How Light Bulbs Are Made

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  • Опубліковано 28 лют 2018
  • The incandescent light bulb is made from two separate factory lines that eventually merge. One prepares the glass bulb. The other make the electrical components in the light bulb.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 367

  • @penzman
    @penzman 4 роки тому +346

    I'm always impressed at the machines that make the invention, way more complex than the invention itself. Who designs these machines?

    • @AL-kj8zo
      @AL-kj8zo 3 роки тому +13

      George designs them.

    • @AL-kj8zo
      @AL-kj8zo 2 роки тому +15

      @@mightypurplelicious3209 Not much is know about George, it's said he's got close ties with to some rich guy on the NP and his initials are always somewhere to find on those objects or constructs nobody else will take claim for.

    • @jjayjewel
      @jjayjewel 2 роки тому +25

      Mechanical Engineers. A lot of these machines are so unique that the companies hire engineers to design, manufacture, and maintain the equipment.

    • @jasonlemuel5078
      @jasonlemuel5078 2 роки тому +4

      These type of machine are designed and usually build by engineers it can be a firm or a team that's hired by the comapny

    • @narutobroken
      @narutobroken 2 роки тому

      Ghost George is getting upset!

  • @camdenburns8997
    @camdenburns8997 4 роки тому +50

    Filmed in the former Sylvania light bulb plant in St. Marys, PA. This factory ran for about 100 years. RIP Oct. 2019 😢

    • @michaelrobb9708
      @michaelrobb9708 3 роки тому +2

      I wanted to buy the factory😢

    • @JJs_playground
      @JJs_playground 2 роки тому +3

      Why did it stop manufacturing?

    • @hydroaegis6658
      @hydroaegis6658 Рік тому

      @@JJs_playground no one uses incandescent bulbs anymore.

    • @TheBigdog868
      @TheBigdog868 Рік тому +6

      @@JJs_playground federal government passed laws making these types of bulb a crime to manufacture or sell

    • @StupidlyComplexHandle
      @StupidlyComplexHandle 6 місяців тому +1

      @@JJs_playground incandescents not being in favor for leds

  • @nuni6867
    @nuni6867 6 років тому +60

    This LIT up my day.

  • @rickroberts9182
    @rickroberts9182 Рік тому +11

    Interesting and informative but I wanted to see how the glass bulb was blown. This would be the first step and they omitted it.

    • @gentlegingie
      @gentlegingie Рік тому +2

      I know that’s the one thing I came for

  • @DangerWrap
    @DangerWrap Рік тому +7

    I love the Incandescent light bulb when used as reading light. For me it's the most eye friendly.

    • @crazywarp36
      @crazywarp36 4 місяці тому +1

      It also is the healthiest light

  • @derrickstableford8152
    @derrickstableford8152 2 роки тому +6

    The real fun is the glass foundry, it’s like Dante’s inferno. I spent 6months on a project in one. It was the most dangerous place I’ve ever been in. The had an onsite nurse. The accident book filled a page a day. They also had a hotline to the local hospital, no dialing just pick up the handset.

  • @deshidesign6958
    @deshidesign6958 6 років тому +507

    I thought they were made when you got an idea

    • @angel53083
      @angel53083 6 років тому +5

      Syeda Khatun 😂

    • @jgnlupaselawat
      @jgnlupaselawat 6 років тому +8

      Syeda Khatun
      That just a genius way of thinking tho haha 😂👌🏻 but please to meet you Army~ ❤️

    • @massdosage2235
      @massdosage2235 6 років тому +2

      Syeda Khatun... Not so funny

    • @nishitamathur5529
      @nishitamathur5529 6 років тому +4

      😂😂😂😂

    • @deshidesign6958
      @deshidesign6958 6 років тому +1

      Mass dosage I tried

  • @stewiegriffin6503
    @stewiegriffin6503 5 років тому +26

    I just came to see how they pump the air out of the bulb.

    • @LordJuztice
      @LordJuztice 3 роки тому +3

      Same, never thought they'd just replace it with a heavier gas.

  • @derekirwin804
    @derekirwin804 4 роки тому +41

    I used to repair these machines when I worked at Philips Lighting.

    • @bigbadhag
      @bigbadhag 3 роки тому +5

      I ran that junk,6yrs in Warren,Pa.,6 yrs in Little Rock,Ar.Both plants shutdown.

    • @woppeten9262
      @woppeten9262 3 роки тому +3

      asked

  • @oldsaltshippers
    @oldsaltshippers 6 років тому +4

    That was an illuminating video.

  • @tarunsachan2537
    @tarunsachan2537 6 років тому +8

    Now I can say bulbs are lit.

  • @ZeroEntropy.
    @ZeroEntropy. 2 роки тому +1

    Very illuminating.

  • @Metralon
    @Metralon 2 роки тому +3

    That was enlightening.

  • @terryreay5644
    @terryreay5644 3 роки тому +24

    WOW !!! That was very interesting! My favorite light bulb is the incandescent. "It was fantastic to watch them get made".

    • @homeguestunton
      @homeguestunton 2 роки тому +1

      I don’t like incandescents. LEDs are easier to make too.

    • @letsbegaming5411
      @letsbegaming5411 2 роки тому +1

      @@homeguestunton hmm did you know led can have arsenic in then?

    • @homeguestunton
      @homeguestunton 2 роки тому +3

      @@letsbegaming5411 I still use LEDs. Do you think I’d downgrade my lights to incandescent. Guess what fluorescents and induction and HID have mercury.

    • @alkali836
      @alkali836 7 місяців тому

      @@thecampaigner2167 Although the materials used aren't a health hazard, incandescent bulbs use significantly more power than LED bulbs, since they rely on heat to generate light. This is probably the main reason they were banned, since energy production is a burden on the environment, and most of the time the heat was an annoying byproduct rather than being used for anything (except in edge cases like easy bake ovens). Also, the increased risk of fire is in theory a hazard, although it relies on the user being negligent and putting the bulb right next to something flammable.

    • @thecampaigner2167
      @thecampaigner2167 7 місяців тому

      ​@@alkali836I don't know why I said that. I think I was commenting on the wrong video.

  • @robertgift6762
    @robertgift6762 2 роки тому +4

    Well done video! Thank you. Interesting thathey flash the bulb.
    Moisture in the bulb? Argon to minimize filament evaporation if a vacuum?

  • @adrianghandtchi1562
    @adrianghandtchi1562 6 років тому +37

    Wait! This is from how it's made

    • @rtg4261
      @rtg4261 6 років тому +1

      ...and you only realised now.......... 🤦‍♂️

  • @ashutoshshrivastava1631
    @ashutoshshrivastava1631 5 років тому +4

    That's amazing

  • @ahmedusman5639
    @ahmedusman5639 3 роки тому +4

    Mathematics makes the world wonderful..
    All kind of this manufacturing behind calculation

  • @kpfabrykanudy
    @kpfabrykanudy 4 роки тому +3

    more impressive than bulbs are machines making them
    LOOK HOW PRECISE IS THAT WORK

  • @fella_outlaw7232
    @fella_outlaw7232 6 років тому +33

    This guys sounds like the guy in the fitness gram

    • @ayasajj292
      @ayasajj292 6 років тому +4

      Green Bean The FitnessGram™ Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal. [beep] A single lap should be completed each time you hear this sound. [ding] Remember to run in a straight line, and run as long as possible. The second time you fail to complete a lap before the sound, your test is over. The test will begin on the word start. On your mark, get ready, start.

    • @erniethecat5621
      @erniethecat5621 6 років тому

      randomz pandaz EEEVVVILLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!

  • @therivernile
    @therivernile 6 років тому +3

    wow, nice

  • @anicervelli2190
    @anicervelli2190 Рік тому

    i love watching these before bed

  • @fabiodejesuscamargoeletricista
    @fabiodejesuscamargoeletricista 2 роки тому

    I absolutly adore the see this type of vídeo.

  • @Sam-qr9ii
    @Sam-qr9ii 5 років тому +2

    That was satisfying for some reason lol

  • @sulaimanhafizi5055
    @sulaimanhafizi5055 6 років тому +1

    thanks Thomas..

  • @arunsooknarine4738
    @arunsooknarine4738 6 років тому +20

    When insider doesn't have a clue on what to post the fall back on good ol' how it's made

  • @charleesslimetimeandmore7538
    @charleesslimetimeandmore7538 6 років тому +1

    Very interesting

  • @rickycorbin4626
    @rickycorbin4626 11 місяців тому

    It amazes me that someone built that machine

  • @thekeoghsisters1889
    @thekeoghsisters1889 6 років тому +2

    Wow awesome!! I love your vids

  • @Chickitten
    @Chickitten 6 років тому +3

    Cool!!

  • @heyyouexcujimeyougotnojams3911
    @heyyouexcujimeyougotnojams3911 6 років тому +1

    Wow... Daebak~

  • @heau976
    @heau976 2 роки тому

    Amazing

  • @TOM-ln2kn
    @TOM-ln2kn Рік тому

    Thank you very mach

  • @xxxcreativeadri2629
    @xxxcreativeadri2629 6 років тому +1

    Intresting

  • @freerangedeggsareforthebes1595
    @freerangedeggsareforthebes1595 6 років тому +3

    I just like watching interesting vids these are awesome

  • @anisalial-maghrabi3215
    @anisalial-maghrabi3215 2 роки тому

    Thanks

  • @soulper86
    @soulper86 11 місяців тому

    The amount of times ive watched these kind of videos as a kid😂😂

  • @cammiex7238
    @cammiex7238 5 років тому +3

    Portlandia's handcrafted lightbulbs made me curious on how they are actually made lol

  • @missodessaTV
    @missodessaTV 2 роки тому

    Came here to see how they get the round shape and of course thats the part thats skipped LOL still very cool to watch.

  • @-Subtle-
    @-Subtle- 2 роки тому +2

    Perfect example of planned obsolescence.

    • @imperialdoggo5826
      @imperialdoggo5826 11 місяців тому

      But you have to take into consideration that after 1000 hours, the light loses it efficiency and begins to require more energy for less light

  • @sonofaman6295
    @sonofaman6295 6 років тому +1

    Cool...

  • @TheChanclasVerdes
    @TheChanclasVerdes 2 роки тому +2

    I always wondered how... Lightbulbs were made.

  • @vp8327
    @vp8327 6 років тому +1

    Interesting

  • @dniaprice6209
    @dniaprice6209 6 років тому +6

    Light bulbs are amazing 💦

  • @GsBBoyDan
    @GsBBoyDan 3 роки тому +2

    They didn't show how the BULB part was made. :(

  • @danielkoehler5721
    @danielkoehler5721 6 років тому +3

    What's the song in the beginning called? It's amazing :)

    • @munroan
      @munroan 6 років тому

      George Georgia - Silver Sunrays

  • @tozex4800
    @tozex4800 4 роки тому +1

    so what makes the light bulb machines and what makes those machines and what makes those machines?

  • @sanjayaher532
    @sanjayaher532 6 років тому +1

    Nice

  • @vanessagingras6249
    @vanessagingras6249 5 років тому +2

    🙄I love 💘the machine 💡flash testing🤙 at 4:21 🤔I would enjoy this work 👍

    • @stoopidhaters
      @stoopidhaters 4 роки тому +1

      I'd rather work for a company that makes Handmade lightbulbs much like Edison would have done.

  • @pablitokalamares4562
    @pablitokalamares4562 4 роки тому +2

    Im disappointed ..they didnt show how to round the bulbs

  • @bigpig2709
    @bigpig2709 6 років тому +1

    And we put one in our heads in case we have an idea and we are electirc powerred so it will work

  • @juliomolina28
    @juliomolina28 6 років тому +1

    WOW

  • @Anupkulkarni23
    @Anupkulkarni23 2 роки тому +1

    Hopefully they could have slowed the speed a little bit. Not the same soothing how its made speed :)

  • @Thebestemirates
    @Thebestemirates Місяць тому

    I like this video and the song

  • @mintyuniverse7996
    @mintyuniverse7996 6 років тому +4

    Woah

  • @AnilKumar-xl2te
    @AnilKumar-xl2te 3 роки тому

    Hard machines handling bulb softly

  • @alves6465
    @alves6465 3 роки тому +1

    What about the purple glass on the top?

  • @patrickhardison9669
    @patrickhardison9669 6 років тому +2

    Are incandescent bulbs even available anymore?

  • @MidlandTexan
    @MidlandTexan 2 роки тому

    Now, I know. I've often wondered.

  • @wistaeria
    @wistaeria 6 років тому +115

    That was interesting or you could say that was LIT 🌚✨

  • @nomusicrc
    @nomusicrc 6 років тому +1

    You cut off the end of the video why give us the las 10sec

  • @muntaserbarsoom6097
    @muntaserbarsoom6097 5 років тому +3

    Now I know...

  • @samantharomine2392
    @samantharomine2392 6 років тому +1

    Neat..

  • @bryantperez2318
    @bryantperez2318 6 років тому +14

    HOW DO PEOPLE EVEN BUILD THESE THINGS

  • @leemontoya8028
    @leemontoya8028 2 роки тому

    I have looked everywhere about how the actual body of the bulb is made! can't find this anywhere! Weird!!

  • @annikanaomiavelino3190
    @annikanaomiavelino3190 3 роки тому +1

    Wow

  • @Juiced2528
    @Juiced2528 2 роки тому

    Seen a meme about the guy who first discovered how to acid etch the inside of a light bulb and now I’m going down the rabbit hole of how they are made.

  • @karrot3503
    @karrot3503 6 років тому +1

    thats what i call cool :o

  • @pixe-late9159
    @pixe-late9159 6 років тому +2

    Light Bulb : STOP TORCHERING ME

    • @Jinmenken515
      @Jinmenken515 6 років тому +1

      Official Pixelated Private Company L

  • @jessicagindratt3302
    @jessicagindratt3302 5 місяців тому

    How are different wattages of bulb made.

  • @ryleel.1390
    @ryleel.1390 4 роки тому +1

    At 2:54, is it just me or does the machine look very angry and just wants to break something but knows it'll get fired if it does so it just sets the bulb down easy only to go through the whole thought process again?

    • @bigbadhag
      @bigbadhag 3 роки тому +1

      I ran those damn machines for over 12 yrs,they're angry on a good day,you ought to see them when they get pissed off!

  • @AnilKumar-xl2te
    @AnilKumar-xl2te 3 роки тому +1

    Thousands of moving parts

  • @nyuflame2271
    @nyuflame2271 6 років тому +1

    woah

  • @robertkattner1997
    @robertkattner1997 2 роки тому

    Now light bulbs are done, same as vacuum tubes, x-ray films, dial telephones, TV picture tubes. If cars could be printed they would do that.

    • @crazywarp36
      @crazywarp36 4 місяці тому

      CRT tv's are still used and are making a slow comeback due to retro gaming

  • @Remarkpeace
    @Remarkpeace 2 місяці тому

    Reading the book about Thomas Eddison the inventor

  • @dhanlitozi184
    @dhanlitozi184 Рік тому

    how they create vacuum in the lightbulb?

  • @hamisare5073
    @hamisare5073 5 років тому +1

    Any contact for this company

  • @shamanisticburrito9301
    @shamanisticburrito9301 6 років тому +1

    What is the purpose of the silicon powder stuff?

    • @audreydoyle5268
      @audreydoyle5268 5 років тому +1

      low level otaku to diffuse the light, so it’s not as intense. Like a light umbrella with a screen so the light’s not so harsh

  • @nickb2966
    @nickb2966 11 місяців тому

    I do not understand how the glass bulb is attached to the metal base? I see some kind of "mud" between the two different materials. I did not see how the argon gas filled inside either.

  • @ashfiashfi5658
    @ashfiashfi5658 6 років тому +1

    aj meri 20 saal ki wish puri ho gayi, me janna chahti thi k bulb kese bante he ,unme gas kese bhari jati he...thank you

  • @ShaanBlog
    @ShaanBlog 5 років тому +1

    How colour ful bulbs made

  • @anhtu.nguyen
    @anhtu.nguyen 6 років тому +1

    You just took a episode of How it’s made?

  • @johngay1981
    @johngay1981 Рік тому

    I always thought the base, the screw part, was brass.

  • @briancritchley5295
    @briancritchley5295 2 роки тому

    The cleaver bit is how the life span is built into it

  • @Mish-go8bt
    @Mish-go8bt 6 років тому +3

    What’s the name of the music in the beginning?

    • @rtg4261
      @rtg4261 6 років тому +1

      Michael Winnicki get Shazam m8

  • @euebenrur
    @euebenrur 6 років тому +5

    Memu

  • @will_hunt
    @will_hunt 5 років тому +1

    Intro song?

  • @morobotz7374
    @morobotz7374 6 років тому +2

    this guy is the fitness gram :O

  • @jro9001
    @jro9001 11 місяців тому

    The end of an era

  • @marynatsevina7762
    @marynatsevina7762 6 років тому +1

    and this HOLE design was inside someone's head WOW

  • @Malibucompany
    @Malibucompany 3 роки тому +3

    How is a 100 watt light bulb made differently than a 50 watt light bulb which is it twice as bright and uses up more electricity

    • @bigbadhag
      @bigbadhag 3 роки тому +3

      Different filament,made them for 12 yrs,I figure I made about 55 million bulbs,thats figuring in fubar days

    • @michaelrobb9708
      @michaelrobb9708 3 роки тому +2

      @@bigbadhag thank you for your service. You are a true hero.

    • @steventhehistorian
      @steventhehistorian Рік тому +1

      @@bigbadhag What was different about the filament? Is it just a thicker gauge of tungsten coil? A different combination of materials? I always find it fascinating that there is so much knowledge about the things omnipresent in everyones' lives that are invisible to most of us. In this case, this bit of invisible knowledge makes things literally visible. It's poetic.

    • @bigbadhag
      @bigbadhag Рік тому +1

      @@steventhehistorian Yes,basically a thicker gadge wire ,or coil,making more resistance and heat and light

    • @ryankovacs1112
      @ryankovacs1112 11 місяців тому +1

      Thicker wire would make less resistance

  • @Oogumboogum25
    @Oogumboogum25 6 років тому +2

    Lit 🔥

  • @Frank289100
    @Frank289100 5 років тому +3

    INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULBS NEVER BURN OUT THEY CAN LAST 100 YEARS. THE BULB MANUFACTURER'S PUT A HIGH VOLTAGE SHOCK TO THE FILAMENT TO WEAKEN IT. SO IT LASTS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS.

    • @michaelrobb9708
      @michaelrobb9708 3 роки тому

      Good to know, what else do you know

    • @Frank289100
      @Frank289100 3 роки тому +2

      @@michaelrobb9708 YEARS BACK I WAS TOLD THESE LIGHT BULB MANUFACTURERS WOULD PAY THE GOVERNMENT FINES. BECAUSE THEY CHARGED OVER A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAN IT COST TO MANUFACTURE THE BULB AT THE TIME IT WAS PROBABLY A PENNY PER BUILD. IT WAS MUCH PROFITABLE TO PAY THE FINE THEN TO LOWER THE PRICE OF A BULB.

    • @homeguestunton
      @homeguestunton 2 роки тому +1

      I had many incandescents burn out even the high quality ones like PHILIPS and GE and SYLVANIA.

    • @Frank289100
      @Frank289100 2 роки тому +1

      @@homeguestunton AT TIMES A BULB HERE AND THERE MAY SLIP THROUGH AND NOT GET SHOCKED. THOSE ARE THE BULBS THAT NEVER BURN OUT AND THEY COULD LAST FOR A HUNDRED YEARS. THE ONLY WAY THEY'LL STOP WORKING AS IF YOU BREAK THE GLASS.

    • @chrisandrus2735
      @chrisandrus2735 Рік тому

      That sounds like bs to me.

  • @yasr29
    @yasr29 6 років тому

    Eureka

  • @theartoftokyo6613
    @theartoftokyo6613 2 роки тому

    nice

  • @iliketurtles8090
    @iliketurtles8090 6 років тому +1

    so basically ALOT OF FIRE, Wow

    • @coloradostrong
      @coloradostrong 2 роки тому

      _Alot_ is a town in India. _A lot_ is more than one of something. Get your head out of turtles asses.

    • @homeguestunton
      @homeguestunton 2 роки тому

      Yep a lot of fire.

    • @crazywarp36
      @crazywarp36 4 місяці тому

      He was talking about the machine, not your weird claims of fire hazards@@homeguestunton

  • @markthompson3449
    @markthompson3449 3 роки тому +3

    Thomas Edison would be so proud!

  • @dimitriisov1262
    @dimitriisov1262 2 роки тому

    They didn't show how all the bulbs actually became bulb shaped

  • @xena1569
    @xena1569 6 років тому +1

    Story time:
    I ate glass once.

  • @bringbackthetungsten7693
    @bringbackthetungsten7693 2 роки тому

    This manufacture needs more praise for creating incandescent bulbs.

    • @jonsworld5307
      @jonsworld5307 Рік тому +1

      there now closed down thank to cry baby government