Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Plasma Furnace Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Plasma Furnace “Mr. He, we have been anxiously waiting for your arrival,” Qiu Yang greeted him alongside Baosan’s managent and technicians outside the factory.
“Hello Mr. Qiu,” He Xingzhou shook his hand and briefly stated, “The lting furnace has already been preliminarily tested at our research institute. We can proceed with trial production here.”
“That’s excellent!” Qiu Yang instructed his assistant: “Hurry up and get the workers together, let’s get the furnace installed!”
He also whispered to He Xingzhou, “Mr. He, there are a few technical experts from Japan who’d like to observe. Would that be alright?”
Before He Xingzhou could answer, he proactively explained, “They are all from Sakura Steel Company. We import two million tons of specialized steel from them each year. Recently, they have been raising the price of specialized steel.”
“If they realize that we can also produce specialized steel, the price will co down quickly.”
He Xingzhou nodded, “No problem, even if they dismantle my equipnt, they won’t be able to figure out how it’s made. They can’t see anything during the lting process, so let them have a look.”
“Great, I’ll go call them over now, to take them down a notch!” Qiu Yang then sent for Nishikawa Kenta and others.
In the factory area, workers under the guidance of the experts from the research institute, transported and installed the plasma furnace.
It was a huge piece of equipnt, consisting of several large components, such as the plasma generator, the lting furnace, the refining room, the water-cooling crystal room, and so on.
Installing these components took several hours.
Throughout this process, He Xingzhou oversaw the entire operation, while Baosan’s technical experts were learning on the side.
Only after they had finished installation did they allow the experts from Sakura Steel Company to enter.
“Is this their production plasma furnace?” Nishikawa Kenta closely inspected the new equipnt in the lting workshop but from the outside, nothing about it stood out.
The difference in this equipnt mainly lay in the internal structural design.
The other Japanese experts also exchanged glances, most wearing expressions of doubt.
Before they ca, they had discussed it.
Led by Nishikawa Kenta, the experts were stubborn in their belief that this so-called plasma furnace couldn’t produce specialized steel with superior performance!
“Nagata-san, keep an eye on them, don’t let them pull any tricks,” Nishikawa Kenta instructed one of the experts, tasking him with watching the feed and discharge ports.
To ensure these people weren’t switching out the steel being lted.
“Hi,” Nagata Yuusuke, with a serious face, closely followed the production line workers to check the raw materials.
After a while, Nagata Yuusuke ca back, reporting, “There’s no issue with the materials.”
“We can start now,” said He Xingzhou, while Ding Yue had already set up the cara to record a video for him.
Facing the cara, He Xingzhou explained, “Ladies and gentlen, we are now in one of Baosan Steel Co., Ltd.’s steel lting workshops, testing our plasma lting furnace for producing specialized steel. Let’s begin the lting process!”
The cara focused on the feed port, as a large amount of raw material was loaded into the lting chamber of the furnace.
He Xingzhou started the furnace, and the experts fell silent, observing the instrunt panel.
At this mont, electric current entered the plasma generator, heating the mixture of gases inside to produce plasma.
The plasma began to generate electricity, forming an arc. When the arc is compressed by external airflow, the walls of the device, or an external magnetic field, causing the arc column to narrow and the temperature to rise, a concentrated arc is created.
The compressed arc begins to lt the raw materials, which are then lted by the plasma fla in a very short ti, for various refining and purification processes.
“In just three minutes, the power has already surpassed that of our existing high-temperature arc furnaces!” Qiu Yang said excitedly, watching the numbers on the instrunt panel climb rapidly, already reaching the top level in the world.
Just looking at the power ter, Nishikawa Kenta and other Japanese experts’ expressions beca grave. With this power, it would be difficult for the plasma furnace’s lting effect to be anything short of impressive!
Soon, the plasma furnace’s first lting process was completed, and the raw materials had been lted into a tallic liquid.
At this point, the special steel slting wasn’t finished yet. A second relting was necessary to further remove impurities and add the required elents, such as carbon, necessary alloy tals, and so on.
The special steel they were to lt this ti was an ultra-pure bearing steel. It could be used to manufacture bearings for car engines and electric motors and could also be used for tanks, airplanes, and on aircraft carriers!
This type of steel can currently only be produced by a few countries in the world, such as the USA, Germany, and Japan!
Previously, Shen Zhou had always been dependent on imports, and often tis, it was difficult to purchase even with money!
Everyone waited patiently, as the furnace reaction process remained stable. As ti passed, the technicians from He Xingzhou’s team and the executives from Baosan Steel Co., Ltd. slowly relaxed.
The lting process continued without issue, which suggested that the equipnt’s safety and stability were satisfactory. They only had to wait for the final testing of the special steel’s properties!
“Nishikawa-kun, this equipnt seems quite extraordinary,” Nagata Yuusuke whispered to Nishikawa Kenta, sensing that sothing was off.
The plasma furnace had been operating at an extrely high power for half a day, and the tal liquid had undergone a second furnace lting. Operators had added the prepared alloy materials, and in the Water-cooling Crystal Room, the special steel was already beginning to take shape!
“Patience is necessary. Simply lting the tal doesn’t prove anything; we still need to test the properties of the product,” Nishikawa Kenta said, though he was starting to feel unsure himself.
“It’s out, the first batch of products!” At the outlet, several samples of the special steel had already been lted by the plasma furnace.
Their smooth surfaces reflected a tallic sheen, the steel’s color conveying a sense of “power,” as if it were the Ruyi Jingu Bang itself!
“Test it imdiately!” Qiu Yang couldn’t wait to say, “Ladies and gentlen, experts, Mr. Nishikawa, shall we join?”
“Let’s go and test the performance!” Baosan’s executives and a group of experts crowded into the testing area.
Nagata Yuusuke, fearing they might falsify the results, personally participated in the testing.
They needed to test the steel’s strength, stiffness, toughness, plasticity, and corrosion resistance, among other properties.
“@He Xingzhou, have the results for the steel material testing co out yet?” Xuanwu Executive Officer inquired eagerly through the chat group.
He and He Hongwei had been closely following this matter; if they were able to manufacture special steel and other advanced tals themselves, it would herald a significant advancent in the production of military weapons and equipnt!
“Soon, just wait a bit longer,” He Xingzhou replied.
In the testing area, the samples were undergoing various tests, with the data being recorded in the computer system.
Finally, all the test items were completed, and a final test report was printed by the printer.
He Xingzhou was the first to get his hands on the test report, and as expected, all the indicators perfectly t the requirents for ultra-pure bearing steel; the steel from this slting belonged to the top class of special steels!
His expression was calm, as this was expected, but the crowd around him watched him nervously, waiting for him to announce the results.
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