The structure of a steam engine is not complicated. Compared with internal combustion engines, electric motors and other power machinery, steam engines undoubtedly have the lowest technical and process requirements. Even many of its mechanical parts can be manufactured by hand. After all, in the Watt era,

When making steam engines, the first batch of steam engines were also made semi-manually.

But even so, Zhu Guoqiang still had to consider the technical level of Chongzhen's twelve years. In this era where there were no machine tools, no welding, and everything was done by hand, it was obviously unrealistic to create a steam engine out of thin air. Therefore, what he needed

Fully take into account the technological level of this world, otherwise everything is empty talk.

Although he could get many drawings from another world, if he did not solve the manufacturing problem, he would not be able to build a steam engine. The truth was never as simple as he imagined. After the machine tools were shipped, the workers who needed to run the machine tools needed to be taught how to use the machine tools.

For parts, they need to be taught to understand the drawings, otherwise everything is just a pile of waste paper.

And bringing machine tools also involves power issues...

Okay, the problem is a bit complicated, so let’s solve it as much as possible!

First of all, we must build the steam engine with the simplest structure!

"This question is very simple. Although it is not easy to find drawings of early steam engines in China, there are many geek websites abroad. On those websites, you can even find drawings of Watt's first steam engine. Of course, those

The drawings are all redrawn by modern people based on the models."

A person's wisdom is always limited, but fortunately we have netizens and enthusiastic netizens, especially when Zhu Guoqiang became a "mysterious rich second generation" and would constantly send red envelopes to netizens who responded to posts, he

That time travel post has long since become a hot post on the website.

No one will refuse the monetary reward, and no one will miss the excitement.

When one person's suggestion is adopted, objections soon arise. After all, in the world of the Internet, approval is always accompanied by opposition. This is fair. In the "Zhiyuan Cruise",

When several well-known geek websites were published, netizens immediately objected.

"The drawings are easy to solve. The key is the machine. Without the machine, would it be possible for you to ask the blacksmiths at that time to manually build the steam engine? Don't forget, Watt made the steam engine because of Wilkinson's horizontal chambering machine. Without it, there would be no steam engine.

cylinder."

"The correct answer is that the boring machine made an important contribution to Watt's steam engine. Without the steam engine, the first wave of the industrial revolution would not have been possible. A major difficulty in manufacturing new steam engines lies in the tight fit of the piston and the large cylinder.

This problem was solved by John Wilkinson. The horizontal chambering machine he developed when improving the manufacture of artillery can be used for precision boring processing and can be used in the manufacture of steam engine cylinders. This solved the problem of cylinder steam tightness.

.Without precision bore processing, there would be no steam engine!”

Since someone has raised this issue, someone will naturally come up with a solution. After all, everyone knows that the respondent to this post is a rich second generation who is very generous and often rewards hundreds of dollars.

"It's just a simple horizontal boring machine, nothing complicated. Don't overestimate the words "precision boring". To be precise, Wilkinson's horizontal boring machine is just more accurate than the old vertical boring machine.

, rather than "precision", it is just a drilling machine with a wood-iron structure for processing cannons. It is a hollow cylindrical boring bar with both ends mounted on bearings. The cannon body rotates around the drill bit, and the bore is

The horizontal bore replaces the vertical bore mode, which is more accurate than "precision"."

When answering this question, "Zhiyuan Cruise" even took the initiative to add a link. The link was the drawing structure of the Wilkinson horizontal chambering machine. After opening the link, Zhu Guoqiang just studied it for a while and figured it out.

Got the principle.

This principle... is so simple that Zhu Guoqiang believes that he doesn't even need a blueprint. He can build it just by holding this structural diagram.

But even though the explanation was very detailed, someone still replied.

"Power! What to do with power?"

"Hydraulic!"

"Before there were steam engines, all was powered by water. Long live the waterwheel!"

"Not just waterwheels, but also water turbines. Water turbines are highly efficient and are not affected by winter like waterwheels."

"Indeed, a properly designed water turbine could reach thousands of horsepower in the 19th century. Until around World War I, many factories in Europe still used water turbines to provide power for factories."

"Heaven axis transmission and earth axis transmission. With water turbines, you can even use modern belt machine tools to remove the transmission motor and use a transmission belt to connect the heaven axis and earth axis."

"Machine tools! The answerer doesn't have a time and space door. You can just bring a few machining centers there."

"Workers, workers are the key! Machine tools can be brought over, but what about the workers who operate the machine tools? Can craftsmen in the 17th century operate machine tools well?"

"I can, I'm an eighth-level lathe worker. I don't want wages. I just need to give me a house and give me Liu Rushi!"

"I'm also in the eighth level. I don't want Liu Rushi, just a bunch of pretty little maids..."

Yes, the building is crooked again.

However, even so, Zhu Guoqiang still got the answer he needed. Of course, not everyone would be wrong. While the answer was wrong, there were still people who continued to answer the questions seriously.

"Therefore, we need technical connection, first use Wilkinson type boring machines and simple wood-iron structure machine tools. If it is really necessary, we can add a few modern machine tools."

"For power, you can use a low-head small hydroelectric generator. Its structure is simple. Just replace the generator with a transmission shaft to provide power to the factory. If it is an ultra-low head, you can even use steel instead of building a dam.

Of course, if you want, you can even use a generator directly. Then use electricity! Of course, this involves a series of issues such as power voltage regulation, and it still requires several technicians.

of……"

"I sign up, I sign up, I am an employee of the State Grid, with ten years of experience in the industry, I don't ask for anything in return, I just ask the respondent to take me to the Ming Dynasty..."

"You don't want to repay, you are thinking about Qinhuai's Eight Beauties!"

"Actually, you don't need Ba Yan, as long as you have Yangzhou Shou Ma..."

"It's not necessarily a thin horse. In fact, pretty little maids are better. Think about a row of little maids in maid outfits standing in front of you and shouting "Hello, boss". Those days..."
Chapter completed!