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How Copper Heatpipes Are Made | China Factory Tour (Cooler Master)

We show how CPU cooler and GPU cooler copper heatpipes are made by Cooler Master in HuiZhou, China. These automated factories near Shenzhen make the heatpipes.
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Copper heatpipes contain liquid inside to accelerate heat dissipation by using the phase change to shed energy quickly. This video shows cross-sections of sintered copper heatpipes and talks about how much liquid (and what kind of liquid) is inside of a copper heatpipe. We also show the start-to-finish process of manufacturing heatpipes, which is part of the long process to make a CPU or GPU heatsink.
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  • @GamersNexus
    @GamersNexus5 жыл бұрын

    Looks like it might be TIG welding, not soldering. We were told "soldering," but it was very likely a translation issue between English/Chinese. Find our Gigabyte motherboard factory tour here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/laJ1qLaGkbabgpM.html And our Deepcool fan factory tour here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iZlktKV7Z9KnYqw.html Support our work directly via the store: store.gamersnexus.net/ (code GNSHILL for 10% off the two-tone lightweight hoodie!) We joined BPS Customs here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYudt6mycbW3pso.html

  • @lazyjackass77

    @lazyjackass77

    5 жыл бұрын

    Gamers Nexus - Your "how it's made" factory videos are my favorite videos. Moar plz. And, thank you, Steve and GN crew.

  • @ScrapTechTips

    @ScrapTechTips

    5 жыл бұрын

    Look its jesus

  • @mannamanam8233

    @mannamanam8233

    5 жыл бұрын

    I use a cooler master AIO 😀 Its really in the name ... 😄

  • @ChimpyChamp

    @ChimpyChamp

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don't understand how they can create a vacuum and not have the water change state to a gas, as water in a vacuum boils at room temperature.

  • @zoravar.k7904

    @zoravar.k7904

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ChimpyChamp They drop the pressure to a point before water will boil, so when heat is applied to the heatpipe it evaporates rapidly due to the high vapour pressure.

  • @manuel_the_q
    @manuel_the_q5 жыл бұрын

    This video series is great. More factory/production tours. Try to see if Noctua will show you how they make air coolers that compete with water coolers.

  • @Lucian_Andries

    @Lucian_Andries

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see that, as well!

  • @jazzisgreat28

    @jazzisgreat28

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same here ;)

  • @toxiccan175

    @toxiccan175

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @sixcolors4226

    @sixcolors4226

    5 жыл бұрын

    Noctua is far less efficient. Silence has its trade offs.

  • @maskedaffairs7216

    @maskedaffairs7216

    Жыл бұрын

    China is literally king in manufracturing ..

  • @SevenSevenXAK
    @SevenSevenXAK5 жыл бұрын

    Wasn't expecting it to just dump a load of copper powder all over everything.

  • @otm646

    @otm646

    5 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to China, it's a wildly different manufacturing world.

  • @lazyjackass77

    @lazyjackass77

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@otm646 I'm hearing the movie trailer guy saying: "In a world... Where OSHA doesn't exist... And health code is an afterthought..."

  • @SevenSevenXAK

    @SevenSevenXAK

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@hotaru25189 Well Steve did state that the excess powder is collected in a bin below, and is presumably put back into the top. I can guarantee they're not just throwing it out.

  • @GamersNexus

    @GamersNexus

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@hotaru25189 The powder is collected and re-used, as stated in the video.

  • @obliteron

    @obliteron

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@GamersNexus Video?

  • @omegaelixir
    @omegaelixir5 жыл бұрын

    Closer and closer to the thermal paste video!

  • @StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep

    @StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep

    5 жыл бұрын

    I love thermal paste. Can't get enough of it.

  • @timserious7678

    @timserious7678

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep .... Do you use it as lube too and if so give us a Review on it

  • @DefWun

    @DefWun

    5 жыл бұрын

    I have my tissue ready for that video.

  • @Erenzilable

    @Erenzilable

    5 жыл бұрын

    If it aint my fav organic boi Benzene

  • @StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep

    @StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@timserious7678 it has many uses!

  • @CALBT
    @CALBT5 жыл бұрын

    4:50 "Copper can't be salvaged" Cody'sLab: hold my beer

  • @Murphistic

    @Murphistic

    5 жыл бұрын

    It struck me a little bit that comment, envisioning failed heat pipes dumped in the landfill. Hopefully, it just meant, that it can't be salvaged at Cooler Master's factory, but it can be treated as scrap copper and recycled with furnace.

  • @sugarbooty

    @sugarbooty

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Murphistic Copper is expensive, someone probably buys the scrap from them. I hope, at least, seeing a resource get thrown out is painful to me

  • @PhotoBobBarker

    @PhotoBobBarker

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Murphistic I can pretty much promise that. There isn't anything that would be added that a recycling mill couldn't account for or add to specific alloys.

  • @zack9912000

    @zack9912000

    5 жыл бұрын

    It absolutely can be salvaged. Copper.is so expensive to mine there is absolutely a procees to remove the impurities

  • @xenonram

    @xenonram

    5 жыл бұрын

    The copper is recyclable. It won't be used to make pure copper, most likely, but it will most default be recycled. Copper is used in hundreds of different alloys, and there's always space for it. I think something got lost in translation, like them calling the tig welding, "soldering."

  • @DanPellegrino486
    @DanPellegrino4865 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea it was just distiller water. I figured it was some other chemical. Interesting. Great video guys as always, thanks for the time and care you put into all your work.

  • @davidgunther8428

    @davidgunther8428

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pure water won't react with copper, and it carries a lot of energy when it evaporates. Im curious how they make the flat pipes without blocking off the center opening.

  • @n.shiina8798

    @n.shiina8798

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@davidgunther8428 they use mesh for the flat ones maybe?. and it's possible to leave short round end to let the water filled in

  • @Ground15

    @Ground15

    5 жыл бұрын

    there are heatpipes/vapour chambers filled with other liquids that work in different temperature ranges. Its just that water is most optimal for this application.

  • @voxelfusion9894

    @voxelfusion9894

    5 жыл бұрын

    Depending on how much air you evacuate, you can adjust the boiling point of the water. No need for fancy Novec that boils at 40° under 1atm.

  • @wobblysauce

    @wobblysauce

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@davidgunther8428 Carefully is how they do it, in testing was just a guy standing on them.

  • @Avalon304
    @Avalon3045 жыл бұрын

    Neat that they let you actually try to bend some heat pipes.

  • @GamersNexus

    @GamersNexus

    5 жыл бұрын

    Key word: Try.

  • @toxiccan175

    @toxiccan175

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Gamers Nexus Could you do a video about custom/do it yourself coolers and heat pipe bending? There’s very little information in the area and you have all the connections...

  • @RyanAmparo-tl

    @RyanAmparo-tl

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GamersNexus I smirked a little when you said 'world's slowest assembly line'.

  • @SuspiriaX

    @SuspiriaX

    3 ай бұрын

    @@RyanAmparo-tl oh I LOL'd over that

  • @sanitylogic4611
    @sanitylogic46115 жыл бұрын

    You guys have the coolest jobs around, you know that?

  • @samadiqsimakutang4535

    @samadiqsimakutang4535

    5 жыл бұрын

    They are the masters.

  • @xenonram
    @xenonram5 жыл бұрын

    The copper is recyclable. It won't be used to make pure copper, most likely, but it will most default be recycled. Copper is used in hundreds of different alloys, and there's always space for it. I think something got lost in translation, like them calling the tig welding, "soldering."

  • @unlokia

    @unlokia

    5 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Delashaw Exactly.

  • @jonathanlanglois2742

    @jonathanlanglois2742

    5 жыл бұрын

    Any mineral which we find in the ground will have impurities in it and has to be refined in order to be usable. With that said, the process is not as simple as it is with steel where the slag can just be scrapped off the surface of the melted steel. In the case of copper, the process that requires a lot of electrical current and sulphuric acid. The copper is disolved by the acid and is then deposited on cathodes. This process is essentially the same as the one which is used to refine copper from raw ore.

  • @MikkoRantalainen

    @MikkoRantalainen

    2 жыл бұрын

    I actually find it pretty surprising that they cannot just grind the failed pipes into poweder to use for sintering future heat pipes. I understand that the end result may not be pure enough to be recycled as pure copper but minor contaminants should be perfectly okay in the middle sintering because it only needs to be able to soak water.

  • @AustinFVIXV
    @AustinFVIXV5 жыл бұрын

    How its made: copper heatpipes, tech jesus edition.

  • @uss_04

    @uss_04

    5 жыл бұрын

    Now I’m hearing that music again

  • @Astor4o

    @Astor4o

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@uss_04 I've been hearing it from the get-go.

  • @PiPArtemis

    @PiPArtemis

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the entire time "They should really get Steve to do their narration. He's a natural for this"

  • @DrakkarCalethiel
    @DrakkarCalethiel5 жыл бұрын

    Thats something I always wanted to know TBH.

  • @nanovoxer933
    @nanovoxer9335 жыл бұрын

    *See title* *insta like* Thank you for this. You probably are the only YT channel that will ever tour a factory like this. This content is gold. Keep it up!

  • @bothellkenmore

    @bothellkenmore

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hardware Canucks did the Gigabyte MB tour back in 2016 kzread.info/dash/bejne/nauYs8qvZrq1lrA.html . Several older vids out there from way back from defunct sites or ones I never heard of too.

  • @shanemshort
    @shanemshort5 жыл бұрын

    It's nice that the coolermaster relationship seems to have improved enough they're doing tours for you :)

  • @Hairless-Bear
    @Hairless-Bear5 жыл бұрын

    I'm loving this How It's Made series

  • @iwantmypot
    @iwantmypot5 жыл бұрын

    Pretty neat to see how they do the sintering process. The image showing the sintered, grooved, and weave methods was especially cool. I didn't know there were multiple methods.

  • @Zefram0911
    @Zefram09115 жыл бұрын

    I watched this process on Brian's channel already, but I still watched this entire video. I'm the true hero the internet needs. You're welcome.

  • @thejeffchen
    @thejeffchen5 жыл бұрын

    I feel educated. Thank you so much, Steve.

  • @surfn-
    @surfn-5 жыл бұрын

    I actually work at a business in NA that manufactures industrial sized heat pipes. This manufacturing process is SO much more stream lined than what we do.

  • @Tomatothrower
    @Tomatothrower5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all of these factory tours GN Team. It's both informative and satisfying to watch, especially considering the fact that there are several levels of abstraction between something like a heatpipe and the products that we would see as consumers that incorporate them. It's easy to forget that every little thing in a computer has a story.

  • @rmalmeida1976
    @rmalmeida19765 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I'm sure a lot of us really enjoy theses unique manufacturing videos that you guys take the time to produce.

  • @osgrov
    @osgrov5 жыл бұрын

    That's a lot more work and effort than I expected. Cool to see, thanks!

  • @sageosaka
    @sageosaka5 жыл бұрын

    Good guy GN makes video that ends up just shy of 10 minutes and doesn't add fluff to push it over

  • @ncohafmuta

    @ncohafmuta

    5 жыл бұрын

    Given that, how they got Buildzoid in the mix i'll never know! ;)

  • @AtomicBeaver
    @AtomicBeaver5 жыл бұрын

    I'm pretty sure that's a tig welder tbh

  • @General_Griffin

    @General_Griffin

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah that's definitely not soldering lol

  • @SidneyCritic

    @SidneyCritic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah looks like TIG.

  • @movax20h

    @movax20h

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep. It looks like a off the shelves welder that is just attached using a custom clamp. Which is excellent, and easy to replace with a new tip or holder.

  • @1pcfred

    @1pcfred

    5 жыл бұрын

    I've TIG welded copper. Talk about drawing some current. The welder just hums when you're welding copper. Copper is pretty low resistance.

  • @umbra1016
    @umbra10165 жыл бұрын

    My V8 GTS and LM got my FX-8350 to only start to thermal throttle at 4.96GHz (95*C) Really cool to see it in the thumbnail and how it was made.

  • @ebutuoy8272
    @ebutuoy82725 жыл бұрын

    I like the random pieces of tape here and there holding machines together. Reminds me of someone i know.

  • @1pcfred

    @1pcfred

    5 жыл бұрын

    The tape isn't holding any machines together. It is there to cushion the work, or add some friction to the flow.

  • @longjohn526
    @longjohn5265 жыл бұрын

    This is very much like the process they use to make condenser and evaporator coils in your AC/heat pumps systems. Most manufacturers use the grooved tubes but have to be careful how the grooves are spaced or on the 90 and 180 degree bends the refrigerant will wear through the groove on the outer radius and cause a leak. When the industry went to these grooved tubes to raise efficiency with the advent of R-410a it was a real problem with evap coils springing leaks after just a few years rather than the designed 20+ year lifespan. I've always found these "passive" systems interesting because of how well they work for such a simple design with no compressor to circulate the refrigerant or change it's state back from a gas to a liquid BTW the process used to reduce (or increase) the ends is called swaging .... It's also used in the AC/heat pump industry to couple two tubes saving cost of having to use a coupling and also reduces the chances of a leak by 50% because you only have to make one solder/weld instead of two with a coupling

  • @CynicalSandwichParty
    @CynicalSandwichParty2 жыл бұрын

    "world's slowest assembly line". Yup, first genuine laugh since that war broke out. Glad I watched this. I actually learned something! I'll be digging to see what else you got. Keep up the good work, Nexus!

  • @WankerDictator
    @WankerDictator2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome work by the factory people and you guys for showing it.

  • @spencerhochstetler
    @spencerhochstetler5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for these 'how it's made' videos - very cool...

  • @georgemorley1029
    @georgemorley10295 жыл бұрын

    I think some of the comments remarking on the statement “can’t be salvaged” need to remember the context; cooler master are a manufacturing business. They are trying make and sell things. They want to make profit. If they were to spend time trying to salvage 3% of defective products, it would probably not be economically viable to devote that much time and resource to that task, otherwise they would erode their profit margin. Someone else who is only interested in salvage may be able to set up a business model that makes it profitable, because they don’t also have to consider everything else that goes into making the equipment, paying employees, testing, shipping and marketing it, etc.

  • @BRUXXUS
    @BRUXXUS5 жыл бұрын

    This is incredibly cool! One of my favorite factory tours that you've done! :)

  • @greebj
    @greebj5 жыл бұрын

    Great content! After bumping, bashing, shaping and beating these around while making custom notebook heatsinks for the past couple of years it's great to finally see how these things are properly made in a factory.

  • @No_Free_Lunch_Today
    @No_Free_Lunch_Today5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks to Cooler Master and Gamers Nexus great video

  • @VredesbyrdNoir
    @VredesbyrdNoir5 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting! I would like to see how the heat pipes are then combined with fins to make complex cooler designs though. It's hard to work out how on earth they managed to do it at mass scale. The engineers who design and set up these machines must be very talented!

  • @robywankenobi32

    @robywankenobi32

    5 жыл бұрын

    For CPU coolers they could use something similar to this video, the heatpipes are held to the same press that makes the heatsink sections kzread.info/dash/bejne/dHZ2lNR8mLrenag.html

  • @Ainalom
    @Ainalom5 жыл бұрын

    This was super intriguing. I just sit and become completely immersed when you guys go to different facilities and show us behind the scenes. Please keep making these types of videos! I love seeing these companies with boots on ground perspective about how it's made. Excellent content guys, keep it up!

  • @NwoDispatcher

    @NwoDispatcher

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're looking at how america was conquered

  • @T3hN3wB
    @T3hN3wB5 жыл бұрын

    Very cool of CoolerMaster to have you guys there. They are without a doubt the best option for mid grade coolers.

  • @TheTurpin1234
    @TheTurpin12345 жыл бұрын

    Great video, but as a welder, every time you said soldered it irked me lol. Those are welded. Thats literally a tig torch with a #7 cup on it. Uses argon as shielding gas and a sharpened piece of tungsten as an electrode

  • @murffly

    @murffly

    5 жыл бұрын

    Using a tig torch doesn't exclusively make it a weld. Welding requires melting the base metals being joined as well as the filler material. Soldering uses an alloy with a lower melting temperature to join materials which is what is being done here. Welding copper would require over 1000C localized temperatures at the weld which wouldn't work very well considering the heat pipe is DESIGNED to spread that heat rapidly.

  • @joeynovak07

    @joeynovak07

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@murffly I'm with Luke... Pretty sure it is welding as I didn't see any solder going in anywhere... And the ends definitely look welded. You can even see this in pictures from Cooler Master. And 1000c temperatures would be EASILY achieved with that setup, even with the heat pipes ability to spread heat quickly. It also doesn't need to be localized... Black Smiths weld all the time by heating the entire piece of material (not localized) and beating it with a hammer. Even still, while the heat pipe spreads heat quickly it isn't instantaneous and that sealing process only seems to apply heat for a quarter of a second. So... I don't know, but I'm pretty sure Luke is correct and solder vs welding was lost in the translation.

  • @murffly

    @murffly

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@joeynovak07 You wouldn't be able to raise the temperature of one of those heat pipes to 1000C without pressure building inside and bursting the heat pipe. Not to mention copper starts to oxidize at 200C I seriously doubt it's welded. I've spoken with heat pipe manufacturers about fabrication and they refer to crimping then soldering the pipes to seal them. I would hope they know their own processes.

  • @joeynovak07

    @joeynovak07

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@murffly So... I don't want to argue this but I don't think your points are valid and I hate false information being propagated online... Here's why I still think it's being welded... "You wouldn't be able to raise the temperature of one of those heat pipes to 1000C without pressure building inside and bursting the heat pipe. " - The tig torch is on for about .25 seconds. Even heat pipes don't spread heat that fast. Just watch Action Lab's video. And for the first sealing it isn't a heat pipe yet as it has no vapor in it is just a heavy copper pipe which means it has even more thermal mass and the heat from the torch will effect it even less. The second it's only sealing a stub so less heat is needed AND it's under vacuum so there shouldn't be much pressure building (yes, some from the boiling water (which they've kept at the other end of the tube and probably won't migrate to that end of the tube yet, but idk), and to top it all off copper pipe can hold A LOT of pressure. Not infinite but even a soda bottle can hold 150psi pretty easily. I'm not going to do the calculations but even at 1000C 2 drops of water under vacuum probably aren't going to generate a lot of pressure in a container that large. "Not to mention copper starts to oxidize at 200C I seriously doubt it's welded." That is what the shielding gas is for, it will prevent oxidation. "I've spoken with heat pipe manufacturers about fabrication and they refer to crimping then soldering the pipes to seal them." - I can't really dispute this without calling you a liar but did you contact this specific manufacturer, since we are talking about their process not others. If so, who did you talk to and may I contact them to confirm this? "I would hope they know their own processes." - The only man that really knows what is happening is the man on the assembly line who is actually doing it (or if his knowledge isn't high enough (many line operators probably don't know the difference between welding and soldering) the person that maintains the line). I've worked in manufacturing and usually the modus operandi is "This is the way we do it" (pulls lever). When I would write software to control machines I first went to the designer of the process and asked him how it was supposed to be done. He would tell me how it should be done, then I'd go to the person on the assembly line and ask them and they would tell me what they actually do. Then I would go back to the designer and tell them what was being done at which point he would go with me to verify this and we would ask the line worker why they were doing what they were doing and why they weren't doing it the way it was supposed to be done. At which point discussion would ensue and either the line worker would change what they were doing or more often it would be a combination of correction of the action and the designers understanding of the process. After this discussion I would usually have enough information to do what I needed to do. You frequently have to talk to 3 or 4 different people who all have differing opinions about what is supposed to be happening vs what is actually happening. Not all places are like this but from what I've seen few places are immune. Arguments against soldering... Surfaces have to be cleaner for soldering than for welding and you usually have to apply flux (granted the shielding gas may negate this need, idk). If you use flux you usually want to rinse it off and I don't see that happening. When the pipe is welded if you look closely the shape is being changed from a flat crimp to a roundish ball... This is welding soldering won't do that (unless it's also being trimmed to size which is possible but I don't see the waste dropping from the pipe.) My opinion as someone who has both soldered and welded and has a fairly good grasp on physics is that these are welded. The only way to know for sure is to either buy one of the coolers that was being manufactured in this video at this time and see if it's soldered or welded or to go re-visit the factory and see.

  • @joeynovak07

    @joeynovak07

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also - www.researchgate.net/publication/301722130_Heat_Pipe_Manufacturing no mention of soldering just welding.

  • @kippers12isOG
    @kippers12isOG5 жыл бұрын

    Steve, it's your in depth analysis of cool shit like this that persuaded me to pursue a degree in computer engineering. I am in 2nd year atm, and I just wanted to say thanks. Thanks for doing this channel. I appreciate the whole GN team very much.

  • @m.vanwees6824
    @m.vanwees68243 жыл бұрын

    INSANELY INTERESTING!!! Thank you guys so much!

  • @2dozen22s
    @2dozen22s5 жыл бұрын

    Didn't know there were 3 types of designs, I thought it was just, weave w/water, or nothing at all and some low boiling point fluid. This content is great and it's awesome you guys are getting the opportunity to do this.

  • @Dr_Petey_Wheatstraw
    @Dr_Petey_Wheatstraw5 жыл бұрын

    @~4:00 they aren't soldering the heat pipes, they are spot-welding them using what looks like a TIG process.

  • @netmaster88
    @netmaster883 жыл бұрын

    That was such a cool video!!! Thank you for making it!

  • @SirNickyT
    @SirNickyT5 жыл бұрын

    I dunno why but i absolutely love these videos.

  • @skunkmonkey8475
    @skunkmonkey84755 жыл бұрын

    Y'all have some great content! It's nice to see what other youtubers would think dull but I bet everyone loves this type of content. Thanks guys, Keep it shill!

  • @splofteyloftey9731
    @splofteyloftey97315 жыл бұрын

    Damn, I kept on waiting to hear the 'How it's made' jingle... And there were no dodgy puns -_-

  • @Excalabur50
    @Excalabur505 жыл бұрын

    These tours are Epic and brilliant

  • @snowrs1
    @snowrs12 жыл бұрын

    Those conveyance systems are called walking beams. They are great at moving items that need to stay oriented in a linear manner. We have made them as large as moving full size truck sunroofs.

  • @JoshuaLotion
    @JoshuaLotion5 жыл бұрын

    what an amazing video. I've always wondered this. Great coverage on the whole process

  • @roidroid
    @roidroid5 жыл бұрын

    You can buy these (yes sealed) on ebay, then bend them yourself into whatever shape you need. There's youtube vids of ppl making their own custom cooled PC cases with them. They are surprisingly affordable. I wonder if they're the rejects from these factories.

  • @fajaradi1223

    @fajaradi1223

    4 жыл бұрын

    Quite possibly

  • @SianaGearz

    @SianaGearz

    4 жыл бұрын

    You could always buy loose heatpipes for custom builds from an industrial supplier, like when i looked around 2005 i found that Conrad Elektronik had them in stock and i could just order them for about 7-12€ a piece, depending on length and girth, and that's with Conrad's fat margin. I'd say at Aliexpress prices of around or above 2€ a piece, that sounds likely enough that most of it is legit product rather than reject junk.

  • @Tom5TomEntertainment
    @Tom5TomEntertainment5 жыл бұрын

    This is the coolest factory tour I've seen yet.

  • @GamerDesdeLos90s
    @GamerDesdeLos90s5 жыл бұрын

    Never ever thought there were SO MANY steps and work on those shiny copper heat pipes. I'll appreciate them even more next time I lose myself staring at my gorgeous 1080ti... Dem Pipes 😈

  • @ardentconstructionllc2230
    @ardentconstructionllc22305 жыл бұрын

    Love seeing content like this! Definitely something that you don’t see much anywhere else for PC enthusiasts. Keep it up!

  • @ssmeshedy
    @ssmeshedy5 жыл бұрын

    Another worthwhile watch. Thanks Mr. Burke 👍🏼

  • @jayvanburg3943
    @jayvanburg39435 жыл бұрын

    Best episode of How its made i've ever seen.

  • @Mr._Doge
    @Mr._Doge5 жыл бұрын

    This is the most interesting video series I've seen in a long time. GG Gamers Nexus!

  • @dillonbray
    @dillonbray5 жыл бұрын

    I love this type of content. Great job!

  • @SilverMoon925
    @SilverMoon9255 жыл бұрын

    If anyone is wondering, at 4:30, the red characters say 氧化 or oxidised.

  • @bothellkenmore

    @bothellkenmore

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks :)

  • @StaticVapour590
    @StaticVapour5905 жыл бұрын

    Instantly looked at my GPU with massive heatpipes and noticed how they are bent. Wow, thanks for the video!

  • @PowerPc94
    @PowerPc945 жыл бұрын

    I love these series - How it's made! Thank you, Gamers Nexus!

  • @HomerSlated
    @HomerSlated5 жыл бұрын

    Impressive stuff, and by that I mean this channel's high quality content. Actually beats most traditional broadcast media.

  • @bueb8674
    @bueb86745 жыл бұрын

    Heatpipes are great; such a simple working mechanism, yet they can transfer heat many times up to hundreds of times faster than copper. Pretty neat

  • @dobermanracing
    @dobermanracing5 жыл бұрын

    Love these factory tour videos

  • @kevski802
    @kevski8025 жыл бұрын

    AWESOME was waiting for this one

  • @ManWithBeard1990
    @ManWithBeard19905 жыл бұрын

    I suspect others have mentioned this but the heatpipes appear to be welded, not soldered. The difference is soldering melts a relatively low-temperature filler material (usually an alloy of tin and zinc and some other stuff) and welding will melt the material (copper in this case) itself, with filler being optional and, in this case, not used.

  • @sysdrumatic
    @sysdrumatic5 жыл бұрын

    We have been waiting 2 years for the air cooler round up bro!

  • @therevanchist1123
    @therevanchist11235 жыл бұрын

    Watching you two trying to bend the heat pipes reminded me of working at the BMW plant when we had visitors come in. Hour over every time lol 😂 but it was definitely entertaining and broke up the monotony of a normal work day.

  • @arjitagarwal007
    @arjitagarwal0073 жыл бұрын

    Simple invention, but outstanding performance.

  • @BitterCynical
    @BitterCynical5 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure the waste copper from failed quality control still gets sold to be recycled and used for different applications, might not be gold or silver but it's still a valuable metal.

  • @fatihaydn3189
    @fatihaydn31895 жыл бұрын

    I love factory tours!

  • @masterSe7en77
    @masterSe7en775 жыл бұрын

    It's definitely soldering, you can't weld to copper, only solder, the machine isn't "welding" to the copper, it's actually arcing to the solder and the solder melts onto to the copper, but anyway I just wanted to say I'm really loving the factory tours and the how it's made stuff, really nice change of pace from normal reviews, but I definitely love your reviews Steve, both you and jaystwocents are my top channels, but I gotta say I love how technical you get into everything and your explanation and representation of everything is very clear and thorough I feel, plus the no bull shit type of reviews are really helpful, I just recently built my newest 9900k rig and allot of your reviews and suggestions helped me out alot, so thank you very much for what you do brotha, keep it up

  • @1pcfred

    @1pcfred

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why can't you weld copper? I'm asking because I've welded copper and it works for me.

  • @masterSe7en77

    @masterSe7en77

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@1pcfred what kind of welder you use? I've never been able to weld it, it just Burns, I've soldered copper tho

  • @masterSe7en77

    @masterSe7en77

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@1pcfred I'm sorry you're right >_< .... Need to use different process ...I retract my statement :)

  • @1pcfred

    @1pcfred

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@masterSe7en77 A TIG welder. They can even weld aluminum.

  • @masterSe7en77

    @masterSe7en77

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@1pcfred I know about aluminum just never seen copper welded I always thought it could only be soldered, but I guess it makes sense if Copper sticks or wire is used it could be welded with tungsten gas

  • @Delistd
    @Delistd5 жыл бұрын

    Super cool. I love these factory videos. Great inside look into what goes into making the great products we use every day. I look forward to more!!!!!

  • @minatokun9864
    @minatokun98645 жыл бұрын

    this channel deserves more subs

  • @jjortiz7504
    @jjortiz75045 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Steve. Very Cool.

  • @McMeatBag
    @McMeatBag5 жыл бұрын

    This China series has been fantastic. I was even wondering about this just the other day.

  • @mnoland0712
    @mnoland07125 жыл бұрын

    Loving these informative videos!

  • @onogrirwin
    @onogrirwin3 жыл бұрын

    By far your most interesting videos for me

  • @OutOfRangeDE
    @OutOfRangeDE5 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing! :) Videos like this are always appreciated

  • @Mouwcat
    @Mouwcat5 жыл бұрын

    Im loving these factory tours tbh

  • @schniezelIX
    @schniezelIX5 жыл бұрын

    Pretty cool, and the more we know the better.

  • @colchronic
    @colchronic5 жыл бұрын

    I still don't understand why they just toss the defective copper, there's got to be a way of recycling it, I'm no chemistry major tho

  • @Dobermanator

    @Dobermanator

    5 жыл бұрын

    Coolermaster can't salvage them or more likely legally dispose as recyclable however you can bet someone else down the line is. You think a few impurities and nasty chemicals is going stop someone (in China) from smelting down that valuable of a resource?

  • @PainterVierax

    @PainterVierax

    5 жыл бұрын

    it must be a way but it supposes to be a fusion process to separate the different chemicals by distillation or decantation. I guess the factory has no such machinery. But be sure that precious copper isn't lost : PRC isn't a leader in ecology but they aren't foolish, they know this metal is going to be rarer and more and more expensive so those defective parts might at least be stored for the time when recycling will be economically valuable.

  • @Kyros9119

    @Kyros9119

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just because something can be recycled doesnt mean it is also profitable to do so. If it isnt then they probably wont do it.

  • @thunderboltlightning6010

    @thunderboltlightning6010

    5 жыл бұрын

    They can't recycle them within the factory. Instead an outside contractor will collect them and repossess the metal.

  • @Dobermanator

    @Dobermanator

    5 жыл бұрын

    You need a basic understanding of Industrial Engineering and Metallurgy to fully understand. I can assure you that recovery of said copper is far more economic than mining and processing ore. The key here is it sounds to be technically "contaminated waste" and not many Companies in today's all encompassing Sustainability want to acknowledge their process is generating what is often frowned upon. There are responsible procedures for handling such wastes and likely CM has them in place even in China. Not very many OEM Companies world wide would have the capability to recycle such materials themselves as that's a business in of itself.

  • @mgut17
    @mgut175 жыл бұрын

    i am fucking loving this series, so much to learn what goes into parts assembly

  • @venger5705
    @venger57055 жыл бұрын

    Ok these factory tours are awesome.

  • @woooweee
    @woooweee5 жыл бұрын

    For the longest time tech sites never really explained heat pipes in detail, so this was interesting.

  • @noureddineelaroussi7680
    @noureddineelaroussi76805 жыл бұрын

    Is it just me or Steve sounds like he’s reading a book, I always sleep watching his videos!

  • @wisdoom9153
    @wisdoom91535 жыл бұрын

    Yay~ free study tour! No seriously, i love these factory tour videos.

  • @tianxizheng6647
    @tianxizheng66475 жыл бұрын

    Seems like the soldering process is actually a welding process

  • @kasparroosalu

    @kasparroosalu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes it is. TIG welding to be precise.

  • @Basement-Science

    @Basement-Science

    5 жыл бұрын

    The difference between welding and soldering easily gets lost in translation from chinese. It´a very common mistake.

  • @unlokia

    @unlokia

    5 жыл бұрын

    Basement ScienceE “Common” if you don’t use your eyes and your uncommon sense, and a little critical thought, maybe...

  • @karrotop
    @karrotop5 жыл бұрын

    Wait, so the heatpipe just contains a couple of drops of water and a vacuum?

  • @jubuttib

    @jubuttib

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aside from the inside treatment (sintered copper powder, grooving, mesh or combination thereof) yeah. Water is readily available and has a fantastic heat capacity (especially volumetric heat capacity) which makes it great for absorbing heat, and the vacuum brings the boiling point down far enough that you don't have to overheat your CPU to get it to vaporize. Some heatpipes do use/have used other liquids, like ammonia, acetone etc. as well, but good old water is very good at the job as well. =)

  • @revenant7176
    @revenant71765 жыл бұрын

    I love these manufacturing videos.,

  • @zaneh6224
    @zaneh62245 жыл бұрын

    3% Failure rate is unacceptable especially if they cannot recover the raw materials.

  • @m3t4llic69

    @m3t4llic69

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don't think that's a big concern to them judging by the fact they use manual labor frequently in the process of making these pipes, at the end of the day they are producing copper pipes, not Tesla engines.

  • @orcoastgreenman

    @orcoastgreenman

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think that the raw materials are recyclable, just not for THIS purpose, and thus not cost effectively by THIS manufacturer. I’m sure a scrap dealer buys them and finds a use for them in the copper recycling stream.

  • @m3t4llic69

    @m3t4llic69

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@orcoastgreenman That's true, the copper ain't going anywhere to waste.

  • @2000cobraguy
    @2000cobraguy5 жыл бұрын

    Very productive trip Steve and team. Well done!

  • @BaconSniffer578
    @BaconSniffer5785 жыл бұрын

    Really like these manufacture videos.

  • @Flo8770
    @Flo87705 жыл бұрын

    Great that you make Factory Tours, they are very interesting 👍😊

  • @killacovertops
    @killacovertops5 жыл бұрын

    Waay better narration than How its Made hahaha. I loved this little bit man. Keep it up!

  • @unlokia

    @unlokia

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mixxer No chance. Bloke sounds SO SO fed up.

  • @kursad3339
    @kursad33395 жыл бұрын

    Very high quality content lately. Keep it up

  • @nickmccain6598
    @nickmccain65985 жыл бұрын

    This is splendid. Thank you

  • @samus4799
    @samus47993 жыл бұрын

    8:13 The "accordion arm" is most likely a lead screw or ready built linear actuator with a protective rubber cover.

  • @laukmray
    @laukmray5 жыл бұрын

    i like the factory tour videos.

  • @LarsBars17
    @LarsBars175 жыл бұрын

    Love these "Mister Burke's Neighborhood" episodes.

  • @thec4ke
    @thec4ke5 жыл бұрын

    These are fascinating, I hope you get more opportunities to do these kinds of factory tours.

  • @aztec11
    @aztec115 жыл бұрын

    loved this style video. thank you!