From June of 1950 to June of 195 1 year, in just one and a half years, he improved and imitated 35 kinds of tools and created 16 kinds of invented tools. His improved special-shaped fishplate ensures driving safety; The flower drill he made has improved the work efficiency by three times; His improved loading card can replace imported goods and can lift more than 20 tons; The cement cylinder he invented solved the problem of pouring cement piers in river water.
In the era of steel shortage, Wang Yongxiang, then the foreman of Shaogongwu ironmaking workshop of Hunan Hengyang Railway Bureau, led the whole class of workers to collect more than 0 tons of scrap steel 10 to support national construction. When he heard that Lukou Bridge and He Lei Bridge were to be repaired, he led the whole class to sign up for the maintenance task first. During the two-month emergency repair of Lukou Bridge, Wang Yongxiang led eight ironworkers to forge more than 10 tons of fittings,10,000 screws and more than 3,000 rivets and splints with scrap steel. At that time, the rivet sockets of air guns were scarce, and spare parts were scarce and could not be bought, which directly affected the progress of the emergency repair project. When Wang Yongxiang found out, he devoted himself to research. After repeated tests, he overcame the quenching difficulty and forged more than 100 rivet sockets with waste rails, thus ensuring the urgent need for emergency repair.
When repairing Lei River Bridge, a large number of iron harrows and screws are urgently needed. Wang Yongxiang Class, together with the Second Team of Railway Corps, forged more than 6,000 pieces of scrap steel in one week, which ensured the progress of the project. It takes a lot of shovels to shovel rivets. Wang Yongxiang shoveled more than 100 with scrap iron. Others can only shovel 10 rivets, but he can shovel 100 rivets. During the four months since the bridge was built, Wang Yongxiang always went out early and came back late, working hard. He also used his spare time to pick up scrap steel discarded along the railway to make useful tools and equipment, which saved the country money.
After the completion of the bridge repair task, Wang Yongxiang still returned to work in Changsha Works Section. At that time, the ironworker class lacked tools, so he took out more than 20 kinds of special tools that he had saved for decades for urgent production in the class.
Although Wang Yongxiang is famous as a "miser" in saving money for his company, he is never stingy with his skills. He taught two apprentices carefully and learned to hammer in three months. Wang Yongxiang often said, "If I live for one day, I will teach for one day. If I teach one more apprentice, the country will have more strength. " He also attaches great importance to the continuous improvement of the technical level of the workers in the class. He practiced a graded teaching method: the foreman taught the palm pliers, the palm pliers taught the hammer, and the hammer taught the fire. Under his leadership, from April of 1950 to June of 195 1 year, the whole class exceeded the task every month, and none of them were scrapped.