would work overtime today...and then went back to business. As a generalist, there were countless things waiting for him in the Science and Technology Department. He could only wait until after get off work in the evening to work on this new idea.
The whistle sounded after get off work. Lin Hanlong found a suitable gas heating stove and set up an iron pot on it. Put the beeswax and rosin he had just received in the iron pot, mix them in proportion and put them into the pot. This is the glue of the glass. Recipient.
He turned on the gas fire and patiently waited for the mixture to melt and mix well... He then scooped some out with an iron spoon and poured it on a piece of glass, and then pressed it with another piece of glass. In this way, all the glass pieces were stuck together.
Lin Hanlong removed the iron pot, added an iron cover to the stove, and took out an iron plate to put on it. Heated the iron plate over low heat. Seeing that the heat was almost done, Lin Hanlong put on heat-proof gloves and put the two pieces together.
Place the glass on the iron plate to allow the adhesive to melt again, then place it on the screw press and carefully turn the handle to forcefully press the glass pieces together and secure them with clamps.
While waiting for the glass piece to completely solidify, he went outside to smoke a cigarette and blew in the evening breeze of Lingao. After smoking, he drank another cup of tea.
Finally, all the glass pieces were tightly stuck together...the edges were all aligned, forming a glass cube. After doing this...he used ink lines to draw cross lines on both ends of the long axis of the cube to find the center, and then used ink circles to plan
Make two circles, one large and one small, then drop some melted adhesive, and stick two small cylindrical iron blocks on both ends of the glass, just covering the small ink line circles.
Lin Hanlong asked his apprentice to pack up the stove, and he walked to the grinder with the glass cube. Because it was already off work, no one was using the grinder. This grinder, from the grinding wheel to the machine, was brought from the old time and space. Lin Hanlong suddenly remembered
Zhong Lishi said that there are too many things to do about developing grinding wheels at the moment, so we will talk about it later.
He clamped the glass carefully and started the grinder. First, he cut off the four edges of the cube, and the cross section changed from a square to an octagon. Then he continued cutting, and the octagon became a hexagon. He did it very carefully every time,
The tool feed was very slow, and the coolant was always on. Seeing that it was almost reaching the big circle he had drawn earlier, Lin Hanlong began to rotate the workpiece, and soon grinded out a decent cylindrical shape. He turned off the grinder.
, took out the workpiece and measured it for a long time. When he was satisfied, he put everything away and called the apprentice to get off work.
On the third day, Lin Hanlong gave his apprentice a task, asking him to use a hammer to smash all the garnets he had received into powder, and then use iron balls and iron mortars to grind them as finely as possible. The garnets were used by the remote exploration team in field operations.
I discovered it when I was young. Because I knew this thing was useful in industry, I brought back dozens of kilograms of samples.
Garnet has relatively high hardness, and ancient people used it as an abrasive to process jade. It is also a gemstone itself.
Gem-grade garnet is a mid-to-high-end gemstone. Industrial-grade garnet is used in many ways. Because its hardness is 7, it is mainly used for grinding materials and cutting materials. The remote exploration team mined these only
It can be regarded as industrial-grade garnet sand. The texture is impure, contains a lot of impurities, and the color is not pure. To be continued...!.