Touring HAAS Sheet Metal Factory!

[@turbocobra]

We are all used to seeing Mill's and Lathes, etc but really cool to see the sheetmetal machines. Those fingers on the brake auto adjusting was pretty cool!

[@Sicktrickintuner]

Ramsey Customs - turbocobra It was f'n awesome. The sheet metal might seem boring to some, but is pretty cool. Laser cells aren't a bad way to spend a cool million dollars

[@movax20h]

Sheetmetal working is so under appreciated. It is a real cost effective, allows to create complex geometries, can be automated a lot these days. And there is so many options to working with sheet metal. Pressing, hand cutting, nibbling, punching, laser cutting, plasma cutting, water jet cutting, breaking, bending, spinning, drawing, hammering, wheeling, closed die pressing, hydro forming, hemming, seaming, incremental forming, rotary punching, perforating, rolling, stamping, riveting, installing nuts and rivenuts, tapping, welding, spot welding, finishing, anodizing, galvanizing, sand blasting, painting, coating, finishing, stickers, decals, etching, engraving, patterning, brushing, etc. etc. It also comes with a lot of custom fastener and connection techniques, both as hardware, but also design of the part itself. Plus the entire work is really complex, and design requires understanding a lot about material being used, angles, plasticity, elasticity, offsets, bend allowances, k-factors, etc, etc. to make it accurate and not break. You could write many books on the bending alone. Yet, we see the products out of sheet metal everywhere all the time.

[@Batti2323]

Thanks John! I've not seen an automated sheetmetal shop like that. This really opened my eyes!

[@imajeenyus42]

Awesome! Really please that Haas are happy about showing you around their place - I guess lots of big factories today are retty tight about what people can see. BTW, I think you'd love a packaging machinery trade show ;-) Was at one back in February just for the heck of it - robots, automation, amazing mechanisms, the lot!

[@WoodNMetalWorkshop]

Very cool vid, thanks for taking us along. I really like how they keep the bots in the cages, hate for them to escape and take over.

[@iandavidwolfe]

As a sheet metal worker for the last 13 years, this is amazing! I work at a very nice facility with great equipment, but nothing compared to this!

[@Erik-rp1hi]

Those bending cells are incredible.

[@TheOptimaSO]

Just like HAAS, Amada makes some great machines! i love my HFE 100-3

[@BradleyWilloughby]

Rasmus J The newer HG series are the way to go, man. The fireplace company I used to work for bought an 8025 and a 1003 and it was so damn easy to go from an RG to the HG. I was crash coursed in 15 minutes.

[@TheOptimaSO]

Oh yea, im using my HFE 1003 at work, we also have a brand spanking new HFE 1003i, and its so danm nice, and easy to work with.

[@wojtczak1984]

proud to say that I am a sheet metal mechanic apprentice. we don't have the robots yet but can see how they would be easily cost effective.

[@robertgrogan335]

John thank you very much for taking and posting this video.

[@donaldmoore8023]

My shop has a line of press brakes that tells a snapshot narrative of how far sheet metal fabrication has come. The first brake is about 100 years old, still used, and is one of the first electric brakes that were produced, followed by a Cincinnati brake with an early control but not CNC, and last is a brand new Bystronic that is fully CNC and even uses a touch screen for navigation.

[@pgbilbo]

I really like theTRUMPF machines. I had a tour of their production not that long ago and they have some really awesome stuff.

[@dennyskerb4992]

Hey John, another great tour video. Just wish it was longer :-)

[@MegaJohnhammond]

Just wish it was longer :-) Reply 5 that's what my wife keeps saying

[@cllamasful]

Sheet metal bending is an art in it of itself. Super cool to see the robots. But good to know that robots can't do everything....yet. :) Im shocked there was no laser machine. haha

[@movax20h]

It is an art, very complex science and engineering too. Requires a lot of understanding of material and processes. Sheetmetal working is so underappreciated on KZbin :D

[@mechmotion]

Sheet metal seems like the dirty cousin to CNC, but I have to say that shop is immaculate and high tech. Thanks for the video.

[@Garganzuul]

This is so cool. Information like this is actually really hard to come by unless you work for some company, so thank you, and HAAS!

[@MrSaemichlaus]

I work in sheet metal fabrication, there is indeed a lot to it. I'm lucky enough to work in a medium-sized, modern company and I've always enjoyed the CNC laser cutting, punching and bending the most. If you think of sheet metal as a flat rectangular product, you miss most of its potential!

[@DELUS10NAL]

Cool to see that the sheet metal is all automated and also cool to see the automation machines! Side note, the coating has removed itself on the few haas coolant tanks that I have encountered. I have no idea why.

[@Regalmetalworks]

It always amazes me and somewhat discourages as well, when you see how far sheet metal fabrication has come! I have a love/hate relationship with sheet metal!

[@justincmw]

Really cool to see this John. I'm planning to do the shop tour of our sheet metal shop next week. I've been delayed from when I wanted to do it because of work but hope to have it finally filmed next week.

[@reideichner8597]

Cool tour John! Thanks!!

[@peterdietrich1785]

Marks dome was looking freshly polished for this segment. :) FWIW "There are some thing we cant do on a robot YET" (2:19). This is 2017 american production manufacturing in a nut shell.

[@Huck249]

Interesting video John. Thanks for sharing.

[@funafter5081]

NIce tour! About the sound...maybe think about supplying the subject with his very own wireless mic...just a suggestion ;) It's really hard to capture voice from them when they turn away from the camera...

[@FredMiller]

Awesome! Never saw anything like this. Thanks for sharing. Fred

[@DougHanchard]

Wow, automation has come a long way for small production runs that illustrate how one can adapt to a variety of models that, overall, generate mass volume. Incredible advances. Automation Manufacturing methods used today really should be defined as the Third Industrial Revolution, though I realize many will argue the point. But to me, it's a valid reference point because the GDP productivity of small and large manufacturers of products has clearly increased exponentially as they did during the 1st and 2nd revolutions.

[@hassiaschbi]

Just Great! Thank you so much John!

[@DonDegidio]

John, Great seeing how they manufacture the sheet metal for the machines. I usually watch the ads at the beginning of the video, but the one this morning it was over five minutes and lost interest after 45 seconds.

[@JustinAlexanderBell]

No footage of the giant laser cutter?

[@per-5786]

I love the robot bending cells. Would love to do some robot projects for them

[@bl0odsugar878]

BRB. Packing my bags moving from Australia to work for haas. Use an Amada 8025 and 1303 at work. Switching to Imperial measurements might take some getting used too.

[@BradleyWilloughby]

BL0ODSUGAR They might use metric! I work at a sheet metal job shop and 90% of the stuff that comes through is in metric with the converted imperial on the print for programming. I've been operating press brakes for five years and I didn't realize how easy it is to use metric. I wish I could find out how to switch the Amada RG series brakes I work on over to metric, it it's possible. It would make our lives so much easier.

[@The_Engineers]

@ Bradley Willoughby Ask it when the next service guy is at the machine, Ow and if you are poking around in the menus the pasword: ADAMA :) on my machines atleast.

[@SamBirchenough]

I didn't tour this building; cool to see!

[@netkev92]

When he says the spindle cover will probably never be robot made, I hear the robot and panel engineers say challenge accepted.

[@ScottMoyse]

very cool! thanks John & Haas

[@OldIronRC]

Really cool stuff.

[@175cm52kg]

0:10 Marks head shines more than my future

[@BradleyWilloughby]

Yes! I love Amada equipment, it's just so damn expensive. I prefer the older RG series, because they're just so easy to walk up to and begin operation. I've also ran an HG, one of their newer models, and it was very easy going from a 1988 RG with an NC9-EX to a 2015 HG with their newest AMNC3i control. If you ever get into doing sheet metal production, you can't go wrong with Amada equipment, just be prepared to give up a lot of money. Also, screw those light curtains, they should have bought Feissler Electronik light curtains instead of the ISB Merlin.

[@kenwolfe6093]

Is that one of BarZ's paint line installations? Very cool manufacturing facility! Those grungy, dark, nasty manufacturing facilities where a decent living could be made, are becoming clean, well lit and perfect...........for robots. 😕

[@phucnguyenCNC]

Wonderful!

[@emilioking69]

Does anyone know the location of this sheet metal factory?

[@jakp8777]

Interesting to see both Amada and Trumpf in the same plant. Trumpf is more expensive, but worth it. Their engineering is amazing, great service with parts in stock. Their field techs are well treated and know their stuff. Amada is less expensive, but you get much less. Parts are never in stock, field techs poorly paid/ treated and dont know their product. Amada engineering is really primitive. I would gladly pay more to get much more with Trumpf

[@KikeLifeStyle]

Love it!

[@jasons44]

Where do u get your steal, China?

[@danielmoreira1003]

awesome!

[@davekummer6587]

unbelievable

[@Motorman0297]

Does mark have any social media accounts?

[@RobertKohut]

Cool!!

[@iplbig]

that whas crazy!!! =)

[@alexk4709]

2:45 man I would be scared to put my arm in there, even though I'm sure it can't go down all the way

[@robertkutz]

COOL .

[@CB-fp5zr]

You da man!!

[@JB-Was-Here]

Really surprised nobody seemed to be wearing any hearing protection lol

[@MatHelm]

I would have liked to see a bit less editing. As in longer shots of the machines at work..

[@kylefutet]

Am I the only one who thinks he looks like Bruce Willis

[@danl.4743]

Kyle Futter Yes.

[@EABayuaji]

Not Bruce Willis, He's John McClane

[@ryanvv9349]

Lol. Our Hass machines have so many spots where the paint barely coated the surface and you can see the metal underneath. Cool looking process, but garbage QC.

[@squelchedotter]

oh man the audio

[@garyprice3757]

not much hair left a HAAS... :)

[@heyyou5189]

Sad in a way. I see people whose jobs will be done by machine in less than 10 years. I first saw sheet metal automation in 1977 at Centronics in Hudson NH. They were making printer cabinets. It was fully automated even back then. All CNC was paper tape drive.

[@petef15]

Companies that replace any human job with a robot need to be forced to put the salary back into the economy.

[@sillybillyfofilly]

why am i watching this

[@partscience]

Why haas only runs on bald employees only!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@earth111]

I'm Russian

[@EcoMouseChannel]

"There are some things we can't do on a robot yet..." (But they are working on it) Better learn robotics and programming kids, if you want gainful employment in the future.