Chapter 548 (1/2)
After completing the preliminary design, Sui Xiong spent some time modifying it, especially the energy source part. The next day, he went to Palin’s research center with something shaped like a broom.
The workers just needed to crush the iron ore into pieces and sweep over them with that broom, and then those parts with a higher iron content would be pulled out. After sweeping two or three times, the remaining residue had very little iron content and little value.
As for crushing the iron ore into pieces, there was nothing difficult in that. After all, when it came to iron-making, the smaller the pieces were, the better the effects it would have.
Palin liked the new design very much. After several tests, he offered some suggestions for a revision.
For example, Palin thought that there could be a wide belt that could move forward slowly, carrying the crushed iron ore. Then the belt could go under the tool called the mineral processing machine for a quick screen to find the better ore. That would help them get ore with better quality more effectively.
A dwarf craftsman thought that the mineral processing machine could be made differently according to the different types of magnetic strength so as to screen out ores of different purity and distinguish their grades.
There were many valuable suggestions. Sui Xiong listened to them one by one and then made the corresponding adjustments. He also made some auxiliary equipment.
Thus, the final product was a device quite different from his original design. It looked like a semi-automatic machine. First, a heavy hammer was lifted by the power of flowing water to crush the iron ore into pieces. Then these pieces would be transported to another room by the belt with rollers underneath. Through three sets of mineral processing with different magnetic strength, the raw material of three different grades would be screened out and transported by three other belts for separate storage in three places; the remaining residue was transported elsewhere.
Looking at this semi-automatic processing system that was the size of several rooms, Sui Xiong couldn’t help thinking of the factories he had seen before his space-travel.
Honestly, this system was rough and imperfect, but the rudiments of the modern industry could be seen from it.
Sui Xiong was somewhat touched by seeing how it worked—the iron ore was sent to the crusher by the workers, and then the crushed pieces were carried by the belt to three processing machines. After that, three different grades of iron ore were sorted out and stored separately. Finally, the waste was put aside.
Although he was not an engineering student, Sui Xiong was still very happy to see this industrial scene before him, like the ones on earth before.
He felt as happy as when he had successfully created movies and TVs here.
No, he was much happier than that. After all, the so-called movies and TVs were nothing more than adding a screen to a projector, which was essentially just the popularization of the projection magic. Compared to the movies and TVs that looked luxurious, the humble factories and production lines in front of him now were the real industry!
When will the factories on Earth actually appear in this world? The productivity of science and technology on Earth is far from comparable. If I can really promote the coming of the industrial era, I will surely be able to make adequate supplies for the people in this world, and that will help everyone to live a good life!