A metal plate is riveted on each lathe, and its inscription shows all the information about the lathe.
Yang Mingzhi saw the term "Krasnodar" that was mentioned repeatedly just now. As expected, it was second-hand goods from that city.
Not only that, the nameplate is marked with its detailed manufacturer, that is, the factory signed "ceдnha".
Yang Mingzhi had no idea about the factory. In fact, his idea about Krasnodar, a city in southern Russia, was that it was an important industrial city that had been occupied by the German army, and that was all.
Although it is a second-hand product, the nameplate also indicates its processing accuracy, which is ±0.05 mm.
Nowadays, is there anything to complain about? This is the fact. It can only produce civilian products and ordnance at all? Isn’t this a joke?!
Yang Mingzhi kept his thoughts to himself. He repeatedly warned himself, this is 1942, not seventy or eighty years later!
In fact, in today's era, the whole world is upgrading production capacity. Naturally, there is a reason why the haze of war is getting closer and closer. The world's major industrial countries are strengthening the processing precision of their own manufacturing industries. The best among them is of course the United States, followed by
In countries such as the UK, France and Germany, the Czechs have also done a good job in this regard.
The situation in the Soviet Union is worse here. Its industrial development is slow. Although there are a large number of low-end lathes, high-end lathes are completely dependent on imports in the 1930s. Although they are imported, the so-called high-end lathes have gradually fallen behind the times.
The best lathes available to the Soviet Union today are all currently produced in the United States.
Scientific and technological strength needs to be accumulated gradually. Currently, the United States can achieve micron-level processing accuracy, and the processing accuracy in the United States will be even higher in the future.
Of course, Germany in this time and space also has such industrial capabilities. Germany will eventually lose this war and they will be reborn in the ruins. Although almost all of Germany's industrial equipment was destroyed by strategic bombing, key talents survived the war.
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Because the talent is still there, Germany's industrial capacity has recovered very quickly, and even in post-war development, Germany's finishing capabilities have slightly surpassed that of the United States.
Unfortunately, the Soviet Union's machining capabilities fell behind during the post-war period.
The Soviet Union's backwardness is mainly reflected in advanced lathes. Due to limitations in equipment capabilities, the Soviet Union cannot process particularly high-precision workpieces, but its low-precision processing capabilities are very strong. Of course, there are innate reasons for this. On the other hand, I am afraid there are also
Considerations of Soviet strategic thinking.
Maybe this is the national character. The Soviet Union and even the previous Tsarist Russia have always pursued pragmatism and placed great emphasis on results and not enough on the process.
The army needs to win, so if the price is acceptable, then fight. As for how much combat effectiveness the army still has after several such tragic victories, this is often not taken seriously, because commanders often cannot see that far ahead.
Therefore, in the field of industrial processing, there are certainly requirements for quality. As long as the quality is controlled to the point where the task can be completed, it is enough. For example, in the production of T34 tanks, it is a tool used to break through the defense line.
It can break down frequently on weekdays, and as long as it can be put into large-scale use in a battle to achieve the victory goal, its many shortcomings can be tolerated.
Should you consider the driver's comfort? Consider the convenience of operation? Of course you should consider it, but it is not a priority.
On the other hand, the Soviet Union's enemy, Germany, until 1942, ordnance factories in various places were still implementing peacetime production processes, so the tanks and guns produced did not cut corners. The result was that the soldiers were comfortable to use, but the output was not satisfactory.
Even though Guderian has been calling for "a monthly production of 800 tanks", the factories responsible for production still go their own way.
Yang Mingzhi asked Umov: "So, this Ceдnha factory produces the best lathes in the Soviet Union?"
"I don't know if it is the best. At least it can produce extremely large lathes. From what I have learned, the products of this factory are the benchmark in the whole Soviet Union."
Yang Mingzhi shrugged, not getting a truthful answer to his question.
Thinking about it, this Umov is not a professional, so there is really no point in asking him.
"Okay, so all the other lathes come from this factory?"
"Of course not!" Umov said one thing in particular: "Don't think that what I got for you are second-hand goods. All the punch machines here were produced this year, and you are a first-hand user."
Punch! This word suddenly pricked Yang Mingzhi's arm with a needle, making his whole body shake.
Yang Mingzhi stretched his head and took a look, and soon saw some big guys standing in the inner area of the large factory building. However, they were all punch machines, in other words, electric stamping machines.
Since Factory 834 mainly produces small arms and firearms, punching machines are still the key to production!
If you want the daily output to reach a gratifying figure with the current manpower alone, firearms must use stamping processing on a large scale. Not only that, compared to traditional cutting processing, stamping processing not only saves materials, but also has higher production efficiency.
is the most critical.
All five punch machines have exactly the same style, but as Umov said, they are all brand new, and the patent leather of all machines is still shiny. Yang Mingzhi looked at the name brands again and understood them.
They are all produced in the city of Vladimir.
Seeing Yang Mingzhi stretching his head and squatting down, Umov couldn't help but ask: "General Berekov, what do you think of these machines?"
"I'm most satisfied with this!" Yang Mingzhi patted his body and stood up straight. "They are indeed brand new, but I don't know how effective they are in use?"
"There is nothing wrong with them!" At this time, the factory director Andrenov, who was like a follower, corrected him, "Just three days ago, when they first arrived, the factory had organized professionals to conduct testing. You
Look at these workers, they have all been involved in processing."
"They..." Yang Mingzhi looked at the workers standing by the machine again. Just like old Ivanov just now, this was another group of older people. Different from Ivanov, their
The chin is very clean shaven, but the beard on the upper lip is very conspicuous. It seems that these people intend to imitate Stalin?!
In Factory 834, Yang Mingzhi inspected all lathes one after another.
Is he satisfied? Although there is a psychological gap with his prediction, he comforts himself that at least these equipment are much better than those steam antiques in the swamp. At least they are all electric, and the processing environment is not only spacious but also clean.
The most important processing accuracy for assault rifles is the barrel and rifling. The tolerance of all parts of the barrel and bolt reaches ±0.05 mm, which will of course have an impact on the performance of the entire gun, but it will not have a big impact.
That’s all.
Regardless of the processing, the biggest problem caused by such tolerances is air leakage at the barrel.
The air leakage problem is actually quite difficult to solve. What the factory can do is to try its best to control the air leakage phenomenon to a minimum. In fact, as far as actual combat is concerned, if the air leakage problem does not affect the operation, then it is not a big deal.
With such machining accuracy, the mechanical coordination between parts has little impact, and air leakage problems can certainly be tolerated. The accuracy of shooting basically depends on the product quality of the bullet factory and barrel production unit, which is beyond its control.
However, all of my products use the same barrel as the Mosin-Nagant. The only difference is that the length of the barrel is different. All Mosin-Nagant's forced accuracy is acceptable, so the experimental sample gun has an accuracy of
All are gratifying.
Yang Mingzhi also knew that just because they were similar guns, workers were always particularly careful during production.
If this is to be mass-produced, the overall quality will inevitably decline. I am afraid it is an irreversible contradiction. In any case, all of these are acceptable contradictions.
Factory 834 had such an arrangement. After Yang Mingzhi inquired carefully, he never expected that Umov had created the same production team for Factory 835.
However, the 835 factory across the road has the same number of lathes.
How could Yang Mingzhi have thought of this? He had already convinced himself to accept the current reality and his mood improved a lot. Now he is in a great mood.
After all, once work starts, he will not leave any lathe idle. A qualified factory director will definitely pursue maximizing production capacity. Today’s buyers of the factory are the military, which has a strong interest in new weapons and has a high level of production capacity.
Require.
Both factories have an arrangement of three main large factories.
The so-called general classification is: main processing workshop, secondary processing workshop and final assembly workshop.
For now, the factory has such a general layout. If Yang Mingzhi were to arrange it himself, it would probably be like this.
For example, it is divided into three workshops. The first workshop preprocesses all production materials, the second workshop is responsible for specific production, and the third workshop completes the final assembly, basically completing a set of assembly line production processes.
However, there are no real assembly line conveyor belts in the two factories, and there are only ten sets of this advanced equipment in the entire Novosibirsk type.
That's okay, Yang Mingzhi is also very familiar with traditional workshop-style processing. As long as he arranges his team properly, the processing efficiency will still be amazing.
Yang Mingzhi thought that his inspection of the lathe workshop could be over for now. He had a basic understanding of his machinery and operators.
It can be said that a group of old men who were born in Tsarist Russia at the end of the 19th century led a group of young people from the first generation after the founding of the Soviet Union to operate the most advanced lathes of the Soviet Union in the 1940s to produce ordnance that could usher in a new era of war.
A considerable number of these young operators are young girls.
Yang Mingzhi didn't think it was strange for a girl to operate a huge lathe that always smelled of engine oil. On the contrary, it was because operating a machine tool mainly involves operating various buttons, handles and turntables, which does not require too much effort from the operator.
Strength, these particularly require the operator's patience and observation.
When they were outdoors, Yang Mingzhi didn't think they were so beautiful at first glance. Now they stood in the warm large factory, each of them took off their thick towels and put on various types of cloth hats.
What is the use of these gray coarse cloth wool? It is of great use!
Yang Mingzhi noticed a gratifying detail, that is, the girls were wearing unattractive hats, and they all very carefully stuffed all their braids into the hats, and finally tied them with a drawstring.
For machine tool operators, excessively long hair is often fatal. This includes gloves, which are often fatal.
The crazy rotating bearings can wrap up braids and gloves. Once something goes wrong, the whole person may be dragged into the high-speed rotating machine. Machine tool operators from all over the world have written a basic safety operation guide at a bloody cost.
process, Yang Mingzhi believes that it is the requirement of the old workers for all girls to protect their hair.
After all, if there is an accident, the scalp may be ripped off at the least, or life may be lost at the worst.
You don't dare to risk your life in machining, not to mention that if something goes wrong, the entire machine tool will be almost scrapped.
As for the old guys with beards, I'm afraid they don't plan to do it themselves, but direct the younger workers to operate?
"Next, let's go to the assembly workshop." Yang Mingzhi looked at Andrenov, "I think there should be a young woman named Androvna under your command?"
"Yes!" Andrenov said without thinking. The next second he couldn't help asking: "You...how come you only know such a person?"
"Haha! How could I not know?! Comrade, I am going to appoint this woman as the production director of the assembly workshop!"
"Oh! Really?"
Seeing Andrenov's puzzled face, Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but wonder, "Comrade, it seems you think I shouldn't know her?"
"No! Maybe you have known each other before? In our factory, she is the only Andlovna, and she is only nineteen years old."
"Oh?! You also know that she is nineteen years old?" Hearing this, Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but narrowed his eyes.
Andlovna is indeed only nineteen years old. Even so, she is already married, but unfortunately her husband has been killed in battle. Maybe the factory director Andrenov has some other hidden reasons for paying so much attention to this girl?
Yang Mingzhi was too lazy to think about it. After all, in terms of age, Andrenov was probably older than her parents. After visual inspection, Yang Mingzhi felt that this old guy was a generation older than himself.
Andrenov explained, "I was appointed as the director of Factory 834. I carefully looked at the roster of workers. This is Andlovna. She is so special. She was originally a worker in Factory 830, and she was a professional.
She is assembling a submachine gun. Her resume shows that she is a worker with outstanding technical ability, young and promising, which is really good."
"Haha, she is indeed very good." Yang Mingzhi suddenly realized, "I personally selected her. Comrade Umov, it seems that you take this matter very seriously."
"You don't need to thank me, this is just a small matter. Just like the factory director said, that girl is indeed a talent." Umov patted Yang Mingzhi on the shoulder, "I will arrange for you to bring in all the people you mentioned.
Yes, there are still a few of them assigned to Factory 835."
"Thank you so much. In this way, I have put together a complete production line?!"
Umov shrugged: "At least when producing prototype guns, these people were basically working. Especially the Andlovna you selected, I have no problem with you assigning her important tasks. It's just that Factory 830 lost a general.
Nikolayevsky told me that you robbed his Guards."
"Haha!" Yang Mingzhi pinched his waist and laughed loudly to express his joy, "Since that is Nikolayevsky's Guards, she will be my Belekov's front army. Yes! In the firearms assembly
I still need her to cultivate a large group of talents in this field. Let’s go! I want to see her immediately, and I want to appoint her to important positions immediately!”