The three-dimensional printer meets Anfeng's requirements in core technology.

According to the latest research and development results, plasma beams are mostly used for printing metals to sinter, which are as low as 200 and up to 10,000 or 20,000 degrees, which is enough to process most materials. It can also smelter mixed materials and improve the manufacturing capacity of printers to a higher level.

Based on the samples, if you are willing to spend money, it can reach the same level as modern precision CNC machine tools, and it will be even better. For example, in terms of precision manufacturing, if you replace the plasma beam, the accuracy of using the laser beam can reach the nanoscale. But the difficulty is lasers and energy.

In fact, lasers can get good results as long as they have money, but energy is a problem. Condensing high-energy lasers requires huge instantaneous energy. AC power is the first to eliminate it. A capacitor that discharges quickly is the first choice - it must have a large capacity, a fast discharge, and is fully discharged within one second.

The original capacitor technology was not developed enough, but GP energy meets the conditions, and technology promotes each other. Each field embodies the wisdom of other industries, and it is impossible to move forward in a simple direction. This is the original intention of Anfeng to get involved in industrial research and development.

There is only one shortcoming: cost.

Its cost is definitely very high. It costs millions to develop this small thing. It is not surprising that a large 3D printer that meets Anfeng's requirements is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and the materials required are not cheap. Overall, in the case of slowness in other fields, this will be a complete money-burning game.

This is why An Feng needs money. In the next few days, he personally tested the samples and verified that his core technology was already very advanced, and then he turned to sintering, high precision and high resolution of mixed materials. After all these three aspects were improved, he made large machines.

Mixed materials require more than a dozen materials to be used simultaneously, with accuracy required to be accurate to the nano-level. The accuracy of using a laser should be within 10 nanometers; the resolution affects the appearance of the finished product, and the low PPI will reduce the image's reduction degree and will not meet the requirements for appearance.

After cost calculation, it is not difficult to manufacture a super-large machine, but at least 50 million US dollars must be burned on it. The more than 100 million US dollars is also extremely expensive. At present, it can only be used exclusively. No one can afford it for mass production, and they don’t know how to use it if they can afford it.

Anfeng has prepared 100 million US dollars for the project, which is a serious matter after all.

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There is also exciting news in the middle of the month. The company's high-temperature superconductors developed by the company have made a breakthrough - in the end, it is still supercomputers. As long as there are model equations, it can screen out the most suitable items from hundreds of millions of possibilities, then test them one by one, and finally succeed.

The technical team suddenly raised the critical temperature of superconductor to 258.15K, that is, minus 15 degrees Celsius! A high-temperature superconductor can achieve room temperature superconductor by breaking a little further upward. However, this seems to be the limit of the material. Unless other materials are used.

Practical superconductors are widely used. They can be used as generators. Due to zero resistance and strong magnetism, their power generation is ten times higher than ordinary generators, but their volume and weight are reduced to half. They can also be used as magnetofluid propeller to make the submarine's speed exceed five times the current speed.

It can also be used as superconducting wires to save at least one trillion kWh of electricity on the earth every year; there is also a quantum computer. It requires superconducting technology; and there is also a clean energy in the future: nuclear fusion, which uses the strong magnetic field generated by superconductors to achieve contactless packaging of hundreds of millions of kWh of high-temperature plasma and performs artificial nuclear fusion.

It can be said that high-temperature superconducting will be another "graphene empire".

An Feng discussed with the technical group, and the joy of victory filled the entire office. An Feng was interested in the benefits and technology it could bring. The technicians were looking forward to the fame and the Nobel Prize, but there was one thing that everyone could not ignore: mass production method. This is the key to limiting costs.

Although there are many materials and high manufacturing costs, low-cost mass production cannot be achieved, and the popularization of superconducting technology is even more impossible to start. After the samples are released, they still have to consider what kind of smelting methods should be used to achieve assembly line mass production of superconductors. Experts are not good at this.

The good news is that An Feng has a solution, but he doesn't say it. Because manufacturing methods are easy to imitate, and applying for patents is even more self-invested. He is heading towards a profit perspective, so he has to complicate the process and reduce costs, but it also makes competitors unable to catch up within ten years.

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An Feng ultimately did not provide the method to the technical team.

He was considering establishing another company, manufacturing it on the company, and the machinery needed to be produced from An's industrial industry, and the core components remain confidential. It is necessary to restrain many aspects to form a virtuous cycle and protect the confidentiality to the greatest extent, so that even if there is a way to imitate, there is no way to start.

If it were before, he wouldn't have been so complicated, but with more people and things in contact with, people would have more worries. As the saying goes, "I'm afraid of ten thousand, but I'm afraid of anything." It can also be said that he has become an old fox. He could trust his employees unconditionally, but now he understands that trust is limited.

As for the technical team that develops superconductors, they can win the Nobel Prize and the company's rewards, which is enough for them to have a life of worry-free life. Such a big piece of cake is pressed on them. One day, someone secretly turned against him. Who would An Feng find if he suffered a loss?

Finally, he decided to set up a new company called "Superconductor Company".

He handed over the application for the company to assistant John, and his reply was quickly sent back: "Sorry, sir, the company's name has been registered."

"Someone has registered?" An Feng wondered, but it was right to think about it. Someone will definitely be the first to register with such a casual name. Could it be that he would go to another country to register?

But avoiding registration loopholes, there will be lawsuits and disputes in the future. Even if there is no dispute, it will secretly form a brand that can copy itself, which is very unwise. An Feng likes an image name, and it will not be so appropriate to change it to other feelings. Finally, John provided a solution.

"Sir, you can buy that company." John gave an answer that suits An Feng's personality very well.

"Company information?" An Feng asked.

"Send it to you now!" John mobilized the company information and An Feng opened it to check it.

This superconductor company in the United States is naturally engaged in the superconductor field, but the scale is not very large. It is an ordinary non-listed company with a turnover of nearly 10 million. It has some small developments in superconductors, but I am definitely sorry for its "superconductor company".

After reading the information, An Feng felt that the other party had ruined his name and occupied the pit and did not shit.

Finally he said to John: "You go and discuss with the company's head. I have the right to buy this company and see how much they want."

"I'll make arrangements right away." John said that he is now an assistant. He is usually a assistant to do small things, and he only needs to be on the key occasions. As a private team of a super rich man, he has this benefit. He has less work and more money, but his working hours are uncertain.

But under the impact of high salary, working hours can actually be ignored. Although Americans pursue personal freedom, only fools will not be able to get over money. John has done a lot of preparations in a hurry, so naturally he must be familiar with the other party's trump card in negotiations and achieve the best results.

One day later, John got the information he needed.

In fact, there are professional intermediaries doing this. To put it bluntly, they are legal commercial spies. John looked at the company's shareholder composition, with more than a dozen shareholders, the largest share of which accounted for 60% of the shares. According to the information, he was a white man in his forties, but he had no professional knowledge.

In other words, this is likely to be a venture capital. Considering that the company's name in the US is definitely targeted by many people, but it has not been replaced, which proves that this person has a big appetite, and it may take a certain price to buy it.

After the company's situation, the assets were about US$13 million, but there were many debts and the net assets were only about US$6 million. John gave a psychological price of 12 million. But it is estimated that the transaction price would be higher. After all, there is information that although the boss is not rich, he is not short of money.

John negotiated with the other party, and he did not say that he would not consider selling.

But in terms of price, this person opened his mouth and quoted 20 million. John refused to talk to him. Even companies with ordinary business and even net profit margins less than 5% dared to speak out? This guy may have been determined by their demand for the company name, so he dared to be so arrogant.

An Feng was speechless when he heard the offer. He would not make himself a sucker if he spent money! Finally, he used the relationship between friends from all sides and first considered the naughty ones, and saw if anyone knew him, and said a few words from it. If it didn’t work, he would be shady. Warn him and still not give in?

An Feng’s relationship network came in handy, and some friends knew this person.

Finally, they negotiated and explained the interests clearly, and said that you don’t sell now, and you don’t want to sell in the future, and you won’t be worth the number. After the other party learned that An Feng was from, they were willing to be killed by cash. An Feng paid 8 million US dollars to make him lick him, while the other shareholders were five million.

After completing this company, it also took over some valuable businesses and debts. The outside world seems to be at a disadvantage, but An Feng is worth it in order to have a beautiful name in the future! The company's R&D and administrative departments have established it in California to consider the principle of proximity, but the factory has to be carefully considered.

Factory is the key to production, and the environment, transportation and the distribution of surrounding resources must be considered. California is not suitable. Although the southern industrial zone led by Texas is OK, the summer is hot and it is not suitable for superconductors. The remaining northeastern United States is an option, or continue to go north.
Chapter completed!