Automated High Speed, High Volume Bullet Machine for U.S. Dept. of Defense

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8 жыл бұрын

Watch this informative and entertaining 1977 film describing how Gulf + Western Industries created for the U.S. Department of Defense an automated, high-speed solution to manufacturing ammunition at high volumes. This is an excellent example of strengthening American defense capabilities while dramatically lowering costs to the taxpayers. This system is still in use by the United States defense establishment and America’s allies. “The film is titled, Gulf and Western, Filling the Breech.”

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@goldeneye6844 3 жыл бұрын

They need that today to keep up with demand. Companies need to go to this system. I would like to have just 30 min of there production. Video is great eye candy

@abrahamhollenbeck720 3 жыл бұрын

it still runs to this day but for the lake city ammo plant for military use.

@kmyerslp85 3 жыл бұрын

@@abrahamhollenbeck720 We are still selling ammo under the Winchester name.

@MrYen-ri8oh 4 ай бұрын

We were lucky enough to purchase ADEC in 1979 when G+W's Charlie Bluhdorn was forced to sell the G+W Industrial divisions out of Southfield, Michigan. We had sold one system to Taiwan and Taipei wanted another one but G+W refused to supply it because of a pending divestiture so we bought ADEC. Lake City had five systems running 24/7 back in the Seventies, and Israel's Nazareth Ilit Arsenal had one, as did Taiwan's Arsenal. When working smoothly, they were fantastic but tool wear was a constant concern. Straight line presses making progressive draws were arguably more accurate with less tolerance stack up but much slower. The lines are still in operation.

@nominalvelocity Жыл бұрын

Gotta admire the genius and effort that went into developing that monster. Very cool.

@jc.938 3 жыл бұрын

At 5:03 these ammunition presses make 1080 cases per minute of the .556 AR-15 ammunition

@x1xBryanx1x 4 жыл бұрын

Im sold. Ill take it!

@kmyerslp85 3 жыл бұрын

I'll tell you there are less than 10 in the world. ;)

@6NBERLS 3 жыл бұрын

They sure are proud of their cam-driven technology. I wonder how they keep all those cams and rollers lubricated and with what. I was amazed that all those whirling work tables did not fling oil all over the place. Still, this is all only the way things were in 1970. I wonder what the really modern ammunition machines look like.

@tcoradeschi 3 жыл бұрын

Those machines are alive and kicking today.

@kmyerslp85 3 жыл бұрын

@@tcoradeschi and fling oil everywhere. Lol

@kmyerslp85 3 жыл бұрын

@@justotalkalottashit8392 You are looking at it. Lol