INCREDIBLE 5-Axis CNC Machines: GROB Factory Tour!

[@DrDFlo]

These shop tours might be my favorite content on KZbin. I'm a big proponent of the apprenticeship programs. I work in academia, where costs are going up and the value is going down. Great to see Grob adding not only monetary but also educational value to Bluffton, OH.

[@tiffanybryson6575]

The apprentice program is very impressive. Most people on the floor have come from this program. They KNOW these machines!

[@ACCPhil]

It proves that you can make money by making stuff, by treating employees right and by training up your workforce.

[@Misiaczek62]

@@tiffanybryson6575 I'm just curious, how much money an experienced operator/programmer makes $/h in the US while operating and programming these machines?

[@daved520]

take me in haha i am in one right now and went to school for CNC need a teacher to teach me more

[@tiffanybryson6575]

@@Misiaczek62 It all depends on the company. Needed skills are changing as our technology quickly advances and we move toward automation.

[@Machineius]

This is cool. I used to work at Grob building machines. I was an electrician working there. They build outstanding machines with the highest of quality.

[@jimmymars1249]

Could I know why you haven't been hired to work at GROB now?This gigantic fully auto equipped all advanced CNC with different types of machines used to built all possible aerospace parts sounds to invest with huge amount of money.How could the head of this gigantic corp.hire only few numbers of only high school employees.

[@martyded]

I'm getting my first very own Grob G350 in a couple of months in Brno , Czech Republic. Can't wait for my new toy :)

[@srknardc]

Congratz! How much did it cost?

[@tiffanybryson6575]

Enjoy!!!

[@Intelligent_Bot]

How much does it cost?

[@Jan_mxv]

@@srknardc from some quick googling it looks like at least $250.000

[@srknardc]

@@Jan_mxv I think its way more expensive, at least 300k euros. In Turkey, hermle c400 is 270euros.

[@Ja.Ma.B]

Guilty of clicking like before even watching a sec. of the video. But man, Grob. Finally :)

[@Neo7CNC]

If there was ever a machine tool video that I wanted to like more than once... this is it. I could live in the custom machine building area. Thanks for the great tour!

[@nyccnc]

RIGHT?! :)

[@ClockwerkIndustries]

I could watch that aerospace part being cut all day! The top of the line 5 axis machines dance moves are the best lol

[@thierrymarchal]

I had the chance to visit Grob in Bluffton, OH in1992 while being a trainee at National Machinery in Tiffin, OH. I am every impressed by the level of technology employed in the factory. The guide leads the tour and explains all machines with ease and accuracy; he's a great technician who captures the visitor's attention. Thank you for publishing such a great professional movie.

[@FabFunty]

Good to see companies in the US stepping on to such apprenticeship programs. In Germany such vocational education of 3 years is required for many jobs.

[@hydrusje]

Mist collector gets a VFD, door gets a VFD, everybody gets a VFD :D I bet their coffee machines get a VFD as well :p So awesome to see they kept true to the companies philosophies but do it in the US.

[@purerhodium]

6:49 that transition from handshake to fistbump to elbowbump was immaculate.

[@ShasOAunLa]

Finally a grob tour. that teaser over the last years was driving me nuts! so SMW gets: Hermle when? Grob when? :D keep up the great work!

[@nyccnc]

I'll take one of each, please.

[@ShasOAunLa]

@@nyccnc yeah, me too! I throw Matsuura into the equasion here :D

[@doubledarefan]

@@nyccnc Then you will have 0 excuses not to finish building Johnny 5.

[@12346798Mann]

I did a mechatronics apprenticeship (IHK) in Germany and the setups are very similar to the one's I trained on and played with. Although I studied afterwards and haven't worked in that profession professionally in a while, it did help a lot with getting a general understanding for machining, industrial machines and electronics. But I sometimes miss making chips or wiring and programming machines.

[@opensourceecon]

What do you do now?

[@Roetz40]

Great factory tour John, as always! Thank you for bringing us along :) Just to clarity: the culture of guided and standardized apprenticeship is not unique to Grob but they do it certainly on a very high level. But this is basically what you expect in industrial companies in germany/austria/switzerland.

[@nyccnc]

Absolutely - did not mean to imply it's unique to Grob. But it's unusual in the US and it's great to see Grob doing it here.

[@Roetz40]

@@nyccncyou didn't imply. :) I just wanted to point that I think this way of education is helpful for both, the employee aswell as the company. Thank you!

[@douggiedevil]

It is always great to see larger companies viewing apprentices as an investment not a cost or cost saving.

[@MealTeam6_]

Thank you for doing this video! I am an Iscar Applications representative in Southern Indiana/Louisville, KY area. GROB machines are amazing and I would love to go to the GROB factory now. I started watching your videos when you were doing gun parts. I subscribed to your channel and you have amazing content! My favorite video(Besides this one) is the Area 419 shop Tour. Thanks again for creating great content. You are a class act channel!!!

[@franktuttle5271]

Thank you to Grob & to SMW on highlighting this Ohio campus. I love the apprentice program - college isn’t for everyone- and we need people with these skills!

[@Misiaczek62]

I'm just curious, how much money an experienced operator/programmer makes $/h in the US while operating and programming these machines.

[@1972mdc]

Very cool - I’d pass them all the time on I75 and wondered what they did. Great tour and cool apprenticeship program!

[@kevinC5611]

The world must be huge.... these guys are making very expensive very specialized machine tools everyday.

[@doubledarefan]

Probably a lotto lottery winners outfitting their basement workshops. "Felder? Nein! GROB! es ist!"

[@jaegpsde3877]

Arman Alizad would say something like that

[@andresoliz5769]

Hello from Germany

[@Mike41919]

just started working here about 5 months after you made this......the place still blows my mind

[@Blobby_Hill]

Get off your phone and get back to work Mike!

[@Mike41919]

@@Blobby_Hill at least I'm off the clock and on KZbin rather than on the clock and on tick tock

[@ΓιαννηςΓριζοπουλος-γ9τ]

Factory out of this world..... fantastic. John Grizopoulos retired machinist From Greece.

[@danimald.2407]

Nice to see advanced tooling still here in the great state of Ohio. Once the machine tool capital of the world. Thank you.

[@yianni3251]

Another awesome video John! Thank you!!!

[@metalextras]

Breathtaking and Speechless... looking forward to seeing the updates on GROB's e-mobility line!

[@04u2cY]

It still amazes me that these cnc machine especially 5 axis sling all that steel around with the material attached that needs to be machined and stop exactly where it's programed so the tool can start eating metal. I don't know maybe it's me watching all that steel moving with momentum and stop exactly where it knows and still achieving tolerance.

[@car9167]

3 PID loops inside the servo controller. Torque (current), velocity and position. That's how you get there

[@ClockwerkIndustries]

Especially a 1-2000lb log of steel, thats insane!

[@gilamunja]

The tech has always fascinated me. It genuinely seems alien at first. Some seriously smart fuckers in this industry.

[@mkegadgets4380]

Once again a great factory tour. Quality video great explanation please continue doing tours

[@barriewright2857]

That place is so quiet and clean. Brilliant show thanks for showing us these places that most of us never get to see and too know where all the things we need to make this world go around.

[@arconateforum1072]

wowwow! you cannot compete with a complete organization. never seen before, congratulations, an example of super organized production

[@hydrusje]

59:26 That wow came from deep, and then that laughing :D Very impressive!

[@danielteran3768]

Love this videos, it’s awesome looking this shops and how they work

[@andreasadam2852]

2:11 talking about German influence: "Schröder", very common German name (Schröder/Schröter is a guy who loads beer/wine barrel onto a truck or ship) :-) Many of my friends work at the Grob facilities in Mindelheim, Germany. The company is one of the iggest employers around. Really amazing technology they develop there.

[@robertsk2769]

Well done, you made better material about a German company in the USA than this company has in its own country. THX.

[@jamesm3268]

Holy shit! Finally! What a way to start the day 😍😍😍😍 thanks John. Absolute dream to own one, one day soon!

[@GroovyVideo2]

Wow just Wow - Thanks for show

[@muthusubramanian7042]

I am really loved the facilities,culture on"grob" & Training is really important for fresher but most of the companies not provide to new comers! Grob 👏👏 I really loved to this team Grob to work) Loved from India

[@TAH1712]

A BIG THANKS for the education...how it needs to be to NEVER to let a customer down. Of course their customers pay for this level off service / machine guarantee etc. Wonderful education.

[@movax20h]

The apprenticeship program looks very comprehensive, really cool.

[@sudhirpatel7620]

So much to learn. I would love to work here.

[@Runoratsu]

I think it‘s funny that there‘s a high precision tool manufacturer called GROB („rough“, „crude“) and a handtool manufacturer (think angle grinders and stuff) called FEIN („fine“, „precise“) in Germany. 😄

[@nyccnc]

Genau

[@gbowne1]

I believe it's actually Gross, the funny looking B is short for two S's in Germanic languages, the same way that two dots over a letter (umlaut) would indicate two of the dotted letter, you'd have to ask Stefan Gotteswinter though.

[@maxz9787]

@@gbowne1 no it means b, what you mean is ß a sharp s how its called here and its used for two ss sometimes

[@Runoratsu]

@@gbowne1 no, it’s definitely a b, not a ß. I’m German… 😉

[@romantech2589]

Second layer of fun is if you say GROB in Russian. it means literally COFFIN ) but if I say ГРОБ about a piece of equipment it will be understood as big, heavy, bulky. which in these case makes sense. Thank you for the interesting video!

[@bcbloc02]

Loved the tour, so many nice machines! Really surprised they didn't speed up that big Ingersoll though when they rebuilt it.

[@yhammess1175]

I'v just started my apprenticeship back in November doing CNC machining in the UK, I work on a 30 year old bridgeport 3 axis mill and somtimes on ecomills. Where I work we have some grinders both manual and CNC, I thought they only come with the table going side to side 11:50 never seen that in my life holy cow.

[@justinleopold8266]

They've changed alot in the last three years. Awesome company to jumpstart anyone's career in manufacturing.

[@jasonruch3529]

That was cool! Amazing video! Man it would be awesome to run a grob!

[@nameeman207]

That is amazing tour, thank you.

[@5eZa]

i'm drooling over this tooling

[@Jan_mxv]

The apprenticeship system is a very german way of doing things. Pretty much standard to groom most of your staff in most companies. It's awesome.

[@ClockwerkIndustries]

Absolutely incredible machines!

[@wrighty338]

They do make a nice 5 axis

[@anrmanufacturingltd4436]

Looks fascinating! For us a 5-Axis CNC machine provides infinite possibilities as to part sizes and shapes. It allows us to process five sides of a part in a single setup, moving across the X, Y and Z linear axes as well as rotating on the A and B axes. This allows for higher part accuracy because the work piece does not move across multiple workstations.

[@HongtengManufacturerPvtltd]

It is really nice dear ,thanks for sharing

[@SpencerWebb]

Awesome!!! I gotta go measure my garage.....

[@nyccnc]

Wood yields

[@SpencerWebb]

@@nyccnc Especially at speed. 🤣

[@Clawhammer2002]

"GROB oder FEIN, die mit der Mühle muss es sein." :) Rügenwalder

[@gregeconomeier1476]

I am fascinated that the sound level in that facility is so low nobody needs to wear hearing protection.

[@Thefreakyfreek]

I been wearing the in ear molded ones love them cant live without them but be able to live not wearing then you cant beat

[@MyHappyCats]

@@Thefreakyfreek 0

[@ROUGHNECKROGERS]

It’s backyard is an airfield. Place is massive

[@oliverer3]

Man, I'm just sitting here drooling I want them all.

[@brandonkoster2192]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@arneseashepherd]

Absolutely amazing video and an even more amazing factory! Truly loved every bit of the video.

[@Max_Marz]

you weren't kidding on the podcast when you said they handed you trashed looking ceramic endmills lol, whew. Looks like someone tried to use it in the stick welder

[@nyccnc]

Right?!

[@floodo1]

“We actually view ourselves more as an engineering company than a machine tool company” (-8

[@abhiramakella7146]

Thanks for the video of GROB Factory Tour, NYC CNC. I live in Florida, and I may not be able to go to Ohio during COVID-19.

[@akosbuzogany2752]

I bet you have a contract signed and we'll be pleased to watch "Unboxing our first GROB at SMW" in a few months :)

[@abdalrohmanmousa7405]

These will never be as good as the German maschines.

[@dessiediamond7414]

Superb machines. We have 10 of them in various configurations including PSSR and the new PSSL

[@UnknowableAbsolute]

What type of material they use for bed- cast iron, mineral casting, or welded from steel?

[@djough1]

Did you catch that surface plate at 10:41? Wow!

[@drummerhammar]

Very impressive. German efficiency.

[@Aleksandar_Sladic]

Bunch of super scaled Pocket NC's! 😁

[@JFT803]

good vid!

[@mrechbreger]

it would be interesting if you could visit some companies in Taichung / Taiwan. There are so many CNC manufacturers there. The density is amazing considering that Taiwan is such a small country.

[@videomeasuringmachine459]

very nice

[@evanlacava9213]

Yeahhhh 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@nyccnc]

YOU NEED ONE :)

[@TritonTv69420]

It's funny i see this companies ads after I watch other youtube videos haha.

[@CNC-Screen-Printing-Machine]

nice CNC machine

[@TAH1712]

AMAZING...We're all looking at a multi million dollar investment ...at a guess 250 million - maybe 1 billion US - really got no idea...can't be too many of these around. An equal measure of value is all the intellectual knowledge involved from the creation boffins to very much the actual makers...superb video. All that 'we do everything' is definately paying of...note to self - no swarf anywhere to be seen...

[@jimmymars1249]

May be subsidized by NASA government if the products produced are aimed to spacecraft manufacturing.

[@jerrellkull5347]

Wow!!!

[@P1-Engineering]

So the question is, did John do a Grimsmo and ordered one while he was there...? haha ;) Love the video, I'm currently working on a very much scaled down version of it which will fit in any garage.

[@MrKurdishFreak]

instant like

[@julianreverse]

The German Headquarter is 30 Minutes away from me. We allways joke about their name 😂 Fein (orange power tools) means fine in english, does the heavy duty grindig, drilling and cutting stuff, and Grob means rough , does the ultra precision stuff 😁

[@max_eley]

Love it

[@joed2392]

Waaaay Awesome !!!

[@4DModding]

European Precision and Ways of Working in Ohio - LIKE

[@yosmith1]

amazing looking company. Just out of the curiosity, did they happen to mention where the majority of their customers are for products manufactured in the plant? US? Foreign? mix? Thanks again, John. I can't get enough of these tours. :)

[@steelabax6182]

Impressive

[@OneAdam12Adam]

I love the German corporate culture. I should have majored in engineering like my aptitude tests said that I should.

[@mechonicdapais5730]

micrometers precision with these grinding machines from piedmont!

[@mechonicdapais5730]

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[@LesNewell]

Did anyone else notice the overhead cranes? They are everywhere.

[@svenkrause3433]

I live just 5km away from Mindelheim...🙃

[@RRaucina]

A visit to another planet. How about a Detroit Walmart tour as a follow up to this?

[@gman5986]

Das Germins iz amacing!

[@zhangivy5166]

that is interesting

[@josephkrafft7006]

Those Sip jig bore machines tho!

[@CHRISCHILES1959]

Did you stop and get a Kewpee Hamburger in Lima on the way home?

[@crossbowhunter9118]

I wish I live closer to that company I live in Ohio. I would apply their in a matter of a second but I live about 2 hours away from that company that company in the video looks so dam cool. :(

[@OneAdam12Adam]

I wonder do you have to make replacement parts for Cedar Point rides?

[@zachstammen9337]

I used to drive past that facility going to and from college and have wondered what they do there.

[@lula3968]

The very mast Firma, good arganization.

[@saravananraj8951]

hai bro nice video, we need MAKINO MACHINE Factory Tour

[@db1ktool105]

How do you find the time and energy to run a business, do all these cool shop tours and convert old Maho’s into Cnc machines Tony?

[@martysmith871]

what the hell kinda programming produces whats happening at 58:30??? I have never seen that before.

[@Boogie3D]

33:08 Why do you need those cooling strips?

[@abelsacasqui1502]

El corazón de la industria