Chapter 368: Frustrating Conditions, Firm Confidence
Zhu Jiansheng and Jiang Hui live in the south and the north, so it is not that convenient to meet each other.
However, the two of them communicated frequently on the phone.
After years of hard work by the postal and telecommunications departments, it is now much more convenient to make phone calls than it was a few years ago.
Even BP machines in Shanghai and other places have begun to become popular among some people. In foreign countries, brick communication tools like Big Brother have also appeared and are expected to be introduced into the country soon.
So as long as you have money, it is not difficult to make calls.
"Wu Ming is an engineer engaged in steel technology research. Why do you ask him to go to BMW?"
Early this morning, Wu Ming called Zhu Jiansheng.
If this matter had nothing to do with Jiang Hui, Zhu Jiansheng would probably have given his opinion directly.
But now it is natural to have a chat with Jiang Hui before making any judgment.
"Last year, Saab launched its first model using hot stamping technology. I plan to use this technology on a large scale in several brands under the BMW Group as a trump card for future publicity."
"In order to implement this technology, I am not very worried about the various equipment problems now. However, there is no hot stamping steel plate in China, so we need to develop it again. The speed of this research and development is what I am more worried about."
"My brother-in-law is an expert in steel technology. Through some cooperation between Baosteel and Japan, he has a good understanding of the steel industry at home and abroad."
"I need a reliable person to implement some of my ideas on hot stamped steel plates."
"In the future, the patent for hot stamping steel plates may bring us huge benefits."
Jiang Hui quickly expressed his thoughts.
At the same time, he also gave Zhu Jiansheng a good report on the hot stamping technology.
"Hot stamping steel is an important technical means to achieve lightweighting of automobiles. Its principle is to heat the steel plate to the austenitized state, and then transfer it to the mold for stamping and forming. At the same time, the mold is used to conduct heat to achieve rapid cooling of the material to obtain high-strength martensite. The structure effectively solves the problems of large springback, severe mold wear, and easy stamping cracking of parts in high-strength steel during cold stamping. ”
"In order to avoid oxidation and decarburization during the heating and transfer process of hot stamping steel, we must not only develop steel plates suitable for hot forming, but also develop special coating technology."
"I already have specific ideas about this technology, and I'm just waiting for my brother-in-law to come over and implement it."
Jiang Hui is still very familiar with the situation of hot stamped steel plates. After all, this thing is no longer a secret in later generations.
As for this special steel plate, the technology has been monopolized by ArcelorMittal for a long time.
For a long time, except for Nippon Steel, which obtained authorization from ArcelorMittal through technology replacement and market division, other steel mills were unable to produce the aluminum-silicon coated hot stamped steel plates they developed.
This technology was originally developed in 1999, fully improved in 2006, and patented.
For different application scenarios of automobile bodies, ArcelorMittal has developed 1000MPa, 1500MPa, 2000MPa strength grade aluminum-silicon coated hot stamping steel and other products, and has achieved large-scale application in the global automotive industry.
In the following ten years, the international steel giant ArcelorMittal has completed the global patent layout of aluminum-silicon coated hot stamping steel and its laser tailor welding technology, and has an exclusive monopoly on the global market. Global automobile companies have to provide additional The usage cost is up to several thousand yuan per ton.
These costs are actually other people’s profits.
Because in theory, the cost of producing this kind of hot stamped steel plate with aluminum silicon coating is similar to that of galvanized steel plate.
But the price difference is several thousand yuan per ton.
Jiang Hui wanted to eat such a big piece of fat.
Even if you don't have a steel factory now, as long as you master this patented aluminum-silicon coating technology, you will be able to live very comfortably in the international market in the future.
After reporting these situations to Zhu Jiansheng, the other party immediately expressed support.
Soon Wu Ming received a reply from Zhu Jiansheng, and Jiang Hui also called specifically to communicate and explain.
Steel experts belonging to the BMW Group can be put in place quickly.
At the same time, Jiang Hui and Zhang Sheng also had a special communication and finalized the matter of the 800-ton hydraulic press.
Although this kind of equipment was developed by Ji Er more than ten years ago and is not very advanced, Ji Er has made it clear that it will upgrade this product according to the needs of the BMW Group and wait until next year for delivery. The performance of the hydraulic press used in the second hot stamping production line will be significantly improved, and the equipment tonnage will also be increased to 1,000 tons.
This can basically meet the performance needs of hot stamping presses in the next ten years.
As for further improvement, there is no need to worry.
As for the heating furnace and laser cutting equipment, as the first production line for emergency use, ready-made supporting manufacturers can be found in China, and deliveries can begin in a few months.
In this way, the most critical problem points fall on the two areas of raw materials and mold processing.
As for the research and development of raw materials, after Wu Ming came over, Jiang Hui immediately communicated with him some of his ideas about hot stamping steel plates.
After the other party digested and absorbed it for a few days, they were ready to discuss cooperation with several domestic steel plants.
After all, even if the BMW Group has a complete set of technical solutions, it still needs to find relevant steel plants for testing and production.
"Director, regarding the processing machine tools for hot stamping molds, based on the parameter requirements you told us, we have initially locked in the products of several companies in Japan."
"Toshiba's five-axis CNC machine tools, Okuma Corporation and Mori Seiki's products can all meet our needs."
“But the other party’s conditions are quite harsh and the price is very high.”
Jiang Hui now leaves Fang Huihui in charge of many of the BMW Group's international affairs.
As a native of Hong Kong City, it is obviously more convenient for Fang Huihui to do some things.
"What are the specific conditions?"
Five-axis CNC machine tools are not that easy to purchase, and Jiang Hui is mentally prepared for this.
The main usage scenario of this thing is in various military factories. Whether it is on an airplane or a submarine, there are many parts that require the use of five-axis CNC machine tools.
Today is an era when the United States and polar bears compete for supremacy. The polar bears' water power has never been as strong as that of the United States.
Not only is there a big gap with the United States in terms of aircraft carriers, but also there is a huge gap between it and the United States in terms of submarines.
The main reason is that the submarine makes too much noise when sailing underwater and is easily discovered by the United States.
The excessive noise is mainly due to the propeller problem. Polar Bear does not have good machine tools to turn out the best propellers.
To solve this problem, you basically have to find a Japanese machine tool manufacturer to purchase a five-axis CNC machine tool.
In order to achieve this goal, Polar Bear used various special methods, and finally spent 3.7 billion yen to purchase a five-axis linkage CNC machine tool from Toshiba.
People at Toshiba didn't have high hopes for this trade at first because polar bears had been bargaining too hard in the past. Usually the price is half the price or more, but this time they only agreed to the price to 17% off the total price. This made the Japanese people ecstatic, so they agreed.
With these machine tools, the noise level of Soviet nuclear submarines dropped rapidly, and the United States quickly found them.
This naturally aroused the vigilance of the United States, which started various investigations. In the end, Toshiba was found out and a major case was brought out.
Of course, these are all things for later.
Anyway, it is not that easy to purchase a five-axis CNC machine tool.
"First of all, Mori Seiki has made it clear that it can be sold, but the equipment cannot leave Japan. We need to set up a factory in Japan to use the equipment. This is completely unacceptable."
As soon as Fang Huihui spoke, Jiang Hui's face didn't look very good.
Even with psychological expectations, I still feel aggrieved when I actually hear these unreasonable demands.
When do I have to listen to the equipment manufacturer for how to use the equipment I bought at a high price?
"Where are the other two?"
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"Okuma did not say that they must restrict the use of equipment in Japan, but they required the simultaneous purchase and installation of their camera surveillance systems, and required that surveillance videos be submitted to them every week."
Fang Huihui looked at Jiang Hui carefully and told Okuma's request.
Obviously, she also knew that this request was completely impossible to agree to.
Hot stamping technology is the core technology that the BMW Group will use to conquer the world in the future. If everything is captured by other people's cameras, what secrets are left?
Besides, surveillance equipment is not cheap at all in this day and age. Video recording is required every day. The cost accumulated over the years is probably enough to buy a new piece of equipment.
So this is completely unacceptable to Jiang Hui.
"What about Toshiba? What are their requirements."
In the past few years, Toshiba dared to secretly sell five-axis CNC machine tools to polar bears in order to make money. Now that China has good relations with Japan and the United States, there is no reason for the other party not to dare to sell.
"Toshiba's requirements are a little different from the other two. They can allow the equipment to leave Japan and do not need to install surveillance cameras, but they require that the equipment cannot enter the mainland of China and can only be processed here in the port city. Then every year they will arrange Someone comes to confirm that the equipment is still in place.”
In Fang Huihui's view, the conditions of several companies are not very good, but relatively speaking, Toshiba's plan is acceptable to her, so after saying this, she added another sentence, saying: "The current quotation of Toshiba is incompatible with Okuma and Mori There is not much difference in precision machines. I think we can purchase two and put them in Gangcheng. Then the key inserts and water channels of the hot stamping mold will be processed in Gangcheng, and the rest will be done in Shenzhen. "
The development schedule for Land Rover's off-road vehicles is very tight, and there isn't that much time to waste.
Therefore, the purchase of five-axis CNC machine tools must be finalized as soon as possible, otherwise the schedule will be delayed.
Jiang Hui was naturally very aware of this situation, so even though he felt very aggrieved, he agreed to Fang Huihui's proposal.
Just by doing this, he became more determined to let Nanshan Equipment vigorously enter the field of machine tools.
Without getting the key machine tools and equipment in place, it will not be that easy for the BMW Group to develop and grow in the future.
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"Chief Engineer Cheng, Wu Ming called me yesterday and said that BMW Group wanted to cooperate with us to develop a new automotive steel plate."
"Instead of taking up the position of chief of the technical section, and going directly to work as the deputy director of the technical center of a foreign-funded automobile manufacturer, I think Wu Ming is crazy about becoming an official."
In the small canteen of Baosteel, Li Dagang, the director of the technical department, sat opposite the chief engineer Cheng Qiangqiang and joked about the interesting things happening around him.
Being a person in a state-owned enterprise is more important than doing things.
The so-called life, the most important thing is to have various relationships.
Li Dagang is obviously very experienced in this, otherwise he would not have come to Baosteel's project team at the same time as Wu Ming, but he quickly climbed to Wu Ming's head.
It is obvious that Wu Ming's technical strength is much higher than that of Li Dagang, but the position of head of the technical department belongs to Li Dagang.
This should be one of the reasons why Wu Ming quickly agreed to resign after listening to Zhu Jiansheng's suggestion.
"Wu Ming?"
"His determination to resign was so firm at the time, leaving no room for him, as if Baosteel had treated him badly."
"Why are you thinking about cooperating with us now?"
Cheng Qiangqiang sneered, obviously dissatisfied with Wu Ming's sudden entry into the sea.
No matter what the reason is, the superior leaders will feel that the technical team led by Cheng Jianqiang, the chief engineer, has not been led well.
Otherwise, how could we possibly leave a good company like Baosteel?
"Who knows, I guess I realized that Baosteel is the manufacturer with the highest level of steel technology in China after I went out."
"If you want to develop new automotive steel plates, cooperation with us is the best choice."
"Otherwise, the BMW Group used to purchase automobile steel plates from Shougang, and it would normally have gone to the other party to discuss the development of new materials."
Li Dagang obviously didn't take Wu Ming's cooperation plan seriously at all.
Baosteel Technology Center has its own research and development plan for automotive steel plates. How could it easily cooperate with other manufacturers?
Their complete set of equipment is imported from Japan and is more advanced than any domestic manufacturer.
Therefore, I would not consider cooperating with other manufacturers.
They definitely have this confidence.
"It's too late. What's the use of regretting now? Why did you go earlier?"
"You don't need to pay special attention to him. If BMW wants to purchase our steel plates in the future, just ask them to go to the sales office directly. Don't disturb our work."
Cheng Qiangqiang's face was full of disgust and he didn't want to have any contact with Wu Ming anymore.
The matter of cooperating to develop new automotive panel technology is even more nonsense in his opinion.
With this instruction from Cheng Jianqiang, Li Dagang was confident.
He planned to wait until Wu Ming contacted him next time and ridicule him to make him realize that he was nothing after leaving Baosteel.
(End of chapter)