When Zhang Yi and Zhang Yingying finished their call and he drove to the factory, many people were already waiting in front of the glass production equipment. They were the people involved in modifying the machine. Meanwhile, several others were carrying out final inspections to ensure that nothing could go wrong.
At last, once the inspection was complete, Zhang Yi ordered them to turn on the power. The entire system began operating smoothly. Of course, smooth operation alone was not enough; production had not yet begun, and it was only running idle.
As Quartz Sand and other ores were poured into the furnace for complex chemical reactions, various machines intermittently added different metal materials into the furnace. Since both the timing and quantities involved had to be controlled with extreme precision, Zhang Yi's equipment did not rely on manual additions. Manual operation was far too unstable.
Even when Jia Qing had first developed this type of glass, he had failed many times due to operational mistakes. So he and several mechanically gifted students directly designed a feeding machine to add these materials. After all, machines were less likely to make mistakes when controlled by a program.
When the first lens produced by the equipment appeared before everyone, they all carefully examined it. Some people immediately picked up testing equipment and conducted a detailed inspection.
Since this was their first production run, Zhang Yi and the others had not made the largest-sized lens. Instead, they produced one with a diameter of around one meter. Even at that size, it was beyond the reach of many astronomy enthusiasts.
The test results came back quickly, and they were somewhat disappointing. Although everyone had repeatedly modified the equipment over this period, it still had not reached the standard they had hoped for. This was