Chapter 12: Remelting has not started, but the galvanic coupler starts first

The next day, after exercising, eating and washing up as usual, Gao Zhendong carefully tidied himself up, put on his backpack and went out to work.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time in Gao Zhendong's nearly 30 years of life that he had worked a proper job. The work and rest schedule in the army was completely different from that in factories and mines.

Gao Zhendong walked towards the factory with a sense of novelty.

The road was bustling with people getting up early to go to work. Although they were dressed simply, most of them were energetic and full of vigor.

After entering the factory, Gao Zhendong went directly to his department: the Technical Department.

The head of the technical department is also the factory's chief engineer, which is a low-level position with a high qualification. It not only reflects the factory's emphasis on technical work, but also indirectly shows the shortage of technical talents these days.

Below a section chief is a string of cadres, and the chief engineer taking on the position concurrently actually suppresses the promotion paths of a string of cadres. The reason why the chief engineer has to take on the position concurrently is generally because there is really no other way and they are unable to find someone competent for the position.

After all, the position of technical management cannot be filled with administrative management experience alone. Without technical skills, one will not be able to convince others and it will be difficult to coordinate and manage systematic technical work in the overall situation.

As a large factory with more than 10,000 employees, the technical system of the Third Rolling Mill is actually divided into several departments: the Technical Department, the Quality and Safety Department (quality and safety management), and the Maintenance Factory. The core department is the Technical Department. The Quality and Safety Department was established independently to prevent the company from being both a referee and a player. The Maintenance Factory is responsible for the specific maintenance and repair of all equipment in the factory.

The technical department has about 40 people, who are mainly responsible for core technical work such as production process improvement, product research and development, and production technology innovation in the factory. They are also responsible for equipment and material procurement and selection, cooperating with quality and safety management, supporting major equipment inspection and maintenance, and assisting the factory leadership team in formulating technology development plans.

科里一共有4大1小5间办公室，1间小的是总工兼科长的办公室，其余的人分在4间大办公室里。

There are also several warehouses, laboratories, and a data room for storing technical data. Although it is not large, most of the archived technical data has been transferred to the archive management of the administrative department, so it is still sufficient.

As soon as he arrived at the department, Gao Zhendong went to report to the section chief (chief engineer).

Gao Zhendong had inquired and found out that the chief engineer's surname was Chen, a third-level engineer, about fifty years old, with slightly gray hair, a thin man wearing glasses, and of medium height.

Gao Zhendong knocked on the door and entered Chief Engineer Chen's office. He stood straight with his legs together and said in a loud voice: "Report to Chief Engineer Chen! Gao Zhendong reports in."

Mr. Chen raised his head with a smile on his face, looked at Gao Zhendong carefully, and praised him: "I have heard that the new college student assigned to Wudaokou College is a veteran of leading troops and fighting in wars, and is both civil and military. Now I see that his reputation is well-deserved. Xiao Gao, sit down. Also, just call me Engineer Chen."

When Gao Zhendong heard this, he guessed that Mr. Chen was someone who identified more with his technical identity than his administrative identity: "Okay, Engineer Chen."

Gao Zhendong saw cigarettes on Engineer Chen’s desk and knew that he was a smoker. In fact, many technicians at that time smoked.

He took out his own cigarette, lit it for Engineer Chen, and sat down himself, but he didn't smoke. Engineer Chen chatted with Gao Zhendong for a while, and he liked him more and more. This new college student is indeed a person who has done specific work, studied in college, and made small inventions on his own. He has clear work ideas, a solid theoretical foundation, a good breadth of knowledge, and practical experience. If he is well guided, he will be able to get started quickly.

Seeing that the conversation was almost over, Engineer Chen asked, "How are you going to carry out your work next? Don't be shy, just tell me. If it were other college students, I wouldn't ask this, but I think you should have your own ideas."

Gao Zhendong sorted out his thoughts and said, "Engineer Chen, this is what I think. Let's study the documents first. I plan to study and digest the factory's rules and regulations, the technical requirements of the technical department, and the technical data of existing equipment and products."

"Yeah, that's right." Mr. Chen nodded, and a long piece of ash on the cigarette in his hand fell off as he nodded.

"In addition, I also plan to go to the workshop to take a closer look. I just graduated, and I have never been involved in production work in a steel rolling mill. I also lack practical experience. I am just a student. If I don't study on-site for a while to recharge myself, I will not feel at ease." Gao Zhendong blurted out all the words from his previous life.

"Charging? Haha, that's a good way of saying it, very interesting." Mr. Chen pondered the word.

After a pause, Engineer Chen said to Gao Zhendong, "Your idea and thoughts are good. I'll give you a week to get a rough idea of ​​what you said. You can learn the rest slowly at work, and then you can cooperate with me first."

This is what is meant by focusing on training. It is a fine tradition of old state-owned enterprises that the elders lead the new ones, and Mr. Chen leads them personally. The meaning is self-evident.

Gao Zhendong stood up and stood at attention: "Understood, thank you, I promise to complete this first task in the factory on time!!"

Gao Zhendong spent the next week in busy study. He read factory materials every morning, went to various major production workshops in the afternoon, and went home in the evening to continue studying some materials that he could take home.

The workers in the workshop were all very enthusiastic towards him, mainly because he was not arrogant, always smiled before speaking, and always greeted men with "Master" and women with "Big Sister". In addition, college students were quite rare at that time, and even if they were freshmen, their status was not low. When they saw him, they humbly asked for advice and did not pretend to know and give orders. The workers in the factory basically told him everything they knew and said everything they could.

This week I basically didn't pay much attention to what was happening in the yard. I just went to Shazhu's house occasionally for a meal and gave two fruit candies to the children in the yard. I also brought half a pound of corn flour and went to visit the deaf old lady at her house.

On Sunday morning, Gao Zhendong, who had been busy for a week, sat at the table, tapping his pen on the notebook, summarizing the gains of the week and the next step of work. Engineer Chen said that he would give him a week to familiarize himself with the situation, which should be a hidden meaning to see how he performed this week.

Based on what he saw and heard in the workshop this week, feedback from front-line production workers, the content of technical data, and his own current knowledge and abilities, Gao Zhendong found something that could be done now and produce results quickly.

After all, the research and development of electroslag remelting (ESR) is not a small project. Although the equipment requirements and principles are relatively simple, it is not something I can grasp now.

The main reason is that as a new technician, he does not have enough achievements to prove that his proposal to engage in ESR is reliable. In this era, ESR still seems to be a very high-end thing. If you don't call it black technology, it is at least high-tech. It is normal for Corey to have doubts when this is mentioned.

Therefore, he planned to start from another thing that is simpler but also has technical content. The current technical conditions and materials and equipment can meet the research and development needs. At the same time, it will also be very useful for steel rolling mills, upstream steel mills and a considerable number of factories.

——Thermocouple!!!
(End of this chapter)