To successfully complete the assigned political tasks, the Factory has focused on building high-quality human resources, promoting investment and technological innovation, contributing significantly to the development of a modern, dual-use Vietnamese defense industry.

Focus on high quality human resources

At the K56 Ammunition Workshop, Factory Z114 - where ammunition for infantry guns is produced, we were introduced by Lieutenant Nguyen Quoc Khoi, Technical Assistant of the Workshop: "Ammunition production goes through many different stages. The components of the bullet head must be cleaned, dried and carefully selected before being put into the next stage. The stages must be precise, ensuring absolute safety during the production process. This is a strict requirement for the staff and workers in the entire Factory".

After graduating from the Brno National Defense University (Czech Republic) with a major in weapons and ammunition, Lieutenant Nguyen Quoc Khoi began working at the Z114 Factory. The solid knowledge acquired through training is the foundation for the young engineer (born in 1997) to apply in practice. Working at the ammunition production workshop helped Khoi accumulate practical experience, learn from the senior generation in researching, improving, and developing products, while improving the safety and combat effectiveness of ammunition.

Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense visited and worked at Factory Z114, June 2024.

Research and production of ammunition and explosives is a difficult and challenging field of the defense industry. This field not only requires in-depth knowledge and extensive experience but also requires a very high level of accuracy throughout the research and manufacturing process. With more than 10 years of experience and many different positions, Major Tran Ngoc An, Deputy Head of the Technical Department, Factory Z114, clearly understands the difficulties and specificities in researching, manufacturing and producing explosives. Based on his in-depth knowledge, Comrade An and his colleagues actively research, test and develop new products, making an important contribution to helping the Factory autonomously produce explosive products on the existing production line, with high safety and effective combat capabilities.

Passing on experience from previous generations along with the policy of attracting high-quality human resources from academies and schools is one of the key solutions for Factory Z114 to improve its research, manufacturing and production potential for weapons and ammunition. Colonel Nguyen Tho Truong, Deputy Director of Factory Z114 said: "To improve the research and innovation capacity of the staff and engineers, the Factory proactively cooperates with training institutions, universities and research institutes at home and abroad to form groups of topics; encourages the research staff to improve their qualifications through training programs, scientific research and application of new technologies. Thereby helping the staff and engineers to have solid professional knowledge, flexibility and creativity in solving technological problems".

Workers of Factory Z114 produce weapons in the workshop.

Mastering production technology

With specific goals defined for each roadmap, along with the right orientation in building human resources, investing in a modern, dual-use production line system, Factory Z114 has mastered the transferred production technology; at the same time, successfully connected production technology lines at many stages into a synchronous line for the production of explosives and ammunition, ensuring high requirements on technical indicators and product quality.

At the central control room of the industrial explosives production line, with a camera system and sensors for temperature, flow, pressure, liquid level, stirring speed... helping workers grasp the entire operation of the line; at the same time, it is capable of activating the warning system when an incident occurs. With the investment in a synchronous production line and technology system in the workshops, up to now, Factory Z114 has mastered the production of 7.62mm ammunition, aluminum-shelled K8T explosive tubes, and the supply of K56 air bullets for training and combat readiness for southern units.

Along with the successful research and development of clean explosives, recently, Factory Z114 has cooperated with units in the General Department of Defense Industry to research and produce grenades for use in water environments. This is a difficult product because the explosion mechanism of grenades in water environments is different, placing high demands on material research and manufacturing technology.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Le Truong Lien, Head of Product Quality Control Department, Factory Z114, the grenade used in water environment is a new product, without a sample. The grenade is designed on the principle of using water pressure at different depths to activate the operating mechanism of the fuse (the mechanism to open the safety, fire, detonate the grenade)... To meet the technical requirements, during the research process, the group of authors used modern design calculation software such as Ansys Autodyn to build a numerical simulation model, calculate and evaluate the reliable operation of the detonation circuit when working; use technology, production lines, raw materials, and materials available in the country for manufacturing.

Gradually increasing the localization rate, mastering the source of materials and technical equipment, contributing to improving productivity and product quality is the goal of Factory Z114. Defense products that are highly appreciated by the using units are proof of the quality and brand of the Factory. This is the driving force for Factory Z114 to move steadily on the path of development and integration, contributing to enhancing the potential of the defense industry in the new situation.

Article and photos: NGUYEN DUC HIEU - BUI CONG TUNG

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