Doomsday Bunker Upgrade Chapter 618: The application of 3D printing technology

Chen Xin installed these powerful things on the land-based aircraft carrier, and the captain naturally has to report to his superiors.

How can the high-level executives not pay attention to the news of such a defying thing as 3D printing equipment?

"The 3D printing equipment is not as powerful as you think. This thing 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 pay too much. Lips and tongues explained, took them to a 3D printing device that he rebuilt, and showed them how to do it.

"I use this machine to print a set of power armor, and I also have a set of power armor that I had from the factory before. You can compare the difference between the two." Chen Xin said, then Started the device, got it working, and printed the power armor.

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

But the representative from the top saw some clues, but he didn't bring it up here, just silently watching the whole set of power armor being printed in the form of parts.

The parts were printed and the workers called by Chen Xin quickly began to assemble them.

Originally, in terms of the design of the whole set of equipment, it was automatically assembled with the designed robotic 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 easy 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 that 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 Within hours, the entire set of power armor was assembled.

The 3D printed power armor was assembled, and 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 for you to assemble a set of power armor?" Having roughly understood what Chen Xin was trying to convey, he took the initiative to ask the worker on the side.

The worker didn't think too much, and quickly replied: "If it's on the production line, without considering the supply of parts and components, if we simply assemble it, we can assemble 20 sets of power armor in 14 hours a day."

This figure 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 in different factories, and finally shipped to the assembly factory for assembly.

However, even if the country now concentrates a lot of resources into it, the operating efficiency of the factory production line is only a little more than 80%, because there are not enough parts to keep the production line running.

And this is mainly due to the tension 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.

But as the current situation changes, there are quite a few places where resources need to be invested. In addition to the production of war materials, there are many places where resources are needed.

In addition to the unbalanced distribution of resources in the country of Yan, a large amount of resources need to be transported before they can be gathered into production plants. In order to avoid a large amount of resources being wasted due to transportation, the country can only use the principle of distribution to the nearest neighbors as much as possible. , which also resulted in a large number of factories not having enough materials to meet the needs of full production.

The high-level representatives naturally understand this, so when the workers say that they can assemble 20 sets of power armors in one day, they have naturally converted into the actual output.

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

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

"Academician Chen, how long does 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.

When he asked this question, the military representative walked up to the two sets of power armor, reached out and tapped the two sets of power armor, and checked their quality.

"In fact, it's so fast. The advantage of 3D printing equipment is not its production efficiency, but that it can produce anything when there are enough raw materials." Chen Xin explained to the high-level representatives, and at the same time He also looked at the representative of the military and explained: "The 3D printing technology I used is slightly different from the existing printing technology. It is not a laser-welded powder printing, so it can be mixed with a variety of materials to print, but this It also brings a problem, that is, more materials are needed for printing, not just one.

Production efficiency is a big problem, it is destined to not replace the existing production line, so 3D printing technology can be used on land aircraft carriers, they need to persist in the European battlefield for a long time, and at the same time provide European countries with Aid, it is useful to bring such a set of equipment.

But using this technology in domestic production is somewhat inappropriate. It is like having a machine that can make everything, but taking it to make only one kind of thing is a waste.

Suitable for the use of 3D printing technology, or research departments, they sometimes need to produce some non-standard or temporary processing things, at this time, only need to input drawings and dimensions into the 3D printing equipment, you can get the desired The things you want are undoubtedly much better than finding people to manufacture and customize them. "

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

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

In times like these, instead of using a machine that can make anything, it's better to build a production line dedicated to that product.

This is actually the same concept as the difference between using an industrial mother machine to directly produce a product, and using an industrial mother machine to make a production line to produce a product.

It's not that it can't be done, it's just that the latter is obviously more efficient in production and the advantages of 3D printing technology.

After Chen Xin's explanation, the high-level representatives clearly understood what Chen Xin meant, but after having a more detailed understanding of the various details of the 3D printing technology that Chen Xin came up with He left satisfied.

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