Chapter 193 Bonus (Part 2)
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Siam, Chiang Mai.
As an automobile industry base planned by the Intelligent Company, this place had previously been secretly controlled by Domino, which had roughly improved some of its infrastructure.
After more than three months of integration, Qingye Automobile Company, which entered Chiang Mai Province early on, now has three production lines in operation.
The other companies include Gem Auto, Yangon Auto, Chiang Mai Group's own Glory Auto, Nanyang Auto, a joint venture between Siam Group and Zhiren Company, and Tungsten Steel Heavy Industry, which is wholly owned by Ubon Group.
Factories have been set up here one after another, and these factories are currently improving their infrastructure and preparing supporting factories.
It seems that there are six automobile companies, but in fact they are just six subsidiary brands of Zhiren Company.
Therefore, the positioning of these companies is also different.
For example, the gem series and tungsten steel series, they mainly focus on engineering vehicles, heavy trucks, excavators, cement trucks, agricultural vehicles and the like.
The Yangon series and the Glory series focus on sedans.
The Nanyang series and the Aoba series focus on auxiliary vehicles, small trucks, vans, RVs, high-end cars, and buses.
In any case, the six companies will adjust their product positioning to avoid concentrating their products in a small category.
At this time, Qingye Automobile's three production lines are the production lines for small trucks, vans, and minibuses.
Hundreds of engineers poached from Lifan Motors have now adapted to life in Chiang Mai.
In particular, Guan Jianzhi, whose family immigrated to Hongsavadi, has learned some internal secrets. Although he does not know the core content, at least he knows something about the products that the company will produce in the future.
Guan Jianzhi is a gearbox designer and currently serves as the head of the gearbox design department.
For a car, the parts can be roughly divided into engine, gearbox, chassis, transmission, electrical, tires, shell, glass and interior.
There are basically no major technical barriers to entry for tires, shells, glass, and interiors.
Especially for Sapiens.
Previously, those core components had to be imported as spare parts or even entire components from companies in China, Japan, and Germany, which greatly increased production costs.
Now it is finally going to be localized.
This localization progress has exceeded the previous estimates of major foreign automakers.
At this time, in the transmission R&D team, Guan Jianzhi had already designed several transmissions based on the company's previous requirements that were inspired by Japanese cars.
The reason why we borrowed the transmission from Japanese cars is mainly because the Japanese are really good at design. Many of the problems with their products actually arise from cutting corners, not from problems with the design itself.
Materials happen to be Zhiren's strong point. Combining the two, the transmission design of Japanese cars is the most cost-effective.
Guan Jianzhi and others were feeling a little nervous because the company's parts supplier had already transported the parts to Chiang Mai Province today.
After getting the container, they couldn't wait to start assembling it.
In fact, their worries are unnecessary. As long as there are not too many problems with their design, the performance of the components will definitely exceed the standards.
Although the parts supplied by Sea Snail New Materials are reduced-spec versions, their performance still far exceeds similar products on the market.
There are 5 types of transmissions in total, and 20 sets of parts are sent for each type.
Soon Guan Jianzhi and others assembled the first transmission, which was a transmission used in small trucks.
After pouring in the transmission-specific oil, install the transmission into the test platform.
Guan Jianzhi wiped the oil off his hands with a rag and said, "Whether it's a mule or a horse, pull it out and give it a try!"
The test officially begins.
The first step is to try out the usage of various gears.
The engineer in charge of the test tested each gear one by one and found that the problem was not serious. The most serious problem was that the user was not familiar with it and it felt a little unsmooth.
But after testing it more than ten times, he gradually became proficient, and with the help of the power pump, shifting gears was relatively easy.
Guan Jianzhi was not surprised by this. After all, the transmission had a high reference content. If there were any major problems, they would just pack up and go back home!
The next test is the most critical.
That is service life, high-intensity violent operation, and operation in harsh environments.
Whether this transmission can withstand the abuse can determine whether it is qualified.
Guan Jianzhi, who did not have much confidence in the parts suppliers, became nervous at this time. He really could not understand why the company was looking for such a parts supplier with no quality assurance.
"Lao Guan, are you confident?" asked a Mediterranean engineer with a smile.
"Haha, let's leave it to fate!" Guan Jianzhi spread his hands.
What can he do? Just chill!
When the extreme life test system was started, all the gears and bearings of the transmission started running like crazy, and the extreme life figures kept jumping on the computer screen of the test platform.
A young engineer joked: "I bet it won't be more than three years."
"Too many. It's even a question whether this kind of product without any quality assurance can be used for a year." Another old engineer looked disdainful.
Guan Jianzhi's face was not very good either. After all, the product test failed and he was worried that the company would think there was something wrong with his design.
Just as time goes by .
Their expressions became more and more strange.
Because at this point the extreme life test has already passed 5 years, which is quite good for a transmission.
After all, the transmissions of many car companies sometimes have problems within a year or two.
However, this is not the limit.
The value soon exceeded 10 years.
Finally, it was not until 2015.3 that serious malfunction problems occurred.
"this……"
The engineers who were slapped in the face looked at each other in bewilderment.
The Mediterranean engineer swallowed and said, "Is this an isolated case? Should we try another one?"
Guan Jianzhi, who had just woken up from a dream, also felt that one machine was unreliable, so he nodded and said, "Then let's test the other one."
The faulty transmission was removed and placed not far away for a comprehensive inspection.
Test and repair at the same time.
After disassembling it, Guan Jianzhi found that there was no problem with the bearing, but two of the small gears were worn, causing the tolerance to increase, which led to the failure.
If it were not for the extreme life test, the wear would not be so severe within 15 years because the vehicle cannot be in operation 24 hours a day.
After replacing both pinions, the tolerances were readjusted and the oil was changed.
Guan Jianzhi discovered that this transmission could still be used.
At this time, the maximum life of another transmission was also announced, which was also around 15 years.
This time they were all shocked.
“This parts supplier is amazing.”
"Could it be a subsidiary of Bosch, or a joint venture?"
"Who cares? If the quality of this part can be guaranteed, then we can deliver this transmission now."
Guan Jianzhi suppressed his inner excitement and continued to assemble the rest of the transmissions. After all, this batch of samples was for testing.
For more than a week, they stayed in the testing area.
It was not until the last sample transmission was destroyed by them that Guan Jianzhi and others stopped the testing work.
At this point, they had accumulated a large number of test reports, and they no longer doubted the product quality of the new parts supplier, but instead felt admiration.
In the eyes of a number of engineers and designers, products of this quality are simply a breath of fresh air for car companies that are currently advocating planned scrapping.
