Inspection Report: Non-conforming

Chapter 70 Inspection Report: Non-conforming

In the makeshift workshop, all sorts of parts were neatly arranged.

After carefully checking all the materials and parts, Wu Zu immediately began to make three kinds of smelting furnaces.

When the workers in the smelting workshop heard that Wu Zu was going to build the furnace himself, they were all so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths. They rushed into the workshop and offered to help.

With everyone's help, Wu Zu's work efficiency has greatly improved.

Wu Zu was in charge of directing and coordinating, and everyone followed his instructions to process each component of the furnace in an orderly manner.

After a full day of intensive work, the three furnaces were finally completed.

Looking at the three furnaces that resembled huge iron shells, everyone present was a little confused.

"This thing—is it really a furnace? It's completely different from the steel furnaces we usually see!"

"I heard this is called a vacuum induction furnace. It creates a vacuum environment inside and uses electric heating, not traditional carbon heating!"

"Is it really that amazing? Electric heating, could it be based on a similar principle to an electric heating rod?"

"According to Teacher Wu, that's roughly the principle, but electric heating induction heats up faster and the temperature control is more precise."

"That sounds impressive, but can they really forge a high-temperature alloy with just these?"

"I doubt it. I heard that the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Yenching University did similar research before, and it all ended in failure!"

The group discussed among themselves, since they had never encountered these things before and could only express their opinions based on guesswork.

After a day of rest, the day Wu Zu promised to deliver the goods arrived.

As dawn broke, people from various research institutes and arsenals had already gathered early.

Everyone was surprised to see the three strangely shaped furnaces in the workshop.

"What is this thing? It looks really weird!"

"I heard it's called a vacuum induction furnace; it doesn't use coal, it's heated by electricity!"

"Oh? That's quite novel. Can electric heating reach the temperatures required for melting high-temperature alloys?"

"Who knows? Nobody's ever seen this before. We'll just have to see how Wu Zu operates it!"

"That's interesting. I didn't expect this little guy to actually manage to get it working!"

"Yeah, putting everything else aside, just because of his enthusiasm, I'm not angry about what happened last time."

"Haha, you're not angry anymore? Then do you dare go back to your arsenal?"

"Damn it, why do you always bring up the things you don't want to talk about? If I dared to go back to the arsenal, would I be here this early? You wouldn't dare to go back either!"

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"I'm from the purchasing department. This trip is to buy high-temperature alloys. If I go back empty-handed, where will I put my face?"

Just as everyone was discussing amongst themselves, Wu Zu led a group of people from the smelting workshop into the workshop.

Upon seeing this, the people from various research institutes and arsenals voluntarily made way for them.

After entering the workshop, Wu Zu first conducted a detailed inspection of the three pieces of equipment, and then arranged for people to prepare the casting equipment.

With everything prepared, Wu Zu had all the cut high-temperature alloys thrown into the first vacuum induction furnace.

Witnessing this scene, everyone involuntarily held their breath.

Success or failure hinges on this moment, and everyone is extremely nervous.

As Wu Zu pressed the start button, the indicator light in the room dimmed for a moment, followed by a loud buzzing sound from the huge current. The temperature in the originally cool workshop suddenly rose, and a wave of heat hit them, causing everyone to instinctively step back.

Wu Zu was soaked in sweat, but he showed no intention of leaving. His eyes were fixed on the temperature readings from the thermocouple sensor, and he kept checking the time.

A few minutes later, Wu Zu suddenly shouted loudly to the operators, "Start the furnace!"

The operators immediately picked up their tools and turned on the induction furnace.

In an instant, a bright red molten alloy appeared before everyone's eyes, and they couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

"Wow, it really melted! That's amazing!"

"That's quite an ability. Just look at that high-temperature furnace; Teacher Wu is no ordinary person!"

"It seems we really underestimated Teacher Wu before; he's definitely got some skills!"

Amidst the gasps of the crowd, Wu Zu swiftly picked up the prepared additive powder, poured it into the solution, stirred it thoroughly, and then pushed the molten metal back into the furnace.

A few more minutes passed, and the first step was successfully completed.

Then, the second and third processes proceed in sequence.

The morning passed in the blink of an eye. After the third process was completed, the alloy solution was steadily poured into the mold.

Subsequently, after a series of operations such as forging and die casting, a brand new batch of high-temperature alloys was finally produced.

When Wu Zu came out of the workshop, he looked like he had just been pulled out of the water, completely soaked.

Liu Xuelan felt distressed and quickly handed her a bottle of ice water.

"Son, you've suffered so much!"

Before Wu Zu could reply, he picked up the ice water and drank it all in one gulp. Then he turned to the others and said, "Alright, you can take it for testing now!"

At this moment, everyone couldn't help but cast admiring glances at Wu Zu.

The fact that he, an eight-year-old child, could persevere for a whole morning in a smelting workshop with temperatures of fifty or sixty degrees Celsius is enough to earn everyone's respect.

Next, the group took out the cooled high-temperature alloy for testing.

Since there was no professional equipment on site, they had to use the old method: directly cutting the alloy and judging whether it was qualified by observing the color of the cut.

With a flash of dazzling sparks, a slit was cut into a piece of high-temperature alloy.

Everyone quickly picked up the alloy piece with the notch to examine it.

"Haha, the color transition is even, there are no flaws!"

"It's a sure thing, this high-temperature alloy definitely meets the standards!"

"Wow, the evenness of this color is even better than those qualified high-temperature alloys the US used to produce!"

"It has to be Teacher Wu, he's simply amazing!"

"My God, does this mean we won't need to buy high-temperature alloys from the US anymore?"

Faced with everyone's praise, Wu Zu quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't rush to praise me. I think to be on the safe side, you should take it to the provincial capital and have it tested with professional equipment!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, expressing their admiration for Wu Zu's rigorous attitude.

"Yes, yes, listen to Professor Wu, let's get it tested. If it's really fine, then we won't need to buy high-temperature alloys from the US and other countries anymore!"

"Yes, Teacher Wu has saved the country a lot of money again, that's amazing!"

"Teacher Wu is amazing!"

At the same moment, in a professional testing institution in the provincial capital, Lei Fu looked at the three words "unqualified" written on the test report and was so angry that he almost vomited blood on the spot.

"Damn it! They insisted I test it. I spent three days testing it, and it's definitely substandard. Liang Shaoyu, you can expect to rot in jail!"