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The JR "Shibata" Style Compact Train Coupler

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  • Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
  • I decided to put together a little animation to show how this common train coupler in Japan works. This variation on the Scharfenberg coupler was developed in the 1930s and remains in heavy use today on many passenger rail cars across Japan.
    Edit: UA-cam showed this video to 200k people while I was asleep, apparently. Some extra information for FAQ:
    (1) All of the pivoting freedom is behind the coupler, under each car. This is different from other styles of couplers. Safer in my opinion.
    (2) There is very little force required on the spring or vacuum cylinders to disconnect. Pull one handle and both will move together. It is just enough force to ensure they don't bounce apart on their own.
    (3) I am happy to see all the comments in Japanese and Russian and other languages, all debating the value of this coupler and whether or not it reminds them of the Evangelion-themed 500 SERIES EVA shinkansen.
    Here's a video demonstrating a real physical model: • 密着連結器の仕組み

КОМЕНТАРІ • 880

  • @TRASHGHOST666
    @TRASHGHOST666 3 роки тому +939

    Me at almost 4am: Ah. Yes. Compact train coupler. Gotta watch.

  • @thenextarbiter
    @thenextarbiter 3 роки тому +49

    Thank you UA-cam, very cool!

  • @KangJangkrik
    @KangJangkrik 3 роки тому +151

    Let me guess... USB 5.0 type D?

  • @viquezug3936
    @viquezug3936 3 роки тому +36

    I wish human coupling was this satisfying.

    • @ScoutSniper3124
      @ScoutSniper3124 3 роки тому +11

      Maybe you're just not doing it right...

    • @renagenic
      @renagenic 3 роки тому +9

      Are you 'trying' with the same equipment though? That train couple is "1 inny" and "1 outy" of equal length, depth and girt.... Width. Both 'going in' and getting 'gone in' at the same time....
      Thanks, now I hate this animation lol

    • @cognisant307
      @cognisant307 3 роки тому +1

      Praise be to the Omnissiah my toaster fucking friend.

  • @TheSimon253
    @TheSimon253 3 роки тому +33

    *Video explaining a small train coupler exists*
    1 million people: "interesting"

  • @StopChangingUsernamesYouTube
    @StopChangingUsernamesYouTube 3 роки тому +31

    I don't know why I'm here, but I know why I'll be sketching a train coupler in CAD to forget about later.

  • @georgew.5639
    @georgew.5639 3 роки тому +565

    Do you get lots of little train couplers nine months later? 😁

    • @mynameisconman237
      @mynameisconman237 3 роки тому +9

      @@arunmehta8756 da fuc

    • @onelikeandidie
      @onelikeandidie 3 роки тому +6

      Underrated comment

    • @damonoodlelego3694
      @damonoodlelego3694 3 роки тому +6

      @@arunmehta8756, all your getting is dislikes, dont do that.

    • @spugintrntl
      @spugintrntl 3 роки тому +12

      The gestation period for train couplers is actually five months.

    • @Boeing-dl1cs
      @Boeing-dl1cs 3 роки тому +5

      @@spugintrntl I thought it was 3 months😭

  • @darkfrei2
    @darkfrei2 3 роки тому +50

    2018: no
    2019: no
    2020 until December: no
    2020-12-26: see this pretty nice video how the train wagons couples!

  • @KenFehling
    @KenFehling 3 роки тому +22

    This information will be crucial later.

  • @aknowleadge4787
    @aknowleadge4787 3 роки тому +13

    Something that was thought to be complicated but actually very simple

  • @Dagrizzb
    @Dagrizzb 3 роки тому +22

    The algorithm has united us once again.

    • @theadventurebiker
      @theadventurebiker 3 роки тому

      Yup. That darn, pesky algorithm. You never know what it's up to next....

  • @CatzHoek
    @CatzHoek 3 роки тому +18

    Thanks for the recommendation youtube. Exactly what i always wanted

  • @Mason58654
    @Mason58654 5 років тому +16

    Very impressive! I’m a train spotter, and this helped me learn much more about this common coupling used on Japan’s splendid railways! 🚃

  • @falcoperegrinus82
    @falcoperegrinus82 3 роки тому +16

    Thanks youtube algorithm, didn't know I needed this.

  • @BurpleRX7
    @BurpleRX7 3 роки тому +22

    I love reading the Facebook expert comments,
    Japan builds and operates one of the most efficient, punctual, fastest railway systems in the world, amidst intense heat, snow, typhoon and earthquake,
    If a train is deemed late certificates are issued to give to employers because it’s so unbelievable, and possibly a apology on the news, they also have a massive honour culture
    BUT little Johnny next door reckons that spring looks a little janky........

    • @JessHull
      @JessHull 3 роки тому +1

      little johnny knows his springs, LOL

    • @evo3s75
      @evo3s75 Рік тому

      little johnny also thinks that the coupler is too weak xDDD
      my god these armchair experts... And none of them think about why it's in use with the best public transport company in the world, or that the coupling could be made out of steel instead of clay

  • @infy1938
    @infy1938 3 роки тому +16

    The algorithm has blessed this video

    • @darkfrei2
      @darkfrei2 3 роки тому

      Yes! Look what I find for you!

  • @ammonchristiansen4518
    @ammonchristiansen4518 3 роки тому +13

    This is knowledge my childhood self unwittingly needed

  • @longsleevethong1457
    @longsleevethong1457 3 роки тому +22

    What have I done to my algorithm by watching this....??

  • @Dynasty0921
    @Dynasty0921 3 роки тому +16

    考えた人天才すぎる

  • @santinodesimone3125
    @santinodesimone3125 3 роки тому +39

    Suddendly, this got recomended to everyone for some reason

  • @yukiw7888
    @yukiw7888 3 роки тому +17

    Finally, I got a good recommendation.

  • @lyxd781
    @lyxd781 3 роки тому +22

    when all the comments are from 1-2 hours ago

  • @Shahmane666
    @Shahmane666 3 роки тому +12

    But usually what happens is that the main character either shoots it or kicks it a few times and it breaks

  • @vincentchou9212
    @vincentchou9212 3 роки тому +12

    What a brilliant design! Simplify the structure and save materials!

  • @Magnovi_
    @Magnovi_ 3 роки тому +8

    Yes of course. Absolutely brilliant, why didn’t I think of this before? Compact train coupler, that’s what I want for ramadán.

  • @captainchaos3667
    @captainchaos3667 3 роки тому +17

    You win again, algorithm!

  • @FlyingandRotating
    @FlyingandRotating 10 місяців тому +25

    Get in the damn train, Shinji!

  • @Clutched392
    @Clutched392 3 роки тому +50

    this is going to blow up on everyone’s recommended I call it

  • @tonysicily2687
    @tonysicily2687 3 роки тому +8

    Genius, simple and very strong

    • @miniwarrior7
      @miniwarrior7 3 роки тому

      Seems like all the force is on the pivot at the center on the pulling side

    • @alanwatts8239
      @alanwatts8239 3 роки тому +1

      @@miniwarrior7 Yeah, that's the idea.

  • @bowieinc
    @bowieinc 3 роки тому +5

    Mesmerizing, watched over and over. Even angle and placement of handles on center halve spheres are connected so either side could be pulled releasing coupler.

    • @JessHull
      @JessHull 3 роки тому +1

      in real life both have to be pulled at the same time by two people.

    • @u1zha
      @u1zha 3 роки тому +1

      @@JessHull Huh? Why?
      In this video it certainly looks like one dude ua-cam.com/video/ApwoJzrYZQE/v-deo.html#t=1m38s

  • @dawhandle
    @dawhandle 3 роки тому +10

    OMG. YT is reading my mind now, cos I was just thinking about how couplers work yesterday! Spooky....

    • @charlesafk2281
      @charlesafk2281 3 роки тому

      American coupler are even cooler and Ingenious

    • @alanwatts8239
      @alanwatts8239 3 роки тому

      @@charlesafk2281 You can almost feel the need to exert superiority on this comment lmao.

  • @No_Name_2604
    @No_Name_2604 3 роки тому +9

    Thank you recommendations. Very cool.

  • @Rafa.mudo.
    @Rafa.mudo. 3 роки тому +14

    Welcome weary traveller, I see you've come across this mysterious mechanism yourself, take a sit for I too have no idea

  • @akeem2983
    @akeem2983 3 роки тому +21

    Nobody:
    UA-cam robots: this thing is very important for you

  • @Phoenix-zu6on
    @Phoenix-zu6on 3 місяці тому +18

    cosmo? wanda? i know what i wanna do today!

  • @jman036
    @jman036 3 роки тому +10

    Thanks UA-cam, very cool.

  • @pulsar7632
    @pulsar7632 3 роки тому +11

    Actually an awesome mechanism though

  • @atomlib
    @atomlib 2 місяці тому +12

    Couple the trains, Shinji.

  • @user-kp5wz5sp6t
    @user-kp5wz5sp6t 6 місяців тому +15

    これ考えた人天才過ぎです

  • @night_watch_fish
    @night_watch_fish 3 роки тому +25

    サイクロンジョーカー…

  • @user-cr4ei3ud5j
    @user-cr4ei3ud5j 3 роки тому +31

    技術屋からしたら普通なのかもだけど、固定されたかどうか棒で目視できるようにするのも地味に頭いい

  • @MarimeGui
    @MarimeGui 3 роки тому +31

    What are you doing step coupler

  • @Keanunotwick
    @Keanunotwick 3 роки тому +20

    I don't even have a train

  • @99arsenii
    @99arsenii 3 роки тому +17

    Algorithm makes us all meet again

  • @rinmixx
    @rinmixx 2 місяці тому +22

    What if we put our train couplers together? 😳

    • @JasminUwU
      @JasminUwU 2 місяці тому +7

      B-but we're both trains. 😳🫣

  • @tmarritt
    @tmarritt 3 роки тому +15

    Two year old .47 second video of a train coupler.
    The youtube algorithm has been really weird lately

    • @artur6912
      @artur6912 3 роки тому

      4:45 in the morning on the porcelain throne and youtube be like: here's this random video.

  • @HoshikawaHikari
    @HoshikawaHikari 3 роки тому +5

    I’ve been there since 5, 18 now, always loved their trains, never figured out how the coupling worked~
    Thanks for showing it~ XD

  • @-NGC-6302-
    @-NGC-6302- 3 роки тому +5

    I would’ve loved to see this when I was about 8
    Been wondering about train couplers for way too long

  • @TranscendentACE
    @TranscendentACE 3 роки тому +4

    Thanks youtube, you've once again gotten me to watch some completely unrelated video and actually enjoy it.

  • @whitelionstudios1786
    @whitelionstudios1786 3 роки тому +7

    thats clever AF. i like that design

  • @gravesclayton3604
    @gravesclayton3604 3 роки тому +16

    Looks like a much safer coupler to operate than the knuckle-type here in the US. Way better than the suicidal chain & buffers on European cars, where a brakeman must step in between 2 cars to couple them! What is good about them is that increased load only make the coupling clasp tighter.

    • @theminer3746
      @theminer3746 3 роки тому +4

      I heard it is also a tighter couple, so practically no more slacking of the consist, no more jerk, no more coupler noise.
      Put electrical connectors and brake pipes on and bam, fully automatic coupler.
      Although I only saw this on passenger trains though, maybe it's more expensive or can't handle as much force therefore isn't suitable for freight train? I don't know

    • @marioghioneto1275
      @marioghioneto1275 3 роки тому +3

      @@theminer3746 if I was to Make a guess, I’d say it can’t handle as much force, because it seems like the area of the semicircle that effectively takes the load if the other coupler is small

    • @knuffelbaer1971
      @knuffelbaer1971 3 роки тому +2

      @@theminer3746 Here in germany such automated couplers are in fact used for heavy freight trains, that seldom get uncoupled. But for the majority of "vanilla" trains, the chain and buffer coupling still is used.

    • @knuffelbaer1971
      @knuffelbaer1971 3 роки тому +2

      @@davidjacobs8558 i googled for them. They are the same as Scharfenberg couplers :-) More familiar term to me. But they are used only between two sets of consists, not between individual cars.

  • @johnsmart964
    @johnsmart964 2 роки тому +6

    Thank you very much for this very interesting and informative video presentation which is very much appreciated by the people.

  • @VoeViking
    @VoeViking 3 роки тому +9

    I need to 3d print these.

  • @Fyr365
    @Fyr365 2 місяці тому +12

    Ah I love engineering, such a simple yet elegant system and design.

  • @kenzarezyarifin1076
    @kenzarezyarifin1076 3 роки тому +5

    Once again, UA-cam recommended something but fun to watch

  • @Amigo1048
    @Amigo1048 3 місяці тому +9

    Locks got them CycloneJoker color scheme

  • @vitsimies
    @vitsimies 3 роки тому +10

    Why was this in my recommendations 2 years late :D

  • @internal_voice
    @internal_voice 2 місяці тому +16

    Brain: Are you sleeping?
    Me: Almost
    Brain: Do you know how train coupler built up?

  • @babarimen
    @babarimen 3 роки тому +4

    A lot of 2 years old videos start popping out on my recommendations

  • @LosFurros
    @LosFurros 3 роки тому +5

    Thanks doc.

  • @rowanprice3291
    @rowanprice3291 3 роки тому +9

    Wanda and Cosmo, is that you?

  • @ToasterWithFur
    @ToasterWithFur 3 роки тому +25

    UA-cam be like: wanna see some fucking train couplers mate?

  • @emet1271
    @emet1271 3 роки тому +13

    Nice!!! a shibata Compact train. idk what to do with all this information now. Thanks youtube .

  • @gavinrichardson3918
    @gavinrichardson3918 3 роки тому +8

    At what point did i divert from the new batman trailer to compact train couplings?
    Good design though! Simple yet affective!

  • @dalezapple2493
    @dalezapple2493 3 роки тому +4

    Ingenious invention

  • @Brixxter
    @Brixxter 3 роки тому +10

    YT algorithm is really weird these days but I'm not complaining

  • @toba6919
    @toba6919 3 роки тому +9

    This just in everyones recommended huh

  • @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic536
    @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic536 3 роки тому +6

    Thanks doc

  • @johnlewtas6833
    @johnlewtas6833 3 роки тому +15

    i remember learning in high school that trains actually liked to couplers with a looser fit because it would help them overcome the massive inertia of a stationary train; that an engine pulling a loosely connected car would trigger an inertial chain reaction of pulling other loosely connected cars. the theory is that it’s much easier to move a single car than it was the entire train, so the momentum of each car it would help move the car behind it, then the whole thing would begin to roll, rather than having it all tightly coupled and having the engine pull all the cars at once.
    has something changed in the propulsion of trains that this is no longer required? or does this only work on shorter trains that aren’t miles long? anyone know?

    • @kyletucker179
      @kyletucker179 3 роки тому

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_action#:~:text=Loose%20coupling%20is%20necessary%20to,one%20car%20at%20a%20time.

    • @RickeyBowers
      @RickeyBowers 3 роки тому +5

      I think that mechanism is separate to reduce wear on the coupler.

    • @johnlewtas6833
      @johnlewtas6833 3 роки тому +1

      @@RickeyBowers ahh, okay. wonder what it looks like now. i’m used to seeing the coupler and the slack be one and the same.

    • @marknelsonmovies6093
      @marknelsonmovies6093 3 роки тому +5

      Any modern passenger trainset will have more than enough power to start the entire train at once, and for the comfort of the passengers you want as little slack as possible. There will still need to be some movement to handle curves and changes in incline, but that will be in the mounting and not the coupling mechanism itself. Even with a standard 'Janney' coupler, the slack in the coupling itself is minimal, and most of the movement comes from where the coupler is mounted onto the car.

    • @johnlewtas6833
      @johnlewtas6833 3 роки тому

      @@marknelsonmovies6093 gotcha. so the janney coupler is more for freight trains and such?

  • @bebet1240
    @bebet1240 3 роки тому +14

    How is this in my recomended

    • @deadby15
      @deadby15 3 роки тому

      While you were sleepwalking last night you searched for it.

  • @thondupandrugtsang
    @thondupandrugtsang 3 роки тому +1

    I watched a lot of bullet train videos and always wondered how that thing held itself together. Thanks.

  • @ataphelicopter5734
    @ataphelicopter5734 3 роки тому +15

    Welcome to the _”Why is this in my recommended section”_ club

  • @blakefuller5830
    @blakefuller5830 3 роки тому +9

    They brought us here

  • @haroldcochan3971
    @haroldcochan3971 3 роки тому +4

    We're already a beautiful couple!

  • @Nat-jf2ge
    @Nat-jf2ge 3 роки тому +5

    Nice design

  • @notreallyokay9355
    @notreallyokay9355 3 роки тому +6

    I've stumbled upon the train fandom, I guess. Interesting seeing all this drama about train couplers. Anyways, it looks pretty cool to me, so that's nice.

  •  3 роки тому +2

    These mechanisms are mesmerizing

  • @ColinRain
    @ColinRain 3 роки тому +43

    Why is this recommend to me in 2020 lmao

  • @computernoise2209
    @computernoise2209 3 роки тому +11

    and that's where baby trains come from

  • @dELTA13579111315
    @dELTA13579111315 3 роки тому +6

    From the thumbnail I thought this was going to be some kind of insane beyblade

  • @delta8785
    @delta8785 3 роки тому +17

    Wierd recommended but thats actually a really cool as concept.

  • @nightrous3026
    @nightrous3026 3 роки тому +12

    all that force on such a small part

    • @probably_afk
      @probably_afk 3 роки тому +1

      that's what she said.

    • @mr_gerber
      @mr_gerber 3 роки тому +1

      Oh, how small is The Part?

  • @fevsea
    @fevsea 3 місяці тому +39

    That's a remarkably small contact surface while on tension

    • @crosshairs007
      @crosshairs007 3 місяці тому +2

      That was my reaction. This seems great until put under load of any sort.

    • @jamescerone
      @jamescerone 3 місяці тому +10

      @@crosshairs007you’d be surprised at how small the point of contact is on a normal coupler. It’s probably about the same. And it jerks around a lot more too

    • @tompw3141
      @tompw3141 3 місяці тому +5

      It's greater than on a hook and chain :-)

    • @HMSNeptun
      @HMSNeptun 3 місяці тому +3

      ​​@@crosshairs007this coupler is used on commuter style lightweight EMU's, so it does not need to withstand the ridiculous kilometer-long-freight-train-pulling forces.
      JRF locomotives uses a coupler that more resembles a Jenny coupler instead

  • @CantcerCause
    @CantcerCause 2 місяці тому +9

    HEN-SHIN
    CYCLONE!
    JOKER!
    "Now, count up your sins!"

  • @ZeroXSEED
    @ZeroXSEED 2 місяці тому +5

    Thanks, doc.

  • @zacharyrollick6169
    @zacharyrollick6169 3 роки тому +5

    I love it.

  • @Fusselwurmify
    @Fusselwurmify Рік тому +12

    that's like… a simplified Scharfenberg. Love it.

    • @macmccune21
      @macmccune21 Рік тому +5

      "(bullet train) rolling stock utilize a variation of the Shibata coupler developed in the 1960s which uses rotary tight-lock pins, and which coincidentally bears a closer resemblance to the Scharfenberg rather than the Shibata coupler."
      Never thought about it, thanks for the comment!

  • @Evangelion543
    @Evangelion543 3 роки тому +2

    Perfect symmetry even their train couplers!

    • @anousenic
      @anousenic 3 роки тому

      Yin Yang ☯️ coupler ^^

  • @dELTA13579111315
    @dELTA13579111315 3 роки тому +7

    From the thumbnail I thought this was going to be some kind of insane beyblade
    Edit: a test. UA-cam duplicated my comment, so I'm editing the duplicate to see if it somehow changes the original.
    It doesn't appear to.

    • @HAWXLEADER
      @HAWXLEADER 3 роки тому +1

      UA-cam also sometimes shows your name on the wrong comment in the wrong video...

  • @EliWSeiei
    @EliWSeiei 3 роки тому +13

    Mmm algorithm

  • @1ucasvb
    @1ucasvb 2 місяці тому +2

    Such a clever design.

  • @mofo78536
    @mofo78536 3 місяці тому +9

    Ah, nice thing about this mechanism is you can use levers either side to disconnect.

    • @roiq5263
      @roiq5263 3 місяці тому +1

      More like you need a man on each side.

  • @dakktussombrero9605
    @dakktussombrero9605 3 роки тому +3

    Quite an interesting experience.

  • @TranslinkOnRoblox
    @TranslinkOnRoblox 2 роки тому +4

    The inner surfaces slide on each other until they form a circle together

  • @yaboosnubs
    @yaboosnubs 3 роки тому +5

    I need this in my life

  • @namenana
    @namenana 3 роки тому +7

    わかりやすい

  • @lyx9390
    @lyx9390 3 роки тому +8

    Ah yes... now I remember how hydraulics work... The whole piston just scales😂🙈

    • @ed_halley
      @ed_halley 3 роки тому +2

      It's not hydraulics, it's a simplification of a spring.

    • @lyx9390
      @lyx9390 3 роки тому +2

      @@ed_halley a hydraulic spring? Cuz I don’t think you would use a plain Metal spring for coupling trains... It would wear out, wouldn’t it?

    • @vritra3684
      @vritra3684 3 роки тому +1

      @@lyx9390 it doesn't need to be a heavy spring, it's just there to prevent the mechanism from shaking itself open.
      Springs also last a long time if properly sized.

    • @Invincible_Sun
      @Invincible_Sun 3 роки тому +1

      @@ed_halley It actually is a hydraulic gas spring 🤦

  • @RelightLowlight
    @RelightLowlight 3 роки тому +2

    HariEdo: uploads something
    1M people: "hmmm, yes, interesting"

  • @stormingtears3013
    @stormingtears3013 3 роки тому +9

    Really impressed bout it being so simple. How much force to disconnect?

  • @godofobelix
    @godofobelix 3 роки тому +3

    Very satisfying , my OCD is pleased