Chapter 446: Expansion of high-end steel production, doubled!

After being dizzy for a long time, Fang Manchang recovered from the stagnation of thinking, but he was still a little unsteady on his feet, so he had to sit back on his chair unsteadily and took several sips of herbal tea.

He is feeling excited now. After all, after so many years of hard work, he has finally taken down the M50NiL bearing steel that has been difficult to conquer for a long time, although this matter does not seem to have much to do with him.

Fortunately, I followed Guo Zhanwen's advice in the capital. The 750 million spent was worth it.

I am afraid that if I had not reached this deal on the first thought, I am afraid that I would have been overwhelmed by Northeast Special Steel forever in the future.

Ashamedly, people often quoted a half-sale, half-free price of 750 million, and I actually thought the other party was asking for a bribe.

There is also regret. I once had a very good opportunity to hug my thighs, but I didn’t cherish it. Now that I lost it, I regret it...

To sum it up, it is very complicated.

A true mix of flavors.

"Um...Wu Hao, have you started doing the fatigue life tests on these five new samples?"

Fang Manchang put the enamel water cup back in its place, tried to pretend that everything was under control, and asked Wu Hao next to him.

Fortunately, the latter was still immersed in the gratitude of the other party's chief craftsman at this time, and did not notice the other party's abnormality just now:

"Not yet. The basic performance test results are really good, so I brought it to you after it came out. And didn't you just say you weren't in a hurry? We'll start tomorrow morning..."

"Hurry! It's urgent!"

Fang Manchang stood up and fastened the buttons on his work clothes again:

"Come on, I'll go with you, let's start doing it overnight!"

After speaking, he picked up the experimental data on the table and prepared to leave.

After arriving at the door, he suddenly turned back and looked at his colleagues who were still stunned at the original position:

"Quick, why are you standing there in a daze? Come with you!"

The moon was dark and the wind was high. The three of them rushed to the test workshop not far away with the help of the faint light from the street lamp...

The time required for fatigue life experiments is very long. Even if it is an equivalent accelerated test, it will take at least more than a week to simulate a working life of thousands of hours in actual conditions. If it is repeated in multiple groups, it will take even more time. Increased exponentially.

Although there is no need to do anything during the whole process, as long as you wait for the results to come out, according to the regulations, someone still has to watch.

Therefore, although it was already late at night when the three people walked into the test workshop, there were still many testers working.

In other words...fishing.

Seeing Fang Manchang walking in with huge strides, he quickly stopped the game on the computer screen and minimized it.

"Mr. Fang..."

But before he could say his welcome words, Fang Manchang gave an unequivocal order:

"Stop all ongoing fatigue life tests immediately!"

"Stop...stop?"

Several operators looked here almost at the same time, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

If the fatigue life test is interrupted, all previous tests will be in vain.

"Yes, stop it, and then check and maintain the equipment. I will send a batch of new samples over later. Everyone and the equipment will go to test the new samples. I will sign!"

Fang Manchang had no patience to wait for the repeated test results at this time, but according to the test standards, the confidence must be guaranteed, so he directly decided to conduct multiple sets of experiments simultaneously.

As for the samples currently being tested...

It doesn't matter anymore. Compared with the batch of materials Wu Hao just made, they are all waste products anyway.

Those who can work in this test workshop are all old employees of the company who have at least a few years of work experience. Although they are good at fishing and paddling, when it comes to doing work, they are still nimble in their movements.

The initial little commotion quickly subsided, and a group of people began to prepare for a new round of testing in an orderly manner.

Fang Manchang looked at the test workshop in front of him with almost bright eyes, and his mind had even begun to think about the next move.

Although China's steel output ranked first in the world in 1996, the statistics were for crude steel.

When it comes to high-end steel, the output is very low.

Especially for bearing steel/gear steel such as M50NiL, the complex post-processing process greatly limits production efficiency. In addition, in the past, China could only produce relatively low-end special steel, and the market feedback was average, so everyone would deliberately reduce production capacity in the past.

Now, however, the situation has changed.

Therefore, in a short period of time, whether it is our own Xingcheng Special Steel or our friend Dongbei Special Steel, the most important task must be——

Expansion of production.

Thinking of this, Fang Manchang looked back at his colleague Xu Chengcheng who was following him.

"Lao Xu, please hurry up and prepare a report for the general manager's office in the next few days. If the test results are ok, you will hand it in as soon as possible. It is recommended that the group prepare funds, and of course apply for and public relations from above. , and strive to expand the production capacity of special steel to ten times the current level by this time next year!”

"How much... how much?"

Xu Chengcheng looked like he had seen a ghost.

"Ten times, or at least ten times!"

Fang Manchang said confidently:

"If our steel is successfully put into production, domestic bearing companies will definitely rush for it, and may even be exported to other countries. Ten times the production capacity is at least!"

He has inevitably begun to look forward to the wonderful scene of domestically produced special steel punching Chun Nakajima and kicking Krupp.

However, from the perspective of Xu Chengcheng, who does not know the entire situation, making such crazy suggestions is no different from writing a resignation letter directly:

"No, Lao Fang, I know that the performance of this steel should be very good, but we should also do it step by step, right?"

Xu Chengcheng, who was not far behind him, wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt that this plan was a bit too radical:

"If you think about it, for the special steel our group produced in the past, we had to ask our grandparents to buy some. Now, suddenly, a brand new grade of steel is introduced, which is said to be better than M50 NiL. It will take some time for the market to accept it. .”

"What's more, for a new material, after the bearing and gear parts manufacturers take it back, they have to conduct further post-processing of the product. This also takes time, not to mention that the interest relationships in the bearing and gear industry have already It is very stable. Opening the market is not just a technical issue. As for exports, it is even more unpredictable. How can those developed countries accept our steel so easily..."

"Old Xu."

Xu Chengcheng was interrupted by Fang Manchang halfway through his long speech:

"I understand what you are saying, but I dare not say that about other groups. At least the three groups, Bingzhuo, Luozhou and Fuzhou, will definitely fully support our new steel. It will be absolutely easy to have ten times the production capacity!"

The expression on the former's face was clearly one of disbelief.

After several dishes, I drank like this.

After a long time, Xu Chengcheng tentatively spoke again:

"This...if these three companies all use our bearing steel, wouldn't their domestic market share reach 100%?"

It was just a casual comment at first, but Fang Manchang actually replied seriously:

"Of course it's impossible to be 100%. The most optimistic scenario is only 50%..."

Then he added another sentence in his mind:

"After all, Northeast Special Steel is probably planning to expand production..."

"5..."

Xu Chengcheng said to himself that you are really humble, but he was worried that the tone of his true words would be too sarcastic, so he swallowed it in the end.

"Don't worry, you signed my name in the end. Even if something happens, I will be responsible for it. You just need to write down the contents of the report."

Fang Manchang's confidence is certainly justified.

After all, the contact between their two special steel companies and Torch Company is the three bearing groups that are the matchmakers.

The other party made it clear at the time that the imported M50NiL did not meet the requirements, so they needed to develop new special steel materials.

If you don't buy it, why go through all this trouble?

But the details of this matter are too complicated, and he himself looked like a clown at the time. The fewer people who know about it, the better.

So Fang Manchang thought over and over again and decided to send Lao Xu over.

When the report is submitted, just explain it to the general manager.