Doomsday Bunker Upgrade

Chen Xin installed these powerful things on the land carrier, and the captain naturally had to report to his superiors.

And how could the high-level executives not pay attention to such a heaven-defying thing as 3D printing equipment after getting the news?

"The 3D printing equipment is not as powerful as you think. It is mainly prepared for emergency use in the European battlefield." Facing the representatives sent by the high-level and the military to inquire about this matter, Chen Xin did not bother to explain , took them to a 3D printing device he re-made, and showed them.

"I'm using this machine to print a set of power armor. In addition, I have a set of power armor that I got from the factory before. You can compare the difference between the two." Chen Xin said, and started the equipment , making it work, printing power armor.

Because the internal space of this device is large, a large number of parts can be printed together during printing, so the printing speed is very fast.

But the representative from the high-level saw some clues, but he didn't bring it up here, but just silently watched the entire set of power armor being printed in the form of parts.

After the parts were printed, the workers called by Chen Xin quickly started assembling them.

Originally, in terms of the design of the whole set of equipment, it was automatically assembled with the matching mechanical arm and production line, but now it is only for display, so Chen Xin asked workers to assemble it.

A power armor has a complex structure and many parts. It is not an easy task to assemble it. If there is only one person, it will take a lot of time.

However, it is obviously impossible for Chen Xin to keep the military and high-level people waiting for so long, so Chen Xin called a group of skilled workers, and they also brought various auxiliary tools, so it only took about two or three hours to finish the work. Assemble the whole set of power armor.

After assembling the 3D printed power armor, another set of power armor prepared in advance was pushed over. Two sets of seemingly identical power armor were placed in front of the military and high-level representatives.

"How long does it usually take you to assemble a set of power armor?" Having roughly understood what Chen Xin wanted to express, he took the initiative to ask the workers beside him.

The worker didn't think too much, and quickly replied: "If it's on the production line, we can assemble twenty sets of power armor in fourteen hours a day, regardless of the supply of parts and components."

This number is actually a bit exaggerated. Under normal circumstances, there is no way for the factory production line to operate at full capacity to achieve this production efficiency.

After all, there are quite a lot of parts required for power armor, which need to be produced by different factories, and finally delivered to the assembly factory for assembly.

However, even if the country is now concentrating a lot of resources on it, the operating efficiency of the factory production line is only a little over 80%, because there are not enough parts to make the production line run.

And this is mainly due to the shortage of resources. Now that the country is in a state of war, it stands to reason that all resources should be concentrated on the production of such war materials.

However, with the changes in the current situation, there are quite a lot of places where resources need to be invested. In addition to the production of war materials, there are many places where resources need to be used.

Coupled with the unbalanced distribution of resources in the Yan Kingdom itself, a large amount of resources need to be transferred to the production factory. In order to avoid the waste of a large amount of resources due to transportation, the country can only adopt the principle of the nearest distribution as much as possible. It also led to a large number of factories not getting enough materials to meet the needs of full production.

The high-level representatives naturally understood this, so when the workers said that they could assemble 20 sets of power armor in a single day, they naturally converted it into the actual output in their minds.

It's just that even judging by the actual production speed, the speed of 3D printing is still a bit slow.

Of course, this is not the crux of the problem.

"Academician Chen, how long will it take to produce a set of power armor with a complete set of 3D printing equipment?" The high-level representative asked Chen Xin this question.

But when he asked this question, the military representative walked up to the two sets of power armor, reached out and knocked on the two sets of power armor, checking their quality.

"In fact, it is so fast. The advantage of 3D printing equipment does not lie in its production efficiency, but in the fact that it can produce anything if there are enough raw materials." Chen Xin explained to the high-level representatives, and at the same time looked at The representative of the military explained: "The 3D printing technology I use is slightly different from the existing printing technology. It does not use laser welding powder printing, so it can be printed with a variety of materials, but this also brings One problem is that printing requires more materials than just one.

Production efficiency is a big problem, and it is destined not to replace the existing production lines. Therefore, 3D printing technology can be used on land-based aircraft carriers. They need to persist in the European battlefield for a long time, and at the same time provide assistance to European countries, bringing Such a set of equipment is very useful.

However, this technology is not suitable for domestic production. It is like having a machine that can make everything, but using it to make only one kind of thing. This is a waste.

The research department is suitable for 3D printing technology. Sometimes they need to produce some non-standard items or temporarily processed items. At this time, you only need to input the drawings and dimensions into the 3D printing equipment to get what you want. , It is undoubtedly much better than finding someone to produce, process and customize. "

In fact, this is also the advantage and disadvantage of 3D printing. It is good to be able to print everything, but it also limits the application of 3D printing in production.

After all, the procedures and processes required to produce a product are fixed, and what is needed is to maximize the production efficiency and be able to produce the required things quickly and in large quantities.

At this time, instead of using a machine that can make anything, it is better to build a production line dedicated to the production of this product.

This is actually the same concept as the difference between using an industrial machine to directly produce products and using an industrial machine to build a production line to produce products.

It’s not that it can’t be done, but obviously the latter can give full play to the production efficiency and the advantages of 3D printing technology.

After Chen Xin's explanation, the high-level representatives obviously understood what Chen Xin meant, but they were satisfied after learning more about the details of the 3D printing technology that Chen Xin presented. left.

On the contrary, the military side, looking at the set of 3D printing equipment, suddenly had the idea of ​​a little manipulation.