"Look Ankato, this is our latest development of an aluminum-tungsten alloy. It is also mixed with a little bit of moonweed flower dew. Although the hardness is not as good as pure steel, it is much stronger in terms of corrosion resistance and toughness. Less, and more importantly... take it and try it."
Ankato Yiyan picked up an alloy ingot that was silvery white but with a hint of dark brown. The dwarf Porto immediately asked excitedly: "How is it? Is it very light?"
"Well, it is indeed very light." Ankato padded the alloy ingot in his hand and nodded involuntarily. "It seems that there should be a relatively high proportion of aluminum in it. I know tungsten very well. It is much heavier than iron."
"What is weight? That is density!" Porto gave Ancato a look of contempt. "Didn't you read the "Basic Standards for Industrial Materials" that the president recently wrote? To describe this thing, it needs to be called density. Don't keep talking about light and heavy. It sounds unprofessional."
Ancato couldn't help rolling his eyes. Just now, Porto himself kept asking him if he was very light, but now he accused him of answering with "heavy".
However, Ancato also studied the "Basic Standards for Industrial Materials" published by the president half a month ago. He knew that Porto was right, so he didn't bother to refute it. Moreover, Porto was sent to lead some dwarves to serve as the technical guidance of this non-ferrous metal smelting factory. By the way, he has been conducting material research using the rich non-ferrous metal types in this non-ferrous metal vein for several months. Now that there are results, he is also excited. Understandable.
"Okay then. The density of this aluminum-tungsten alloy is lower than that of ordinary steel, and its corrosion resistance and toughness are better than ordinary steel. So what are the disadvantages?" Ancato thought for a while and asked.
"As for the shortcomings, it's that it's not hard enough." Porto sighed and shook his head: "Look, if I were an aluminum-tungsten alloy tube as thick as my finger, I could bend it with just a little use. This is much worse than pure steel pipes.”
Ancato looked at the finger that Porto stretched out, which was as thick as his own two thumbs, and thought that if this was the case, then the impact resistance of this aluminum-tungsten alloy would be worse than that of ordinary pure steel.
But think of the amazing innate strength of dwarves. Ankato felt that this didn't seem to be a big deal.
After lowering his head and thinking carefully for a while, Ankato said: "Look at it this way. This material is very suitable for making the shell and part of the support frame of household magic machinery. As long as it is not a part with too much load-bearing force, it should be able to be used. Many of the household magic machines produced by our chamber of commerce cannot be replaced by plastic, and it is a bit wasteful to use pure steel. "Hehe, we experimented with this thing just for this purpose." He smiled and said: "By the way, I found that this thing is very good for making windows. You see, this thing is much stronger than wood, it is also very corrosion-resistant, and it can last much longer. many."
"Oh? According to what you said, it is not only used for windows, but can be used in many places at home." Ankato thought for a while, nodded and said: "I suddenly felt that this aluminum-tungsten alloy is very useful. It is widely used, at least it can be used in many places in ordinary houses. Okay, I will go back and tell the president. I think he can talk to the Amuli Chamber of Commerce. This thing is definitely needed by the Amuli Chamber of Commerce. "
"I'll leave this kind of thing to you, I don't care." Porto waved his hand, suddenly looked around, took a step closer to Ancato, and whispered mysteriously: "In addition to this aluminum-tungsten alloy, there is another New research, I need you to take it back to the president to see."
See the look on Porto's face. Ankato understood immediately and did not speak, just asked with his eyes.
Porto looked around again, then waved to Ancato, gesturing for him to follow him into an inner room of the research laboratory located in the non-ferrous metal smelting factory.
"Come, how about taking a look at this thing?" After entering the inner room, Porto closed the door, then took out a dark metal block and handed it to Ancato.
Ankato reached out to take it, and immediately felt his hand sink. He quickly held it with both hands to stabilize it.
"So heavy... so dense?" Antoka looked at the black metal block in his hand in surprise, with no visible material. "What alloy is this?"
"Most of it is lead, a small part is tungsten, and it is also mixed with iron and a small amount of zinc." Porto replied. "This thing is very dense, but it has extremely high hardness, strong resistance to impact pressure, and pretty good toughness. Isn't the Chamber of Commerce planning to upgrade the specifications of magic machine tools and agricultural and engineering magic machinery? President He Canby They had been worried about finding materials that could withstand enough pressure, and I thought this would be a good fit.”
"That's not a particularly important issue. The president said that as long as we improve the purity when smelting steel, we will definitely be able to meet the requirements. But if the performance of this thing is better, of course it will be better." Ankato weighed it Looking at the metal block in his hand, he thought about it and asked, "The key question is, what is the cost of this thing?"
"Cost?" Porto was stunned, then smiled awkwardly. "It's hard to say. Anyway, there are a lot of materials needed for this thing in this vein. I think since there are so many here, other places should be fine."
"That's hard to say." Ankato shook his head and sighed: "No wonder the president has always attached great importance to mineral resources. It would be great if this non-ferrous metal vein belonged to our Chamber of Commerce."
"I don't think there's anything difficult about this. With us dwarves here, are we still worried about not being able to find the mine?" Porto said.
"So what if you can find it? Could it be that you can still go to the Candela Empire or the Malo Empire to mine it?" Ancato rolled his eyes at Porto.
Porto was immediately speechless.
The two discussed the recent research results of the laboratory. After Ancato proposed some recent research and development trends of the Chamber of Commerce to Porto, he left the laboratory, went to the factory, and found the Falcao Chamber of Commerce. The person in charge here. Propose to him the orders for various non-ferrous metals brought this time.
This is the reason why Ankato sighed just now.
Although this non-ferrous metal smelting plant is a joint venture between Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Falcao Chamber of Commerce, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce also enjoys a part of the equity, but it is not wholly owned by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Therefore, even if the non-ferrous metal mines smelt various non-ferrous metal materials themselves, if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce needs them, they still have to purchase them through normal channels.
Because of this procedure, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will be subject to many restrictions.
For example, the Magic Machine Tool R&D Center and the Magic Research Institute have always hoped to obtain some pure copper for experiments. However, because copper can be used to make copper coins, copper is subject to special controls in the Lampali Kingdom. Farr Kao Chamber of Commerce will not consider selling to Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at all.
And except for copper. The production targets of non-ferrous metal smelting plants cannot be completely set according to the needs of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Take the household magic machinery department of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce that Ancato is responsible for as an example, because the latest version of various household magic machinery needs to be upgraded in terms of materials. Demand for aluminum and zinc is extremely high right now.
However, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce insists on giving priority to pure copper smelting, resulting in low aluminum and zinc output.
The non-ferrous metal mines and smelting factories near the Worrall Werewolf Tribe can fully meet the needs of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The main non-ferrous metals in that vein are aluminum ore and lead ore, but no zinc ore has been found at all. So if you want zinc, you can only get it from here.
Therefore, even Ankato, who has not paid much attention to this kind of thing, can't help but hope that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can control a few more non-ferrous metal mines on its own, so as not to be restricted by others.
It's just that the situation in the Lampali Kingdom is relatively complicated. It is already quite difficult for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to participate here. It is impossible to obtain one or even several mineral veins, at least in the short term.
Ancato and the head of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce spent a long time talking, and then they won his request to urge the mine to mine more zinc ore.
As for the actual effect, only God knows...
after one day. Ancato watched President Pompeii lead a fleet of freight magic locomotives from Filson Horse Racing Co., loading up to seventeen tons of various non-ferrous metals onto the road to Bangta City, and then turned around and came to Fitu. Chamber of Commerce.
"General Manager of the Household Magic Machinery Department of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?"
President Cherno of the Fit Chamber of Commerce glanced at the name note handed over by Ancato, and then looked at his young face. Ancato, who looked to be no more than thirty years old, thought that if it weren't for the testimony of an old acquaintance like Sakchi, he would never believe that such a young man was the department head of such a large chamber of commerce as Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
"Um...General Manager Ancato, what's the reason for you to come to our Feidu Chamber of Commerce?" President Chernow looked at Ancato with vigilance and suspicion.
As a representative of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, this person came to this small magic machinery chamber of commerce that produces magic fans and magic hot water kettles, which always makes people feel that he has evil intentions.
Ancato smiled slightly: "President Cherno. I remember that your Feidu Chamber of Commerce purchased the related production technology of magic fans and magic hot water kettles from our chamber of commerce in March and June respectively last year. We spent money on this respectively. Sixty-three thousand gold coins and seventy-two thousand gold coins, right?”
President Chernow narrowed his eyes and looked at Ankato with an even more vigilant look.
This guy had obviously prepared in advance, so he must have come with bad intentions.
"That's right, General Manager Ankato, what do you want to say when you mention this?" President Cherno asked coldly.
Ancato kept his smile unchanged, paused, and continued: "President Chernow, when I visited your factory just now, I found that your chamber of commerce's magic fan and magic hot water kettle production lines are not perfect and lack Several models have been produced. Since, President Chernow, you are willing to spend so much money to purchase the related technologies of magic fans and magic hot water kettles, then are you willing to spend another sum of money to perfect the entire production line and related technologies? Get up?"
President Chernow was suddenly startled.
Judging from Ankato's words, could it be that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce intends to fully open up all the production technologies of magic fans and magic hot water kettles to them
Thinking of this possibility, President Chernow's heart couldn't stop beating violently.