"My first step should start with metal smelting." After understanding this information, He Xingzhou already had a clear plan in mind.
To manufacture powerful industrial mother machines, first and foremost, one requires high-quality metal materials.
Such as special steel, titanium alloy, aluminum alloy, and so on.
At present, most metal materials can be smelted domestically, but it is difficult to manufacture special metals, and a large amount of special metals need to be imported from abroad every year.
Special metals are widely used, for example, in the energy industry, transportation industry, marine engineering, and various industrial needs.
On the technology tree, He Xingzhou marked out three smelting equipment: ultra-high temperature arc furnace, vacuum induction furnace, and plasma furnace.
Each corresponds to a method of metal smelting, with these methods one can smelt special metals, as well as some required alloys.
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