15 MOST Incredible Forging Machines

These forges are absolutely massive and yield some of the most heavy-duty products around. It’s hard not to feel a strange sense of satisfaction as we watch the red hot metal bend and forge into shape. Join us, as we look at the 15 most incredible forging machines in the world.
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[@MattCurrieImprov]

How are balls of steel forged? Through hard times.

[@Snipedaddy1]

This deserves more likes lol

[@trainnerd3029]

How the hell does this only have 14 likes? I thought it was freaking hilarious!

[@bimmerchildf3016]

Bro shuddup😂

[@paulcoverdale8312]

Normally with heavy clangers😂😂😂😂😂

[@Cloudz3468]

😂😂😂

[@victor1959]

the natural gas "renewable energy" really got me...

[@MINDMACHINES-mu2yn]

It's fascinating to see all the forging shops that make make pieces for the others.

[@slipgatecentral]

is this written by AI?

[@archerkn2413]

At 4:28 they said over 1000F. The way they need the steel to move, and judging by the color of the steel in the video, 1000F isn't even close to the temps that are being used! The colors I'm seeing are telling me it's no less than 1600F, and at some points up in the 2000F range.

[@thebogsofmordor7356]

That line in the video really stuck out to me too. I even commented some crap about it not making sense.

[@westheguitarist8546]

Your narrator is great😎 He has helped me (pause), forge a great relationship with material science

[@SiphiweNyawera-qj2jr]

My interview with Highveld steel and vanadium plant in Mpumalanga Province was really tough...But I completed my training on materials of constructions in record time.

[@grammybear4226]

🐼 Big Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old grandma in Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼 ❤ 🎀

[@coloradostrong]

Do you make Kirby vacuum cleaners?

[@koriw1701]

It's fascinating to see all the forging shops that make make pieces for the others. Some make gears, others, ball bearings. Still others, the gigantic pounders that will make all of it fit together!

[@ryanaiden]

Wait what, did you just say natural gas is a renewable energy source xD

[@hexadecimal5236]

I was wondering the same thing. I guess Natural Gas is Renewable because of...trash?

[@MattCurrieImprov]

This is amazing

[@paulbourgeois4491]

You missed the Ladish Company in Cudahy Wisconsin... I retired from Ladish in 2016, 120 years old, they are Legendary Forgers of incredible aerospace hardware... You also did not mention Iso-thermal forging, done in a zero oxygen vacuum chamber... Ladish Company has some of the biggest Forge equipment on the planet. No list of big Forgers is complete without a mention of Ladish Company. Otherwise great video. I've worked with most of the machinery shown here, for 30+ years.

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

Technically this is spam, unwanted commercial solicitation. Ladish is now owned by Allegheny Technologies, since 2011, is that why you quit? Couldn't keep up?

[@paulbourgeois4491]

@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n who pissed in your Cheerios this morning? I prefer to call ATI Ladish because that's the company that hired me. Ive forgotten more about forging than you will ever know, loudmouth

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

@@paulbourgeois4491 Then why post the exact same comment twice a few months apart? Sorry to hear about your memory.

[@deniseshephard3347]

Thank you this information which is very useful

[@kresimirmilisa5560]

very good video about machine forging in famous factories.

[@PapaWraiths]

those rollers in the end.. were cold rollin...

[@The_Slavstralian]

Anyang makes small power hammers for small blacksmith operations and home forges. They are a trusted brand for sure.

[@Hanoverauto]

The commentary didn't always match what was being produced. Take the spiral bending at the end for example.

[@ForgingDescalingMachine]

I work in forging industry as source supplier of forging descaling machine which has been widely used in hot forging production lines to clean forge scale generated by induction heating machine.We focus on helping hot forging enterprises to improve forgings surface quality with our high pressure water descaling system.

[@MattCurrieImprov]

The puns have me dying lmao 😂

[@lwandilemakubalo7477]

Yow, thanks for the sound or music and definitely the tone of voice.

[@shentx]

@1:55 UHHH natural gas is not a renewable resource lmao

[@problemsolver3254]

natural gass is not a reenable energy souse.

[@MattCurrieImprov]

5:44 Looks like a guy chewing hot metal

[@sreed8570]

I repaired heavy equipment in a company called Wyman Gordon in Ma, they stamped out things like landing gears with super large press machines.

[@kurtdnelson9653]

Good video enjoyed all the machines and the hot metal but there were times when the narrative didn't match the machines or the factory

[@joshuakatz2499]

When you say there were times….you mean the entire video, right?

[@edwindelgado8775]

I worked in foundry i was so tired after work I'd get home and fall asleep in my work clothes on my recliner 😴

[@420JackG]

There were all sorts of places producing artillery in North America during the wars. You can't honestly believe that the US Navy got all its guns from Quebec.

[@godbluffvdgg]

Those "Twisted Rods" look EXACTLY like steel cylinder rolling press work...16:35 -

[@ioanbota9397]

Realy I like this factory

[@ruperterskin2117]

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@whataguy7032]

1:56.....Since when is natural gas a renewable energy source?

[@thebogsofmordor7356]

When you said "... over 1000F, on a good day..." it didn't really make sense if you think about it. But cool video, the glowing ingots made some of the footage look unreal.

[@Drums1963]

If the steel plant is where all this machinery started, ever wondered what made the steel plants???

[@Hoshino_Tamagosama]

鉄の鍛造は、ほんと大迫力だな。

[@coloradostrong]

はい。. 日本に多くの敬意私の友人。

[@TheOliveboy93]

Anybody else feel like watching simple history now?

[@markusstewart9298]

Would just standing near those machines for years on end eventually cause health issues? Obviously lung issues would come with working around molten steel, but would there be any form of shockwave or percussive force exerted on the workers? I’m just wondering because I have heard ex military people on podcasts talk about issues from working with and around explosives (breaching charges, Carl Gustovs, etc).

[@Reloadeez]

I think there's an accepted element of risk, similar to nuclear reactor workers lifetime radiation dose. I doubt you'll find any studies on long-term percussive force exposure health risk. Hearing damage is a major risk, my grandfather worked around power hammers for years. At the time they didn't fully understand the risk to hearing or have protection. His hearing is awful now.

[@Skampi98]

Due to the infrared radiation emitted by the hot metal they might develop a firestar in their live. It's a clouding of the Cornea and impairs your vision.

[@loganford3921]

It's that David Hayter Solid Snake doing the narration?

[@WorkFailsUSA]

So crazy

[@morscovium8881]

I finally found the one video about this without a broken english title

[@derekcullin357]

I work for Howmet Aerospace AKA Alcoa AKA arconic and I can't believe they didn't mention Newburgh Heights Cleveland Ohio facility there's two of the largest presses in the world in there. Although they just do aluminum and titanium

[@tl1539]

Former RTI customer here, salute to the great titanium mill

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

They have a nice building in SF. The Alcoa building.

[@kevindunlap5525]

So, how do you forge a forge?

[@petercrossley1069]

Narration is full of errors. The counter blow hammer does not hammer “molten metal”.

[@PaulBlacksmith-xr4sy]

Big # 085 at Ladish Company in Cudahy Wisconsin is a 125,000 lb. Counterblow closed-die behemoth, capable of forging ingots of steel and titanium up to 27,000 lbs input weight. I worked on 085 Hammer before I retired in 2017 after almost 30 years as an industrial Union Blacksmith. Fascinating place to work, much of it is Aerospace, Jet Propulsion, Agriculture, Transportation, and National Defense. Hard, hot, heavy, dirty work, but it paid the bills in Union scale, I would do it again if I was a young man once more. Now known as ATI Ladish Forging Cudahy Division. ATI bought Ladish in 2010. So far so good, the fellahs tell me the back orders are strong, and plenty of Overtime is offered. Forged Steel Is The Metal You Can Trust!

[@mixonevt1596]

cool

[@cataldoorlando4783]

Maglio stampaggio di una certa potenza

[@jayniesgottagun]

It's interesting to compare the working conditions and safety gear with the equally enjoyable Indian and Pakistani metal fabricating channels. Quite the difference seeing this kind of work being done in sandals. Give them a look if you haven't.

[@coloradostrong]

They work hard and fast, making everything from truck rims to pans. And those guys cutting up ships are off the hook. They make their acetylene gas on site too.

[@PhiddyPford]

Grew up watching Hot Die Forging, as my dad was mfg rep for one shop

[@bjolly8924]

Awesome presentation of some incredible machines

[@gregiles908]

"Why do I need it, when I've got my Ball Bearings to keep me rolling? : Clive.

[@gilbertsantacruz1397]

This is super cool

[@July.4.1776]

2180 F is the temp for bearing steel. Otherwise 2380 F is the max temp we used in closed die forging.

[@Jon6429]

6:01 FYI: the transcript is wrong it's supposed to be Nimonic not Mnemonic.

[@1RJW381]

🛠⚒️

[@ROBLOXTHANOS]

Big machines = big tools.

[@chetmcmasterson]

6:02 What material is said here? "_____ and titanium..." Sounds kind of like "mnemonic," but I'm not familiar with a metal with a similar name.

[@hainanwestasia]

👍👍👍

[@rickvassell8349]

Spiraling? Looked like in plane rolling.

[@StreetlampManufacturer]

nice

[@UncleManuel]

Thanks! Now I know where I can get balls of steel. 😂😁😇

[@TheSOLOPRAKASH]

😅😅

[@vaibhav2314]

Excellent outstanding work sir madam

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

really? sir madam?

[@WorkFailsUSA]

Haha, madam or sir ?

[@gamedevsa]

"How can something so hard, also be so smooth" -> try saying that to Michael Scott

[@gousmc1983]

In one breath calls BGH Edelstahl "trustworthy" and then goes into a Canadian company and "helping the winning side" I'll bet BGH never saw Geneva after forging two world wars of armor and tanks when allies rolled in...."nah you work for us now"

[@delstanley1349]

The forging machines must have forged the forging machines and thus forged themselves! Chicken or egg sort of thing I guess.

[@silverstreetmoto1458]

🤣🤣✌️

[@bobstud3754]

Yo, totally loved the whole video but the last 2 minutes...where is the 'spirals???

[@user-ng7ne8ch5m]

😮

[@AgritechFutureUS]

*It looks like you missed mentioning the Ladish Company in Cudahy, Wisconsin... I retired from Ladish in 2016, after 120 years of service, and they are renowned for being legendary forgers of incredible aerospace hardware. Additionally, you didn't mention Iso-thermal forging, a process carried out in a zero oxygen vacuum chamber, in which Ladish Company excels. They possess some of the largest Forge equipment on the planet. Any list of prominent forgers would be incomplete without acknowledging the Ladish Company. Nonetheless, it's a great video. I've had the privilege of working with most of the machinery featured here for over 30 years.*

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

See now this is spam.

[@mikloslegrady965]

"You don't want to get your fingers stuck in that machine" Why is the narration so stupid? There are so many interesting technical details left out because the narrator wants to talk about how he feels, or to make comments he thinks are funny (they are not) but simply use up time. This narrator and whoever writes his material should be fired, then watch the audience numbers rise.

[@skipmagil]

Stupid human tricks

[@Trey4x4]

Thinking the same thing

[@alans9806]

Why do Americans need to be so folksy? It's a bloody forging press forging a bloody shaft.

[@brucemartini2288]

I WANT my own "counter blow" hammer. just to crush pop cans and such!😁😆

[@night3x]

Can someone explain why you should stand as close as possible near a huge press impacting molten metal just to operate it it looks unsafe?

[@brucemartini2288]

hammer at [ 5:37] looks like GIANT EVIL Furby😆😆

[@katvacuum7510]

What do you do? "I run the seventh most incredible forging machine." LUCKY!

[@paulcandiago9339]

Safety glasses please!

[@deadasfboi]

Crazy how this video have 135k views, but only like 30 comments.

[@brianstroud6729]

Like to see them power it from solar. Lmao

[@waynegilbert9868]

I’ve always been amazed how what about that giant pot poring bright yellow steel and it stays normal how isn’t the yellow steel it’s poring melt that

[@HowlinWilf13]

I like forging videos 🤓

[@floydwilliams3321]

Cool video

[@ZEBnet1]

Warning: Extreme eye rolling strain from listening to this narrator is bound to occur.

[@user-tq9os8mo2n]

Huntington alloys.. the nickel plant in Huntington wva is real deal shit as well.😊

[@backho12]

This video is wrong on so many levels. Still, it's good to see some nice forging taking place.

[@marclemieux1030]

You are a super great narrator ..l just love these videos and it mainly thanks to your way of delivery . Thank you😊

[@taunteratwill1787]

No he's tiresome and over the top with stupid word games and obsession with certain words he can't stop repeating. 😎

[@koriw1701]

@@taunteratwill1787 Nobody is keeping you here. That's the beauty of freedom. You have the choice to decide what you want to see and hear. Don't like it? Change channels.

[@taunteratwill1787]

@@koriw1701 Don't like opinions you don't share? Don't like free speech? Don't like it? Don't read them.

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

@@taunteratwill1787 The result of the echo chamber is delicate flowers that explode when encountering an opinion different then theirs. Blatant bullying is presented as freedom of choice, and the topic is not discussed. I don't feel one way or another about the narrator, but hate the bully.

[@taunteratwill1787]

@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n So the topic was bullying? 😂

[@ABK_Iris]

like your video

[@siypic]

12:20 flip flops...... laughing in the face of H&S

[@don-noppadon1308]

โอ้มายก้อต😣😆😂

[@evanboyle-rs3fx]

i like apple!!!

[@probablynotmyname8521]

Who needs adequate ppe?!?

[@parthibanbalasubramanian6506]

Amazing equipments and they are the mother of invention in steel and its critical purpose

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

"Necessity is the mother of invention." *Equipment is plural.

[@Jiefyang]

Did he said natural gas is a renewable source of energy just before the 2min mark?

[@Gary55379]

That narrator sounds like Charlie Sheen.

[@JWolfe-nq7nq]

That last segment showing cold steel plate rolled into tubes... Yeah, the narration for that was incoherent nonsense. As for the rest, get another writer who knows what they're talking about.

[@backho12]

Yes! This video and narration is wrong on so many levels!

[@sofienebensalem5050]

We are a work of worship

[@Lady_hypoxia]

First

[@bignick47331]

That’s not necessarily true there are massive steam powered counter blow hammers

[@wallylangsford3369]

The commentary is often irrelevant to the video!

[@lwo7736]

The sparkle effect you have used really gives away that this is just plagiarized work (thanks Hbomb!)

[@JeffreyFix]

it's a good video but a lot of your narration is not accurate. I have worked in 3 forge shops and I'm sorry but your details are not accurate

[@handsomeblackman255]

These guys make about 30 bucks an hour

[@petermorrison7400]

How many of these workers have sever hearing problems, the ear protection they have is minimum at best, and is oftern not worn due to time is money.

[@koipond4090]

"Renewable energy like natural gas...." lol wrong. And none of this metal is "molten"

[@joeldavis9473]

I heard well over 50 things mentioned in this script that were just plain wrong.

[@Kingtrollface259]

forged in fire ,billy big bollocks edition