Frederick walked around the steam engine twice and found that it was better than he expected. The cylinder leakage problem that he was most worried about was currently within the acceptable range.
He suddenly remembered a question and turned to ask Schmidt who was following him: "How do you plan to clean up the scale in the boiler?"
Schmidt immediately replied: "Use acid extracted from acid slime. After it is diluted to a certain level, it will cause little corrosion to the metal and can still remove scale."
Then he pointed to a pipe under the boiler and said: "This is the drain port, which can discharge the cleaned scale."
"I have a suggestion: dismantle and inspect it every three months."
Frederick nodded with satisfaction and asked again: "Has the power test been passed?"
"It has been tested." Schmidt pointed to the mountain in the distance and said, "We did a test on the edge of a cliff. We used a hundred ordinary adult draft horses to do an experiment of pulling heavy objects for one minute and achieved results.
A thousand sets of data, and finally calculate the average number."
"Then we did the same experiment with a steam engine and finally got the data."
"At present, the steam engine has 20 times the horsepower under normal working conditions, and can reach 25 times the horsepower under the maximum working pressure."
Frederick said with great satisfaction: "Very good, well done. When advertising in the future, we will promote it according to the horsepower multiple."
At this time, the machines near the steam engine have been installed.
First, four vertical steel mills are installed on the elevated frame. The main components are cast from iron. There are two steel grinding discs inside. The distance between the fixed grinding disc and the rotating grinding disc can be adjusted through the screw.
Then under the shelf are four vibrating screens, whose screens are all made of steel wire.
Hot-drawing metal with molds is nothing new. It has been used for a long time when making gold and silver jewelry. After the magic reciprocator came out, it was naturally used to draw iron wire and steel wire.
The steam engine temporarily stops to supply air to the cylinder, and a belt is used to connect the flywheel and a long steel shaft on a special shelf horizontally on the ground. The steel mill and vibrating screen obtain power from the steel shaft through the belt.
When everything was ready, the steam engine started to start, and the machines it drove also started running.
Someone kept pouring the cleaned wheat into the inlet of the first steel mill. After a while, you can see the bran and broken wheat grains coming out of the outlet and entering the vibrating screen through a large transparent hose.
Sieve out the bran.
The sifted broken wheat is moved to the next steel mill by manpower to continue grinding.
After one set, the fine and clean legendary flour appeared in front of Frederick.
"This is the best flour in the world." Schmidt proudly said to Frederick, "It takes 100 kilograms of wheat to grind 70 kilograms."
Frederick nodded with great satisfaction. The king had never eaten such good flour. Like himself, he usually only ate fine flour with a flour yield of 80%. Only for major banquets would he use epic flour with a flour yield of 75%.
Most of the flours sold on the market are excellent flour with a flour extraction rate of 85%, ordinary flour with a flour extraction rate of 90%, and coarse flour with bran.
Schmidt's little thoughts could not be hidden from Frederick.
The water-powered mills in Wessonland all belong to Frederick and the vassal family. Now the release of this flour has pronounced the death of the water-powered mill.
Frederick asked someone to inform Afu to come tomorrow and prepare to open a large flour mill, and then divide the fruit with everyone.
He asked Schmidt again: "Where will this machine be tested next?"
Schmidt knew that his sales pitch had worked, and he happily replied: "We are going to send the bellows to the smelting plant to drive the boiler."
Frederick nodded, but using a steam engine to pull the bellows was a bit overkill, so he said: "Bring paper and pen."
In the past, the speed provided by the magic reciprocator was not enough, but now the speed of the steam engine is enough, and better air supply equipment can be used.
The centrifugal blower is not a problem for him. In his previous life, when he was a child, he used this briquette stove at home and dismantled it many times.
By the way, centrifugal water pumps can also be made. He has installed water pumps at a construction site in his previous life and is quite familiar with them.
The biggest difference between the two is that the blades inside are different, but he only remembers that the blades of the blower can be straight, while the blades of the water pump can be curved, as well as the size of the volute and the shaft seal, all of which require many people to do slowly.
Experimentation and research.
These two types of equipment are not complicated to make. It is no problem to use cast iron except for the bearings and main shaft.
As a result, his reputation at Weisenberg University became even higher.
Seeing Frederick's happy look, Schmidt said: "Principal, I still need to trouble you with something."
"What's the matter?" Frederick was thinking about feed next to a vibrating screen. "Are you embarrassed to say which girl you like, and you want me to arrange a chance for you to be a hero to save a beauty?"
Schmidt was surprised: "Is this possible?"
But he immediately got back to business: "It's like this. Buderus has a plan to build a factory and wants to seek investment."
Although Frederick didn't know who Buderus was, he still said: "Then let him bring it."
Schmidt waved to the crowd, and immediately a young man came over with a plan in hand and presented it.
Frederick looked through it and found out that it was producing a system that uses low-pressure boilers to provide steam to multiple high-pressure steaming cabinets to cook large amounts of food. It is suitable for use in kitchens and restaurants in densely populated areas such as schools, troops, ports, factories, etc.
Buderus winked at Schmidt, and Schmidt immediately said to Frederick: "Principal, I think Buderus's system is quite good, and our university cafeteria can use it."
Frederick did not react at all, and the expression on his face did not change.
Buderus was a little anxious and quickly winked at the crowd, and then BASF came over.
"Principal," BASF said with a smile, "this system in Buderus is quite good. If it is strengthened, it can replace the pressure cooker we use to produce slime glue. It is much more convenient to directly vent steam than to burn fire."
Frederick still did not respond, but calmly closed the plan and said lightly: "I understand."
Buderus's heart skipped a beat, thinking it was over.
With BASF, Schmidt and others getting rich ahead of others, and everyone knowing that the principal is rich recently, many people have submitted their plans to the principal to obtain a start-up loan.
But these plans were like mud thrown into the lake and disappeared without a trace.
Frederick grabbed a handful of legendary flour and became very playful for a moment. He released a small tornado in his hand to suck in the flour, then threw it into the air. When the flour dispersed into a ball of white smoke, he threw a small fireball over it.
, a ball of fire exploded instantly.
The people present were startled, and Frederick said to them: "I'm going back first."
All Might followed him into the carriage and asked after a few words: "Principal, why have you tightened your investment recently?"
Frederick turned his head and looked at the sparkling river outside the car window, and said calmly: "Money has value only when it flows like water, but there is something important about where the water flows, and it cannot become a pool of stagnant water and eventually dry up.
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"I said I wanted to open a bank. When the banker comes to me and agrees to work for me, I will let him review the plans and he will be responsible for the loan."
All Might breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."
Frederick asked him: "What, you also want to find investment?"
"That's right." Ogilvy said proudly, "The good thing you once said has come to fruition!"