Steel steam and flame

An irregular cube, roughly the shape of a human heart, and also like an old tree root, covered with ferocious red copper pipes. As a steam power assembly, it is said to be a small super steam compression device, but its size is close to the size of two adults. The design is very compact, and the dense hoses have been fixed. The length of each one has its actual meaning and is not an arbitrary number. The mechanic used a difference machine to calculate it and try to eliminate the errors caused by the repair as much as possible.

The above parts cannot be replaced at will. Just like precision meshing gears, small errors will accumulate fatigue values ​​​​on the entire mechanical body through countless wear and tear. When the endurance limit reaches the moment, it suddenly breaks out.

This is also the reason why super vapor compression devices are difficult to copy, or cannot be copied. They have a place in the foundation of the empire's rule. The technology in design, materials, craftsmanship, assembly, and debugging have all been accumulated over a long period of time, as well as the dedication of several generations of research.

"Before I saw this thing, I thought it would be a very regular object." Sotagang looked at the compression device above his head, sighed and said to Cassia, "The broken parts are gone, and the performance is greatly improved." loss, but the power provided can still be equivalent to dozens of tanks. And in conjunction with the program set in the difference engine, the small super vapor compression device can do many things that ordinary compression devices cannot."

While talking, the aerial crane had moved the compression device to the fixed platform and was gradually lowering the height. Several engineers were manually aligning the fixed device on the platform.

With a muffled sound of "dong", the super vapor compression device completely matched with the hinge on the fixed platform. The sound of collision still surrounds the spacious factory building. Although it is not large, it still has a considerable weight. At this time, the technical engineers began to loosen the plug on the compression device, revealing a dozen dark holes.

These are the passages for steam to enter and exit, passing through the high-pressure tank of the compression device, the main body of the control valve, and the condenser and heating ring on the armor body, and then through the cooperation of various valve bodies, a power cycle is completed. Come full circle. Except for the compression device body, other components are now replaced by equipment in the factory to simulate the self-circulation system on the armor to test the performance of these devices.

Several technical engineers are now clamping the control pipes and cables, and the sensors used to obtain relevant test data will be fixed at the end. They are all skilled veterans, and their rich experience made the preparations for debugging go extremely smoothly. Finally, as an engineer first opened the main steam delivery valve of the hydraulic system pump body, amidst the whirring sound of the blade-shaped hydraulic pump, the sharp piston rod stretched out, driving the movable connecting rod to operate, and one side was clamped and installed on the compression The tensioning block on the device also resists the compression device from behind.

Then via the calibrated ground track, a large trumpet-like injection restriction cover was pushed over and accurately connected with the main steam delivery port on the compression device. The technical engineers fixed both of them, and after checking them from beginning to end again, the time came from nine o'clock to about eleven o'clock.

Three other compression units also arrived at the plant during this time. The manpower was obviously not enough, so in the end Sotagang and Cassia also went over to help. In actual operation, the two may not be as good as those technical engineers, but their theoretical knowledge is roughly the same. Although most of the various mechanical drawings are based on the same basis, with his flexible body and huge strength, the progress of installation and fixation has indeed been accelerated.

After all five huge speaker covers were tightened twice, at 4 p.m., the fixing work was finally completed.

Sotagang evacuated the people around him, and several baffles almost as high as the factory building were placed not far from the horn cover to block the turbulent steam flow ejected at high speed. Above this space, ten huge hoses were also pulled over by an aerial crane, and dozens of shower heads with sufficient spray volume were installed on them. The test will officially begin after a while, so that the cold water inside will fall down and quickly condense the massive amount of steam. Prevent them from escaping too much from the factory building and exposing their targets. A large circle is also surrounded by baffles on the ground to collect water and enhance the effect of absorbing steam.

"Is the pressure enough?" Cassia looked around. All the precautions that should be paid attention to were taken. The possibility of problems is not very high. She was just worried that the factory's steam delivery volume was not enough and she could not touch the super steam. Compression device limits. After all, it is no bigger than the steam engine of an ordinary truck, and it drives a battle armor body whose weight is measured in tonnage. All the moving parts on it have to rely on the steam it delivers to operate.

"No problem. The steam pressure and volume here can drive dozens of medium and large machines. If the subsequent pressure and output are not enough, we can also temporarily apply for a steam discharge tower to increase our output here. When this factory first introduced steam, The red copper pipes designed and purchased have never reached its limit. The worst result is that you have to pay more money to the steam emission tower. The emissions tower managers will not have a great appetite for the products of the Three Primary Color Group ." With a smile on his face, Sotagang looked at Cassia, "We will see the true power of this thing in a moment. Based on its performance, maybe we can also make a rough estimate of the combat capabilities of the armor. estimate."

Cassia and Sotagang all evacuated the area designated by the test. The technical engineers started the differential engine that controlled the fixed platform. After all test data were determined to be within the safe range, they pressed down the safety lever of the factory's main steam delivery pipeline and began to open the main control rotary valve step by step. The sound of rumbling in the air mixed in the pipe, penetrated the thick pipe wall, and turned into a muffled sound that hit a group of observers.

After about ten seconds, the main shaft of the steam turbine in the super vapor compression device began to rotate driven by several series of blades. The blades, which were hit by high-temperature and high-pressure steam, screamed and accelerated the spindle to a terrifying state in a short period of time. The steam on the horn cover changed from falling to spraying, just like the triangle combination searchlight on the head of a heavy train at night. In the eyes of Cassia and the others, the milky white steam completely became a solid solid, with an extremely delicate surface. If you look closely, you can see that it is the visual effect caused by the rapid flow of steam.

The baffles more than ten meters away screamed during the impact, and the surroundings of the fixed platform were now covered in steam. They were stacked layer by layer like smoke, but they had a visual weight, billowing hard toward the top of the factory.

The water pipes on the crane began to fill with water, and a man-made rainstorm fell. The water droplets seemed to hit a real object, breaking through the layers of steam mist, barely suppressing them in the factory space.

Now, apart from the sounds of various mechanical rotations and vibrations, only the continuous flashing red lights next to the differential engine can show the actual condition of the machines inside the steam-wrapped interior.

Sotagang looked at the rapidly advancing gears, and the numbers on them were rising steadily as expected. He finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and all that was left was time to wait.