Chapter 312 Going down the well
The emergence of large-scale autonomous engineering robots has not only greatly accelerated the construction progress of shelters, but has also greatly helped logging, mining and other construction work.
Unit No. 1 is just a prototype. After assisting workers to complete the preliminary construction of the Fjord Town Shelter, the robot was moved to other places for testing in order to test its performance in other working environments. performance.
At the same time, Purficott also handed over the design drawings of the robot to other alchemists and ordered them to produce new robots.
This job is simple. After all, everything is ready-made. These alchemists can produce robots just by following the drawings.
Therefore, the coal mine immediately expressed the need for such large-scale engineering robots for the mining and transportation of open-pit coal mines, as well as the excavation and construction of underground mines.
Perfect was very interested in this. She remembered that she had previously ordered an alchemy professor from Langton to the north to be responsible for the work related to the coal mine. However, Professor Heller was actually responsible for It is mainly research on construction technology in frozen soil environment, and the mining and construction work of coal mines is just incidental.
And that was what happened before Purficott returned to China last year.
Almost half a year has passed, and the coal mine is no longer what it was when Purficott first came to the north.
The deep mine that has been excavated with the help of Professor Heller has provided sufficient coal to the north last year. Even when the weather was the worst, the underground mine did not stop mining. , which greatly ensures the normal operation of the northern border in winter.
The steam turbines put into use in coal mines at the beginning of this year have also greatly improved the working efficiency of coal mines, and their output has also been further improved.
Nowadays, this place is no longer the size of a small coal mine, but has expanded into a medium-sized coal mine.
The coal mined here will be transported to Eagle Beak Cliff and Fjord Town via small trains and narrow-gauge railways to supply consumption in both places.
As settlement construction begins around Fjord Town, the coal mines mined here are also tasked with providing fuel for these settlements.
Of course, if it is only to supply surrounding settlements, there is no need to expand the scale of the coal mine to such a large scale.
Another important use of the main output here is to transport it to the second landing point Beloberg, and then transport it from Beloberg to the northern capital and industrial zone under construction.
That’s where the bulk of coal consumption is.
Of course, with the construction of industrial zones, coal consumption there has skyrocketed.
So the main source of coal there is still imported from the New World, and the search for new coal resources around Belloberg is currently underway.
According to the intelligence that Purficott has recently received, they have found some sporadic mineral veins and are not far away from finding large-scale coal mine resources, so Purficott has nothing to worry about.
After all, the resources in the north are still very rich, but there is a lack of large-scale exploration.
She has already reported this to the Imperial Council via telegram. The Crisis Response Committee is organizing an exploration team to come to the North to conduct a large-scale survey of the mineral resources in the North.
However, due to the poor administrative efficiency of the empire, Purficott felt that it might be faster for her to hire an exploration company directly.
But this matter did not have a great impact, and it did not delay the progress of the development of the northern territory, so she was too lazy to urge it and let Langton do what he wanted. Compared with this, Purficott is still more concerned about the application of robots in coal mines.
"Your Majesty, Earl, robots are currently mainly used in open-pit coal mining. As for underground operations, although they can also go down, the mine tunnel is too narrow and it is difficult for these robots to perform." The person in charge of the coal mine Xiang Perficott Introducing the situation.
After the robots were sent to the coal mines, they were also very concerned about this matter. After all, this is a good thing that can effectively reduce the labor intensity of miners.
But after all, the robot is so big, it is still difficult to have room to exert its full performance after going down to the mine.
And the gas concentration in the mine is very high, which is still a dangerous working environment for robots using steam turbines. Therefore, for safety reasons, the robots sent to the coal mine are arranged in the open-pit mining area.
As for the mining of underground coal mines, it is still done manually.
Of course, robots are not useless for underground mining. At least robots can reinforce and construct mine tunnels. Compared with humans, robots perform particularly well in this regard.
After all, this kind of robot is designed for use in engineering construction.
But for Purficott, she was still dissatisfied that engineering robots could not be used underground.
So she asked the person in charge: "What is the situation below the mine now? What are the main problems you encounter, and what are the obstacles to the robot's underground operations?"
"This is actually It's all the same problem, Lord Earl." The person in charge of the coal mine showed a wry smile. The black ravines left by years of dealing with coal were squeezed together, making this face look particularly vicissitudes of life: "Under the mine. The space is too small, and the coal seam is very soft, so we can't dig the mine tunnel too big, because it will collapse directly
So so far, all we can do is to mine manually, and most of the time, workers cannot stand up straight underground and can only work lying on the ground. ”
Hearing this, Purficott frowned.
Obviously, she was not satisfied with this.
So she thought about it. After that, he walked directly towards the direction of the mine: "Get ready, I want to go down and take a look. ”
“My Lord Earl! The well is too dirty and too dangerous. How could you go down there? "The person in charge hurriedly stopped him. He didn't dare to let Perfectcott go down into the mine. It would be a disaster.
But Purficott insisted on doing so, and obviously the person in charge had no ability to stop her.
The White Bear Knights who accompanied Purficott did not stop Purficott at this time. They seemed to think that the person in charge was hiding something, and instead cast distrust in him. look.
In the end, the helpless person in charge had no choice but to let Purfict put on the cleanest work clothes he could find, and personally led Purfict to the mine lift and down to the coal mine. deep in the mine.
When Purficott stepped out of the elevator, what he saw was pitch black, and the only white things were a pair of eyes and rows of teeth.
(End of this chapter)