Giving the World's Largest Truck Engines Second Lives!
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- Опубліковано 16 лют 2024
- What does it take to rebuild the world’s biggest truck engines? We visited Finning Cat in Antofagasta, Chile, to find out.
Caterpillar has been a world leader in rebuilding engines and entire machines for decades. Instead of sending million-dollar power plants to the scrapyard after a single useful life, they rebuild them to original specification using brilliant re-manufacturing techniques.
On the mine sites, technicians are swapping old engines for new ones regularly. After transport, they arrive at Finning’s CRC, where disassembly and cleaning commence.
Once they’ve identified how each engine or component is worn, they get to work rebuilding it. They add metal (by spraying it) and machine the block, replace all hoses, filters, and harnesses, and swap any damaged components.
Upon completion, they test every engine under full loading, paint them, and ship them back to the mines.
For more info on Finning CAT:
www.finning.com/es_CL.html - Наука та технологія
Come to Mapleton, IL Caterpillar foundry for a tour. We mold and cast the engine blocks, heads, cylinder liners and many other of those parts.
hopefully I can one day!
Do they have areas of the CAT Foundry and Manufacturing Facility sealed off from the public or any filming and pictures due to corporate privacy policies because they keep certain machines, technology or techniques secret from their competitors Justin?
Not that I am aware of. We have tours daily that can be scheduled. Although not 100% of facility is on the tour for safety reasons. As far as filming, that all has to be approved. Mike Rowe filmed some so it has been done.@@tristenklein225
Casting the engine block would be ridiculous
"Aaron acting like he understands" lmfao got me dyin
that's me in every video we do
@@AaronWitt You are getting privileged access . Cut the comedy and concentrate on the equipment rather than yourself and you will have a far better channel .
@@stewatparkpark2933 Agreed. The Elmo clip was especially stand-out.
@@stewatparkpark2933 He needs to read this comment and then re-read it until it sinks in
yeh frickin clueless.
@@AaronWitt
In the early days the 797 trucks ,used 2 engines bolted together , because Cat didn't have a big enough powerful engine, so they used 2, that is awesome 👏
That 797 engine is still the original configuration of 2x 3512 coupled together, I havent worked on them for a while but i heard the majority had a retrofitted C175-20 option available like the later 797s, i just remember they were horrible to work on, the couplings were shocking for leaks and a pain to fix unless you pulled the engines and split them.
CAT still taking contamination control seriously. I love it!! Was at a CAT dealer in early 2000s as a gear head. Changed many practices during that time to ensure clean quality work. It was well worth it. Best place I have ever worked.
Myself and my colleagues from Peoria built that CRC in the late 1980’s with Caterpillar. Our Service Development group designed the first shop prior to Finning acquiring then Gildemeister. Great video
You mentioned Non destructive testing. I used to do this so I'm gonna explain a bit about how it works, as best i can remember.
In most cases you have a petroleum carrier (imagine wd40 or something) that has a ton of small ferrous metal particulates (like iron).
You douse the part in the the carrier, then you take a massive amout of amps (say 2-4k, very loud and scary at times lol) and run it through the part. The metal particulate in the carrier will then align itself to the magnetic field of the part (depending on how you have the clamps oriented).
Once that's done, you take your UV light and shine it on the part which will highlight all of the metal particulates. If there are any surface or subsurface cracks, the electric charge will cause the metal particles align themselves to the magnetic field of the imperfection. This means you can easily find cracks below the surface.
Alternate forms of NDT include liquid penetrant and ultrasonic.
Hope that was helpful or interesting to some. Keep up the amazing work Aaron!
thank you very much I appreciate it
The process you describe using ferrous particles in a petroleum carrier sounds an awful lot like magnafluxing.
@geofjones9 it's referred to as that or magparticle testing usually
Fascinating ! Such precision on a massive scale. wow. 👏
Interesting , Thank You. A fine example of size and precision .
What so interesting only talk talk
That is quite a repair shop Aaron. Finning is certainly a giant operation. Speaking of giant. Those washing machines for industrial components are usually called spray wash cabinets. or as my granddaughter might say "big washer thingies" Thanks for the tour, Cheers
Great stuff and update on the mechanics around the world.... Thank you 👍😊👍😊
Great video, Aaron. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing and have a great day!!
Love how spotless and organized that shop is
Absolutely insane! Just one in a shop is crazy let alone however many they have.
That was a 'kid in a candy store' moment for Aaron! HAHA!
Parts washer Aaron, that's the washing machine
Probably ultrasonic.
Most people refer to them as big washing machines
Good friend who retired from CAT watched you video with the following comment.
Hi Jeff,
That video was taken in Antofagasta, Chile. I have been to that shop several times. Also visited some of the large mines there.
The painted floor, parts wrapped in plastic and general shop cleanliness was all part of the Contamination Control Program that our group developed.
Interesting stuff and Finning set the example with this shop.
Dave
Some of these videos show how little you know about equipment, and it’s starting to get annoying that the camera is on you the whole time being clueless instead of filming the equipment and people who actually do the job / know what their talking about. I’d recommend start getting anyone you can on your videos so explain everything for you / the audience, instead of trying remember what someone told you then relaying 2% back to us and being clueless.
Great video I love watching
I love Aaron Witt so much thanks for the great content
thanks for watching!
@@AaronWitt thanks for the reply looking forward to more great content
Thanks, Aaron, Good Work.
thanks for watching!
Very generous of them to let you video their process.
Incredible shop
It is amazing, thanks, Aaron for sharing this :)
We do that at Carter Caterpillar in Salem, VA. Right now we have a 789B, a few D10’s, some 988’s, etc… it’s an epic process!
It would be a much better viewing experience if you took the time to learn the names and functions if components and machining processes.
Place is cleaner than any restaurant in America!
yeah it was incredible how tidy they keep it with so much going on
impressive operation
Dude how big is finning CAT?? HOLY MOLY
biggest Cat dealer in the world
Finning started in BC Canada with their head office in Vancouver. Over the years the company acquired the Cat dealerships in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and Ireland as well as the three Western Canada province, BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, Northwest Territories and part of Nunavut.
@@tonyvanbergen4346 unreal !
you just made me think to look on Google earth thanks 😎😎😎👌👍
Great video.
Interesting.
Lets see if we can get to Wartsila and see their boat en engines one day!
This looks like a great place to work
I'm surprised that you haven't done a video with empire. They are right in your back yard and one of the biggest cat dealerships in the world.
Gorgeous
Cool! I'm pretty sure one of these engines will fit in my Hondy Civic. 😎🤟
This caterpillar engine v20 with 4000 hp is amazing.
I work on shovels and draglines for a living and seeing the saddle block and knowing what it was and you just say shovel part at first triggered me for no good reason 😂 love the vids keep it up
Spray welding. Or something similar - the spray welding I'm familiar with starts with powdered metal instead of wire.
No, metalizing involves feeding a wire through a nozzle that looks like a cutting torch tip. The wire goes through the center hole, the holes surrounding the center burn oxygen and acetylene. All that is enclosed in an air cap that blows the barely molten metal off the end of the wire, and sprays it onto the base. I did that for years, a great process! I did spraywelding too. It involves getting the entire part to brazing heat, not good for many applications, ideal for others.
The special room just for calibrating the tools blew my mind.
It's necessary to keep a constant temperature of 20 degrees C as well as utter cleanliness when you are dealing with calibration of gauges etc.
CRC ANTOFAGASTA 👏🇨🇱
This guy has a channel based on things he doesn't seem to 'understand'
Literally was just wondering yesterday how this happens
well there ya go
8:10 I live for Elmo and the memes in this video.
I wish we would bring jobs like that back to America.
Detroit had a 16v149. 2384 cu in 2 stroke diesel.
Day one of asking Aaron to visit our mines in South africa
hopefully one day!
Wow
Impressive...Go Chileans.
Small engine with some big men working on them.
Why did I get a sense of “Honey, I shrunk the Kids” here!
damn, I wanted to see used Parts like crank ,rods piston cam? etc
good vid, bad camera work
men I wonder if they also are able to restore blown motors back to good state and if running them till they blow and then repair them is cheaper than every 15k hours
I wouldn't worry about that guy... it's fine. 🤣🤣🤣
Now you have to show how this is done in Pakistan.
07:25 so it is welded by "spraying" multiple layers onto what is being built up am I correct?
exactly
No, the sprayed metal goes on semi-molten, not welded at all. The semi-molten spray splashes onto and around the rough surface of the base or already applied sprayed metal. The resulting coating is more like compressed coarse powder. The coating has very little strength of its own, derives its strength from the base metal. I did this for years, I know.
@@geofjones9 Ah, interesting. Thank you.
@@AaronWitt Thanks and a hello from the State of Texas.
Rebuilt every 15,000 hours = 625 days = less than 2 years of continuous duty.
spray welding is the process that he called "not welding"
Less Aaron, more cool ass machines. We can still hear you, buddy.
it's welding , spray welding , it's an old old technique , but they usually use powder, this is a bit more high tech
Is this a good career path?
You don't ever use a grinder in a clean area !
I’m just gonna say it ( those engines yern for the mines )
Its not aarons fault but the camera is not showing anyghing useful
9:42 - what table is that?
Film the equipment not the narrator .
I agree 💯
Maybe even a few details of the worlds largest truck engine.
The shaky cam is annoying too.
The premise of this channel is it’s about Aaron Witt. The supposed subject is just a vehicle for Witt. That’s okay as long as you understand that. You don’t like Aaron Witt? Don’t watch.
@@techman8817 Yeah , make you seasick .
Is it like a really big truck or is it Diesel electric drive?
Keep Aron Whit s face out of the film until the last 3 seconds
Interesting subject, but the constant "Approximate explanations" ending in "I don't know how/where/what" kind of ruin it. You're there, to film, learn, and explain. If I'm watching something for education I'd expect the presenter to drill down to what they don't know, ask the person showing them around, and present a cohesive statement. It's interesting, it takes effort to make this content and I appreciate the effort, just needs some polishing.
Hopefully Finning pays their people better than our local Cat dealer who can't get anyone to work for them so they are reliant on importing workers from Africa and South East Asia.
I want 20 cylinders and 4000hp
Why rebuild every 15,000hrs ?
Autobots, Lets Rooowwwww
Is it possible that he mainly focused on himself during the shooting because he is getting privileged access? Maybe he was not allowed to show certain parts of the process.
can this fit a Miata? 4:52
He dont know what a drain plug on a engine is or where engine oil is drained from
Come to Mesa or AJ empire cat
Its sad you have no technical knowledge and arent all that interested in the details of the amazing resto work that goes on...
Really,, its about the metal and the work, not you.
this guy has no idea what is going on
Imagine if you took a little more time to explain and help other people understand what is happening. Its like watching a kid that just likes machines but doesn't fully understand how any of it works.
The first step is to send our jobs somewhere that pays people diddly and does not believe in human rights.
you should do a little more homework before getting on camera. you could give more detailed and technical answers. This is infotainment afterall.
You need more depth. You skip a lot of important things.
Learn more bro.....
is this some kind of a parody to some real heavy machinery channel , coz dude can`t explain things that he's seeing , and always repeating ' i don`t know' or 'i don' t understand ' .
It's good he doesn't hold your hand through it or pretend to know everything. I've been in mining for along time and nothing worse then doing a site induction and some clean shirt talking out their ass.
Only talk talk talk
Only 15000 hrs?... Doesn't seem like very many hours for a haul truck let alone any other machine that's "life time" is 70-80 thousand hours.... That's alot of rebuilds over times
yeah but they ain't idle hours... they're hours hauling 400 tons of ore up and out of the world's biggest pits
15000 hours thats just 3 years or less in operation in a mine that runs 24/7.
Really interesting content, but the camera work was horrible. You would point off in the direction of something interesting and describe what it was you were pointing to, but the camera stayed on you. Then it would flit over to the thing you were talking about for a shaky, out of focus, quick shot and then come back to you talking. I had to stop watching. There's some room for improvement in your camera work and editing.
Nice footage but the guy doesn’t have a clue what he is talking about 😮
its abit of a shame that cat still makes new mechanical drive vehicles
obviously keep repairing whatever is in use currently, but if theyre going to make new vehicles they should really update the drivetrains on *all* of their models to be more practical, not just some of them
It pisses me of that caterpillar doesn't put Americans to work doing all that stuff. Just think about how many more jobs would available to American workers if companies would stop outsourcing in the name of profit.
The biggest problem is the E.P.A running these companies out of the USA with bullshit environmental laws that no other country in the world follows.
Dial the ads back a hair, be cool if I could watch 5 mins without 2 adds. Otherwise great videos
cool we'll see what we can do
Add more ads for this guy. Looks like he needs them.
Those rear end typical drive components expensive rebuild , took Cat forever go AC driven wheel motors like most other MFGs
7:35 This is called hardfacing and resembles 3D printing, except that it is a very old technology for part regeneration.
Guy is clueless about any of it
This bloke knows nothing. No technical qustions or facts, no filming of engineering processes. Its like a school boy been let loose with his dads camera. Embarrassing to say the least
So no one is pissed this facility is in Chile, and not the USA? Fuck Cat... That is all.
Finning CAT is based out of Canada. And is the largest cat dealer in the world
Spraywelding is a kind of welding, @Abom79 does that a lot, but without a robot.