Chapter 346 The Value of the Prototype (Part 2)

Compared with titanium alloy, the processing difficulty of aluminum alloy can be said to be as simple as heaven. If the processing difficulty of aluminum alloy is one, then the difficulty of processing titanium alloy is estimated to be one hundred. It may be a bit inaccurate, but it is definitely not an exaggeration.

"How could it be titanium alloy?" Matsuyama Hisashi was shocked, and hurriedly asked Guo Tailai: "Isn't the design plan aluminum alloy?"

"The design plan is aluminum alloy." Guo Tailai said slowly: "The aluminum alloy chassis frame is already strong enough, and the processing is simple. More importantly, the density is low. It can also effectively reduce the weight and cost of the vehicle. Aluminum alloy, of course! Are you planning to use titanium alloy? How much are you going to sell it for? Double or triple it?"

This is true. Hisashi Matsuyama specializes in rotor sports cars, so he naturally knows the benefits of using aluminum alloy. Of course, titanium alloy has its own advantages, that is, its high strength, and it is safer to use on the chassis of a sports car than aluminum alloy. But if you really want to combine some other energy-absorbing designs, aluminum alloy has more advantages.

"Then why do you use titanium alloy for this prototype car?" Hisashi Matsuyama asked quickly.

The cost of titanium alloy is of course much higher than that of aluminum alloy. It's not just a material problem, but the processing cost can vary too much. The previous point of dispute between the two parties was the value of the prototype car. A chassis frame made of titanium alloy is definitely much higher than that of an aluminum alloy chassis.

"I am willing!" Guo Tailai spread his hands and said with a smile: "I will make it by hand, of course I have to choose some materials that look more high-end and have higher value."

Hisashi Matsuyama, who was stuck in one sentence, had no choice but to have money that couldn't buy other people's happiness! People just like it, can it still be forced?

The invited evaluation agency from Germany was very dedicated. They were also surprised when they found out that the frame was made of titanium alloy, and then they began to make professional evaluations from various aspects.

Material, processing difficulty, and processing accuracy, after evaluating these three aspects, the chassis frame of this titanium alloy directly gave an estimate of one million dollars. Including the engine part, the two items add up to more than two million dollars. Basically, most of the valuation is on processing costs.

In the end, after a miscellaneous calculation of a car, the estimated value of the whole car exceeded three million U.S. dollars. This is because some spare parts do not need such high precision at all, so the evaluation agency did not raise the processing cost of that part to the normal level of this precision.

"This is a handicraft that is almost purely handcrafted." The German used the word "handicraft" to describe this prototype car, and assured him with a pat on the chest: "It is definitely worth the price."

"Mr. Guo, I have no doubts about the price." Hisamoto Matsuyama suddenly stopped worrying about the price of the prototype car, but turned directly to another aspect: "I have no doubts about the titanium alloy processing that Mr. Guo used in the building process." I am very interested in the method, do you sell this processing method?"

They used Chinese when they spoke, and they thought that Germans would not be able to understand them. However, a German from the evaluation agency raised his eyebrows, and suddenly leaned into the ear of the head of the agency, and whispered a few words.

"If Mr. Guo has a titanium alloy processing method, we are willing to buy it at a high price." The person in charge of the evaluation agency said this sentence to Guo Tailai almost immediately after listening.

After being conveyed by the translator, Guo Tailai also understood what the other party meant. This German is very knowledgeable, well, it seems that Hisato Matsuyama is not a good person, but unfortunately they are doomed to be disappointed today.

"One size is one size." Guo Tailai first said to Hisashi Matsuyama: "We have solved the problem of the prototype car, let's talk about other things."

Compared with the processing of titanium alloy, especially if it can be processed to this precision, is a prototype car worth several million dollars worth nothing? As long as you can get the processing technology of titanium alloy, what if you throw out another 100 million US dollars?

"The sample car is yours." Hisashi Matsuyama was also very decisive, and made a decision on the spot: "It is not included in the technical information. Can Mr. Guo talk about titanium alloy processing now?"

"You will be disappointed." Guo Tailai smiled and said to Matsuyama Kuchi.

"I just want to know how you process titanium alloys." Hisashi Matsuyama seems to be possessed. Titanium alloys can be processed with an accuracy of less than 0.5 microns, which is absolutely crazy.

The German didn't speak next to him, but just listened quietly. This time Guo Tailai was very generous and simply asked his female staff to translate directly to them.

"I ordered the titanium alloy frame directly." Guo Tailai stretched out his hand and drew a large square, indicating the shape of the chassis: "Then I manually processed it to this precision."

"That's impossible!" Hisashi Matsuyama didn't believe Guo Tai's words at all. Although Guo Tailai has the right not to tell him the real situation, he would rather hear that Guo Tailai has no comment than that he processed it by hand.

"Why is it impossible?" Guo Tailai smiled: "You find a piece of titanium alloy, and I will prove it to you."

Matsuyama Hisachi didn't believe in evil, and immediately asked someone to help him get a piece of titanium alloy. Guo Tailai asked Long Fei to get his fitter's tools. Guo Tailai also brought tools with him this time, just to open the eyes of these guys.

It is not too difficult to find a small piece of titanium alloy in Germany. A piece of titanium alloy measuring 20 cm long, 10 cm wide, and 5 cm thick was placed in front of Guo Tailai. Guo Tailai directly used a scraper, which is a scraper used to scrape the plane and guide rails, and began to perform live.

Guo Tailai's posture is relatively strange, one hand is pressing the blade of the scraper, and the other hand is exerting force, it seems that he does not use much force, and easily scrapes up a piece of titanium alloy. Right in front of everyone, Guo Tailai processed both sides of the piece of titanium alloy, pointed to the part he processed and said with a smile: "The thickness of this piece is now nine centimeters, and the error will not exceed one micron."

The German immediately stepped forward with a professional measuring instrument, carefully measured the thickness of Guo Tailai, looked at the reading on the instrument, raised his head, dumbfounded, with an expression of disbelief.

Matsuyama Hisashi was stunned and couldn't believe what he saw. Guo Tailai actually processed titanium alloy by hand, and it was so easy?

He didn't believe in evil, borrowed tools from Guo Tailai, imitated Guo Tailai, and tried to scrape titanium alloys. It's just that, it doesn't take much effort for people to carry the burden, and it's hard for him to carry the burden to break the ridge. Hisashi Matsuyama almost used all his strength, but he just scratched a trace on the titanium alloy. Not to mention the precision, he couldn't even process it.

The German was also a little bit unconvinced, and took the same spatula and tried a few times, but finally had to shake his head and sigh, and then gave Guo Tailai a thumbs up. For the sake of manual processing, their valuation feels a bit low.

"How much do you plan to spend on my method of processing titanium alloy?" Guo Tailai smiled and teased Hisashi Matsuyama: "I taught you without reservation, should you consider how much to buy for me?" ?”