The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 1063

Chapter 1063: It will be ready in seven days

In fact, when Chang Haonan finished the first half of the sentence, everyone present was basically convinced.

After all, those who were able to achieve the leadership position of the Aerospace Power Group in the early 21st century must have experienced various cooperation projects in the so-called "honeymoon period" in the 1980s, except for a few special circumstances.

So we all know a little bit about the nature of Western countries.

If the cause of the accident cannot be found out as soon as possible, even if Rolls-Royce does not take the initiative to add fuel to the fire, public opinion will eventually put the blame on China.

And the reason is not easy to refute—

As a model derived from a mature product, the Trent 900 has been uneventful for more than three years since the project was launched in 1999. As a result, less than half a year after Huaxia participated, it suddenly exploded without warning. Taiwan, and the explosion happened to be the turbine part you were responsible for producing.

You say it has nothing to do with you, who would believe it?

What's more, as a British company, there is no guarantee that Luoluo will not become a troublemaker and abdicate its own responsibilities.

So, the only way to prove one's innocence is to join the investigation as Chang Haonan said.

This way you can at least take some initiative.

But before everyone could express their stance, the second half of his sentence was blocked by everyone...

Especially Zhu Linyu.

He adjusted his sitting posture almost subconsciously, leaning his upper body slightly forward in the direction of Chang Haonan:

“80% sure?”

In fact, in most cases, the expression "X is sure" is a casual reference.

As long as it is not 100%, it cannot be taken as true.

However, Chang Haonan had a glorious history of identifying M88 problems through the air before, so he really let Zhu Linyu ignore all the above problems:

“Can you elaborate on it?”

"Um…"

In fact, Chang Haonan himself was quite convinced, and it was only out of humility that he did not say anything.

But the basis of his judgment is, after all, based on the experience of his previous life.

Now I suddenly have to explain it, and I really have to organize some language.

After thinking for a few seconds, Chang Haonan continued:

"Actually, it's nothing special. Mr. Lin, who is in charge of business, should know that as early as the end of last year, I asked Haofa Group to remind Rolls-Royce that the Trent 900's turbine has design flaws. After the turbine shaft breaks, it is prone to sudden loss. overload."

He said and tapped the meeting report on the table:

“Although Rolls-Royce's description of this accident is somewhat ambiguous, considering that the other party required us to provide low-pressure turbine blades as soon as possible for accident recovery, it can be determined that this is the problem.”

"But as I just said, the prerequisite for causing over-rotation and causing the turbine blades to be thrown out is the fracture of the turbine shaft, and such an outrageous problem of broken shaft is most likely caused by external forces on a relatively mature model like the Trent 900. Combined with the abnormal temperature signal finally returned by the sensor, the inspection scope can be directly reduced to the accessory system outside the receiver, or to be more precise, the oil pipeline..."

Actually, Chang Haonan can be more precise.

The root cause of the QF32 accident in the previous life was that a short lubricating oil pipe installed on the medium and high pressure turbine bearing casing was not processed properly.

Under harsh external conditions and frequent driving and parking, this short pipe eventually broke, and the leaking oil caused a fire, which eventually caused the turbine shaft to lose strength and break.

Afterwards, Rolls-Royce inspected another 53 Trent 900 engines and found that the short oil pipes of 11 of them did not meet the requirements like the one that caused the accident. The processing and inspection records of the other 42 engines could not be found.

In other words, this problem is not an isolated case, it was just caught up by the unlucky Qantas.

At present, in this timeline, except that the supplier of high and low pressure turbines has been changed to China, other parts have not changed.

It is also normal to be induced in advance during the test.

To a certain extent, it can even be said to be a good thing -

It is better to explode on the test bench than to explode in the sky.

Of course, he can only recall these contents in his mind.

Delineating a scope of investigation can be regarded as reasoning.

But directly pointing out which part number the problem lies in, it would be a bit of a leap of faith.

Even now, the effect is already quite obvious.

Lin Zuoming, who had been hesitant just now, made a 180° turn and immediately expressed his agreement.

Even, he was asked to personally serve as the leader of the investigation team.

But in the end, Zhu Linyu rejected it.

First of all, we are currently in the critical stage of the reorganization of the Science and Technology Committee. As the de facto second-in-command of the Aerospace Power Group and the most likely successor to the first-in-command, it is really not suitable for him to go abroad casually.

Second coming...

Although Lin Zuoming is in charge of technical work, he only knows a little more than several other deputy general managers who are completely non-technical.

Essentially, I haven't been responsible for specific research and development work in more than ten or twenty years.

If you really want to lead an investigation team, it will still be a layman commanding an expert.

Of course, this second reason is put more euphemistically.

But it still filled the conference room with a happy atmosphere...

Finally, it was Chang Haonan who brought the matter to an end:

“Mr. Lin, in fact, only one person can be the leader of this investigation team.”

“Who?” Lin Zuoming was obviously still regretting the lost opportunity to show off.

“Ren Bingda, the deputy general manager of Haofa Group, is also the person in charge of the Chinese side of Xiro Group.”

Chang Haonan replied:

"The high and low pressure turbines of the Trent 900 are officially produced by the Silo Group. Haofa only accepts subcontracting and is responsible for the OEM. So in any case, Rolls-Royce will not agree to the fact that we people are responsible for the production." Participate in the investigation.”

“Only Comrade Ren Bingda, by virtue of his position in the Ciro Group, is not so sensitive to the British, so he will have a certain amount of room for maneuver..."

After a whole night of discussion and planning, the group headquarters finally sent a rough action plan and requirements to Haofa Group before going to work the next day.

Zhang Zhenhua and Ren Bingda also conveyed Chang Haonan's request to Tim Purdy in its entirety.

The latter's initial reaction was probably almost the same as Chang Haonanhe's.

“This is impossible!”

Bodi showed an expression as if he had eaten a fly:

“At the contractual level, there is no direct relationship between your group and Rolls-Royce. If a Chinese face appears in the accident investigation team, we will not be able to explain it to the board of directors.”

Although it was he who suggested to Panos Watson that he could disclose the general circumstances of the accident to China in order to urge the latter to deliver the next batch of turbine blades as soon as possible.

However, the proposal definitely does not include involving the other party in the investigation.

“But Mr. Purdy.”

Ren Bingda had a brilliant idea in his hand, so he was naturally unfazed by it. He just smiled and pointed out the loopholes in the opponent's logic:

“As you said yesterday, if the investigation does not produce results for a long time, then our participation in the production of Trent 900 as an OEM will be made public sooner or later, right?”

“Although this may indeed cause our reputation to be damaged, if we really want to say it, I'm afraid it's your group...or Mr. Bodi, your personal losses will be more serious, right?”

Podi immediately froze on the spot.

The previous sentence was exactly the reason he gave yesterday when he persuaded Zhang Zhenhua to jump in line to arrange production.

As a result, after one night, it turned into a boomerang stuck in my back.

Furthermore, what Ren Bingda said was exactly what he was most worried about.

Involving subcontracting in the production process can be a big or small matter.

If everything goes well, of course everyone is happy.

But if it really comes down to the top, he, the deputy director, is undoubtedly the most likely position to be pulled out of the job.

But then again.

If a Chinese person participates in the investigation, even if the results are found, he is still likely to take the blame...

Just as heaven and man were fighting in Bodi's mind, Ren Bingda calmly turned the notebook in front of him to the next page:

"Actually, Mr. Bodi, the size of our delegation does not need to be very large. It only needs three to five people. Moreover, the members are headed by me, and they are all staff of the Ciro Group..."

The meaning of this sentence is obvious.

It means that there will definitely be no procedural loopholes, eliminating Bodi's worries about being settled.

However, the latter's suspicions are still not so easily cleared away:

“Three to five people?”

As far as an accident investigation team is concerned, even with limited participation, this scale is really too small.

“Uh...that's right.”

In fact, Ren Bingda was also a little confused about this number, but Mr. Chang emphasized repeatedly in the morning that scale is not important. Success is considered successful if someone passes it, so he quickly nodded firmly and explained:

"In fact, we also considered that the accident involved a product we produced. We must personally rule out the possibility of defects in the turbine blades before we can be considered responsible for the product for life. That's why our superiors asked us to be a witness, so it doesn't take too long. On a large scale, it will not interfere with your normal investigation work..."

“And only in this way do we have sufficient reason to suspend the current production tasks..."

Verbally, you can naturally say a lot.

Anyway, as long as we can successfully intervene in the investigation, Luo Luo will not have the final say on what happens next.

What's more, Ren Bingda's promise was only not to "interfere" with the investigation.

I didn't say it wouldn't affect—

I will give you the investigation results directly, so it won't be considered an interference, right?

In short, after some verbal attacks, Bodi, who had already relaxed his attitude, finally completely declined and promised to report China's requirements and wait for the final decision of the project manager, but there is no guarantee that it will be approved.

　　That's what I say, but everyone knows that the so-called "waiting for a decision from superiors" is just an excuse for buffering.

However, for the sake of safety, Zhang Zhenhua, who had been silent before, still added that one hit will kill:

“Mr. Purdy, I hope you can give feedback to your superiors. Our investigation team will personally bring the turbine blades you ordered to the UK. The fastest... it will be in place in about seven days.”

(End of this chapter)

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