Engine assembly on a large scale..

[EINSIGN]

Whilst reading through some CNC engineering forums, I came across these old pictures of rather large engine assembly that I thought some of you might find interesting:

[Pesty]

excellent

Thanks for that. Where is the factory and do you know the date?

[gib6933]

Impressive!
I would love to see an engine that big running in person.

[Ace-T]

Very cool! Thank you for sharing.

Love how it show attitudes to 'health and safety' were a bit different then.

Trace

[Pesty]

Ace-T said:

Very cool! Thank you for sharing.

Love how it show attitudes to 'health and safety' were a bit different then.

Trace

Yeah the only PPE eveident is a flat cap!

The days when men were men eh

[Asterix]

Love this. Great find, thanks for posting.

I like the way you have compaines like Noble & Lund makng huge machines to make even bigger machines.

Wonder where it was - North East?

[Steamer]

Crumbs!!

The head gasket has a bigger surface area than my flat!!

...and not a pair of safety goggles in sight!

[Art_Vandelay]

gib6933 said:

Impressive!
I would love to see an engine that big running in person.

Few years back at S.Tyneside college we had a big single cylinder Doxford engine which used to be started now and then. Unfortunately it was dismantled to be put in some museum, never to be started up again

I missed the chance to see it run for the last time. I believe the engine was 40+ years old.

[MynameisRob]

That's pretty cool, i think i'll send them to my mate's dad- he love all that machinery.

Nice to see Woody Allen grafting away in the last picture too ...

[bob1179]

Fantastic pictures. When were these taken? The 50's maybe?

I echo the HSE sentiment, not a hard hat, no gloves or googles in sight. Great stuff!

How much of this heavy manufacturing remains in the UK? Or has it all gone now?

[Pesty]

MynameisRob said:

Nice to see Woody Allen grafting away in the last picture too ...

his mate Marty Feldman worked there by the look of it as well

[crofty1984]

"CNC? We'll have none o' them magic hippy drugs here, son!"

[Streetrod]

I work for a GE company and am responsible for the recruitment and training of our Gas engine engineering staff who work for a company called Jenbacher in Austria. Ok the engines are not on the same scale as the ones above but they are very cool. We have recently rolled out our new 24 cylinder twin turbo 4 MW unit which is still a big sucker which can provide power for over 9000 homes and will run on virtually any combustible gas. The factory where these things are built are an engineers dream, I love it. You can read more about it here:

http://www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/recip_en...

On a side note if you are German and English speaking Petrol or diesel engineer who fancies re-training to work on these things then PM me as I am looking for a number of new guys at the moment to be based in Germany

[Celt]

Very impressive. Seen some similar pics on here before but still staggering the size of the thing!










lol CNC forums!

[robinhood21]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting.

Does it have kick-start?

[davido140]

Excellent! The whole thing seems to have been built by about four blokes too!

[EINSIGN]

Celt said:

lol CNC forums!

Yes I know it’s a bit nerdy, but I have been searching around for dxf sample files to use with the new router machine I am having installed this month.

One of the first sample tests we will be making is this T-Rex, to give to some of our customers before Christmas:

[TheEnd]

Does anyone have much experience of that gas torch the crank was cut with?
I'm amazed you can direct a jet down from the top, and it'll cut straight line down 2 foot!

[EINSIGN]

TheEnd said:

Does anyone have much experience of that gas torch the crank was cut with?
I'm amazed you can direct a jet down from the top, and it'll cut straight line down 2 foot!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_cutting

[TheEnd]

EINSIGN said:

TheEnd said:

Does anyone have much experience of that gas torch the crank was cut with?
I'm amazed you can direct a jet down from the top, and it'll cut straight line down 2 foot!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_cutting

I thought it might have been plasma, but i didn't think it has been around that long.

Certainly quicker than a junior hacksaw anyway.