"That Marx was obviously fearless. Their analysis was correct. Other companies would not meet our conditions." The car was driving on the rugged road and looking at the surrounding mountains, Qin Zhenhua introduced to the people in the car: "So, instead of wasting time, we might as well skip them directly and find a manufacturer that can really cooperate with us."
Last time, I ended up in the Mercedes-Benz heavy truck company, and no one accused Qin Zhenhua of being too intense, because, this is the case, even if Qin Zhenhua didn't say that, people would not agree. Their look of being able to take care of themselves made everyone feel angry.
After returning, we conducted a careful analysis. At Qin Zhenhua's suggestion, everyone changed their original purpose and went to Steyr Company.
On the way, Qin Zhenhua continued to introduce this unknown small company. After all, they made weapons.
"As early as 1864, Joseph Wernet officially founded Steyer Company and is famous for producing Raffle firearms. This is how Steyer target LOGO came about. After World War I, they officially launched the name Steyer Co., Ltd. The company's main business is still firearms and various weapons. In order to provide a stable chassis for weapons, they entered the field of vehicle production. Most of them were military vehicles. For example, the twin-cylinder Haflinger and 4 by 4 or 6 by 6 Pinzgauer, to Fiat Pandas and then to Mercedes-Puch G. Among them, their heavy truck is the Steyer 91 series. Since the production is not high, the production of this heavy truck is actually a bit useless for Steyer Company."
If they don’t produce, they don’t have a qualified military chassis, and after all, they still occupy a certain domestic market share. If they are abandoned directly, it would be a pity. If they are produced, the profit is really not very high and cannot be compared with those of Mercedes-Benz and Volvo.
"In other words, only such projects can open the door to us." Qin Zhenhua said: "The Austrians are still very enthusiastic. Last time we came, a small team visited Steyr's company and was warmly welcomed."
Our L7 105mm tank gun, the electric slag-replenishing steel and other technologies required on it, were actually obtained from Steyr.
At that time, at Qin Zhenhua's suggestion, a team of the Second Machinery Factory went there and later played a vital role in negotiations with the British.
However, Qin Zhenhua did not go last time. This time, at Qin Zhenhua's suggestion, everyone decided to go to Steyr Company to try their luck. At this time, many people in the car were worried.
Before leaving, everyone was full of interest and hope. A few imported Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks in China had very good performance, especially because they were upgraded to the NG80 series. Originally, Mercedes-Benz didn't want it, but in the end, there was no good result in this behavior of rushing to the other party.
I suffered a lot!
Originally, who could have liked Steyer? Many people in the car had never heard of Steyer's name.
"Look, that car outside is."
As he was introducing, a heavy truck drove over on the opposite road. Qin Zhenhua reached out and pointed it at everyone.
It was a white heavy truck with clear lines on the front of the truck, showing a convex and sharp corners, and an edged and angular cab, which was not round at all. The big STEYR letter below was very conspicuous, and there was a 91 number below.
The car drove past the bus and saw the cab inside from the side. You can see that the cab was not very wide, the sleeper behind was narrow, and the outline of the side of the car body was still a rough image with edges and angles, which made it look like a Soviet truck.
The roar of the engine sounded good, and it seemed that you could hear the whistle whistle.
"Well, it sounds powerful enough. It should be a turbocharged engine." Nie Yunkai said, praising him.
In this era, domestic engines are still all naturally aspirated engines. Only on tank diesel engines can turbocharger be used to improve power levels. To increase power on limited engines, turbocharger is a must. At the same time, this is also something that has just begun to become popular internationally.
Steyr heavy trucks actually use turbocharged, which shows that the heavy trucks produced by this manufacturer are still technically good.
If the Yellow River Factory can get this project, that would be great!
The heavy truck that was driven by was attracted everyone's attention. At this moment, it seemed to witness the fate of Steyr heavy truck and the Eastern power.
In the afternoon, the car drove into Steyer City, a completely heavy industrial city, and the entire city revolves around Steyer, a military giant.
In a corner of the city, Steyr Commercial Vehicle Company, Fitzmair, the head of Steyr Group, Marchach, and the mayor of Steyr City Gustav, all welcomed the arrival of the group at the company's gate.
After getting off the car, Mr. Yang was inexplicably excited when he listened to the introduction. Compared to Mercedes-Benz, look at how much Steyr's company valued the inspection team of his own line!
The principle of bullying customers has been around since ancient times.
Regardless of the fatigue of boats and trains, the group of people entered the heavy truck factory with great enthusiasm and inspected the production line.
Starting from the assembly plant, the initial frame production was completely different from that of Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks.
"Our vehicle frame uses common groove-shaped beams, which can not even be produced in heavy truck factories. In steelmaking plants, they are stamped into this shape and transported to heavy truck factories. They only need to cut off and become the corresponding length. They only have one cross-sectional shape, and the front and rear are riveted through cross-beams to form a truck chassis."
Looking at this simple heavy truck chassis, everyone pays attention to it. Heavy truck chassis is the foundation of a truck. What Mercedes-Benz is most proud of is the heavy truck chassis, which uses a variable-section beam, with reasonable design and complex manufacturing. Here, it solves the problem the simplest and most rough.
"But, if you do this, is the strength guaranteed? How to solve the strength of different models?"
The car is a series, different models require different strengths and heavy vehicles, is this large enough?
"For vehicle chassis with different load capacity, the method of additional secondary beams is used to solve the problem." Fitzmaier explained.
If the beam is not strong enough, add a layer of secondary beam directly into this beam. Steyr Company does not consider that complicated!