novelraw Chapter 53 Oh! He believed it!
Chapter 53 Oh! He believed it!
9 a.m. on the third day.
The two groups of people arrived at the gate of the Red Star No. 2 Factory almost simultaneously.
Zhou Dakun arrived in a Volga and happened to run into Zhao Mingli, the head of the company's technical department, who was getting out of a jeep.
They were all big names in the steel industry, and they nodded knowingly to each other after meeting.
After nodding, the two looked at each other and saw the same purpose in each other's eyes.
When the guards pushed open the iron gate of Hongxing No. 2 Factory, Zhou Dakun and Zhao Mingli's eyes were immediately drawn to the material yard next to the main road of the factory area.
Unlike other slag yards where steel slag is randomly piled up, here the steel slag is stacked into neat squares.
The low rumble of machines could be heard from the extraction workshop in the distance.
At this moment, Lin Yu was debugging the newly arrived P204 extraction tank in Workshop No. 3.
Zhang Guoqiang strode into the workshop, lowering his voice.
"Comrade Lin, Zhou Dakun, the production director of Beigang Steel and the director of Hongxing No. 1 Plant, has arrived."
"They said it was to learn and exchange advanced experiences in the comprehensive utilization of steel slag."
"What should we do? Should we seal off the factory under the guise of secrecy to prevent Sergei and his group from entering before they arrive?"
Lin Yu shook his head and wiped the reagent stains off his hands.
If there is no audience to deceive, then the lie is meaningless.
Even if Lin Yu is all alone in the factory, no matter how much he researches and boasts, Sergei and his group will still have to go out and verify if they have any doubts.
They might ask around before they come.
But what if Lin Yu deceives everyone beforehand?
When Sergei goes out to verify the information, he will only find that it is a lie.
That's the real reason he concealed the manufacturing process.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have concealed such a beneficial technology as steel slag processing.
"It arrived faster than expected."
"Let's go see him."
"However... let's make it clear first that I'd be happy for us to address each other as comrades."
Lin Yu sized up Zhang Guoqiang.
"But don't give yourself away when you meet outsiders. Remember to call me Factory Manager."
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Zhang Guoqiang's face. He had gotten used to calling Lin Yu by his name these past two days, and if Lin Yu hadn't reminded him, he would have almost given himself away.
Lin Yu changed out of his lab coat and deliberately put on a work jacket with oil stains.
Stride outside.
On the main road of the factory area, Zhou Dakun was looking at the newly painted exterior walls of the factory buildings with his hands behind his back.
Zhao Mingli stared intently at the newly laid cement on the ground.
Lin Yu deliberately had workers who couldn't be scheduled for shifts make cement and putty from the extracted waste materials.
After the metal was extracted, he didn't waste the silica-calcium acid in the slag.
We've started selling them out gradually over the past two days.
The factory has already recovered 74 yuan in payments, and profits are still increasing.
The number of detection points required for the Detection Eye provided by the system is also accumulating, and has already reached 0.74. It is estimated that it can be officially used after accumulating 1.
Currently, the fleet of vehicles transporting steel slag and related products has increased threefold in size just to barely operate.
"Director Zhou, Section Chief Zhao, welcome, welcome!"
Lin Yu strode over, revealing the clear and simple smile unique to college students from his previous life.
Sure enough, in this era of fierce competition and struggle, that naive foolishness is the best disguise.
Zhou Dakun turned around and looked the excessively young factory director up and down, a hint of contempt flashing in his eyes.
Having good technical skills is one thing.
In this era, whether or not one can preserve their technological creations is another matter entirely.
"Director Lin is truly a promising young man! I heard you've recently come up with some amazing technology?"
Lin Yu waved his hand modestly.
"It's nothing special, it's just a small matter."
Zhao Mingli pushed up his glasses and got straight to the point.
"We heard that the No. 2 plant can extract titanium and vanadium from steel slag with amazing efficiency."
"The company leadership attaches great importance to this and sent me here to learn."
His words were polite, and Lin Yu smiled and echoed them.
Lin Yu's goal was to spread the new technology through their mouths.
"Of course, it's only right for sister units to learn from each other. We happen to be processing a new batch of steel slag this morning. Would you two like to come to the workshop and take a look?"
Zhou Dakun and Zhao Mingli exchanged a glance, both somewhat surprised.
They thought Lin Yu would make up all sorts of excuses to refuse, but they didn't expect him to be so quick to agree.
So the three of them went into Workshop No. 3 together.
This place has been transformed into an extraction workshop, where five magnetic separators stand side by side, emitting a low hum.
Workers are busy feeding the crushed steel slag into the feed inlet.
When Sun Qingnian saw the leader arrive, he quickly ran over.
"Director Lin, this batch of steel slag has a low iron content, but the titanium content seems to be quite high."
In recent days, because the slag from different co-existing mines has different metal contents, Lin Yu and the workers have discussed many solutions based on the output after the initial screening.
"Proceed according to Plan 3."
After giving his instructions, Lin Yu turned to explain to the two guests.
"Different mineral sources have different compositions, and our magnetic separators can adjust the frequency as needed."
Zhao Mingli immediately grasped the key point.
"Frequency? Don't magnetic separators typically operate at only one fixed frequency per startup?"
"That's impossible, Director Lin is probably just trying to fool me."
Indeed, this thing does operate at a fixed frequency.
Lin Yu also adjusted the magnetic properties of titanium vanadium by combining different chemical processes, which allowed it to be adsorbed by the magnetic separator.
But we can't say that right now.
Lin Yu walked over to a magnetic separator that was in operation and patted the machine casing.
That was something he had Zhang Guoqiang temporarily install last night. The control box has no functions at all; it's just for show.
"Ordinary magnetic separators do indeed operate at a fixed frequency."
Lin Yu spoke in a calm tone, as if he were stating something perfectly natural.
"But we improved the oscillation circuit. Does Director Zhao know the curves showing how the magnetic susceptibility of different metals changes with frequency?"
Zhao Mingli was taken aback, stunned by Lin Yu's sudden question.
Huh? What is a frequency change curve?
He has a background in metallurgy, so of course he knows the concept of magnetic susceptibility.
However, the claim that it changes with frequency...
Zhao Mingli glanced at the confident college student before him, then considered the fact that he hadn't touched any academic literature for many years, and cautiously asked:
"Isn't magnetic susceptibility an inherent property of materials? How can that change?"
Lin Yu nodded firmly. The adaptation wasn't random fabrication, and his lie wasn't a random lie either.
"Yes, in a static magnetic field, but the situation becomes more complicated in an alternating magnetic field."
"Ferromagnetic materials respond best at low frequencies, but paramagnetic materials, such as titanium oxides, require higher frequencies to be effectively magnetized."
Lin Yu spoke quickly, and it took Zhao Mingli a few moments to process what he was saying.
As Lin Yu spoke, he opened the outer casing of the control box, revealing the complex circuit boards inside.
It was actually just parts salvaged from a scrapped radio station, which Lin Yu had re-welded into a bizarre shape that no one would recognize.
Look here!
Lin Yu pointed to the row of adjustable resistors on the top.
"This is the frequency adjustment module. Through experiments, we have found the most sensitive frequency bands for various metal oxides. For example, the magnetic susceptibility of titanium dioxide increases by 3 times near 87.5 kHz."
Lin Yu made up this number on the spot, but he spoke of it with extreme certainty.
He's not afraid of anyone verifying it.
Ordinary electromagnetic fields simply cannot support such precise adjustments.
Lin Yu could speak with Chief Hou about the institutions that possessed high-precision instruments and ask them to keep them confidential for the time being, so that they wouldn't lend them out.
Zhou Dakun was completely confused, but Zhao Mingli's eyes lit up instantly.
He had a technical background, and although what Lin Yu said was unheard of, it seemed logically consistent.
This young man is indeed young.
Are these technical points simply stated directly?