An Inside Look at BMW's Carbon Fiber Manufacturing Process

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  • @LavishRepublic
    @LavishRepublic 12 років тому +1

    Such a sick process and overall its just amazing in general that they can actually do this sort of thing

  • @samsmith9764
    @samsmith9764 3 місяці тому +1

    love this video. for me the best part is the fibres progressively getting darker as the move through the rollers :D

  • @jekader
    @jekader 10 років тому +3

    Really interesting and seems even more detailed than what Discovery shows on the topic.

  • @sunghaHSCL
    @sunghaHSCL 11 років тому

    this video is a must for students who are learning how to manufacture products of composites..

  • @AZURA888
    @AZURA888 12 років тому +1

    @Dryzaum though is necessary to say that titanium oxidizes on air at 660ºC and reacts with nitrogen over 800ºC, that's why titanium is not used in turbines blades of aircraft, neither on combustion chambers or in the heat part of turbochargers of vehicle, For that purpose are used cromiun-nickel, niobium-molibdenum, carbon/boron cerments etc. Titanium is used in compressor section and as structural support.

  • @borarieder220786
    @borarieder220786 11 років тому +2

    i agree with you on one point! but if you wanna see something about carbon, check the video: megafactories lexus lfa! you see how they layer it and learn a lot about it!

  • @ericarogers555
    @ericarogers555 11 років тому

    Really cool.

  • @valeriejalandoni9563
    @valeriejalandoni9563 11 років тому

    Oxidizing means removing the electrons or decreasing the electropositive element or radical of the material

  • @VuurwerkFan12
    @VuurwerkFan12 12 років тому

    Thank You For The Information
    Greetings Toyota,

  • @jovandemaj1029
    @jovandemaj1029 7 років тому

    just perfect

  • @brianfixitguy2494
    @brianfixitguy2494 3 роки тому

    Nice video..thx

  • @javiera.castillo8065
    @javiera.castillo8065 10 років тому

    AWESOME !!!!

  • @HighDefinitionVideo
    @HighDefinitionVideo 12 років тому

    Fascinating! Thank you for sharing this with the public. It sparks my imagination! Can I assume that the AC45 boats get the carbon from here?

  • @valeriejalandoni9563
    @valeriejalandoni9563 11 років тому

    it helped in my report in materials engineering. It's not boring, try to explore further material from carbon fiber. Your may not be interested but see automobile parts are made from carbon fiber. It's amazing how the strength of materials come into a not expected one.

  • @kennysender6804
    @kennysender6804 7 років тому +4

    The best thing in this video was the robotic arms in the end , they seem to be more complex then the carbon fibre ...

  • @HwangRobinson
    @HwangRobinson 11 років тому

    Super Strong Hair!

  • @chautrongan6183
    @chautrongan6183 2 роки тому

    Thank Sir

  • @Dryzaum
    @Dryzaum 12 років тому

    @AZURA888 So the exhaust dont reach that levels of temperature? Or that ''titanium exhaust" that they use in the Zonda, for instance, is a blend of titanium with something else?

  • @AZURA888
    @AZURA888 12 років тому

    @00Mass00 imm, which is the time it takes to transform some quantity of polyacrilonitrile into carbo fiber through heat?, hours, weeks, months?. The process seems to be simple but slow. Thomas Alba Edison created some rough type of carbon wire. 180ºC, 240ºC, 1000ºC on Argon atmosphere, 2400ºC, 3000ºC.

  • @KenFung
    @KenFung 8 років тому +17

    8:24 brave Germany, wearing a "tie" and standing next to a rolling machine.

    • @vigi86
      @vigi86 8 років тому +1

      I know what you mean, I certainly would have respect to approach a machine with a tie.
      But it isn't like he is bowing towards the machine. ;-) I think he knows those machines very well.

  • @dunhillsupramk3
    @dunhillsupramk3 12 років тому +1

    well unless you have a huge oven home and vac bags you can't do the repair home... and as for the look of the CF weave will be impossible to match but if the car has paint on it you will never be able to tell the difference... and as for the strength the CF will retain all of its strength after a repair just like glass fiber... and just like glass fiber you don't need to replace the whole part but you can patch it up then apply filler were needed and paint

  • @hiszpan25
    @hiszpan25 12 років тому

    so when on sale we will see first fully carbon fibre BMW? seems like serious preparations are very advanced...

  • @Perbearable
    @Perbearable 12 років тому

    Nice focus on carbon footprint ;-)

  • @meldimel
    @meldimel 12 років тому

    @Nairuulagch dude a lot of exhaust systems are made from carbon

  • @getsome0dk
    @getsome0dk 11 років тому

    thank you for watching :-P

  • @Makcem
    @Makcem 12 років тому +2

    This reminds me of the droid factories in star wars lol.. they even make all the same sounds too lol

  • @lvmenghe7028
    @lvmenghe7028 11 років тому

    What makes the color change? They were white at first beginning.

  • @fetB
    @fetB 6 років тому +1

    guess i missed it, but why is it pulled over such long distances

  • @timi707_1
    @timi707_1 12 років тому +3

    @00Mass00 Carbon fiber gets it's name from the fact that it is mostly composed of carbon atoms. Carbon is an element (atomic number 6), it's name comes from the Latin "Carbo", meaning coal. Carbon fiber does not carbonize, because it already is carbon. (Carbonization is when an organic material containing carbon is heated and releases that carbon.) Carbon fiber sublimates (transitions from a solid directly to a gas) at 3642ºC. Some carbon composites are heat resistant (carbon-carbon) some aren't

    • @sirpfa
      @sirpfa 5 років тому

      Hi are you carbon expert?

    • @rodoxxs6134
      @rodoxxs6134 4 роки тому

      Thanks for the explanation. Do you are Chemical engineer PhD. ?

  • @StevenJJJHHH
    @StevenJJJHHH 11 років тому

    this is good vidio.

  • @malcolmsmith6380
    @malcolmsmith6380 7 років тому +2

    Why isn't it cheaper to do everything in one area from precursor to sheets of carbon fiber?
    All that shiping japan to the uk to germany must be expensive?

  • @ManufacturingAmerica1
    @ManufacturingAmerica1 8 років тому

    Nothing like a Dodge commercial in the middle of a BMW corporate video.

  • @mrdee734
    @mrdee734 4 роки тому +3

    the manager is a bit funny how he finishes his sentences :D

  • @duanebowen6308
    @duanebowen6308 8 років тому +1

    the carbon fiber strands are weaved by many different companies as in Hexcel, Sigmatex and other

    • @sirpfa
      @sirpfa 5 років тому

      Duane Bowen hi can i ask you a question?

  • @joshhuoabski3278
    @joshhuoabski3278 3 роки тому +1

    wow, i didnt know anything like that was an hour and a half drive from here. cool, wonder if i can get some blems lol

  • @BMW-rx5gp
    @BMW-rx5gp 6 років тому

    nice

  • @Joru666
    @Joru666 12 років тому +4

    First off if it isnt about hardness but about tensile strength, density and stiffnes. As for those regular carbon fiber excels that of glass fiber by about 20%, is lighter by 20% or more and is 4 times stiffer (elongation over stress). There is a good reason for using it.

  • @carlbrooks90
    @carlbrooks90 11 років тому

    I love carbon fiber interior.

  • @chuntohk
    @chuntohk 12 років тому

    About 2013 with the introduction of i3.

  • @cro508
    @cro508 12 років тому +1

    this video was as exciting as watching grass grow.

  • @dunhillsupramk3
    @dunhillsupramk3 12 років тому +1

    carbon fiber repair is done similar to glass fiber so a specialist is not required... and repair cost may not be as expensive as you think but it still is costly... and when it comes to safety CF is much better cause in NCAP rating the CF cars are so strong one car can be used for all the test where as steel cars can only stand up to one test before being written off....

  • @noneexistingman
    @noneexistingman 11 років тому

    I wonder why they used plain weave instead of uni directional weave, plain is not as strong.

  • @sirpfa
    @sirpfa 5 років тому

    Where in japan?

  • @AZURA888
    @AZURA888 12 років тому +1

    @Nairuulagch can't be burned, in the process the fiber is heated and quenched at 3000ºC, so if you put a zippo to a wire it turns red but doesn't burn because is already burned, more heat 4800ºC? it sublimates.

    • @sirpfa
      @sirpfa 5 років тому

      AZR NSMX1 have you seen the video of burning carbon fiber rod?

  • @abdollar34
    @abdollar34 8 років тому

    At what point of the process are carbon fiber strands bundled into rovings?
    Can anyone tell? Is it during the oxidation?

    • @TheManu2zelda
      @TheManu2zelda 8 років тому +2

      +abdollar34 Its called a polymer spinning process. Where the polyacrylonitrile (PAN) is extruded through a spinnerete and stretched through several drives to produce the required dpf of a fiber. these strands you speak about depends on the spinnerete i.e; a single yarn may contain 3000, 6000, 12000 filaments. The final yarn you get is called SAF( special acrylo fiber).This SAF is subjected to oxidation and rest is shown in the video. Finally you get the CF

    • @abdollar34
      @abdollar34 8 років тому +1

      +Manu Prasad +JL S great answers thx guys!
      I was irritated because I thought the white precursor which is shown in the creel area is sth like a flat tape thing that is turned into thin filaments and tows later in the process...

  • @ShutDFckOff
    @ShutDFckOff 12 років тому

    bmw m5 roof brought me here, sick!

  • @aacowboy12
    @aacowboy12 12 років тому

    heppolt wind turbine the cool thing

  • @disobeyv2724
    @disobeyv2724 5 років тому

    It looks like a mix of textile and steel plants

  • @12097781
    @12097781 9 років тому

    yeah

  • @TechnikMeister2
    @TechnikMeister2 10 років тому +4

    The biggest issue with using carbon fibre components like masts and booms for racing yachts is that the component explodes when its resistance to stress or impact is exceeded and carbon shards explode everywhere. How to contain that is a big challenge.

  • @watahyahknow
    @watahyahknow 9 років тому

    ok there trying to be as green as they can during manufacturing , i kindah wonder how long it takes for carbon fiber to desolve or if its possible to reuse the material like you can aluminium or metal

    • @EarthSurferUSA
      @EarthSurferUSA 8 років тому

      +watahyahknow
      This is not a foundry. They do not have "dirty processes" in their facilities. The only reason (none really) they talk about a "carbon foot print" (which nobody has ever seen---like a real "Bigfoot" foot print), is because their processes take a lot of energy,---that wind mills and solar can not possibly provide (they had to go hydro---and used that for their relocation, and probably lucky they found one).
      I think it is time for the citizens of the world to wonder,--"Is this green movement thing really about saving nature, or destroying our wealth making capabilities?"
      If you compared the decline of nature to the decline of the global economy for any citizenry in the world (over the last 40 years)--which is worse?
      Have you ever seen a dictatorship who let their citizenry get wealthy with a free market?

    • @2awesome292
      @2awesome292 8 років тому

      Have to first remove the resin with pyrolitic decomposition (basically vaporizes all the organic resin in an oxygen free atmosphere then burns them to vaporize the resin of the next piece of carbon fiber) It is then shredded. It is then only used to reinforce plastics or concrete because it's is no longer continuous lengths

    • @watahyahknow
      @watahyahknow 8 років тому

      cool wonder if that system uses a lot of energy though , it IS interesting to know it CAN be done though

    • @2awesome292
      @2awesome292 8 років тому

      watahyahknow Recycling doesn't use much energy (the removal of the resin is usually self-sufficient)

  • @lazygamerz
    @lazygamerz 12 років тому +1

    When will they understand we don't want a carbon fiber part that's as strong as steel, but a part that is stronger than steel? Fex, put a few extra layers in that roof and sell it as a safety-feature (no pole is going to come through that roof, impaling your loved ones, if you land upsidedown at the side of the road). But a good video nonetheless! Very clever that guy who thought out that robot that makes the carbon composite roof, get him to think up robots that make other parts aswell!

  • @00Mass00
    @00Mass00 12 років тому

    @Nairuulagch Carbon fiber can not burn.. it only carbonizes thats where it gets his name from :) thats whats gives the material its great stiffness and strength.. however it takes about 3000 degrees to do so, and a lot of time(specially high modulus carbon).. that's why its so expensive

    • @sirpfa
      @sirpfa 5 років тому

      00Mass00 have you seen the vid of burning carbonfiber rod?

  • @Neon9th
    @Neon9th 6 років тому

    how many people does it take to operate the Carbon Fiber line.

  • @Takeitlightly6
    @Takeitlightly6 10 років тому +8

    I wanna buy one roll of cloth

  • @qweqwe700
    @qweqwe700 4 роки тому

    Why is it necessary to to send the fibres for such long runs whether vertical or horizontal. Obviously there must be a reason but it can't just be tension eh?

    • @josephstorrud8050
      @josephstorrud8050 Рік тому +1

      Oxidation and carbonization residence time to capture mechanical and physical properties.

    • @qweqwe700
      @qweqwe700 Рік тому

      @@josephstorrud8050 Thanks! I watched it again and they allude to that in the beginning

  • @KDD8
    @KDD8 12 років тому

    your right you dont work for lexus you only produce the power plant for them :D

  • @rob2049
    @rob2049 11 років тому

    German know their shit, precision and engeneering marvel!

  • @FeintMotion
    @FeintMotion 11 років тому

    To make something out of a steel or aluminum alloy, you use perhaps two or three automated process. Carbon fibre manufacturing uses at least half a dozen individual process plus a huge amount of manual labour during set-up and transition between these processes. It takes a 45 minutes to weld an Aluminum bicycle frame together by hand. It takes several hours just to lay up the layers of carbon fibre in a mold to make a single tube of a bicycle frame, plus all of the work done to make those sheets

  • @lvmenghe7028
    @lvmenghe7028 11 років тому +1

    What do you mean by oxidization process? Oxidizing from what to what?

    • @arbez101
      @arbez101 4 роки тому

      Look it up, meat head.

    • @therealchayd
      @therealchayd Рік тому

      Oxidising from Polyacrylonitrile to the carbon fiber precursor, it's done by heating in an oven. Then the precursor is heated in a vacuum oven at a much higher temperature to make the final CF product (done in a vacuum otherwise the CF would oxidise further and just get turned into CO2 and ash)

  • @HWalla23
    @HWalla23 5 років тому +1

    Didn't know David Lynch did internal work

  • @abcsuperstar2298
    @abcsuperstar2298 Рік тому

    Why is this not done in Germany from start to finish??

  • @3506Dodge
    @3506Dodge 12 років тому

    Where are the workers?

  • @dillonmedia292
    @dillonmedia292 9 років тому +37

    Is it BMW policy not to look directly at the camera?

  • @mbarizia
    @mbarizia 11 років тому

    There are only clients on germany

  • @OrhallaZander
    @OrhallaZander 5 років тому

    I do this work...... Their plant is so much more high tech than ours.

  • @GWHill
    @GWHill 11 років тому

    0:03 Mr Freeze

  • @MatthieuLibeert
    @MatthieuLibeert 12 років тому

    why do they all look that nervous in this video?! and that second guy just creeps me out "THIS IS...."

  • @Ralfenstein89
    @Ralfenstein89 12 років тому

    if you crash your gonna have to buy new steel or plastic ones aswell, tho they are much cheaper.

  • @jonglewongle3438
    @jonglewongle3438 5 років тому +1

    So you got three competing materials in automotive manufacturing - carbon fiber, aluminium, and steel.

  • @underwood9584
    @underwood9584 6 років тому

    This guy looks so smart lol

  • @Nairuulagch
    @Nairuulagch 12 років тому

    Maybe stronger and lighter than steel yet very non resistant to heat, easily burns I guess.

  • @adonislogan5217
    @adonislogan5217 10 років тому +27

    Did anyone else fall asleep while watching this?

    • @botaeng2
      @botaeng2 10 років тому +1

      Yeah I did... didn't even make it half way through I dont think now i'm watching it again skipping through the parts that I think I watched.

    • @mathlover101hotmail
      @mathlover101hotmail 10 років тому +4

      Means you have been watching too much porn.

    • @mariotrevino-gonzalez8902
      @mariotrevino-gonzalez8902 10 років тому +2

      this guy's logic: spends almost 15 minutes watching a video just to complain about how boring it was..

    • @adonislogan5217
      @adonislogan5217 10 років тому

      mathlover101hotmail Not enough porn lol

    • @adonislogan5217
      @adonislogan5217 10 років тому +1

      Mario Trevino-Gonzalez your logic: I just destroyed 3 of my 4 neurones figuring out how to post a comment on youtube. Now I should destroy the other one attempting to contemplate how another human's mind operates.

  • @LegalSkateboarding
    @LegalSkateboarding 8 років тому +2

    Is that 48K tow? :O

    • @bigboi163
      @bigboi163 5 років тому

      Looks more like 50k

  • @beretta2211
    @beretta2211 12 років тому

    looks like the m3's roof :)

  • @malayrojak
    @malayrojak 12 років тому

    All that shipping must equate to higher cost of BMW cars.

  • @daddymar6063
    @daddymar6063 2 роки тому

    From Japan to Seattle to Germany...

  • @abdulmajeedtijjani6915
    @abdulmajeedtijjani6915 8 років тому +1

    Presenter is so funny

  • @willibill1
    @willibill1 11 років тому

    The one thing i didnt see in the factory, was people, where is all the workers? i only seen one.

  • @matrixwei
    @matrixwei 11 років тому

    Will ferrer is that you?

  • @marcelomarquez2089
    @marcelomarquez2089 Рік тому

    CHORISCOPIC

  • @valeriejalandoni9563
    @valeriejalandoni9563 11 років тому

    why color change? pag ang iron nahaluan ng oxygen, nag iiba ang kulay, prang kinakalawang. parang gnun dn yung concept nun.

  • @CapeVoice
    @CapeVoice 12 років тому

    Funny he says SGL is enraged about the release of the video, yet SGL has their own channel.... Hmm...

  • @superhippy99
    @superhippy99 12 років тому

    he looks like a super hero secs 1-5 XD

  • @theovee4321
    @theovee4321 6 років тому

    Moses lake..frickin funny..on the coat tails of boeing i guess..not airbus

  • @SatansSpatula
    @SatansSpatula 9 років тому

    I'm absolutely amazed at the lack of human intervention in the entire process. I wonder how many human actions were left out because they don't look as good on camera...

    • @Tracer2k
      @Tracer2k 9 років тому +1

      would you want to move a roof part from one spot to another all day every day?
      robotics is more precise and efficient, also cheaper. that's just how it goes.

    • @SatansSpatula
      @SatansSpatula 9 років тому +2

      Uh. What? I was just commenting on the impressive degree of automation. Not sure why you have a hard-on for people who you perceive to be anti-automation. Go argue at a wall, or something, it will be more interested.

  • @zero00-100
    @zero00-100 7 років тому

    It looks like sting in the beginning and hair at the end.

  • @VicariousReality7
    @VicariousReality7 9 років тому +1

    Make me a bronze car

  • @Mrlegodj
    @Mrlegodj 5 років тому

    Why didn't they just buy from alibaba

  • @nigelngern
    @nigelngern 11 років тому

    50k in a strand?!?

  • @christianweber588
    @christianweber588 4 роки тому

    I work at the plant

  • @AKAtheA
    @AKAtheA 12 років тому

    Carbon fiber composites are not harder but stronger(not the same!!)...

  • @ICOD73
    @ICOD73 8 років тому

    why so serious? the host i mean

  • @danlee3055
    @danlee3055 9 років тому +5

    Will Ferrell..??!

    • @jacks.5766
      @jacks.5766 8 років тому

      if he was an awkward and bad actor. wait

  • @CronosFilms
    @CronosFilms 11 років тому

    because it's raw footage, he didn't edit it, no music, no narrator, nothing

  • @2awesome292
    @2awesome292 8 років тому

    Carbon fibers are made in Washington, USA because electricity is cheaper?

  • @billyboy8888
    @billyboy8888 11 років тому +1

    im very surprised that bmw actually produce it internall from scratch, instead of buying it from a supplier

  • @TheCeki1982
    @TheCeki1982 11 років тому

    You mean video.

  • @shNECful
    @shNECful 8 років тому +1

    so fun to see germans speaking english.

  • @mrico5891
    @mrico5891 7 років тому

    what??? an carbon fiber roof without cooking in an autoclave???