Fascinating youtube video

[Datawiz]

One of the neater things I've watched in quite some time.

Jeff will like this.

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[Rodnok1]

I can watch stuff like that for days on end thanks.

[Louie Detroit]

I've been up close and personal a couple of times in a steel mill, met Prometheus face to face, awesome stuff!

[JRD77VET]

Thanks Craig :toast:

I wonder how many times it went back in the furnace to keep it at correct working temperature? Wonder what kind of cooling is used for the forklift turning "hands"? Heat transfer would create havoc with the hydraulics.

Take notice of the first machining pass that they were well under the outer skin. Carbide cuts metal well but that skin is highly abrasive, even with carbide tooling.

[Dan Dlabay]

I like those kind of videos. I spent 42 years working in a stamping company. It was neat to see a coil of steel fed into a press and parts are ejected out. I worked in quality and I got to go to GM, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Mercedes and Honda assembly plants and see how cars and trucks are assembled. :cert:

[99 pewtercoupe]

The company I worked for had a plant that forged axles for rail freight cars. Similar processes but on a smaller scale. Wonder what the application was for the one in the video?

[Steve_R]

What’s the temp in the middle of that?

[dvarapala]

I can watch stuff like that for days on end thanks.

Knooger likes to watch videos of giant shafts too. :yesnod:

[Burro (He/Haw)]

I've been up close and personal a couple of times in a steel mill, met Prometheus face to face, awesome stuff!

I worked in a steel mill for a couple months installing a small boiler. They’re hot, loud, and filthy. I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.

[Ol Timer]

I worked in a steel mill for a couple months installing a small boiler. They’re hot, loud, and filthy. I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.

Sounds like my dream date!

[04 commemorative]

pretty freaking amazing :seasix:

[TripleBlack]

Thanks for posting. I grew up watching "Industry on Parade" in the '60s and am fascinated by videos like this. The Science Channel has a series called "How it's Made" that I watch a lot. It's one of the few thing on that channel worth watching IMO.

[DJ_Critterus]

Wonder what they were making?

[Datawiz]

Wonder what they were making?

RIF

Video title "The whole process of forging and machining giant ship's shaft | hydraulic press forging machine"

[Chuck A]

very nice/cool indeed

[ZipZap]

Pretty cool.

The guys shoveling the slag reminded me of a job my good friend had during summers in college. He worked at Kaiser Cement in Santa Clara. Cement production requires sintering. His job title was "Clinker Tender". As the sintered materials come out of the kiln, they pass through a grate to ensure the bigger pieces don't make it into the grinder. His job was to sit there with a sledgehammer and beat the non-conforming pieces through the grate. He had to wear a full-on fire suit, but he always came home with a "sunburn" and no hair left on his face and arms:rofl:

[DJ_Critterus]

RIF

Video title "The whole process of forging and machining giant ship's shaft | hydraulic press forging machine"

I didn't see that part with the view I had. Oops....

[mrvette]

Many years ago, I tried working at a shipyard here in Jax Fl. lasted maybe 4 daze....too much on my skeleton....but it was interesting.....:seasix: