INCREDIBLE FULLY Automated Machine Shop! MetalQuest Shop Tour!

[@Davemcmasters]

Talk about a well oiled machine. Best shop tour to date!

[@nutsmcflurry3737]

Mr John, these shop tours great. Your thirst for knowledge and understanding, comes out in a way that is compelling to watch. And by doing so, you enable our thirst for knowledge and understanding.

[@bostedtap8399]

Intelligent and innovative company, great ideas, love the water on demand feature. Thanks for sharing and stay safe all.

[@Allan-mf1he]

What a company. Can see the staff has a good reverence for the boss man there while still being easy. Great stuff thanks for sharing!

[@dunckeroo1987]

The inventory control is over the top : A place for everything, and everything in it's place.

[@David-pq6wt]

The owner is so passionate and excited about everything in his shop. So cool to see.

[@robertalva1166]

It's this forward thinking that'll keep this shop floating above the rest for years to come. Thanks for sharing this. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!

[@dividingbyzerofpv6748]

And people say all manufacturing went to China. Well... after recent events hopefully we get some more of this level of manufacturing back state side. Brushless motors and other equipment would be nice to see.

[@happygilmore2100]

Exactly.

[@Mtaalas]

all low tech, cheap consumer stuff went to china... and that's a huge piece of economy. and as they catch up with infrastructure and technology, even these items could be produced there.. cheaper. so you want to be on top of that as a nation. free higher education would do wonders for your competitiveness as a nation...

[@JigilJigil]

So, true, it's time for manufacturing to come back.

[@dipt_tpid]

I'll not be surprised if they know exactly how many coffee beans they have in their kitchen area.

[@crashfactory]

not many left, based on the lead guy's vibe

[@jfan4reva]

They also know who made the last pot of coffee, and how much is left in the pot, and when they should make the next pot, and whose turn it is...Lol!

[@Stephen8454]

I get the impression it may be stressful working for him, lol. But also highly impressive. This is how OCD gets a positive outlet

[@antonmursid3505]

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[@nickristoski1536]

Great video John, this is the only way for our country to stay competitive. I come from this automation world, our car plants are very simular to this type of automation and had the privilege installing many systems. Keep up the good work on the shop tours.

[@DenzilMakes]

So excited right now. Been waiting forever to see this.

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday John, absolutely mind blowing to say the least, the most simple solution turns into a massive time saver, thinking simple really does pay off, thank you John and all the guys there for the opportunity to show us this amazing shop, please stay safe, Cheers Matty

[@jamestamu83]

It's so refreshing to see a shop where everyone is so excited and proud of their operation, and is so well organized. Really great video! Lot's of great ideas to stay organized and run a top-notch operation.

[@junior.senior]

This is incredible. It always floors me, the level of sophistication and cleanliness these business have!

[@broheim23]

MetalQuest has an innovative mindset we can all learn from. An adoption of the approach they use to optimize their processes by other American manufacturers will bring more work back to the US. Thank you for sharing!

[@GlassImpressions]

Very impressed with him! Well spoken and knowledgable.

[@henrykleyn3423]

Everything has its place and every place has its thing. Great shop great tour great people. Thanks for the video.

[@bcbloc02]

So cool! Always enjoy these shop tours and seeing things I likely never would otherwise.

[@georgedennison3338]

one of the best shop tours I've seen is of this crazy Mopar lovin', squeezin' corn farmin', and big iron machinin' guy down in Tennesee or Kentucky, one of them 'short states in the middle of the country. This guy had so much tooling laying around; between it and the big iron he likes buyin', fixin' and workin' on, I surprised the county doesn't tilt in his direction. I think Abom did it. Now that I think about it, though, John here, did a mind blowing video about a visit to the Bay area, visited OxToolCo and went for a tour of the National Lab in Berkeley. Have to say, it gives that Abom vid a run for it's money. You seen it?

[@bcbloc02]

@@georgedennison3338 AWW! :-) John was here too actually before Adam if you look way back. :-) I do remember the Oxtool/Berkley tour as well. I remeber their special converted lathe for doing windings.

[@jfan4reva]

Finally decided to watch the NYC CNC video with a whole bunch of robots. "Hi folks, we are here at Metalquest in Hebron Nebraka." Wait, what? HEBRON NEBRASKA???? Nebraska? Robots? Manufacturing? Ok, yeah Vise Grip pliers were invented here (favorite tool of people who don't know how to use tools), but you tend not to notice manufacturing, because most is ag related or industrial products. Both tend to be under the radar. That is an amazingly impressive shop. Didn't know anything like that existed in the state. The way they track everything is very impressive. Of course when you're competing with $1-$2 per hour labor in China and India, you've got to squeeze every last ounce of efficiency out of materials, manufacturing, finance, the whole thing, and these guys are doing it. I wish them well! I hope you enjoyed the trip. Thanks for the video!

[@russellalldredge9758]

I like that implementing automation was done by changing the jobs the person would do. Not fire them.

[@michaelnelson3985]

Wow!!! Thank you for taking the time to do this and show the amazing capabilities of a group of very smart people.

[@josephcitizen4195]

Holy Moly. This place is truly impressive. Thanks for sharing your visit John.

[@JoshuaLynn]

John, thanks for making this shop tour video, and thanks to MetalQuest for being so open. Gracious Professionalism all around. I'm sharing with my robotics students as this is really inspiring, even I want a job doing this kind of engineering.

[@wrighty338]

The organisation is mind boggling and i love the robots. Look how enthusiastic and happy everyone is.

[@mannycalavera121]

This guy is my soul mate.

[@mdeasy]

Scott's enthusiasm is awesome!

[@mattcurry29]

Too date one of the best tours!!!!! thank you Matt C.

[@qqqqqqqq1407]

45:46 That's how they pack parts? No foam between the parts or sides of the box???

[@jackjr473]

Very well organized. Helps keep control of cost, cuts down on surprizes.

[@DarkArtGuitars]

You said this is the coolest shop you've seen at the beginning. I though yea, he's probably saying that to every shop, but after watching the video, I totally agree!

[@barnes_specialty]

That was awesome. Looks like a cool place to work.

[@rayeaglenz]

Amazing video, Super clear innovative company, wow!

[@Jeff-yy5fe]

Really cool shop! Great video John!

[@sbell2496]

The Milling Machine was invented in the USA. Other nations might be good at making cheap copies but ingenuity reigns supreme in the American Heartland!

[@eformance]

John has demonstrated the 4th dimension of social distancing: time

[@harezy]

Wow what a machine shop!! That guy knows his stuff!.. Some really cool ideas and innovations. Thanks i enjoyed that will be watching it a few times 👍👍

[@remisimard7760]

Nice video! Everyone is so passionate about what they're doing!

[@donschofield4849]

Thank You. It is a Great, Innovative Company.

[@1svsoulmate]

I love your videos! They are very informative. One thing I notice though, the gentleman speaking, said that butterfly valves make great flow control valves. Please note that butterfly valves make terrible flow control valves they do however make great quick acting stop valves.

[@KillItandGrillIt]

Those people know what temperature the bottom of your shoe is. That shop is amazing.

[@yosmith1]

dammit, John! I didn't have time for this today.....well, I guess I did since I watched it end to end the minute it got published :) More please!

[@ektaron]

Those robots speak excellent American English, plus the tattoos, and the flotation devices around their centerlines… FULLY INCREDIBLE! 😂

[@tomkeating65]

Got to be the best so far. And there in the United States.

[@roeschdan]

Better yet... In Nebraska!

[@TheFarCobra]

Social distancing through use of robots ... or is it “enforced by robots”?

[@Sketch1994]

No it's enforced through mobile phones...

[@jfan4reva]

Social distancing started with robots, hence the cages - had to keep the pesky humans from getting too close and smearing their flesh and blood all over the machines!

[@piotrrapacz8317]

amazing company

[@gregd931]

All in all, great tour!!! Those folks are amazing.

[@ScrappyIndustries]

John, I really enjoyed this tour. So many great takeaways I watched much of it more than once. Do you know what ERP system they are running?

[@starlyabadillo6529]

Thanks for the video always enjoy your shop tours the best keep them coming.

[@roggill6599]

Things have advanced so much since I started in the machine industry back in 1973

[@johnbodmer5645]

This is how we stay ahead of the rest of the world. Thanks John.

[@FredMiller]

Fantastic! I watched it twice just to pick up aspects I missed the first time.

[@grant6137]

This is how it should be done👍

[@4DModding]

Jaw dropped a few times during the viewing of this video !!

[@ThePunischer1000]

Maybe I am just to german but 90% of the „new innovative“ stuff is standard in above average factories here. Still its an amazingly clean and well run machining shop but to be honest I am quite surprised that tool lifetime management, „intelligent wrenches“ or inventory management isn’t already industry standard in the US. With my company we are even able to locate all large and most small components by RFID beacons and we track almost everything throughout the process. (Fortunately tracking the workers is illegal here :P) As always great and informative video. I still really enjoy shopfloor tours.

[@icefishing4046]

Mind blowing shop!

[@jestempies]

A really awesome video, thank you. Makes one want to go into robotics and CNC programming :)

[@quicklistmovies]

That was super dope!

[@CNCPRINTBLOGSPOT]

very nice documentation! 😍

[@netdog713]

that seems to be one badass place to work :)

[@revenuecontrolsystemspicka1599]

This is probably not the best video to post this question, but i thought id throw it out there and see if i get a response... Maybe AVE, This Old Tony, or NYC CNC and others can weigh in. Recently my son and I have switched from SprutCAM to Fusion 360 for our tormach 1100, and unless were mistaken (please advise) we noticed there seems to be some issue with the tool holders and tool height setup. Normally we measure overall height of a tool and its holder using a surface plate and height gauge, and would set our total tool height in SprutCAM to this value. In fusion, with the tool holder feature turned on, the overall height of the tool is a function of the tool stickout and tool holder height, not the height from the surface plate. We measured several of our er-20 tool holders, and found a variance of up to 0.020", so it is not possible to use the tool holder height to calculate the total tool length ( tool holder height + tool stickout) which seems to be how fusion does it. Are we missing something, or is this a problem? We get around this issue (and from what we can find online, so does everyone else) by turning off the tool holder feature and using our surface plate measurement as the stickout value. But this means we will not be able to predict collisions with the tool holder in simulation, so we would like to have this work properly.

[@brendanduff3048]

what cnc milling machine would you recommend for a beginner in cnc machining. I have experience in a workshop but I am new to cnc and would love to do it. Thanks for answering. Great videos and thank you again.

[@par4par72]

At 11:40 .. did he say he was using "auto tool assignment" ..in so many words. For his family of parts sizes?

[@mjohns5944]

Brilliant.

[@markissboi3583]

Another Fantastic futuristic workshop 🥇👌 Not seen by public but Watched 370k views in youtube Techporn NYC cheers 10/10🙃🦘

[@billleonard8141]

Awesome ! very much inspired to work smarter -

[@mftmachining]

Holy smokes...those guys know their bussiness.....

[@cocojambo8407]

Keep the videos coming,big fan

[@blakewerner4368]

holy cow! thank you

[@SomervilleMetalWorks]

wonder what cnc machines they would recommend someone to purchase???

[@hamzanawaz7945]

Amazing man/company

[@saadqureshi9567]

Could anyone tell me which tool he used at @12:15, to view the hole for surface finish?

[@jangriesel5056]

Mind Blown - wow !!!

[@paulomarcelino7221]

i think their maintenace was so awesome. What if 1 of the robots will bug down for a long time? May we know that they do ot it?

[@aimfg.3395]

These guys are established!

[@WolfHound762]

Badass shop, would love to work for a company like that.

[@user-rd6vf7xk1x]

Tool Boss blew my mind!

[@khanqaiserster]

amazing !!

[@chestervaldes7551]

Christ, how many people were needed to figure out and install all of that technology?

[@AF29007]

This is what happens when you go to Fanuc with an open cheque book and tell them to go hog wild

[@mrgbs7168]

5

[@Rocky12334no]

@@AF29007 But they didn't/dont. They are all in house. @44:36

[@Texaca]

@@Rocky12334no --- I think He probably meant "In the Corporation". Funac is a Japanese company, Headquarters: Oshino, Yamanashi, all that was probably imported from "In House" located in Japan 🤔 They used to make stuff like this in the 80's in the US, like by Cincinnati Milacron, and in the 60's Unimation Inc made the Unimate production Robot for Ford. All that infrastructure, technology and brainpower was shipped overseas.

[@jfan4reva]

All of them! And it took 34 years. Started small and grew big.

[@aronandreas]

First I did not want to watch because it was too long... Now I wonder why it ended... Lovly 🏭, really nice.

[@dtec30]

used to be a fanuc operator for over a decade very specialized language and kinematics for smaller stuff try universal robots has more io built in (generally around 5kg payload)

[@bloodb0ne]

39:58 How small is that machining vice it looks so tiny ? D:

[@spencerstromberg]

One fact I cannot get over was what the fanuc robot salesman told me (in Utah); from logan to provo, there are about 5,000 fanuc robots in operation and lifetime products (a massive company with 2 million sq feet of manufacturing space in clearfield), owns about 80. Where are all those robots?! That doesn’t even include abb

[@XXBANGtuga]

they are the guys

[@helicopterjohns]

Nice video!!!! Thanks for sharing. John

[@JeremyGrosser]

I'd love to know more about the software they've got for managing tool life

[@ExMachinaEngineering]

I would guess they use the on-board tool time measuring system of the machine and just compare statistical data against it. So, they would know how much time each tool would last in each type of cut. I guess sometimes optimizing the time it takes to make 5000 parts is slightly different to optimizing the time it takes to make one part.

[@WreckDiver99]

....and there goes the neighborhood...a Staubli Robot with all those FANUC bots...(Partial to FANUC, I worked for them in the R&D/Systems engineering team...Matter of fact, that rail system that one FANUC is on was one of the first projects I worked on while there. Started it all with an M16 (16Kg) robot. We expanded it into the M710's and such...BTW: That rail based item? Talking more than 20 years ago...LOL..."state of the art"...LOL

[@pilecageweldingmachine]

good quality

[@movax20h]

40 thousands parts of one type per month. That is a volume. Few million dollars per months. Automation, integration and inventory tracking helps a lot.

[@DirtyRobot]

Okuma and Fanuc are both Japanese companies. One of them is over 100 years old, the other 60. Good reasons why you don't buy Chinese if you are serious about your tooling.

[@tomdubya9217]

unbelievable. i want a job there

[@larryschweitzer4904]

Suggestion for another Nebraska Video: TMCO, Lincoln, NE

[@joshuaclark5796]

When was this footage taken?

[@AlexKall]

Did not quite get it. They did not use an integrator, but did they have the different roles in house or did they take individual companies to do the different jobs, such as programing the robots?

[@MikeYurbasovich]

You usually have a house automation engineering team coupled with an industrial maintenence team to make those projects work.

[@johnpgerrity]

I wonder what CAD and CAM software they use

[@willbaden7563]

Solid works. Only recently got esprit.

[@sudhirpatel7620]

I would rather work in this machine shop.

[@KeithStrang]

Don't be affraid of automation! It's just like adult legos! I liked that they didn't spend a lot of time cleaning up cables and wires everywhere. Focus on a robust process, not looks.

[@josh46655]

check out heat shrink unit from iscar i have one and can do 3 tools at a time and cool 3 tools also

[@Max_Marz]

I swear there was a CNC box making machine in this video but I cant find it, Can anyone suggest?

[@emilioprot9463]

thats amazing john. A question for you.. I can not find you on instagram, do you have one no?

[@michaelknight2342]

6:32 Google search for Behringer SW-6 only brings up audio gear.. is this machine made by the same company?

[@Nathan-mg7ho]

The SW-6 is the in shop designation, not the actual machine code from the company. Try searching Behringer horizontal band saw

[@a.d8055]

Here you go. www.behringer.net/ Behringer is a German machine tool builder (mainly saws). They also have a foundry and produce for several other machine tool manufacturers. The audio behringer is an US company and only shares the same name.

[@paulodpereira]

@@a.d8055 The audio behringer is also a german company. The name Behringer is a german surname. The founder of the saw company is called August Behringer and the founder of the audio company is called Uli Behringer, That's where the name come from.