Chapter 461 Technical Puzzle of High-Performance Aviation Engine

"Are they so open-minded?"

The attitude of the Russians is indeed unexpected. After all, the change in thinking from selling technology to exchanging technology for technology is not that easy to complete.

"Hey... Yao Gong was right just now. Once they are familiar with each other, they will go all out to change the Su-27 with us, so naturally they won't care about these little things..."

He Ming shrugged as he said:

"Furthermore, although neither side of us has publicized the Royal Navy's failure in the South China Sea, the British themselves know it. The Russians must have received the news earlier and will check with us about the situation. , it is not difficult to deduce the origin of the story..."

"At the beginning, Lao Maozi came up with the article that both sides have equal rights to the technology within the framework of Project 11 and asked for sharing, but I told them that this was developed independently by the Ministry of Electronics Industry and was not related to Project 11. It doesn’t matter, only later…”

He briefly introduced the whole story.

"If that's the case...it's really worth trading..."

Chang Haonan nodded in agreement without much hesitation.

Multi-arc ion plating is a vapor deposition coating technology developed on the basis of vacuum evaporation technology and vacuum sputtering technology.

Due to its safety, high deposition rate, and good film layer adhesion, it is one of the most important process methods in the field of coating manufacturing in the past and next two decades.

Almost all high-end machining fields are inseparable from coating manufacturing.

From the hard wear-resistant coating on the surface of machine tool tools to extend the service life, to the thickening treatment on the outer surface of bearings to enhance endurance, to the thermal barrier coating on the surface of spacecraft components to mitigate the huge temperature difference in space layer, as well as what Chang Haonan urgently needs right now, the high-temperature corrosion-resistant coating on the surface of the aircraft engine turbine blades, all require the same type of technology for production and manufacturing.

In the past, the multi-arc ion plating equipment available in China were all very low-grade and backward models. Not only were the coatings of poor quality, they also had various restrictions on coating materials. Therefore, most of these components could only be directly imported. Of course, You can't buy anything with particularly high specifications.

Obviously, Lao Maozi has done his homework.

Using key electrochemical processes in exchange for electronic warfare technology, this wave is basically equivalent to learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses.

In fact, unlike many stereotypes, the electronics industry developed very rapidly during the Soviet period, especially after the 80s, and even the gap with the United States was basically only a few years.

However, the problem is that these industries are concentrated in Belarus and the three Baltic countries. After the disintegration of the alliance, almost no legacy was left to the current Russian Federation.

At the end of the 80s, there was a difference of a few years. After nearly a decade of complete stagnation, by the end of the 90s, the difference was more than twenty years.

After all, the entire 90s was an era of explosive growth in the electronics industry. If you miss this dividend period, the loss will be far more than the 10 years on paper.

The situation in electrochemistry is exactly the opposite.

Although multi-arc ion plating technology was first put into commercial use by Multi-Arc and Vac-Tec, few people know that a considerable part of their key technologies were actually purchased from the Soviet Union in the late 70s...

Yes, even at the height of the Cold War, the two sides of the Iron Curtain did not completely cut off technological exchanges and exchanges.

Chang Haonan knows this because there was a Russian-made STANKIN-NBC-1 multifunctional coating system in his laboratory in his previous life.

Although it was not his own project direction, among the devices with Chinese and English operating interfaces, the unique Russian interface of this device really gave the entire research team a headache for a long time.

In the end, more than a dozen people compared word by word in the Russian dictionary before they could barely figure out how to operate it.

Not to mention, it’s really easy to use. The bonding strength of the film layer of the produced sample exceeds 100N, which is almost three times the bonding strength of the sample purchased from a third country...

In short, if this deal can be done, it will definitely be a good thing for both parties.

However, Chang Haonan quickly gave another instruction:

"If you want to exchange, you must remember to bring a controlled planar arc evaporator and a fast neutral molecular beam source during the negotiation. At least the equipment must be obtained. These two things are independent components outside the coating equipment, but they play a role It is the core function, if not, the actual use effect will be greatly reduced."

“In addition, there are electronic heating and gas ion sputtering cleaning, which can allow metal particles to pass through the isolation screen and enter the interior of the cavity to coat the workpieces that have been sputtered and cleaned in the cavity. For our turbine blades, there are In the future, machine tool production will be very important, so not only the equipment, but also the technology must be obtained, even if it costs a little more..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped, glanced at He Ming next to him, and shook his head helplessly:

"Oh, forget it, I'll write you a memo when I get back. You probably won't remember it now..."

"I……"

He Ming felt as if he had been slighted.

He wanted to refute, but he couldn't.

Because he really didn't remember...

Lies don't hurt, truth is the knife.

Chang Haonan's speech speed was already relatively fast, and He Ming himself was not an expert in the relevant field. Four consecutive proper nouns that were slightly awkward to pronounce immediately shut him down.

"Then I'll trouble Comrade Haonan..."

Fortunately, He Ming had a good attitude and quickly adjusted back:

"But speaking of which, you actually do research on electrochemistry?"

Although he had a lot of contact with Chang Haonan, they were basically limited to the period of the August 3rd Project, and his understanding of the latter was obviously not comprehensive enough.

"That's not true. I haven't learned much about chemistry other than physical chemistry since I went to college. I may get involved in it in the future, but definitely not now."

Chang Haonan waved his hands and denied:

"It's just that I'm leading a team to work on Turbofan 10 recently. Many parts are inseparable from high-performance coatings. I just read some information and I understand it, but I can't talk about research."

He is indeed not modest. If he really understands electrochemistry, why would he need to exchange technology for technology? He can just develop his own set and be done with it.

In fact, he has never had serious contact with chemistry in his entire life, and the current situation does not allow him to learn it slowly from scratch.

Even if there was no such thing, Chang Haonan would still like to buy a few of the same models he used in his previous life.

The third-generation turbofan engine is an extremely difficult peak for China's current industrial foundation. In this process, every possible method must be used.

"Turbofan 10..."

Speaking of this matter, He Ming suddenly became energetic:

"Comrade Haonan, do you have a rough plan? When can our J-11 use domestic aviation engines?"

As the deputy chief engineer of an aircraft manufacturer, he only has a rough understanding of aerospace engineering projects.

"Is this... of course there is, within five years, within five years we will completely get rid of our third-generation aircraft's dependence on imports."

Chang Haonan's plan is to at least let the J-99 equipped with a full-state prototype equipped with a domestic engine appear in the 11 military parade, but his habit has always been to keep his words to himself.

Of course, even the unspecified plan was enough to surprise He Ming:

"Look at it this way, before I retire, is there still a chance to build a 100% domestic third-generation fighter jet?"

"certainly……"