At 9:00 on December 10th, the north wind was clear, but the sunlight was just right. The reporter took a bus to Taiyuan Silian Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. located in the comprehensive reform zone and met Chi Xuefeng, the head of the product research and development department, who was born in 1989. He is of medium height, with a round face and slightly blackened skin, looking very sturdy. There are two computer screens on the desk in front of him. He is comparing drawings, typing and typing on the keyboard, and occasionally communicating with people on the phone, with a slight accent. His speaking speed is not urgent or slow, and he listens very calmly.

Silian Heavy Industry is a private joint-stock enterprise in our city, specializing in the design and manufacturing of coking equipment. As a designer, this year is Chi Xuefeng's eighth year working at this company, and he has also grown from an ordinary product designer to the head of the product development department. He takes his work seriously and responsibly, strives for excellence, and is obsessed with researching every part.

Building a solid foundation from scratch

Good steel is not made in a day, and good technology cannot be mastered in one day. In 2012, Chi Xuefeng, who had just arrived at Silian Heavy Industry, was still a "little white". Although I studied mechanical manufacturing in college, I only realized in the company that the knowledge I learned in school and the skills required for my job were vastly different, and everything had to start from scratch.

At that time, Master Su, who led him, was respectfully referred to as Su Gong. Su Gong is very strict with Chi Xuefeng and demands that he pursue perfection in his work. He often says that in the field of product design, designing parts is the foundation and also the key. A machine is composed of millions of parts. The perfect design and manufacturing of parts ensures smooth operation of the entire machine. Only by taking every part seriously can it be treated well by the machine. "Chi Xuefeng firmly remembers his master's teachings in his heart.

In his spare time, Chi Xuefeng kept learning, and the book "Principles of Machinery" was read countless times by him. He is well aware that mechanical theory is the foundation, and to become a qualified designer, laying a solid foundation is crucial.

For three years, Chi Xuefeng worked and studied, but due to his focus on product design, the work was quite tedious and brain intensive. When encountering technical difficulties or bottlenecks without a solution, working overtime or even staying up all night is a common occurrence, "Chi Xuefeng said. It is precisely through such hard work that he has accumulated a wealth of experience in mechanical design, processing, manufacturing, and assembly.