Chapter 133 Prepare to Declare in Advance
After staying in the factory director's office for an hour, Luo Cheng went out.
There are several factories that make cube cars, but Luo Cheng really doesn't like the products from some factories. Even if he wants them, he has to go to the back. Just like pastry factories, it is true that pastries are very scarce in this era, and everyone can only buy some pastries during the New Year, but these are not urgent needs. Now everyone is still at the stage of trying to eat enough, and has not yet reached the stage of pursuing good food.
Arriving at the workshop, Luo Cheng saw that the chassis was almost finished, and several of them had been painted and were waiting to dry. This is not possible. How can we make the master welder stop? Then what was the point of dividing labor on the assembly line before? It was just to rush for time.
Anyway, Luo Cheng just made a request, and he didn't take any action himself. It doesn't matter if the paint is not completely dry. Wear gloves and put the chassis on the chassis first, then weld and fix it. The next thing is that the repairman will be busy. Various car parts have to be installed. If there is no steering wheel, Luo Cheng can make it drive tomorrow. The shock absorbers and body do not affect your driving ability. Have you ever seen a super 360-degree convertible?
The master welders didn't know that Luo Cheng was trying to squeeze their time, they just felt that the process needed to be like this. Moreover, the five masters who came here worked very hard. This was definitely not because of the good reception in the auto repair shop cafeteria. The chicken and potatoes stew was delicious, but they really just wanted to work today.
Manual welding of cars, how many damn welders can do this? I won’t be able to do that in the future. At first they looked at the chassis with the wheels installed, and they were very successful. Now that the chassis is also installed, even if there are no internal equipment installed, it has the outline of a car.
Even though the person directing them to work is young, he is a seventh-level engineer who can build cars. So just do whatever you want.
The interior installation of this cube car cannot be performed today. The main step is to paint it. If you don't paint it now, you won't be able to paint it after it is installed. So for the other idle workers, Luo Cheng simply asked them to take the remaining materials and iron plates outside the workshop and paint them first. The master welders will come back tomorrow to weld. After the welding is completed, they can just touch up the paint on the welding points.
Jiang organized the others to come back from the machinery factory not long after, and the order for the booster pump had already been placed. They were only responsible for the parts and not the assembly. They could organize people to get ten sets out within two days. As for the shock absorber, this thing is really simple. I have already made a sample and returned it, but there is no spring installed on the outside.
In addition, the 25 cm diameter steering wheel circle that Luo Cheng wanted was also brought. Compared with the current car steering wheel, this size is like a toy.
Luo Cheng took the shock absorber, looked at it briefly, and after a few pulls, he knew there was no problem. In addition to the external device, this thing requires a high degree of sealing. After adding hydraulic oil, it only needs to prevent oil leakage.
A more vivid example of the internal principle is the needle used to inject people in a hospital. If the needle installation part is blocked, it will be difficult to push the needle tube down even if there is air in it. If it is filled with liquid, the needle tube will not be pushed out unless it is squeezed out of shape. This is the liquid's pressure resistance, but the shock absorber is not to make it unable to press down. After all, it mainly serves to relieve the force. How can you unload the force that you are holding on to? Instead, a few small holes are opened. When impacted by external force, the liquid inside can only flow out through the small holes. If you press lightly, it will flow slowly and the boost will not be large. However, if you apply a lot of air pressure, other holes will flow out. With such a large force, even if it is pressed into a jet, it will not accelerate much, so the greater the impact, the greater the boost of the shock absorber.
"Team Leader Jiang, just follow these specifications. How long will it take to produce forty pieces?"
"If it's urgent, call them now and have them produce it. One day is enough."
"It's not urgent. It's just like the power pump. It takes two days to produce and ask them to deliver it early on the third day. And the size of the steering wheel will be made according to the circle standard."
In three days, Luo Cheng felt that his cube car could be organized and completed in just three days.
Luo Cheng asked Team Leader Jiang and others to do their own business first. He had to go to Factory Director Zhang. The cube car had to pass road inspection before it could be officially put into production. This requires a declaration time, and the test will be done based on the purpose of the vehicle you declare. The more common one is the washboard road, which keeps you shaking. Don't shake it for a few times before it falls apart or parts fall off.
There are also sandy dirt roads, undulating mountain roads, and normal roads, but they are basically used to test the speed performance of the car. When applying, you can also say that the car has poor performance and cannot be driven on some roads. In that case, the testing standards will be different. However, low testing standards mean that the use is reduced, and local units and troops may not consider it when purchasing.
If the performance is low, even if you are allowed to produce, the scale may be restricted, because formal production will require you to set up a new department, and the state will pay for it. Moreover, if there are few planned orders, the level of your factory and the number of employees will be limited.
But Luo Cheng doesn't need to worry about this. What he is doing is purely assembly, but the body style is different. The frame of the box car is heavier, and it uses a car engine, so the power will be stronger.
On washboard roads, you are afraid of shaking. On undulating roads, you are afraid of driving down from a height of tens of centimeters. Not to mention that the bearings themselves are custom-made by the car factory. The shock absorbers are here. If you drive more than one meter high, as long as it is not hit or broken, this box car will be considered unqualified.
Before the car is produced, the data will be written directly according to the car, only higher but not lower. And the smaller the chassis, the more solid it is.
"Team Leader Luo, are you reporting for road inspection so soon?"
"Yes, didn't you say that a motorcycle declaration in Hongcheng has to wait many days for road inspection? I calculated that if there are no problems, the car can be assembled in basically three days. Even if you relax a little , that is, four days. How long will it take to declare and wait at that time?"
Director Zhang pondered. In fact, he didn't understand the situation of road inspection. He also heard about the motorcycle road inspection in Hongcheng.
Except for Amado City and the Capital City, there are formal automobile factories. Other cities do not even have automobile factories. If you do not apply for road inspection in advance, the traffic management bureau may not know where to take you for inspection.
It is said that for the road inspection of motorcycles in Hongcheng, a temporary venue was found and some artificial obstacles were put in place before the inspection was carried out. However, the requirements for the roads that were hastily selected were not particularly strict. During the first inspection of 21 motorcycles, only 6 were in relatively good condition.
However, the cars Luo Cheng makes are different. The motorcycle factory is built from scratch, and many accessories are produced using its own model. What Luo Cheng was doing was assembly. After thinking about it for a long time, Director Zhang decided that it would be better to declare it as early as possible without further delay.
But I didn’t know what materials were required to apply, and I had never done this before, so I just followed Luo Cheng’s instructions. I asked Luo Cheng to write down the car's performance data. Just go there early tomorrow morning.
It's past four o'clock now, and the DMV is near the bus station. It takes half an hour to drive there. People may have to get off work if you go there.
Luo Cheng and Factory Director Zhang just want to pass the road test as soon as possible, and then they can be officially produced and sold. The popular and spicy drink is just around the corner. And they have no idea what road testing means these days. The motorcycle factory in Hongcheng is now very famous. It can be said that it has been mentioned in major newspapers. At least in the field of motorcycles, it has been recorded in history.
Luocheng's cube car may not be that exaggerated. After all, it is not a breakthrough. There are already several domestic car manufacturers. And the car he built doesn't look that fancy, but as soon as he declares it, it means he has officially entered a new journey.
Luo Cheng didn't leave work early this time. There was a transferred welder master here, so he had to follow his instructions even if he took a break after get off work. However, the bottom frame and chassis can be installed today, so he can only wait a little longer.
It was almost five o'clock when everything was done. Luo Cheng asked the master welder to call it a day and come back tomorrow, and told them that it would only take two more days.
At this point, the workers just packed up and got off work. Luo Cheng rode away on a three-wheeler. Damn it, Team Leader Jiang and the others had already left. Director Zhang’s car had already left. The bicycle is still locked in the corridor. He must be looking for a reason to leave work early.
I~~Luo Cheng~ actually got off work later than them.
Well, once the car manufacturing thing is declared, local units will basically know about it in less than a day. If you think about the benefits of privately replacing a car every time one is produced, you can only take it for granted.
If you don’t want to write about politics, the book will be easy to harmonize. But the reality is that when you actually build a car, this is the era of planned economy, and the higher authorities will take the initiative to tell you how much you plan to produce. If you want to make extra, you can only do it before completing the planned production.
But if the car is not completed, everyone will say that the progress is too slow.