Hi Guys, Where are you from? :)

@nova5938

Жыл бұрын

Algeria

@matisscukurs5535

Жыл бұрын

Latvia

@stanleymasterson1135

Жыл бұрын

No gloves, no face shields, no hair caps.... this is old school

@Engineering.topics

Жыл бұрын

Egypt

@matisscukurs5535

Жыл бұрын

@@Engineering.topics I was watching yet another BMW video when your notification came up

No music., just raw manufacturing process edited nicely. thanks!

@KA-vs7nl

3 жыл бұрын

Asmr for the soul

@generalralph6291

3 жыл бұрын

I always prefer time lapse footage set to Benny Hill.

@Lordosvk

3 жыл бұрын

No safety....

@user-ys1go5px7l

3 жыл бұрын

Хорошие слова говоришь, вроде

@sukhwang4554

3 жыл бұрын

No euro techno reason for thumbs up

It is amazing not only to behold the process but also to consider that the machines you see in action must've been one-offs that were designed and built just for this factory. It is all so precise and complex that it you'd think once they get the line up and running, they'd make the same model for 25 years.

@stanleymasterson1135

Жыл бұрын

Obviously, it's the same for every factory

This is where they forge the indestructible Check Engine Light 💡

@vuaerom7699

3 жыл бұрын

Not forge but foundry

@ShadX222

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@junaidiansyah4762

Жыл бұрын

hahahahah you make my day

I've worked in manufacturing for 8 years and its still neat to watch how things are made.

This is one of the cleanest foundries you will ever see.

@Prairiedrifter1

4 жыл бұрын

Dimitri Ol he said this is ONE of the cleanest foundries you will ever see.

@paulo71783

4 жыл бұрын

@@d.martins709 he says one of not most lol

@irwanpross1493

4 жыл бұрын

Lol,. toyota better than this

@smith97320

3 жыл бұрын

Microchip manufacturing plant 1000x cleaner.

@rogersmith5167

3 жыл бұрын

Well you can't over engineer dirt

Nice to see that a BMW engine starts life the same as it ends... on fire.

@MethyleneVapour

2 жыл бұрын

Where's the funny?

Could we see where they make the defective engine bearings next please?!

@stonedmole2351

4 жыл бұрын

That would be SKF

@Arsenic71

4 жыл бұрын

Those are manufactured in the US factory.

@ClockworksOfGL

4 жыл бұрын

scheusselmensch - Next door is the factory where BMW makes its soy/plastic engine parts.

@mikea5205

4 жыл бұрын

Hertz Von Renthal - that’s the beauty of BMW, you never know what’s going to break next! It’s a fun-filled surprise!

@Jdalio5

4 жыл бұрын

@@pawmsprings just a broken timing belt chain no big deal...$20 for a new one?

It's amazing all the tooling used,the guys that built those machines must be incredibly smart

@datadavis

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, ABB robots are swedish

Those robots making a sand castle with chopsticks are just insane

@rachadchouman9245

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, its the control system, it detect any fault with a prescision of 0.001mm

@gimmethegreenbacks

3 жыл бұрын

@@rachadchouman9245 you have got phone ☎️ to me know what me up 🔝

@datadavis

2 жыл бұрын

A great example of german precision made by swedish ABB robotics🤣

@xl000

2 жыл бұрын

@@rachadchouman9245 i don’t know. You can see the whole thing shift twice on the table during the process. Like 1 cm shift left and right...

It's amazing how they turn raw materials into scrap.

@will-gq6pc

3 жыл бұрын

Lolllllllllllll

@leechilds5760

3 жыл бұрын

Clueless

@BIGSMOKE-bl2lq

3 жыл бұрын

Beat me 2 it haha

@iDONHANZY

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@eduardosampoia5480

3 жыл бұрын

Excuse me...it's over engineered, over priced scrap.

Thanks, producer, for no LAME MUSIC over the top of an interesting vid.

@sleep5982

2 жыл бұрын

Yes use nose cancelling bread phones

That was not only extremely interesting, but really pleasant, beautifully filmed and edited and with no music - really well produced audio. Thanks!

@CarsGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

This looks like a pre production or prototype plant, no way it could keep up with a production line. Still great to see, no complaints here.

with all this technology you think they would put turn signals in their cars

@ssundee.skater1746

3 жыл бұрын

your profile picture says it all.

@rogersmith5167

3 жыл бұрын

I like the robotized mallet to knock the sand from the casting it was so life like.

The way the fork lift operator drove the vehicle in reverse and when he lift and poured the liquid aluminium into the kiln .... He earned my respect.

I love how badass the guys who take out the hot metal parts are. Has a piece of metal that a couple hundred degrees dangling in front of him, casually maneuvers it while dressed in a regular shirt.

@seanpoore500

10 ай бұрын

More like 1,221*F

Timing chains are made in the chocolate factory next door.

@matthewmorriss690

3 жыл бұрын

haha lol

@MrRipple123

3 жыл бұрын

Oompa loompa doompity da, out interference engines do not go far.

@felten6702

3 жыл бұрын

mine broke @ 89.000km, full service from new, 2014 120i m sport

@jaggerdfletcher1618

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ozandarik6757

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

I didn't expect the metal pouring the sound so satisfying

I found this oddly relaxing to watch

@promiscuouscrab4040

6 жыл бұрын

MrShakenbake007 it makes my mandibles froth

@kepspark3362

3 жыл бұрын

I know right!

I expected a massive German pounding steel like a black Smith with rammstein playing in the back ground and some blonde chick cracking a whip

@svenhoek

8 жыл бұрын

+zach That would be awesome

@kordta

7 жыл бұрын

zach Yes but I think I saw J.Bieber ovethere

@viciadoemhalo3

7 жыл бұрын

Why a whip?

@blackbeard9958

6 жыл бұрын

Victor Affonso why not a cold one?

@romanr.3827

6 жыл бұрын

zach I’m guessing most Germans pay for that now.

Absolutely awesome video! I am surprised how little protective gear the workers use. And everything is too slow, and too clean. As someone commented, it's probably a prototype workshop.

@klaaskomvaak1816

2 жыл бұрын

ye mass production is in china

@ProfessorJayTee

2 жыл бұрын

"too slow, and too clean" No, that's how a workshop SHOULD be. You're just used to how Chinese plants endanger workers and cut costs.

@stoyanstoyanov9993

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorJayTee This is absolutely NOT serial production. Still a great video.

@Max_808

Жыл бұрын

@Stoyan Stoyanov @Kass Komvaak Lol this is BMW's mass production in Germany, for their high end models at least. "too slow" is the right amount of time needed for impeccable QC expected when you're paying that kind of money. This level craftmanship is NOT intended for "poors" who can't afford machinery made outside of china.

@stoyanstoyanov9993

Жыл бұрын

@@Max_808 There are a few wide-angle shots showing no movement in the background... What kind of a mass production does that? Well, if the video was shot on a Sunday...

Wow. Didn't know BMW used metal in their engines. Thought it was all plastic...

@DesertStateNevada

3 жыл бұрын

Understandable. Based on their reliability its not hard to think their engine blocks are made of plastic.

@DarthZackTheFirstI

3 жыл бұрын

sponge i heard

@leechilds5760

3 жыл бұрын

@@DesertStateNevada yaawwwwwnnnb

@DesertStateNevada

3 жыл бұрын

@@leechilds5760 Butthurt?

@leechilds5760

3 жыл бұрын

@@DesertStateNevada that's no way to talk about yourself.

It’s always amazing to see a hot molten liquid end up to be an engine part.

I served my Engineering Apprentiship way back in the 1960's for a company who produced aluminium-Brass and Zinc castings - High Pressure (where I became a highly skilled Toolsetter) - Low Pressure - Gravity - Brass - Zinc - and Sand Foundry.

1.25.17. Reminds me of Flir Infrared Camera training at Saginaw Metal Casting (Grey Iron) Plant. We checked out the aluminum 4.2L inline 6 cylinder block. If I remember correctly, it weighed 80lbs. Nice video! 👍🏽

“and this is where we install the guaranteed failure points and intermittent electrical problems”

@seagie382

3 жыл бұрын

If they just slightly modernized the m54 and fixed the DISA/VANOS issues they would be so popular

@tjsogmc

3 жыл бұрын

Be nice now! BMW has the foresight to assign part numbers to their electrical faults for easy location and repairs. They also sell a smoke refill kit for the wiring harness in case you have a leak.

@jwilsonhandmadeknives2760

3 жыл бұрын

Red Scorpion 6 haha! My favorite feature is having 17 different grounding points on the aluminum block so that they each get a turn at corrosion and intermittent failure. Who doesn’t love chasing intermittent problems?

@tjsogmc

3 жыл бұрын

@@jwilsonhandmadeknives2760 Sure, if one grounding point is good, then 17 is better! In fact, why not have each circuit have it's own dedicated ground? It will give the electrical tech something to do all day.

@jwilsonhandmadeknives2760

3 жыл бұрын

Red Scorpion 6 you’re right. I used to think that the goal of auto engineering was reliability. Owning a BMW opened my eyes. BMW taught me that I was just being lazy!

Later they added an imperfection that would cost thousands in repairs to the consumer.

@user-jh6vt8vx4v

4 жыл бұрын

They don't need to add it, it comes with it.... Especially the aluminum melt is not from virgin aluminum stock. Especially for this kind of sand casting with complex shape. It is very picky on the raw material.

@homosapiensqp3225

4 жыл бұрын

What imperfection you are talkin about?

@derbigpr500

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, sure. Go back to scotty kilmer. These engine blocks handle 3 times the power they come out of the factory with.

@TucsonDude

2 жыл бұрын

That's why people like you just need to stick with Civics and Camry's.

@alfaromeo4444

2 жыл бұрын

What imperfections?

5:24 I like how proud these robots look after they finish their job

I love these factory videos.

@phantommedia9964

7 жыл бұрын

Me too!

5:30 is some of the coolest robotic movement I have ever seen.

@khenpaulw311

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, however, if you look closely, the piece the robots are working on is not only rocking/bobbing about like crazy, but it also gets shifted to the left a bit.

@greensheen8759

3 жыл бұрын

I program robots like these. Most likely the tolerances required for this step aren't very tight to begin with. Castings tend to be more material, and then they're milled down to spec

1.50 - they are pouring molten aluminum above their heads and workers are just walking around under there. Love the safety :)

@ak475008396

7 жыл бұрын

Just imagine receiving a SINGLE DROP from this forget the whole thing. You would be so badly burnt you wish u were dead

@MrKongeitor

7 жыл бұрын

Not true, the drop solidifies before reach your skin and fall to floor.

@TheEternalHermit

6 жыл бұрын

They weren't really directly under it. They were quite a ways to the side and you can see some clear shielding, there, looks safe to me.

@EpicFailLplay

5 жыл бұрын

people who think they know it better... austria and germany have the best safety when it come to workplaces :)

@derrekmitchell1012

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheEternalHermit let w little moisture get in that molten aluminum and it wouldn't be a good day for those ppl walking around it with no ppe. I work in a plant that melts aluminum and when their casting or even have the melter door open you can't be within a 100 ft of the area without all the protective clothing

This is a very low volume process. Transporting a small ladle of molten aluminum with a fork lift is slow and allows atmospheric gasses to contaminate the metal. Most aluminum foundries keep molten aluminum covered in a shielded gas tank. It is seldom poured open to the air. Typically, it is injected into the molds either by gravity or pressurized nitrogen.

@daniel_6741

7 жыл бұрын

VW also transports its alumnium alloys this way, just magnesium is allways covered ;)

@gummel82

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel Neumann You're right and Magnesium is covered for obvious reasons..

@robertbritton656

7 жыл бұрын

George Pretnick Nissan transport from the charging furnaces to the casting furnaces by forklift as well.

@rexracer7192

7 жыл бұрын

dispatcher7007 so you're saying the engine block in my 70k dollar bmw is not high end

@jcims

7 жыл бұрын

Would have loved to see the patterns and mold making up close, as well as the milling operations after.

Quietness at this work space is awesome 🤫

Any one else think of the ant hill videos while watching this? For those who don’t know, there are people who melt aluminum scrap, the find massive ant hills and pour it in the holes. Then dig up the whole ant farm in one casting. Followed by a pressure washing. Once it’s done, it’s very interesting. One of a kind art work of u ask me. This video reminds me of it.

@jamesengland7461

3 жыл бұрын

It's kind of the same thing- the molds are made of sand!

Great camera angles for a manufacturing process tour. Thank you for no music.

@sleep5982

2 жыл бұрын

Nose cancelling headphones recommended

Those machines are poetry in motion

@tischlerbmw21

5 жыл бұрын

Claudi M. So is your mouth

One of the reasons why there are still not enough EVs on the market: so much manpower, infrastructure and pride invested in good old fashioned ICE car manufacturing

The iron womb. Where all those beautiful works are born.

"People of doers not of talkers" they transform raw materials into meaninful, useful & beautiful things. I like this video.

Best keep these open for the future, we’re going to need them!

Can we please see the department that designs the special feature where only one brake light at a time works

It’s weird how it is both high tech and low tech at the same time

That dude handled that forklift like a champ. What an awesome talent and with such little space to maneuver with molten metal LOL wow!

It's amazing this same process is basically unchanged after thousands of years of casting. The difference is precision.

Goodness the machine is beautiful.

@floydthedroid5935

4 жыл бұрын

Nick G real-time magic

How many pounds per inch of pressure would the press need to form the sand castings? Also, shouldn't they blast the the casting with a torch to harden the sand and leave a coat of soot? I was told that this makes it easier to separate the mold. For example, Fiat and Ferrari always have a worker run a torch over the sand before the metal is poured. That's why their molds are black on top.

@mehranshah4856

Жыл бұрын

The sand mold broke too easily in this video....Although im not sure but i think they used alpha-set or furan resin. And mixed these resins with sand. This allows sand to be broken easily. Even with graphite powder (coat of soot), mould cannot be broken that easily....

The thing is about foundry’s, they have not changed for hundreds of years, it always amazes me as an engineer when I go to visit them how archaic and dangerous they look but that is the nature of the beast, this foundry is amazingly sanitised compared to normal places.

@MrHBSoftware

4 жыл бұрын

great, somebody thats not criticising the supposed lack of cleanliness....today people are crazy and think everything needs to look like a hospital or a food industry plant..i also thought it was clean, quiet, and with pleasant lighting for a foundry...although i think the sound was massively edited.....also the workers seem confortable on their outfits and are not loaded with 100kg of protective gear that stops them from seeing well and moving freely. the brain is their safety equipment, i like that

My dad spent 30 years doing die cast setups for Johnson Outboard, I doubt the place was that clean when it was new.

0:09 what my mom sees when she enters my room

This is how I make coffee every morning

I work in a grey iron foundry that makes alot of aftermarket blocks of various sizes. An aluminum process like this is way different where we still pour from large ladles into enclosed molds and after traveling down a cooling line, they fall onto a shake-out line to get the sand off and continue to cool.

absolutely amazing . Alchemy.

now if bmw could just figure out how to make rubber parts that don't disintegrate after 3 years...

@SeNetNoub

5 жыл бұрын

They don’t make no rubber parts. That’s suppliers business. So they purchase bad rubber.

@jeffreymuu5451

4 жыл бұрын

If it doesn’t brake you don’t have to buy a new one. That’s means no more money

@kirra9152

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a job for dupond.

@tarui

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreymuu5451 break*

@jeffreymuu5451

4 жыл бұрын

tarui Rake*

This reminds me of Terminator 2.

@alanhursh3170

7 жыл бұрын

good one ! -- me .......peace ! ........l.o.l......Al .........

@YUSKHAN

7 жыл бұрын

that was steel this is aluminum

@pratherat

6 жыл бұрын

Humans are obsolete. Delete the humans.

@POVShotgun

4 жыл бұрын

And wall e

@DavidB773

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

I can’t believe how clean this factory is. I feel like American assembly plants look like something out of an apocalypse movie in comparison.

Love this one ☺️

BMW plastics though hmmmm, I own a 2019 model that I'm pretty sure is made out of recycled old children's toys from ancient hospital waiting rooms all over Uganda.

@BeetMasher

4 жыл бұрын

Don't you worry though, that's just BMW's new sustainability initiative in action.

@khadafi10

4 жыл бұрын

@jd4881 gretha thotberg loved it

@NoName-md5zb

4 жыл бұрын

Perfect comment

@EmongTimothy

4 жыл бұрын

Do u have beef with Uganda?

@blackthunder7342

3 жыл бұрын

Ha

6:08 Device that grabs the engine part waits for all the sides to separate. It could save time by positioning over the part ahead of time.

@trolojolo6178

2 жыл бұрын

Very true

Cleanest foundry I've ever seen.

Are the molds and sand hot just before the metal goes in, or basically room temp?

that ended too soon.. it was really cool to watch that...

@sukhmandirnice2259

7 жыл бұрын

Robert Paul Guidry

The reality is the cars are well engineered to the point that they break down after a few years...on purpose.

Incredibly clean and quiet

Its too clean to be a foundry. I cant believe.

cannot believe they do it like that, seems very handmade , rudimentary. I imagined something more automated, clean etc.

@kirra9152

4 жыл бұрын

Its a foundry, not a 3d printing.

@IHateYoutubeHandles615

4 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing that the machining of the castings is a lot more automated and precise looking.

It's a bit like a cottage industry. You should see a Japanese production line. They're bangin out engine blocks in the same time these guys are fixing their mits.

@Searey07

4 жыл бұрын

And the Japanese engines are far, far more reliable. Thank you Dr Deming.

Are they using the Cosworth process for filling the mould and Zircon sand for the cores?

Manufacturing of mass production. Always impressive.

Definitely a prototype workshop.

@ArcolaBridge

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah the process was very slow for sure.

@g.e.o.r.g.e...

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know, but the vice was gripping the casting too perfectly for just a small batch. It looked custom built for that specific engine.

woah surprised to see metal

Very cool, can’t believe it’s still basically sand casting!!

Just want to say *"amazing"!!!* Thanks for uploading. 👍👍👍

I love how all the foundry experts gather here 😂

@BillyRillkratz

3 жыл бұрын

so true. also all car engineers from the mighty US and A believing a V8 architecture from the 1950s will save their arses.

@chumbawaumbacumpa

3 жыл бұрын

@@BillyRillkratz Haha small block go brrrrrrt

This is ASMR for car guys)

"all that glitters is gold, only shooting star break the mold", this song would be perfect for background music for this video 😁

Perfect asmr for a mechanic/tech

You'd think with BMWs they'd just be casting the engines out of plastic these days.

@hP-ph2yv

7 жыл бұрын

Ludamus if I remember correctly, the charge pipe on my 09 535 was even plastic smh

@crazyhugs

7 жыл бұрын

What is wrong with that? It gets the job done, it insulates from heat, and it is light weight.

@Ludamus

7 жыл бұрын

I own a car lmao. Unless you're talking to crazyhugs who I'm pretty sure is just trolling

@hP-ph2yv

7 жыл бұрын

Sure Jan

@michael931

4 жыл бұрын

I am sure they are working on it. They would use a plastic piston if they could get 80K out of it.

even knowing my finger would melt i really want to touch melted aluminum

@marshalltjones

5 жыл бұрын

Play with Gallium - melts at skin temperature

@hamza-trabelsi

5 жыл бұрын

thats what i thought about , for a while i though i want to touch that , then hello noo that will leave me with not finger at all , even the bone will melt xD

@aboriani

5 жыл бұрын

@@hamza-trabelsi If you do it quick enough, with a damp finger, you can actually touch it... you can even dip your entire hand in there...

@hamza-trabelsi

5 жыл бұрын

@@aboriani i would like to see you trying first xD hhh

@aboriani

5 жыл бұрын

Hamza Trabelsi lol me too! But beside having heard that story a few times, Mythbusters actually did that

Do they reuse the molding sand or only once per casting?

Ooooo sand casting! Didn't know a robot arm does that! Interesting!

Cool, when do we get to the part where they make a reliable engine?

@MT-cr1to

4 жыл бұрын

I have a 1999 528i with 336k miles and runs perfectly with zero oil consumption. Its called an M52TU.. that's your reliable bmw motor..

@leechilds5760

3 жыл бұрын

You sound like an expert......... Not.

"and next week folks, we have a film of the BMW indicator assembly department....what? oh they dont?... Oh sorry folks, apparently BMW's don't have indicators"

@legocreator26

4 жыл бұрын

ThePsiclone mine does, should’ve seen the price I paid tho 😰😰

@Renville80

4 жыл бұрын

TheAwesomeGuy just because they exist on BMWs doesn’t mean they get used. There’s one intersection I pass through on my morning commute, and there is one older fellow who drives a BMW SUV who makes the turn in the opposite direction from where I’m heading, and I have never once see him put on the damn 🤬 blinker!!!

@slidey1000

4 жыл бұрын

Bmw indicators are made at the same facility as Volkswagen emissions control systems.

@Karl_Kampfwagen

4 жыл бұрын

Any BMW owner can tell you: "We know they exist, and we know the car has them... But if we use them, then other people instantly cut you off and take your cleared spot indicated by your signals... Soooo, we stop using them" 💯🤷‍♂️

@williamchamberlain2263

3 жыл бұрын

@@Karl_Kampfwagen "We're slow and take up too much space, so why bother indicating?"

Impressive how clean everything is

Pretty sweet! I wish they showed a v12 casting.

Those aren't engine parts; I know dinosaur bones when I see them .....

Honda uses low pressure did cast for heads and high pressure for blocks. Quality starts at cast... this is not impressive. Although I do like BMW cars, when they run.

Was it these liner free 100% aluminium blocks that prematurely worn down the cylinders?

now it makes sense why they don't use die casting for this type of structure, it was fascinating to watch this process!

Perfection in castings

2:17 Good old recipe "88"

@niionne6661

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

Good video , you make all scene being slow motion so we can learn something from this factory

I love the sound of the pouring alloy. Very ASMR like

Can I get a side of garlic sticks with that?

they make the terminators out back

Wow! Fantastic.....greetings from Brazil. 🇧🇷

no music, no human....only BMW Stock, profit margins and Robot.. What a nice future these guys are building for us without us...

1:08 is this where i wash my hands boss?

Really nice, that under any car related video, theres the unbearable car community and their toxic behaviour. People need really need to chill, if it comes to cars

@sleep5982

2 жыл бұрын

But that is what makes it exciting. All the comments make my giggle

A well shot and very satisfying video to watch..