Chapter 502 Industry and Improvement

The heavy walking mecha carried supplies and walked through the flat ground covered with dark gray cement. It stretched out its long arms to take out the supplies from the open hatch of the aerospace ship docking at the port, and placed them on the small expander on its back. In the shipping container.

Engineering spider mecha.

As an improvement to engineering machinery, the steam spider's mechanical joints were artificially thickened and shortened in order to give it better stability and support capabilities.

These big guys don't need to charge on the battlefield like their prototypes.

They now have...six little short legs.

It is usually used in various areas where the space is small, the body position needs to be changed, and it is not convenient for large transport vehicles.

Long-distance transportation generally uses aerospace ships or steam locomotives.

After all, Ji Lin's subordinate territory has wheels.

When using joint mechanical units to move long distances, the losses caused by the wear and tear of mechanical parts... it is better to directly use other transport units for transportation.

The job of the steam engineering spider is to use its own movable robotic arm to unload boxes of materials from the aerospace ship's cargo warehouse, and transport these materials short distances to nearby material warehouses for storage.

As for why not design small transport units separately.

Because Ji Lin has no plans to open another production line, there is no need to open an additional production line for what can be done with a slight modification on the prototypes of steam spiders and steam robots.

The cost of transformation may be only 20%, but the resources required to open an additional production line may exceed 100%.

Risk, cost, value for money.

Just modify it and it will work, so don't open another separate production line.

The yield advantages of scale far outweigh the quality advantages of redesign.

This is why it is often possible to see a modification of a weapon and equipment used for ten, twenty, or even thirty years.

The upgrading of products, especially military products, is a wonderful thing.

The greater the quantity produced, the lower the R&D costs and production line construction costs amortized on each product will be, ultimately leading to a lower price of the product itself.

on the contrary.

If the production quantity is small, then the research costs and the cost of building the production line will be allocated to each product, which will make the same product appear to be extremely expensive.

at the same time.

Products with more output will have enough room for profit optimization because of their sufficient output. The profits brought by those products are enough for people to be willing to optimize the products... and there will also be enough time and samples to check for shortcomings and optimize them one by one.

Because its profits allow.

Good and abundant industries can exist at the same time.

What about those with small output? R&D companies just want to recover their R&D costs as quickly as possible and then kill this unprofitable project.

The above is just a description based on absolutely ideal conditions. In reality, it will be more complicated...

Let’s get back to the topic.

Except for aerostats, there are also steam locomotives using crystal ore steam engines... These are units that are completely used in new fields.

If you can't make any changes no matter how hard you try, you can only assign technicians and workers to create a separate production line.

The steam spider has six heavy walking limbs, and its walking stability and carrying capacity are far better than the steam robot with only two legs. It was finally selected to become the territory's engineering auxiliary machinery.

The old steam spider just needs a few tweaks to make it a decent cargo robot.

Similar to a forklift.

But now an outstretched hand lifted up a forklift that was preparing to load and unload supplies, like a toy.

A short pulse of electric current entered, paralyzing the spider, which was struggling continuously after being picked up. Its six mechanical joints and two extremely simple-looking mechanical arms hung feebly.

"activation."

The steam spider was reawakened by the injection of electricity, struggling in the hands of the large humanoid structure.

Like a worker ant being snatched from the colony.

It was protesting this interference with its work.

But observers will pay no attention to its protests.

"closure."

Electric current was injected, and the steam spider's limbs hung down weakly.

"Hmm...so that's what it is..."

Gui Yu observed the chassis of the steam spider. Through brief activation and deactivation, she roughly understood the operating mechanism of these structures that relied more on machinery and runes.

Hydraulic rods, crankshafts, as well as flashing repulsion rune matrices and floating stone weight-reducing frames.

Under the heavy steel is an exquisite mechanical structure, which is the application of rune technology and supports the operation of mechanical structural units.

The steam spider was placed back on the ground, and the activated current was injected. It turned its crystal blue pupils to stare at the large structure that lifted it... Then it ran to the engineer wearing a yellow vest on its six short legs. Lift the supply box and place it behind your back.

But it is still too rough and lacks the beauty that a machine should have.

As the world's best earth lineage scholar and the best mechanism scholar, she still has some opinions of her own in terms of technology.

Well, after she comes...

Territories should use ley lines to strengthen structural units.

She didn't like to waste these three days at work... and she didn't like to spend the original time together on work.

The earlier you finish your work, the more you will spend together~

"Mo Qi, what do you think?"

The gray-haired girl turned her head and looked at her scientific research assistant.

"Due to material strength issues, a lot of compromises were made in the design, resulting in a serious decline in flexibility and various data... The main structure needs to be redesigned, the support parts need to be redesigned, the production cost is expected to be reduced by 10%, and the performance will be moderate. The magnitude of the increase.”

The female scientific research supervisor wearing square-framed glasses quickly scribbled on the paper, then tore off the paper and handed it to her immediate supervisor.

The dean of the college followed Gui Yu and Mo Qi tremblingly. He was sweating when he heard her words, but when he thought that she was not assigning work to him... he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Ji Lin always liked to chat with him and said: 'I think this research project is good. ’, ‘What do you think of this direction? ’

Then the dean knew that he was ready to start working.

It's not his job now, why is he nervous? .

"Earth Vein Cleansing and Quenching Technology?"

Mo Qi, the director of scientific research, was thinking and turned his attention to the dean aside.

The dean of the college was stared at for a while before he realized that the director of scientific research was asking him.

He shook his head and said he had never heard of this technology.

"There is no research and development, the project is added to the research list."

Mo Qi turned around and responded to Gui Yu.

(My glasses are broken. I went out to get a new one today. I found that the prescription was too high...I have to go out to the optical shop to get a replacement tomorrow...)