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The Mind-Blowing Machines that Stamp Millions of Metal Parts - Smarter Every Day 288
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Destin Sandlin tours a progressive metal stamping factory, showing machines that stamp millions of metal parts and the tooling behind them.
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Recommended for factory-process fans and as part of a series on how US manufacturing is losing tooling capability.
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In a similar vein, but for different products, but also with much more focus on the "back end" of the process: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗SmarterEveryDay has a whole series[1] on manufacturing that covers how the US is losing/lost the ability to create tooling. I believe the "Smarter Scrubber" episode[2] is the one that explicitly talks about how not only has the US lost manufacturing capacity but it also lost the ability to spin up manufacturing. The tool and die episode also touches on it[3]. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO] [3] [LINK]
Read original comment ↗It's neat finding out that his earlier video on stamping sheet metal and bending it into shapes was actually him doing research for the handle of this scrubber. [VIDEO]
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