From the History of the Republic of China to Raising Children in the 1970s

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The most troublesome part of these equipment is the blast furnace, which is large in size and made entirely of steel plates, with refractory bricks built into the shell. Iron ore will begin to soften at 1,000 degrees Celsius, and will not completely melt until it reaches about 1,400 degrees Celsius, and molten iron will not begin to drip until it reaches more than 1,400 degrees Celsius. So they have to quickly raise the temperature of the blast furnace.

"How is it? Is there any problem with the blast furnace?" Li Chengye saw Master Qian coming down from the top of the blast furnace, and hurried up to ask.

"I took a look and it's no different from the drawing. Let's put the coke in first to raise the temperature." Master Qian patted the dust off his hands and looked very satisfied.

"Okay, start the furnace quickly!" Li Chengye didn't delay and quickly told the workers beside him to start operating. At this time, many machines in the factory were already running. The coke Li Chengye mentioned was the one they had just processed with the coking furnace.

As soon as Li Chengye finished speaking, a batch of coke was placed on the material transport vehicle by the workers, and then the material transport vehicle climbed up the slope to the top of the furnace, and then a batch of coke was poured into the furnace. This batch of blast furnaces are almost three meters high. The temperature of different parts is different, and the temperature at the bottom of the furnace is the highest.

"Hey, this material transporter is still good. It can save a lot of trouble." Zhang Daye is more interested in the material transporter.

Master Qian nodded in agreement, "That's not the case. In the past, it took a lot of effort just to transport the materials to the top of the furnace. At least three or four people had to work together. It was tiring and dangerous. Climbing up and down was tiring. It's not like now. Just move the materials onto the material transporter."

Li Chengye was also very touched. The process of mechanization has simplified many production tasks. Not only that, it has also saved a lot of manpower. With the old machines, each workshop of the steel plant would have about 200 people, but now the new workshop has only 100 people. Although with the increase in production, more people will definitely be needed in the later stage, but the number will definitely not exceed 150.

"Okay, let's wait for the temperature to rise. Let's go eat now, right? It's almost two o'clock." Li Chengye looked at the time. They had been working on the machines just now and had no time to eat. However, the workers in the workshop had already gone to eat.

Grandpa Zhou touched his stomach. He was also a little hungry. He ate too early in the morning. It was almost eight or nine hours. He was really hungry. "There's nothing to eat in the canteen now, right?"

Li Chengye smiled, "You guys came to help today, how can I let you go hungry? Let's go to the canteen to cook some dishes, eat and drink enough before working." He had just asked someone to help order food, and now he can eat directly.

"Okay, okay, then I'll wait for your delicious food!" Zhang Da Ye smiled. He naturally didn't mind having delicious food. At an old age, he should cherish and enjoy what he should enjoy.

Li Chengye and his group of four went to the canteen. Of course, Li Chengye didn't forget to tell the several team leaders in the workshop where to go, so that no one would look for him later.

The canteen was indeed very quiet at two o'clock in the afternoon. There were almost no people there. Only some kitchen helpers and aunties were processing the ingredients for the evening and cleaning the canteen.

Li Chengye led the other three people directly to the cooking window. At this time, there was still the sound of pots and spoons colliding. It should be that the master chef was still cooking Li Chengye and his friends' dishes.