Why you should appreciate your billet parts

[Wifey]

Check this out!!! It is very cool :rock: :rock: :rock:

V8 Engine Block Machined From Solid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsmiIeAkE-o

 

[ILtemprd]

that was cool hun..:rock:

 

[includemeout]

Here is a W16 from Solid Billet :rock: :rock: :rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU32Q6QXtWQ

 

[Gaboon]

Wow, that was cool.

 

[BigRed460]

Here is a W16 from Solid Billet :rock: :rock: :rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU32Q6QXtWQ

I think thats for the veleron...

 

[Kevan]

I think thats for the veleron...

You mean the VEYRON.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron

VW is the only company making W-16 engines right now. The video is probably either a test/demo or for a Veyron.

Either way, pretty damn cool.

 

[TheSickness]

You mean the VEYRON.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron

VW is the only company making W-16 engines right now. The video is probably either a test/demo or for a Veyron.

Either way, pretty damn cool.

Damn LOL The Adventures of Captain Spellchecker :rock: :rock: Kevan you always bring a smile to my face Bro

 

[Texas Yellow Fever]

Damn, I thought we had a cool CNC machine, obviously we ain't got shit...LOL!!!

 

[Kevan]

Damn LOL The Adventures of Captain Spellchecker :rock: :rock: Kevan you always bring a smile to my face Bro

Most of the time I'll let stuff slide, but...when it's the name of a person...I gotta pipe up.

 

[includemeout]

You mean the VEYRON.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron

VW is the only company making W-16 engines right now. The video is probably either a test/demo or for a Veyron.

Either way, pretty damn cool.

Bingo VW rocks :rock: :rock:

Construction of W16 engine (assemble )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34xIzTj8fQ

 

[Floor]

cool clip but so much metal gone to waste. I think casting is much more economical and same quality if you use the right alloy no :dontknow:

 

[Kevan]

cool clip but so much metal gone to waste. I think casting is much more economical and same quality if you use the right alloy no :dontknow:

No.
Casting will never be as strong as machined. There's too much "space" (technical term: voids) in castings, and that's where their weakness is.

Injection-molded metals are coming of age. Expect to see some engine blocks and other automotive parts using that technology in the near future.

We use injection-moled metal for one of the parts on my first invention. It's amazing. Cost-effective like casting, but much, much stronger with almost no 'voids'. It looks and feels like plastic, but it really is aluminum.
Strength-wise, I'd put it right in between cast and machined.

 

[Silverback]

cool clip but so much metal gone to waste. I think casting is much more economical and same quality if you use the right alloy no :dontknow:

That waste is nothing.

There was one program I worked on where we took a 2000+ pound forging and when we were done machining it, it only weighed about 113 pounds if I remember right.

And to be truthful, it's not waste. It's all recylced and used again.

And Kevan's comments are correct also. There are some new casting methods that greatly reduce the porosity of the castings where they are considerably stronger than the old sand cast methods.

 

[04 SRT 10]

Cool video...No wonder CNC machining is $$$$...

 

[nycstev]

I ditto 12+ 13

 

[SilvrSRT10]

I think it's amazing that man has created such machines. The precision of the computer sure has made things easier to do.

 

[ViperJeff]

Very Cooooool!

 

[DRamSrt10]

Check this out!!! It is very cool :rock: :rock: :rock:

V8 Engine Block Machined From Solid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsmiIeAkE-o

Wow! That is very cool!!

 

[FastSRT19]

Very cool video!:rock:

 

[Django]

I watched the whole process...couldn't tear myself away despite the techno audio effects.....

What blew me away was the incredibe articulation of the jig. That thing is cranking every which way....Such mind blowing precision.

Thanks Denise and Jerry.....

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