Chapter 1394: How lonely is invincibility

Zeiss, the most dazzling jewel in the world's optical crown.
If only one sentence is allowed to describe the achievements of this legendary enterprise, then it must be "how lonely is invincible."
Yes, in the field of optics, Zeiss is invincible!
Put it this way, without Zeiss, there would be no modern optics. In this field, the company's contribution to mankind far exceeds that of Bell in the communications industry!
Take Midi, who "masters core technology", for the special camera that NASA designed for taking pictures of the back of the moon in the "Apollo Moon Landing Project" that year, it needed to order lenses from Zeiss, and the US "keyhole" as we know it.
Series of reconnaissance satellites and the lenses used on the
Hubble
space telescope require technical support from Zeiss.
Some students must ask, "The Apollo Moon Landing Project" and the "Keyhole" satellites are all made up by Mi Di in the 1960s, but the small city named Jena where the second son Tan is now. But it is clearly in the East Hans, isn't Zeiss also in the East Hans? East Hans Enterprise helps Americans engage in top optical design? Are you kidding?
This is actually because Zeiss has a painful history. This company was once artificially divided into two like Hans in this country. The history is called "Dong Cai" and "Xi Cai", which helped Mi Di to make lenses. It was "Xi Cai", and the optical system on the Soviet-Russian "Universe" series of reconnaissance satellites naturally came from "Dong Cai".
In order to explain this issue clearly, it is necessary to briefly review the history of the Zeiss company.
The Zeiss company originated in 1846 by Hans optician Karl. Mr. Zeiss was founded in Jena, focusing on manufacturing precision machinery and optical products. He is one of the oldest manufacturers of optical products among companies that have continued to this day.
In the beginning, the main product of Zeiss was microscopes. By 1897, Zeiss established an astronomy department. From then on, it began to produce telescopes for space observation, and later developed into a department that specializes in the production of aerospace instruments.
In 1890, Rudolph and Abbo, the optical designers of Zeiss, developed the "Anastigmat", the first anti-astigmatism positive light photographic lens in history. This is an epoch-making great achievement, because this lens marks the beginning of modern optical design by mankind. The door!
In the tradition of Zeiss, the pursuit of the "craftsman spirit" of "meticulousness" has reached the extreme. For example, as early as the 1930s, Zeiss required the accuracy of diopter calculation to 12 decimal places. You must know that there was no modern electronics at that time. Computers, all optical path tracking calculations need to be done manually. In order to calculate a lens, the calculated mathematical data sometimes requires thousands of manuscript papers to complete!
Because of this, Zeiss has higher requirements for designers. Usually a Zeiss design team is composed of a design director and multiple assistants, many of whom are PhDs in physics or mathematics. Before World War II, Zeiss had more than a dozen Support such a design team!
This shows that it is the strong technical strength and strict management system that create high-quality Zeiss lenses.
In 1935, another black technology at that time was born in Zeiss-T lens coating technology.
After using T coating, the lens will not be exposed due to reflection, so this technology was immediately adopted by the Hans army on a large scale, and Zeiss has naturally become a Hans army military optical product, including army and navy telescopes, surveying The largest manufacturer of range meters and shooting sights, as well as bombing sights used by the Air Force, T coating became an important technological secret of Hans during World War II.
Because of the massive orders spawned by the war, Zeiss developed rapidly. In addition to Jena as the headquarters and design center, Zeiss established new factories in Dresden and Stuttgart, which also laid the foundation for the future division of Zeiss. Foreshadowing.
At the end of World War II, after the "Yalta" agreement was signed, Hans would be divided according to the secret agreement reached between the two countries, and Jena, where the Zeiss headquarters is located, and the Dresden factory, another important manufacturing center, would be placed under Soviet Russia. Under the jurisdiction of people, the only thing that the Western world can hold is the Zeiss Stuttgart factory in the southwest of Hans, but this factory is the smallest of the three Zeiss factories.
At this time, a long-sighted person saw the importance of Zeiss, so he did something extraordinary.
This is one of the most famous generals in the history of the United States-the four-star general Patton. General Patton is not a compliant person. He took advantage of the short time that the Soviet Russians had not yet reacted to, and rushed into Jena. 126 technicians and some movable equipment were moved overnight at the fastest speed and transferred to Stuttgart under their own control.
Based on these personnel and equipment, Carl Zeiss was re-established and the company was named "CarlZeissAG", historically known as "Xi Cai".
When the Soviet army came to take over Zeiss, what they saw was a messy factory building and some heavy equipment that was strenuous to move.
However, these things were not spared in the end. Maozi did nothing but did nothing. In the name of "war reparations", all the remaining personnel and equipment were packed and taken away, and they were moved to Kiev in Uklan, based on this. Established the top optical equipment factory in Russia-Kiev Camera Manufacturing Factory.
Not to mention, with the trace of Zeiss's blood that was snatched this time, Maozi's lens can still occupy a place in the international optical field. Senior photography enthusiasts should know the "KIEV" camera and lens brand.
Although they have been plundered twice in succession, Jena and Dresden have been important optical equipment production centers for nearly a century, and they have profound background. Soon, with the support of the University of Jena, the local technicians restored the Zeiss company factory in Jena amidst ruins. The new factory was called "Carl Zeiss Jena People’s Enterprise" (VEBCarlZeissJena). ), known as "Dong Cai" in history.
The East and West Zeiss split up and developed to today. Both have their own strengths. Because "Xi Cai" has captured some of the most core talents, it has been passed down along the way, maintaining the original company’s leading position in optical technology. With the supply of lenses for Hasselblad and Rollei cameras and the management of its own brands such as ZeissIkon and Contax, Xicai is very successful and has very good profits; however, with Jena and Dresden The foundation, the "Dong Cai" that supplies optical products and designs for the entire "Warsaw Treaty" is not bad, and even surpasses the "Xi Cai" in terms of enterprise scale. The Zeiss Jena Group is now the largest enterprise group in East Hans One of them has more than 5,000 employees.
And this Zeiss Jena is the most important goal of Tan Zhenhua's Hans trip.