106 can only run 800 laps

  A group of people from the Hanhua factory, carrying the processed main shaft, rushed to Xinyi County where the second provincial fertilizer plant was located, but they encountered a cold shower. Koizumi Jiro, a technician sent by Nihon Kikai Heavy Industries to be in charge of equipment installation, shook his head like a rattle drum and refused to install the Chinese-made main shaft on the ice machine.

  "Mr. Koizumi, what makes you refuse to install this main shaft? Bring out your reasons!" Xie Chunyuan was getting a bit exasperated, pulling at Koizumi Jiro and demanding that he explain himself clearly. This female director usually had a calm temperament, but the matter of the main shaft had stirred up her temper, and her words were starting to become sharp.

  Koizumi Jiro replied: "This is the equipment we provided, how can you use your own spindle? If there's a problem with the equipment in the future, who will be responsible?"

  Xie Chunyan said, "If it's because of our main axle that led to the accident, then we'll take responsibility. But if it has nothing to do with the main axle and is an accident from somewhere else, then naturally you'll be responsible for it. What's complicated about this?"

  Koizumi Jiro said: "One device is a whole, if one component is unqualified, it will affect the quality of the whole."

  Xie Chunyan said, "Mr. Koizumi, it's not that we don't want to use your main shafts, but you're asking for an exorbitant price and have no intention of cooperating. Now that we've processed the main shafts ourselves, you say they're unqualified, which is forcing us to accept your unreasonable prices. Our contract stipulates that the source of spare parts used for equipment maintenance is not limited to your company, and your refusal to use our produced main shafts is a breach of contract."

  Koizumi continued to shake his head, "That's right, our contract does have such a provision, but it is conditional, that is, the accessories used must meet the design requirements of our Nihon Heavy Industries. And your manufactured spindle obviously cannot meet this requirement."

  At the time of Xie Chunyan and Koizumi Jiro's debate, a group of people from Hanhua Factory were standing by watching. Upon hearing Koizumi Jiro's words, Fan Shibin couldn't help but step forward and say to Koizumi: "Mr. Koizumi, you said our axle doesn't meet the requirements, what evidence do you have? We transported the axle over after which you didn't even take a look, on what basis did you conclude it was unqualified?"

  Koizumi Jiro also felt a bit abrupt, being caught off guard, and he retorted: "Do I need to look? To process this shaft, a five-axis machining center is needed, and as far as I know, your country doesn't have such a machine. How could you possibly process it?"

  Upon hearing this, Lin Zhenhua burst out laughing and told the translator to say: "Tell him we were chiseled with a cleaver. Ask him to take a look himself and see whether China's cleavers are more powerful or their Nihon country's five-axis machining centers are more powerful."

  The translator could of course hear that this was a joke, but had no choice but to translate it. He hesitated for a moment before translating the words verbatim to Koizumi Kitaro.

  Koizumi Jiro was taken aback, the group of Chinese people in front of him gave him a very confident feeling, as if they had really mastered the five-axis machining technology and cutting out such an axis was easy for them. He darkened his face and came to the main shaft that Hanhua Factory had just moved, stretching out his hand to feel it, and the more he touched, the more frightened he became.

  As a technician, Koizumi Jiro was also skilled with his hands. As soon as he touched it, he knew that this axle was at least no worse than the Japanese-made one in terms of machining accuracy. He believed that since the Chinese had brought the axle over, they must have conducted strict quality inspections, and there would be no problem with the dimensional parameters.

  What surprised him the most was that the Chinese had actually processed those few irregular surfaces perfectly, he could feel it with his hands, this was absolutely not done by grinding with a grinder, but by cutting with a lathe and milling machine. But how could the Chinese possibly do such processing without having five-axis machining centers?

  "Mr. Koizumi, is there anything else you'd like to say?" Xie Chunyuan pressed on.

  "I need to check again," said Koizumi Jiro.

  Several Japanese workers came with Koizumi Jiro, all of whom were under his command. Koizumi Jiro instructed them to conduct a strict inspection on the main shaft processed by Hanhua Factory, and they would resolutely return it if any problem was found. As for this, the people in Hanhua Factory had already made mental preparations, and they had conducted several rounds of inspections during their work, so they didn't feel anxious about the Japanese re-inspection.

  Under the gaze of numerous Chinese people, Japanese workers conducted a thorough inspection of the main shaft and finally couldn't find any problems. A worker named Suzuki Nobuo walked to the side of Koizumi Jiro and whispered a few words in his ear, everyone saw that Koizumi's face turned several shades darker.

  "How is it, Mr. Koizumi? Have you finished your inspection?" Xie Chunyuan asked.

  Koizumi Jiro reluctantly nodded: "Alright, since you insist, I have no choice but to agree to your request."

  Xie Chunyan's face finally broke into a smile, and she nodded slightly to Koizumi Jiro and said: "Thank you, Mr. Koizumi. Now you can start the installation. If it's possible, we can arrange a trial run later to see if the axle we made is qualified."

  Koizumi Jiro's face was long, but there was no way out. He had to bring his men to start the installation. This time, among the complete set of equipment caused by the second fertilizer plant, 210,000 ice machines were two sets, one of which had been installed, and the remaining one only lacked this axis. As soon as the axis arrived, it could be installed and tested.

  When installing the main shaft in Japan, Zhu Tiejun gave a wink to Sun Changyuan who came with him. Sun Changyuan walked forward with a sharp gaze, staring at every move of the Japanese people, lest they intentionally sabotage during installation. It's not clear whether it was due to Sun Changyuan's supervision or the Japanese people's professionalism, but in any case, the installation process didn't encounter any problems. A few Japanese people tightened the last few nuts and declared that the equipment was installed and ready for use.

  "Alright, can we test it now?" Xie Chunyan asked.

  "Alright," replied Koizumi Jiro.

  The test drive has begun, and everyone is standing outside the safety zone, listening to the humming noise emitted by the two ice machines. This sound, for outsiders, is just an ear-piercing noise, but for these workers and technicians who have been engaged in compressor manufacturing, installation, and debugging for many years, it is no less than a beautiful symphony.

  "How about it, Director Fan? Can you tell if there's anything wrong with our axle?" Xie Chunyuan asked in a low voice.

  Fan Shibo shook his head: "So far, I haven't heard any problems. It seems that our axle is even quieter than theirs."

  "So, our axle is better than theirs?" Xie Chunyuan asked.

  Fan Shibin nodded: "That's right, after all, we are single-piece production, and in the end it was Master Sun Changyuan who took care of it. The precision is higher than that of Japanese-made axles."

  "Master Sun is really amazing!" Xie Chunyuan said to Sun Changyuan who was standing beside her.

  Sun Changyuan waved his hand and smiled: "Thank you, Director Zhang, for your praise. I'm just a worker who only knows this skill. In fact, if it weren't for Xiao Lin and Old Hu being able to use computers to calculate those numbers, relying solely on our physical strength, we wouldn't have been able to process this axle."

  Lin Zhenhua smiled and interjected, "I said it early on, the axle we cut out with a kitchen knife is better than what they made with their five-axis machine. As the saying goes, no matter how high your martial arts skills are, you're still afraid of a kitchen knife; no matter how well you dress, one slash and you'll fall."

  Xie Chunyan burst out laughing and said to Zhu Tiejun, "Your little Lin is really humorous. Director Zhu, you should be very proud of having such an excellent team under you?"

  Zhu Tiejun said: "This Xiao Lin, the good thing is that he's indeed likable. But this mouth of his, always complaining and talking nonsense, I don't know who he learned it from."

  Xie Chunyan said, "I'd like to have a subordinate like him. Listening to his complaints and jokes every day is quite entertaining. Laughing can make you look ten years younger, I want to be even younger."

  Everyone was chatting and laughing when the machine's humming sound suddenly came down, after a while, this ice machine using domestic main shaft completely stopped working.

  "What's going on?" Xie Chunjuan asked in surprise.

  "It's nothing, this is what Japanese people do when they turn off a machine," said Fan Shibin.

  At this time, Koizumi Jiro walked over with a serious face and said to Xie Chunyuan: "Ms. Xie, I am honored to inform you that the trial run of the ice machine on your self-produced main shaft at 800 revolutions has been successful."

  "Oh, that's great." Xie Chunyan said, "So, is the next step going to be a test drive of 1500 turns?"

  Koizumi Jiro shook his head: "No, I was just about to discuss with you, this ice machine, we won't do the 1500 rpm test run."

  "Why?"

  Koizumi said, "This is a good-faith suggestion. The main shaft produced by your country has met the requirements in terms of shape parameters, but its accuracy is still not comparable to that of our original factory-produced main shaft. Under low-speed conditions, it seems fine, but if you drive at high speed and use this inaccurate main shaft, it's easy to have an accident. So I think we only need to do a test run of 800 revolutions."

  "How can this be?" Xie Chunyuan was somewhat anxious, "These two devices were introduced at a maximum speed of 3000 revolutions, how could they only test up to 800 revolutions and then stop?"

  Koizumi said, "For the one using our original main shaft, we will continue to conduct high-speed testing. However, for this ice machine using your main shaft, I'm afraid I won't be able to do high-speed testing. My suggestion is that from now on, let's just use this ice machine at a maximum of 800 revolutions per minute."

  "Y...". Xie Chunyan's face turned pale with anger, "I cannot accept your proposal."

  "Alright, if Miss Xie insists on taking the high-speed test drive, please sign this form. If an accident occurs during the high-speed test drive, Nihon Heavy Industries will not be held responsible." Koizumi Jiro handed a disclaimer to Xie Chunyuan.

  After translating the sentence into Chinese, Xie Chunyan was stunned. She also began to be uncertain and involuntarily looked at Fan Shibin with inquiring eyes, waiting for him to speak up.

  Before Fan Shibin could say anything, Sun Changyuan suddenly stepped forward and took the exemption statement from Koizumi's hand, saying: "Will my signature do?"

  Koizumi Jiro was unclear about Sun Changyuan's identity, and he hesitated to ask: "Excuse me, sir, I don't know who you are. Do you have the qualifications to sign this?"

  Sun Changyuan said: "I'm just an ordinary worker, I don't have the right to sign. However, I have a life, and I'll bet my life on it, will you?"

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