Chapter 1,214 We demand full payment from customer Asan
how to explain?
There is no way to explain this at all!
How could a gantry crane produced in the UK have an Eastern operating system and be locked by the Eastern people?
"What if we go to the Orientals and ask for it to be unlocked?"
"How is it possible? Oriental people will not buy our account. You probably don't know that when Oriental people sold gas turbines to the French, the contract stated that they could not be installed on Damao's amphibious ship, but the French installed them. In the end
It can’t be started, so I have to add more money.”
"Really? How come I don't know about this kind of thing?"
Of course you don't know. This is the pain in the Frenchman's heart. How could the Frenchman say such a thing? I also accidentally knew it.
"By the way, has Ah San paid the balance? If he has, then we will just ignore it." Lambert subconsciously wanted to show off.
"No."
Ah San hasn't paid the balance yet, so she's in big trouble! Lambert's mind is spinning rapidly.
Even if the transaction goes smoothly, Ah San has a glorious tradition of not paying the balance. Now that the transaction has encountered problems, Ah San will not pay the balance! Lambert frowned: "In this case, then we will give Ah San
Three, simply modify it.”
"How to modify it?"
"Get rid of those complicated control systems and use mechanical control directly."
After all, the gantry crane is controlled by three sets of motors. What's so difficult about this? Let's remove all those electronic systems and replace them directly with operating handles! One set of handles, wouldn't this solve the problem?
"Well, this method works. We will send someone over immediately with the mechanical control device to modify it on site!"
Asan, Cochin Shipyard.
Alex raised his head and looked at the gantry crane that had been installed but could not be used, his face full of anger.
"The operating system of this gantry crane contains Dongfang's code. It is very likely that it is a gantry crane produced by Dongfang! Rosyth Shipyard once bought a gantry crane from Dongfang. I just sent someone to inquire and found out that the gantry crane has been dismantled. If
If I guess correctly, our gantry crane should be the one sold by Dongfang to Rosyth Shipyard!"
This makes people speechless. They don’t want to buy Eastern products, so they order from the UK. Unexpectedly, the British fooled them and actually gave them second-hand gantry cranes! Second-hand doesn’t matter, the key is that they are produced in the East. Too much, too much
Got it!
Sunil gritted his teeth: "We must let the British give us an explanation for this matter!"
"Report, people from Rosyth Shipyard are here!"
Lambert came in person. After all, he still had to pay the balance, so he had to make a trip in person.
"Mr. Lambert, what is going on? We need a reasonable explanation!" Sunil pointed at the gantry crane and said angrily.
"Everyone, this gantry crane is definitely produced by us. However, for the sake of convenience, we purchased the control system of the gantry crane from the East. Unexpectedly, we were tricked by the Orientals. Don't worry, we will modify the control system now. It will definitely work.
Let this gantry crane resume work."
"Did you really produce it yourself? How did I hear that the gantry crane in your shipyard was dismantled?"
"Yes, it was indeed dismantled. We took it apart and studied it, and then we can make it ourselves." Lambert said nonsense in a serious manner without blushing.
"In other words, this gantry crane is actually an Eastern technology?"
"You can't say that, if they can make it, so can we." Lambert said: "This thing has no technical content. It's just to see if there is such a demand."
"Okay." Sunil nodded: "Alex, follow the British to see the transformation of the gantry crane control system."
The British moved very quickly. While explaining here, the other side had already gone up to dismantle the control system. By the time Alex went up, he had already seen those ancient operating levers being installed.
Go up.
In the past, there were small operating levers, computer controls, and large LCD screens, which looked very modern. Now, it seems like we have gone back a century!
"Mr. Alex, you see, we have designed a brand-new control system specifically for you. This control system is simple and direct, and is most suitable for your use. Please rest assured that as long as it is replaced, this gantry crane will definitely return to normal.
"
The simplest is the best. This is returning to nature.
Alex didn't say anything else, just sighed.
Everything is new, the seats in the control room are all polished, all of this is the second-hand gantry crane, but what else can they say now? As long as it can be used, don't take it too seriously.
Alex watched as the men scrambled to connect the cables and then watched the control system come back on.
"Mr. Alex, it's ready for use now!"
Alex nodded. He was just about to order it to be used, but something came to his mind: "Wait until I get down and you can start testing again."
Cranes are special machines that have many restrictions on their use and are sometimes dangerous. For example, tower cranes have collapsed on construction sites. As for the person operating the tower crane, it is equivalent to falling from dozens of floors.
, the consequences can be imagined.
Alex feels that we should be careful at all times and put safety first.
"Okay." Lambert also thought of something: "I will go down with you."
The big guy stood in the open space below, far away from the gantry crane to ensure that even if it fell, it would not hit him. Alex then used the radio to notify the top.
"Mike, pay attention, get into working mode and lift sand and soil out of the dock!"
All the sand and soil in the shipyard need to be dug out. This is the first step. In fact, a 10,000-ton gantry crane is not needed, but with this gantry crane, of course it must be tried out first to see if it can operate.
After shouting, everyone waited, waiting for the gantry crane to move, but... the gantry crane never moved!
"Mike, what's going on?"
"Report, all operating levers are inoperable."
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"We suspect that there are also chips in the drive motor!"
Is there anything else in the drive motor?
There is no need for a chip in an ordinary electric motor. It can be rotated by directly applying electricity. What kind of chip is needed? However, advanced electric machinery must have a chip to control it.
Even if it is an electric bicycle, there is a chip in the speed control mechanism. Although Zhenhua Heavy Industries is expert in making cranes, the motors are all taken directly from Mingzhou Group. Golden Sun Motor Company has accumulated experience in brushless DC motors.
The most abundant, so all the DC motors used in cranes are DC motors.
The AC motor has a simple structure, but its rotational speed is fixed, determined by the frequency of the input AC power, while the rotational speed of the DC motor is continuously adjustable, which is very useful for devices such as cranes that need to be raised and lowered at any time. Therefore, whether it is a supporting manufacturer or
Depending on the technical requirements, DC motors are the best solution.
There are also flaws. The AC power provided at the dock must be AC, which needs to be converted. Moreover, it also needs to meet the needs of continuous adjustment during conversion. Therefore, the motor also needs chips to control, and these chips are now out of action!
It is too easy to simply modify the operating system to restore the 10,000-ton gantry crane to work!
Alex's face turned dark, and Lambert's face also turned ugly. What should we do next?
"Mike, disassemble the motor, remove the controller in the motor, and replace it with a simple rectifier device."
It is difficult to convert DC to AC and requires special circuits, but it is easy to convert AC to DC and can be solved by a few diodes. Now that the matter is over, there is no other way, so continue to dismantle it!
The microphone above was stunned. The motor is where the soul lies. If this thing is dismantled, it may cause other problems.
But...whatever, just tear it down, it's Lambert's order anyway.
One day later.
"Mike, restart!"
This time, the gantry crane finally started to move slowly.
It can move forward, backward, horizontally, up and down, and in three directions. The gantry crane is finally back to work!
"Okay, Mr. Alex, we have solved all the problems for you, and this gantry crane is ready for use! Now, I hope you can pay us the final payment as soon as possible."
Alex nodded: "Of course. We, Asan, are the ones who abide by the provisions of the agreement the most. Since we have signed the agreement, we will definitely do it. However... this gantry crane needs to be tried by us for a period of time."
"What? You still want to try it out? Don't forget, you are also jointly developing electromagnetic ejection with us!"
Lambert couldn't help it anymore and threw out the king bomb.
Asan looked all over the world and finally chose the UK to work with the British on this important aircraft carrier equipment. The down payment has been given, but the technology has not been obtained. If they don't pay the balance of the gantry crane, then
The British can also tear up the contract and not give them technology.
"Of course I know, but what we are talking about now is the gantry crane, not the electromagnetic catapult." Alex's meaning is very clear, one code is one code, don't mess around.
"Now, let's try it out first and lift up the truck full of sand and soil below."
Asan's truck is quite capable of loading. Even though it's just an eight-wheel truck, it can carry more than a hundred tons. If you rely on your own power to climb up slowly and leisurely, it will be very difficult. Now that the gantry crane is ready, you can use the gantry crane
It is also very easy to lift the rear eight wheels.
With a 10,000-ton gantry crane and a 100-ton rear eight-wheeler, no one thinks there will be any problems.
Alex also thinks it should be no big problem.
"Okay. Mike, operate the gantry crane for the first operation. Pay attention, be careful!"
They use primitive mechanical controls, and all operations depend on the skill of the operator, who must have quick eyesight and quick hands.
"clear."
Soon, the hook slowly went down and caught the steel cables hanging at the four corners of the car. When the hook went down, you could feel how huge this thing was. Such a hook was almost as big as the eight behind them.
As wide as a wheel!
To lift 10,000 tons, the hook must be strong.
"Sheng, pay attention, must be slow!"
The operator operates the corresponding operating lever, and the wire rope is slowly tightened under the pull of the motor, and the hook slowly rises. Everything seems so normal. However, when the wire rope is tightened, the hook begins to struggle and the motor
I also started to feel tired.
"Add some motivation!"
The operator slowly pushed the operating lever, and the motor suddenly started to rotate crazily. The wire rope tightened rapidly. It was visible to the naked eye that the rear eight wheels were flying upward!
"Oh, damn, I didn't ask you to open it so hard!" Mike cursed.
This is like using the catapult on an aircraft carrier to eject a thirty-ton carrier-based aircraft to eject a model car. The model car will be accelerated to a terrifying speed in a short period of time because the thrust is too great.
The gantry crane can lift a 12,000-ton gantry crane, and the motor power is naturally very powerful. Now if you want to lift a 100-ton truck, it is simply killing a chicken with a knife. If the motor increases the power slightly, the rear eight wheels will start to fly upward.
Therefore, the operator quickly reduced the power, but the rear eight wheels continued to jump upward due to inertia, so the wire rope hanging on the rear eight wheels suddenly slackened slightly, and one of the hooks opened!
Three corners of the rear eight wheels were still hanging, and one corner was loose. It could no longer maintain balance and immediately flipped over, with the sand and soil in the rear bucket falling downwards!
There were exclamations from below.
Someone was running, someone was shouting, and you could see it more clearly from a distance. After more than half of the sand and soil in the rear eight wheels were poured out, the rear eight wheels of the car suddenly turned completely upside down, then detached from the hook and fell from the air.
Come down!
It's over! An idea came to Alex's mind.
Soon, the news spread all over the world.
"Hello everyone in front of the TV! Today we have just received the latest news. An accident occurred during the construction of the new dock at the Asan Cochin Shipyard. A dump truck fell from the sky. A total of three people were killed in the accident.
Deaths, sixteen people injured, five of them seriously..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! How did the garbage truck fall from the sky? Of course it was because it was lifted up and then fell down! What was it lifted up by? A gantry crane, a 10,000-ton crane
!
This gantry crane should be a piece of cake to lift a slag truck, right?
Don’t you understand this? Come on, let me tell you what is actually going on...
Dongfang Qin Tao also saw the news, with a smile on his face: "They are quite capable. They actually changed our advanced gantry crane to purely manual control. It's hard for them. How can a human's reaction speed be as good as that of a computer?"
."
"That's right, a thousand-ton gantry crane needs various sensors to monitor various data and make various preparations at any time. This gantry crane has long entered the high-tech era, and Ah San suddenly changed it back to manual control.
It’s not easy.”
"Next, Ah San will be very angry, and the consequences will be serious."
"What consequences?"
"I guess they should put the shit basin on our heads and hold us responsible, or even ask for compensation."
"Mr. Qin, you are absolutely right. An Asan team has already gone to Zhenhua Heavy Industries."
ZPMC, reception room.
"The gantry crane produced by you Dongfang caused a serious safety accident in our Cochin Shipyard. You must take full responsibility for this!" Alex personally led the team and started shouting immediately after arriving here.
"Excuse me, when did you purchase our gantry crane?" The senior management of Zhenhua Heavy Industry ignored these guys at all and just sent a small receptionist over. At this time, the receptionist's face was full of seriousness: "Can you
Give us the contract?"
"Here's the contract." Alex motioned to his subordinates to hand over the contract.
The receptionist opened it carefully, only glanced at it for the first time, and then shook his head: "I'm sorry, everyone, Party A and Party B don't have us. You didn't sign this contract with us."
"It was signed with Rosyth Shipyard. We bought the gantry crane from Rosyth Shipyard, and that gantry crane was produced by you, so you have to be responsible for this!"
Of course Alex also knew that this matter had nothing to do with Dongfang, but this accident had proved that without Dongfang's operating system, the gantry crane would be a waste! Precision sensors and precise program control are required to ensure safety.
, it’s impossible to rely on people.
Rosyth Shipyard is only responsible for installing the electronic equipment on the gantry crane, but if you want to use it, you have to come to Dongfang, so they came here shamelessly.
"I'm sorry, the gantry crane you bought from Rosyth Shipyard needs to be claimed by Rosyth Shipyard. It has nothing to do with us." The receptionist continued: "It's like I bought one a few days ago.
When I bought a second-hand car and found that it broke down and couldn't start, I had to go to the dealer who sold me the second-hand car instead of the manufacturer, because my contract was not signed with the manufacturer."
"We don't care. In short, you produced this gantry crane, so you have to be responsible..." Before Alex could finish his words, he saw the receptionist standing up: "You are not our customers, so don't be here.
It's no use, please go back."
Does this drive people away?
"You must be responsible. If you don't care, then we will go to the whole world to publicize your despicable behavior, your gantry crane..."
"Security, please send these guests away!"
Looking at the security guard appearing at the door, Alex gritted his teeth and sat back: "Okay, let's continue, how much will it cost if we ask you to help restore the system?"
"I have never encountered this kind of thing. After all, the gantry cranes we export have signed agreements with our customers and are prohibited from being transferred to third parties. Any consequences of the transfer have nothing to do with us. However, for the sake of you
For the sake of coming all the way, I’m going to ask you guys.”
In front of these people, the receptionist started making phone calls, and after a few minutes, he got an accurate answer.
"Everyone, if you want to restore the system, it will cost you $60 million."
"Sixty million? Are you kidding? You Orientals can only sell a gantry crane for US$60 million!"
"That was the price a few years ago. Now, the same gantry crane costs 120 million US dollars, and the restoration cost is only half. It is a very cost-effective price."
"Humph, you are robbing people, and we will not agree with it! We are going to sue you at the International Court of Justice and ask the International Court of Justice to freeze your international accounts!"
"Security, see the guests off!"
Alex looked at the security guard who had not left, and gritted his teeth: "Okay, then we will pay the deposit first, and give you ten million US dollars first, and you will help us unlock it, and then we will pay it off slowly."
"I'm sorry, our company has regulations. For customers who come to Asan, we require full payment."