Chapter 155 Three Lines Explode Simultaneously, the Roar of Domestic Industry!

[Countdown: 19 Days]

Spring City, Jilin Province, the Chemical and Optical Joint Laboratory of the Changguang Institute.

It was so quiet here that only the hum of instruments could be heard.

Jiang Jun, dressed in a white lab coat, stood before an atomic absorption spectrometer.

In his hand was the last half-bucket of the imported cutting fluid sample.

"The components are out."

Wu Qingshan pushed up his glasses and handed over a long analysis sheet.

He was a member of the Red Star Laboratory and one of the chemical experts among the first batch of SSRs.

"The core consists of borate and polyether polyol."

"But there's also a strange extreme pressure anti-wear agent in the middle that isn't in our database."

"Don't worry about that."

Jiang Jun slapped the analysis sheet directly onto the table.

His gaze moved past his lenses toward several engineers brought from the Jinan Second Machine Tool Plant.

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"Manager Lin gave us a trump card."

Jiang Jun recalled the envelope Lin Xi had stuffed into his hand before he left.

Inside was a mature formula 'sourced' from a future livestream.

"Boric acid, triethanolamine, and polyether polyol, reacted in a 3:5:2 ratio."

"But Director Jiang,"

The engineer from the Jinan plant hesitated slightly,

"We need to prepare two different types."

"Red Star machine tools have high rotation speeds and generate a lot of heat."

"Ordinary machine tools have low rotation speeds and deep cutting depths. Can a one-size-fits-all approach really work?"

Jiang Jun smiled, picked up a marker, and drew two curves on the whiteboard.

"Who said it was one-size-fits-all?"

"In optics, we emphasize 'wavelength adaptation' most."

"Mechanics is the same."

He made a heavy point on the first curve:

"For 'Red Star - mainstay', increase the borate ratio by 30% and the extreme pressure anti-wear agent by 20%!"

"It's like adding high-octane gasoline to a sports car; we just need fast cooling and a tough oil film."

"Don't worry about foam; why fear foam in fully enclosed processing?"

Then, he drew a second line:

"For ordinary CNC machine tools, lower the borate and add more polyether polyol."

"That's like a family car; it needs to be fuel-efficient, durable, and non-foaming."

"Will this work?"

A researcher from the Changguang Institute expressed doubt,

"This is equivalent to dismantling the original formula and reassembling it."

"Whether it works or not, let the data speak."

Jiang Jun pointed to the Z80 nearby.

That was the data tracking program Liu Xiaodong had written overnight.

"Power it up, mix the fluid!"

"Whether it's a sports car or a tractor, I'm going to make it run!"

...

[Countdown: 16 Days]

Shenyang Second Machinery, Lubricating Grease Task Force.

This was the battlefield where Lin Xi personally oversaw operations.

It was also the most tedious and exhausting battlefield.

There were no roaring machines or pungent acid mists, only the dull low growl of the vacuum pump.

"Eighteenth purification attempt, failed."

The Chief Engineer of Shancheng Machine Tool looked at the layered grease in the centrifuge and sighed,

"Manager Lin, our domestic basic lithium-based grease still has too many impurities."

"Once it's on a high-speed spindle, the centrifugal force flings it out."

"The oil remains oil and the soap remains soap; they just separate completely."

Lin Xi sat on a chair in the corner, holding a fountain pen.

His consciousness was frantically scrolling through the livestream chat.

[Daqing Oilfield Old Drill Bit: Streamer, stop obsessing over purification! That's an equipment issue you can't solve in a short time. Add filler! Add PTFE micropowder! That stuff is a solid lubricant; it can lock the oil in like a skeleton!]

Lin Xi snapped his eyes open.

"No more purification."

"Huh?"

The Chief Engineer was stunned. "No more purification? Then what about the impurities?"

"Add 'bones'."

Lin Xi stood up, walked to the lab bench, and grabbed a bottle of white powder.

"Add PTFE micropowder into it."

"If our oil isn't pure enough, then we'll give it steel rebars and pour concrete!"

"Make it so it won't fall apart even under high pressure!"

"Also,"

Lin Xi's eyes were burning with intensity,

"Lower the vacuum distillation temperature by five degrees and double the time."

"Since we don't have good equipment, we'll use brute-force persistence to grind it out!"

...

[Countdown: 12 Days]

Modu Machine Tool Factory, Precision Tool Laboratory.

"Um..."

A weak voice sounded from the corner.

Everyone turned around to see an extremely unremarkable young man wearing blue overalls.

He hunched his shoulders as if afraid of being kicked out.

"Who are you?" The Modu plant team leader frowned.

"My name is Iron Pillar."

The young man rubbed his oil-stained hands,

"Manager Lin sent me here, saying I know a bit about heat treatment."

"Iron Pillar?"

The team leader was taken aback. This name was completely unknown in the industry.

But since he was someone Lin Xi had personally named...

"What ideas do you have?"

Klaus walked over and placed a hand on Iron Pillar's shoulder.

Iron Pillar was startled into taking half a step back, stammering:

"I... I was thinking."

"The coating won't stick because the base material is too 'hard' and doesn't take the load."

"Could we..."

"Try the 'Segmented Carburizing Method'?"

"Segmented carburizing?"

An old master from the Dongdu Bearing Plant narrowed his eyes,

"That's a rustic method for treating bearing steel; can it be used on cutting tools?"

"I've tried it."

Though Iron Pillar's voice was small, a flash of confidence crossed his eyes when speaking of technology,

"First, low-temperature preheating for 3 hours to let the base material's pores open up."

"Then high-temperature carburizing for 2 hours, and finally low-temperature tempering..."

"It's like... like when we make braised pork."

"You have to sear it first and then stew it for the flavor to get inside."

The entire room was stunned.

Comparing high-tech PVD coating processes to braised pork?

"Nonsense!" The Modu team leader was about to scold him.

"Wait!"

Klaus suddenly slapped his own thigh, grimacing in pain,

"Braised pork..."

"Yes! That's the logic!"

"Gradients! There must be temperature gradients!"

"We've been using constant temperature deposition this whole time; that's just a dead end!"

"Test it! Test it immediately!"

...

[Countdown: 7 Days]

Across the three battlefields, reports of success and failure were intertwined.

In Modu, Iron Pillar's 'Braised Pork Method' showed initial results; the coating penetrated the base material by 0.012 mm and the hardness met standards, but the surface finish was still slightly lacking.

In Spring City, Jiang Jun's 'sports car formula' had amazing cooling effects, but slight corrosion appeared during high-speed cutting, and the pH adjustment hit a stalemate.

In Shenyang, the grease with 'bones' finally stopped separating, but its low-temperature starting performance was like frozen lard.

Lin Xi's phone was ringing off the hook.

Every problem was a major hurdle; every detail could lead to total defeat.

He was like a firefighter, utilizing the future wisdom from the livestream.

He constantly gave suggestions and corrected directions.

He wasn't just a commander; he was the brain of this massive industrial machine.

...

[Countdown: 1 Day]

Shenyang Second Machinery, Meeting Room No. 3.

The number on the blackboard had changed to a piercing '1'.

Lin Xi sat in his chair, having not closed his eyes for two whole days.

His eyes were fixed intently on the phone in front of him.

The wind howled outside the window like the mockery of the Western world.

Suddenly.

"Ring ring ring—!!!"

The phone in the middle rang. That was the direct line to Modu.

Lin Xi's hand lunged for the receiver.

"This is Lin Xi."

"We did it!!!"

The Hanjiang Plant team leader's voice cracked into a roar through the receiver.

In the background was a cacophony of cheering and the sound of things being smashed in celebration.

"Manager Lin! We did it!"

"That Iron Pillar kid is a genius!"

"We added a final cryogenic treatment, and the coating is like it grew right out of the tool!"

"We just tested it for forty minutes; the wear rate is 90% of the imported ones!"

"But the cost... the cost is only 30% of theirs! Thirty percent!!"

Lin Xi's fingers tightened around the receiver, his knuckles turning white.

"Good!"

Before he could even put down the receiver, the phone on the left exploded with sound.

"Reporting from Spring City!"

Jiang Jun's voice was filled with incomparable calmness and pride,

"The cutting fluid is finalized."

"For the high-precision model, the thermal deformation error is controlled within 0.1 microns!"

"The right! The one on the right is ringing!" a staff member in the meeting room shouted.

Lin Xi picked up the last phone.

It was from the Shenyang Second Machinery Chief Engineer in the laboratory downstairs.

"Manager Lin, come down and see for yourself."

The old Chief Engineer's voice sounded like he was on the verge of tears,

"One hundred hours... a full hundred hours!"

"That bearing is spinning more steadily than my own heartbeat!"

"The oil film fluctuation is only 0.1 microns!"

"This isn't just grease; this is liquid gold!"

Lin Xi slowly lowered the receiver.

Three battlefields, total victory.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The stale air that had been suppressed in his lungs for twenty-seven days...

...finally, at this moment, transformed into a roar like a thunderclap.

"Report to the higher authorities!"

Lin Xi snapped his eyes open.

"COCOM's current blockade..."

...has been shattered by us!"