Superb Industries Factory Tour: ONE BILLION parts per year!

Superb Industries Factory Tour! Can you imagine that in 1987 a two car garage with a milling machine, a decrepit grinder, and more ambition than sense would become SUPERB? Not only does this company manufacture a billion parts per year, they embrace new and old technology to make it happen! Come hang out with us today as we get up close and personal with the Bihler, high speed Bruderer presses, MOORE Jig Grinders, old school Moris, AND wire EDM.
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[@brucebrucestofiston5554]

Adam was amazing. He knew every machine, every part and every person. His knowledge of every machine was really impressive as well as a great communicator. Great tour John

[@dannyoktim9628]

Adams are hard to come by in life, if you ever find one make him a true friend.

[@ccmmrrnn]

@@dannyoktim9628 No kidding, I wish I could work with a staff of even just 10% Adams.

[@tarkka]

These tours are fantastic, John. Thank you! Can't help but notice that the machinery and plant is immaculate. You don't make billions of parts if you're still struggling with basic discipline in your process.

[@RazorSkinned86]

SUPERB is also a really good company. Profitable but still good to their employees and good to their customers. What's even more surprising is that they are part of a multi-national group but don't use that as an excuse to act like sociopaths. All around a good example of a good company.

[@SFish-wr4kh]

As someone who works in a machine shop, I can almost guarantee that usually that place is bordering on a disaster. They probably spent WEEKS cleaning it up in preparation for this tour.

[@bostedtap8399]

@@SFish-wr4kh Oh dear!

[@bostedtap8399]

@@ssbiz6912 Exactly as I thought.

[@MrHBSoftware]

@@SFish-wr4kh i was about to say that somebody would step in and deny that but yeah...somebody has already did that ahahahah...yeah sure no prep for the tour...like we would believe that

[@TimAnder11]

This really shows you the genius of American manufacturers. Superb industries is a fantastic American company and we really appreciate them showing us how they do business.

[@corysell6048]

As a tool maker who has spent years working on progressive dies, it was really cool to see these high speed presses running. I helped build and delivered a few lamination dies to the old Advance transformer company many years ago. Those presses ran around 700 strokes per minute. It's old technology, but if you've never seen and felt something like that running it's quite intimidating up close. I thought the video might drag on at 2hr, but not so!! Great video. Most people have no idea what goes into making their every day life possible and affordable.

[@nyccnc]

Well said

[@jesseday5424]

Still my favorite video on youtube. I've watched this several times and have learned something new every time.

[@chickendog3042]

I'm glad I picked computer science. People think you are smart but it is pretty easy this actually takes some mental power.

[@rodneykiemele4721]

By far the best shop tour I’ve ever seen, thank you

[@wesco123]

America's most precious resource; the great bright minds who make so much possible, so fast, so well in the most adverse of times. I salute these treasures among us.

[@holmes230536]

My god, Adam, thank you so much, this video took me back almost fifty years, it's been 46 years since I was in a similar toolroom and I am surprised to see the old practices and toolroom know-how hasn't changed all that much 6 and 7 stage progression dies, floating punches in punch plates, then closely supported by stripper plates in a shoe that looks like a jigsaw with all the fitted inserts the same with the die in a shoe, sprung grooved strip lifters, EDM was just in its infancy in the UK then we called it spark eroder and used graphite and Elkonite copper for electrodes, we hardened and ground our own punches and split bushes for shaped punches, we never balanced our 7" grinding wheels, our grinders were Jones and Shipman 540s, thanks for taking me on a reminiscing trip, great video Edmund...........Alberta

[@markissboi3583]

NYC one of the best Techporn shows in youtube So many factory tours 🥇🙃🦘🕺

[@davesalzer3220]

That guy is a master. He makes it make sense to the layman with ease, my definition of an expert.

[@fletcher3913]

This was an awesome tour, John, Thank you for taking us along,.And thanks to Superb Industries for their hospitality,

[@StevenChmielnicki]

This was the best two hour movie I've seen in a long time. I was frequently in disbelief. The knowledge, the access, the openness, and the quality are amazing! Thank you!

[@tjejojyj]

Amazing. Precision and speed.

[@marouanebenderradji137]

those two hours seemed like 20 minutes really the literal meaning of I can watch this all day long unfortunately there isn't a youtube chanel dedicated for this big respect to the skill and knowledge in that place

[@dennyskerb4992]

John, your nailing the KZbin factory tours!

[@nyccnc]

thanks!

[@automan1223]

@@nyccnc John, this is really cool stuff. Love to see business in action. Thanks for taking us along for the ride !

[@dennyskerb4992]

John Doe wow, give yourself a pat on the back.

[@lolzlarkin3059]

@@nyccnc like a modern day auntie Mabel.

[@kaseyzeltinger2735]

Seeing you do these factory tours really is a service and I for one appreciate every single minute of it. Even more so the fact this company has gave you there time speaks volumes.

[@echoewest2685]

This was amazing. When you said "this is how western civilization works..." 100% spot on. Well done.

[@nyccnc]

thanks ;)

[@andrewgiles6192]

I had to wait a while till I had the two hours to do this video justice. What a place, thank you for sharing and thank you to Superb for letting you share.

[@gregeconomeier1476]

One of the facinating things about these factory tours is that there is usually an extremely intelligent master machinist that knows just about every machine, in detail.

[@darrellwertz6380]

Brings back a lot of memories. I served a tool and die apprenticeship in the late 1980's at a connector manufacturer (AMP Inc.) in South central PA. Nice to see the stamping industry is alive and well in the USA.

[@mongolike513]

Adam is a brilliant representative for his company. The man knows everything and shares knowledge effortlessly. What a lucky business to have him.

[@castnetman]

I don't know how you make professional connections that enable you to make these factory tours but they are awesome!!

[@xenonram]

It probably goes something like this: "hey John, I work at x-company. We did really cool stuff. Would you want to come for a tour?"

[@DavePB420]

Your factory tours are so good to watch. Fascinating seeing other facilities.

[@DudleyToolwright]

I can't believe that you have only had 18k views on this video. People obviously haven't discovered how entertaining this video is yet.

[@nyccnc]

:)

[@c4tohagen]

i just clicked the video, never noticed that it was 2hrs long...this is just too awesome!

[@jamescorvett]

great tour and factory! when i got my masters in auto engineering, i had to go to many places to learn about all this type of production and processes. yet this place has it all under one roof. amazing!

[@markfryer9880]

John my head is spinning after watching this video. Just an amazing operation.

[@bostedtap8399]

Enjoyed this tour Mr Saunders, excellent host, very very knowledgeable, my press tool experience was on Squabs and Cushions (car seats- seat back and seat), max 60 or 70 SPM. My impression is that the company is very well run, ref near empty toolroom, is good sign!, and we'll organized tooling spares. Love that EDM bragging table, and the machine, nice injection moulding machines, worked on one for vehicle petrol tank, it was for Ford Europe, and I think it was the first one in a standard car. Thanks for sharing and best regards from the UK.

[@vn8624]

This is the cleanest machine shop I have ever seen.

[@pbrenneman5]

Even the grinding room is immaculate!

[@mikeknowlden5117]

@@pbrenneman5 See that almost makes me think they did a week of superbcleaning before the video or something, that wet grinder didnt have a single speck of swarf

[@ronanlough3868]

When he climbed up to film on top of the spooler there wasn't even a spec of dust, I worked making contact lenses and the place was filthy

[@Sideshowbobx]

Sign of a professional business that is run tight.

[@hendriyawativinny802]

@@mikeknowlden5117 agree

[@nutsmcflurry3737]

John, I thank you for doing these tours. I've never been in the industry, never will be in the industry, but I now understand the process in how this type of item is manufactured, and knowledge of the machines that make them. Somewhere in the future, something that I saw today will be beneficial to what ever project I am working on.

[@PaulVolcko]

This was an awesome video, John. Thanks for making the trip and posting this up!

[@12346798Mann]

I used both FP4 and FP2s during my apprenticeship, but only with NC. Really good machines to learn the basics

[@douglasburnside]

Okay, I am officially a geek! I don't think I really understood 10% of what went on in that video, but I couldn't turn my eyes away from it. What an impressive demonstration of technology. Think of how many man-years of research and development separate that shop from the village blacksmith of 150 years ago. Man-years? Try man-millennia!

[@nikolausluhrs]

I feel like this almost needs a high speed camera for showing the presses. Absolutely insane

[@arvinbrown4156]

Being in the industry myself for 40+ years I would HIGHLY recommend hearing protection. Stamping is that one of the worst noises for the ear, especially in your excellent manufacturing numbers.

[@yeehaanow]

Arvin Brown What?!!?

[@Brad_A.]

A hell of an interesting video John! Love the complexity and automation of this stuff, and what's more, that it all started from a two car garage!!! Inspiration right there, for all of us playing in the manufacturing sandbox. Thank you.

[@nyccnc]

My pleasure!

[@gutsngorrrr]

This was an amazing tour. The company was absolutely fantastic for spending so much time showing their equipment, tooling and processes.

[@Ricopolico]

Wow, nothing like a man who knows his craft! He picks up an arbor just to show it and he reflexively wipes it.

[@TheOptimaSO]

You just had to step into that light curtain haha! Great factory tour, thanks John

[@shakascloset1700]

Its great to see young guys knowledgeable enough to maintain and produce complicated tooling, so many older guys retiring and no one's capable of replacing them.

[@MattysWorkshop]

Mate, incredible the figures this factory produces on a yearly basis, very hard to imagine the amount of work and skill to making all the machines work at the speed they do with out making a error, very very impressive, thank you very much for sharing mate,

[@nyccnc]

my pleasure!

[@brandonheinrich6347]

I enjoyed this alot! Thanks for making the effort to film and share this.

[@markwigglesworth8816]

Soooo impressed, look at the body language and behavior of the kid at 44:11, that is exactly the individual you want on your team! Quiet humble and notice he's like two steps ahead in the conversation, exactly the type of person I would like to employ and work with.

[@PNEKarl]

I loved his enthusiasm too. He was proud to show them his press. We need more like him.

[@WafflesASAP]

Dude mentioned that that machine (starting around the 55:00 mark) puts out 24,000 parts per minute. Across 365 days a year, that's over 12 billion parts. Did he misspeak? If not... Jesus, your title is underselling their output. Absolutely wild! Such a great vid. Thanks for sharing!

[@RMZ298]

You do the best factory tours!

[@blitzgameplay007]

Great tour guys. Adam you did an awesome job, real pleasure listening to your vast knowledge...

[@nyccnc]

He's a sharp guy.

[@spencertoolandgrind]

Fantastic. Glad you took time to visit that Moore Jig grinder.

[@denny9931]

2h Video and every minute was interesting! Thanks for showing!

[@stephanmantler]

That was an awesome tour. Thanks for sharing!

[@nyccnc]

my pleasure!

[@castro1780]

I love these factory tours

[@MrSidiox]

Always love these factory tours. So great how open most of these guys are in showing how their stuff works and especially nice when the employs clearly show some pride when showing off the parts/machines!

[@nyccnc]

Agreed!

[@chrisaa746]

This is one of the best videos I have seen.

[@nyccnc]

thanks!

[@colt4547]

John, these tours are fantastic. Thank you for your effort and the companies for sharing with us.

[@-na-nomad6247]

Thanks to +This Old Tony I'm able to appreciate this video.

[@dannyoktim9628]

I'm a fan of Old Tony , the guy is smart, knows tooling. . .GREAT Teacher. . .look and see if I'm wrong .. . . .He's like Adem. . . a willing teacher

[@-na-nomad6247]

@@dannyoktim9628 His time traveling skills are among the best ever.

[@82lube]

Awesome shop & equipment. I love manufacturing, I operated some of Mattison, Blanchard, Reform & Hanchets biggest Grinders also Bridgeport, Mori-Seki & Mazak mills & 8 different type of heat treating furnaces for better than 30 years working with Titanium, D2 & 4040 steel.

[@nyccnc]

Cool!

[@kennethkustren9381]

WOW .. AT NEXT OPPORTUNITY .. MY PROJECT WILL BE AN Optical Comparator !! Total MEEKNESS built upon at this !MAGNIFICENT! factory !!! TY NYCNC !!

[@ruperthartop7202]

Great video. We used to use those presses to make Lead Calcium expanded grids for Yuasa Batteries. Ran so fast you could not see it running!!

[@joe-lflores109]

As a young toolmaker I must say I really do enjoy these videos!

[@TandaMadison]

Inspiring and informative. Thank you for sharing! Sennheiser used to send us electrical contacts on reels just like those to be re-reeled reversing them end to end and flipped on the reel. As a small shop you get paid to do the strangest things if you are willing to just say, "sure we'll figure it out"!

[@petem6291]

John that was a great factory tour , Thank you for taking the time to make theses videos . I was just going to watch for a few mins that was two hours ago and a half of a tenth . The perfection of the parts and the whole process is amazing , I think its great that there is and apprenticeship program , that speaks volumes about the company ... is there a part two coming ??? Thanks Pete M

[@nyccnc]

Thanks, Pete! No plans for Part 2 - at least at the moment.

[@mike_van_in]

Another magnificent tour!

[@johnelliott3866]

There was me thinking it would be hard to come close to fabrisonic! Good to see people who take an interest in their job

[@vizionthing]

Nine years of total watch time in four days ... that's as impressive as the output of the subject. Its so nice to get a 'how its made' without the cheesy dumbed down commentary!

[@nyccnc]

We have our own "How It's Made" here on NYC CNC :)

[@bostedtap8399]

100% correct, really enjoyed that as well.

[@pamdemonia]

Another great factory tour! Very interesting to hear about the founding of the company and his story, as well as the commitment to a German style of in-house apprenticeship. Very cool.

[@michaelguzzi1]

21:05 As someone who works with Wire EDM, I 100% agree with that! Also, what wasn't mentioned is that WEDM is not the ideal process for when you must machine details 100% tangential to preexisting features, like cutting a radius on the corner of a part that has already been ground. A profile grinder would be better most times.

[@Strothy2]

I studied in this field, making tools that can take this kinda torture to need to be engineered to be perfect, on the machining side it's even more important to have Personal to make those... they have my greatest respect!

[@DonStinger]

Awsome factory tour! Can‘t wait for part two ;)

[@enginebill]

If you want to see some big grinders go to Disston saw in Philadelphia. Nothing there is clean or new but they have a couple of surface that will grind 3' wide and 10' long. They also have Blanchard grinders up to 84" in diameter for making hot cut saws for steel mills.

[@johnboforsyth5970]

thats an impressive shop! i didnt think that much about stampong befor! thanx!

[@thewakz]

I am glad I watched this video. Really cool. Awesome they shared how they do what they do. Amazing this guy started life Amish and now has this huge facility.

[@markfryer9880]

A lot of teenagers today would not believe his story. That is if you could get their heads out of their phones long enough to show them something like this.

[@theater40]

you know I work in the conical spring and spring steel industry and I am dumb founded by the level of detail they gave you. a lot of this stuff seems like "trade secrets" running a press that fast isn't exactly easy..... so the fact they give you the entire run down of it blows my mind.

[@dgtellman]

Excellent Tour. Thank you. Excellent Machinists too :)

[@alexbatty2927]

I LOVE your factory tours. Feel like I need to watch them ASAP now since that one got pulled the next day

[@brendanwood1540]

Subscribed. Great video man. The level of integrity and honesty here is refreshing.

[@RRaucina]

Awe inspiring talent on parade. What a fine showcase of knowledge and machinery

[@jameskeyes1131]

Amazing patience of the big guy thru all the rather elementary comments. It's a wonder his head isn't 3 feet in diameter to hold all the stuff he knows. VERY impressive business. Clean environment, great employees, training and apprenticeship program, millions invested in machines and tooling and infrastructure. Using the latest technology to keep up and competitive. I worked with EDM stuff back in the early 80s when it was in its infancy and the technology has grown 1000%. I've worked in many factories as a contract engineer and this is the most impressive and well managed business I have ever seen. They deserve their success. Wow.

[@MalJ-eb7nv]

Mal - Love the factory tours. Great information. Thankyou

[@tomhood8897]

Great tour, John! Thanks!

[@gredangeo]

1:33:28 that's actually a nice quick demo of that invisible wall. Looks pretty useful. No outright need to have an intrusive guard that blocks vision.

[@4DModding]

Did my apprenticeship as a tool maker with a big automotive tool and die maker. We had CNC mills that had 4m x 3m tables with auto pallet changers. And grinders with 400mm diameter wheels. As part of the apprenticeship we spent 6 months plus filing. Filing a part flat and square to 0.04mm on every face. After that you understood what precision means for grinding. We ran 8 okuma bridge mills with 50mm to 120mm diameter tipped end mills from dijet. Machining dies to press out car panel. Big scale stuff.

[@VId_Kok]

2 hours? Wait right here while I go get the popcorn.

[@nyccnc]

:)

[@Patchworkdaddy007]

That's my Job in germany! Stamping and moulding Tools!!!! I like Mitsubishi Wire EDM,Deckel milling and Bihler automation Stamping! Great Company!👍👍👍👍😎

[@irishmike519]

How fascinating! I’m beyond impressed!

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

I appreciate your fascination of the jigsaw block. I want one too. :)

[@quequeissominhagente]

please make more videos like this

[@nyccnc]

I'm trying! Those factories don't tour themself.

[@roberthagood4770]

That is one very clean shop

[@drummerhammar]

I love the Deckels!!! Worked all my life with them!

[@benrasmussen9878]

The plant I work for does 3 billion parts per year. It has been doing it for 25 years . There are approximately 40 other plants in the US. Some more, some less. The tolerance is .0002 on certain dimensions.

[@ronstarr9167]

awesome! thanks for showing it to us :)

[@johnb5519]

The only things I remember about tool and die shops when I was in the trade, was how noisy, dirty, oily, and black everything was. This shows how far things have come along since them. Great video, I'll recommend it to my buddies still in the machine shop business.

[@gojoe36]

Great video...nice to see them do in house Tool and Die Maker program...very cool.

[@signlsirchir2156]

this vidjayo, should have a billion views.

[@COdrummaCO]

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS. I LOVE ADAMs POSTS!

[@ruthpenner6995]

good tour

[@n1663r]

Teutonic Toggle Lock press... Awesomeness!

[@n1663r]

Ed Rees kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHnIhHaVjNhof8U

[@JasonTaylor1]

as soon as I saw the light curtain I thought you were going to trip it. It good that people see how stuff like that works

[@TechQuarks]

Awesome footage. Interesting!

[@stevenewman5117]

Wow love the tour! Thank you John!!! USA made🇺🇸

[@carldozer]

Great video, audio quality is excellent. Cool shop!