My Grandfather was an Engineer in Dortmund at O&K. He still has Models of all kinds of the excavators of O&K in his Home and he loves to tell about his work. When he retired they started using Computers, he was used to do all the calculations by hand. He gave me all of his sliderulers which he used during his engineering career which i treasure. This excavators was finished in his last year there.He is getting 97 next month.
@deconteesawyer57582 жыл бұрын
The last time I used my slide rule was in the 70s , as a straight edge when cutting wallpaper for a closet. In Dortmund Germany's unions priced themselves out of the market and shuttered the factories with the big shovels now made the USA.
@james945822 жыл бұрын
That's awesome that you have some old school sliderules that were actually utilized... Would be awesome to see and especially to have models of these kinds of units... Especially models you can't source any longer
@ctdieselnut2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to talk to a guy like him. Make sure you get as many stories from him as you can if he's so inclined. No one lasts forever and when he's gone, those stories go with him. You never know how solutions to problems he had faced in his career may apply to something in your life, even if you're in totally different fields.
@trif552 жыл бұрын
@@deconteesawyer5758 it's crazy, imagine what people with these skills and willingness to get the job done (no fear of Health and Safety BS) were working today with all the advanced technology etc, loved seeing that guy checking plans for dimensions while having a smoke 11:34
@williamhall9204 Жыл бұрын
The quality of the hydraulic excavators manufactured by O&K is second to none. Many of the units they made are legendary in the heavy construction and mining industry.A great example would be the RH 120C. I can’t think of a hydraulic excavator with a more stellar reputation. The RH 120C was absolutely loved by the British mining industry. The machine was available in either backhoe or shovel configuration. Another outstanding machine made by O&K was the RH 200. The company produced many great hydraulic excavator models. When O&K engineers developed the incredible TRI-POWER linkage system, it was a game changer. In my opinion the development of the system was an act of genius. Keep in mind that TRI-POWER is still in use on the most modern, state of the art CAT hydraulic excavators.Many thanks to U.K. TV-Dortmund Videos for posting this awesome video.Excellent job on the video production.
@deanharris71492 жыл бұрын
Surprised at how much I enjoyed this video. Seeing the machinery used to make such huge parts blew my mind. The thing is so huge my brain was surprised when a person was next to the equipment for size reference.
@ypaulbrown2 жыл бұрын
I felt the same way.....marvelous
@gusm51282 жыл бұрын
Beautifully engineered machine . The Germans do some of the best engineering in the world .
@krzaku19832 жыл бұрын
Yes. Bastards practiced on tanks and other weapon.
@stevedaddy57072 жыл бұрын
Nobody does engineering quite like the British
@iandawes41322 жыл бұрын
All learnt from the British
@bayareaartist9992 жыл бұрын
I drive a BMW, the germans take 9 steps when 5 would get the job done. German engineers are in love with their creativity.
@sr20ser.2 жыл бұрын
@@stevedaddy5707 That is a good thing...
@jackking55672 жыл бұрын
I've had a try of one of these in the UK. They're just massive brutal machines and yet have such fine control over their working. The sheer size of them is astounding.
@paulrichards87602 жыл бұрын
I have two of these where i work and they are a true power house and an honor to operate. Thankyou for the play back from back in the day.
@PA-uf4wd2 жыл бұрын
A work of Art. A Monster dual engined hydraulic Powerhouse. 🤙
@kdegraa2 жыл бұрын
This machine makes my 52 HP tractor look like a toy. If this excavator was digging on my farm it could demolish a few hills to make my farm a lot flatter. That would be good.
@douglasr.c.56222 жыл бұрын
An 80 ton counterweight. What a beast !
@d.jensen51532 жыл бұрын
This video has helped me to understand why cable and wheel excavators are more common than hydraulic excavators at this capacity and size.
@mbox3142 жыл бұрын
I am not familiar with Cable and wheel excavators, why do you feel like that is the case?
@ckm-mkc2 жыл бұрын
@@mbox314 Otherwise known as draglines....
@raincoast90102 жыл бұрын
@@ckm-mkc no
@bigredc2222 жыл бұрын
Great video. That's one hell of a machine. You know it's a big milling machine when there's a catwalk on the cutter head with room for a tool cabinet and a chair 7:03. Thank you.
@markgoddard25602 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing that quite intelligent people assume that inane beat music is an essential factor in advertising.
@Adriaantjuh72 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this video. This is very interesting and learnfull! 😊
@MoreFormosa2 жыл бұрын
some sweet 1980's-90's digital graphics and txt, the memories, hah. Reminds me of the education videos we watched in middle school
@PA-uf4wd2 жыл бұрын
Each hydraulic cylinder delivers 477 tons of force. Holy Shit. 🤔😳
@coaltrain180002 жыл бұрын
That should split a log. 🪵 😂
@tymz-r-achangin2 жыл бұрын
Very detailed! Thanks for the video!
@andrewrees87492 жыл бұрын
Amazing video, so much detail, I have a book,showing the assembley of the digger,
@dereckjtbear21752 жыл бұрын
And in 1999 it was sold off to various entities ending O & K.
@seangorry Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video. Thank you for uploading it!
@jblob57642 жыл бұрын
20:49 sooo are we just going to ignore that it's leaking oil in more than one place just in this shot?
@michaelmoser21302 жыл бұрын
my thought exactly
@morganfreeman51712 жыл бұрын
that's why they assemble it first at the factory to assess any problems 👍
@bigredc2222 жыл бұрын
It was a good leak, but if that's the only problem, that's pretty darn good.
@mikethebike50142 жыл бұрын
I don't think that's a leak it looks more like a wire these a couple of them all over the machine I'd assumed they are for computers for testing.
@bigredc2222 жыл бұрын
@@mikethebike5014 I see something hanging down, I wasn't talking about that, you can see oil on the cylinders. I'm sure it was something minor.
@cctsux2 жыл бұрын
My O&K RH9 is a baby compared to these. I would love to see any factory video of the smaller machines being made.😀😀😀
@danielmarshall45872 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video, very interesting.
@sparXKuijper2 жыл бұрын
24:27 Make that as low as minus 52 degrees Celsius , I've worked up there 😨
@cmac73842 жыл бұрын
I would like to see how they went about fixing problems that arose. In manufacturing that is the key. Something always goes wrong.
@Chr.U.Cas16222 жыл бұрын
👍👌👏 This device and the video is absolutely fantastic! But it looks definitely older than being out of 1998. I never thought that a big firm still used an old school overhead projector and no laptops while having conferences in 1998. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all involved people.
@mrfrenzy.2 жыл бұрын
The design of this machine started before 1995, and was built heavily on the designs (and engineers) that made the previous machine in 1979. Many companies at this time did not have computers any more advanced than Windows 3.1.
@deconteesawyer57582 жыл бұрын
@@mrfrenzy. The computers and CNCs ran Unix, not windows.
@cherrymountains722 жыл бұрын
Agreed, I was also surprised to see the video is from 1998. Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed the entire format that was used including the music, graphics, voice-over and copy write.
@diefaster79622 жыл бұрын
production. Thanks again!
@mattgaming87172 жыл бұрын
Funny how back then it was tested there and not on the actual mining site. Double build.
@ypaulbrown2 жыл бұрын
what a wonderful video, thank you so much for sharing....Paul in the US, Florida
@christopherbrown64932 жыл бұрын
I watched this entire video, how did you guys produce this to capture the attention of the viewer? In the 90’s no less.
@andrewrees87492 жыл бұрын
The first digger blew a hydraulic seal on start up, just before the hand over to the Canadian customer, it was quickly fixed with a new cylinder,
@beefchicken2 жыл бұрын
Is that why during disassembly everything looks like it's covered in oil?
@andrewrees87492 жыл бұрын
@@beefchicken no idea, read it in a book I have , the new cylinder was flown over from Germany,to Canada,before anyone noticed I guess , massive digger. Love to see one .
@manishranamagar70734 ай бұрын
Great video❤️
@dereksomers98242 жыл бұрын
bro that intro SLAPS 👏
@godbluffvdgg2 жыл бұрын
CAT was smart to buy this company...
@floydwilliams33212 жыл бұрын
I work on heavy equipment but nothing like that/ absolutely amazing
@deconteesawyer57582 жыл бұрын
When you pull the pins does the load get dumped on the crane and go wildly careening around like 21:55 ?
@michaelljiljak59262 жыл бұрын
Used to work on these beasts in Western Australia
@pompeymonkey32712 жыл бұрын
That was really interesting, thanks.
@milestone_achiever46342 жыл бұрын
Still using 80s music in a late nineties documentary😨 This model, the Komatsu PC8000 and Liebherr 996 are my favorites!!!!!
@ibubezi76852 жыл бұрын
"The construction-equipment business was sold to New Holland Construction, at the time part of the Fiat Group, in 1999" - Wiki
@dneary32952 жыл бұрын
I came to see the mechanics, I stayed for the music.
@richieac10003 ай бұрын
Does this factory still produce the Cat version of the RH400 ?
@jelleseegers66932 жыл бұрын
Where do i find this amazing music
@digndoze2 жыл бұрын
Massive operation 👏
@matthewdickson78382 жыл бұрын
Excellent video thankyou 👍👍👍
@lethukuthuladerrick5522 Жыл бұрын
How many hauling trucks needed to transport this massive machine when disassembled?
@sajidrafique3752 жыл бұрын
Not all countries can make this wonderful machine
@napleswolverine71892 жыл бұрын
That’s one hell of a handsome machine 👍🏻
@michaelmackey7547 ай бұрын
Truly amazing
@RomeKG4712 жыл бұрын
This machine is a fast way to load trucks.
@fladoodel2 жыл бұрын
The music in this video is insane
@wakeupgeoff2 жыл бұрын
Thought that was Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys in the thumbnail
@warfivevy0ne4542 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece Presentation
@wdwerker2 жыл бұрын
I was interested so I looked O & K up…defunct! Company was broke up and sold off in 1999 ! New Holland bought the construction equipment branch.
@ReachOutToWilliam2 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else see John Candy working on the tracks? I had wondered what happened to him.
@espenbjerke19052 жыл бұрын
And then Caterpillar bought them up, now O&K does not existt
@RounPonda2 жыл бұрын
LOVE this video...
@cbc7599 Жыл бұрын
8:53 No way!😮
@themandolinmaniac2 жыл бұрын
Surprising now to see factory workers without helmets, etc.
@MOTOMINING2 жыл бұрын
8:17 an efficiency of 97% calls for maximum precision.... Which went right out the window when the mechanics banged the gear on the seal housing! 😆
@leebatt79642 жыл бұрын
Nah, they planned that, thats where the 3% inefficiency comes from.
@Ragginn12 жыл бұрын
im 0% surprised an oil company bought this
@bighairycat Жыл бұрын
It is such a shame that Caterpillar decided to move manufacturing of these machines to South East Asia and the quality is now so poor that weeks of reworking is required when assembled. There is no quality anymore.
@jayryan1956 Жыл бұрын
very disappointing
@05clenharth Жыл бұрын
Where is production now Dortmund is no longer?
@bighairycat Жыл бұрын
@@05clenharth The diggers are now made in Indonesia and the build quality is terrible.
@donbrashsux2 жыл бұрын
Just incredible engineering
@user-mu1lj5jq2m2 жыл бұрын
Did you get fruity or producer edition? Im looking to buy soft soft but i dont know if Producer edition is worth it...
@peterclaassen57502 жыл бұрын
Who else thought that was bubbles from the trailer park boys in the thumbnail?
@niczoom2 жыл бұрын
Great video1
@catzzzz1450 Жыл бұрын
is that Benjamin Franklin on thumbnail
@geoffrey60002 жыл бұрын
I'm starting the first year of study for mechanical engineering, if i ever get to work on designing something like this it will be hella worth it. Also, (didn't realize at first, but) of course these are Germans xD
@piscitellinicholas52402 жыл бұрын
When are they gonna make a really big one ?
@xKambr9 ай бұрын
There was a larger one built after CAT purchased Bucyrus called the 6120B. I believe it is still on display in the States, and the second one was built for Shell in Fort McMurray but was never finished for reasons. I believe that was in 2015.
@yugotime15982 жыл бұрын
This thing still in operation?
@RubenKelevra2 жыл бұрын
Wo habt ihr denn die VHS Kassette gefunden? 😂
@zadrik13372 жыл бұрын
This marketing video must have worked as the company was sold in 1999.
@sheik99562 жыл бұрын
so like how much for one of this ?
@NoName-zn1sb2 жыл бұрын
Music bed's a little loud, eh?
@artembolyak1172 жыл бұрын
Как у нас на УралМаш Заводе!
@gxlorp2 жыл бұрын
Why is bubbles in the thumbnail
@jhosk2 жыл бұрын
Oh how I would love to play with this thing
@brickleyyard49662 жыл бұрын
I think its called final drives and planetary gears not travel gear but still a grate video and as outhers say shame about the awful music
@carlthor912 жыл бұрын
Depends upon which country you are from.
@jamesw99302 жыл бұрын
The irony is that O&K went out of business the year after this video was made,
@andreashutterer47402 жыл бұрын
How many of these were ever built?
@xKambr9 ай бұрын
I know of 22 of them across various generations of design.
@imchris50002 жыл бұрын
maximum precision then proceeds to show the guy just slamming the part in the bore
@sourdoughbornsourdoughbred47122 жыл бұрын
Are these available for delivery my address ?
@studebaker42172 жыл бұрын
Super video of an amazing machine, but it would be a lot better without the totally unnecessary beaty music competing with the narrator.
@carlnapp44122 жыл бұрын
Once upon a time...
@joedell712 жыл бұрын
Anyone else catch the oil come leaking out of that hydraulic cylinder at 20:45 ??
@JuhaErkkila2 жыл бұрын
Or maybe more like some grease stains in cylinder?
@markward60762 жыл бұрын
Does a warranty come with that?
@sheik99562 жыл бұрын
yeah
@69Emoji2 жыл бұрын
Is that Skippy in the thumbnail?
@nigel9002 жыл бұрын
They keep focusing on Africa… like Africa ever produced anything other than mud huts and super viruses. 👍🏻
@andrewrees8749 Жыл бұрын
Rh 200 was shipped to s Africa in the 90,s , its on KZfaq, maybe they are referring to that machine .
@nigel900 Жыл бұрын
@@andrewrees8749 I suppose South Africa was the exception.
@andrewrees8749 Жыл бұрын
30 yrs ago, a new Rh120 o.k machine was being assembled for a coal mine not too far from my home town, I didn't know much bigger machines were in use,all over the world.
@soapbar882 жыл бұрын
I wonder what happened to syncrude in Canada and the rest of the Canadian oil mining industry
@andrewrees8749 Жыл бұрын
Oil sands are still going in Alberta, expanding considerably,
@andrewrees87492 жыл бұрын
Where is this model made now, Germany or the U.S A ?
@mkemachineinc.80582 жыл бұрын
Made in South Milwaukee, WI and is now the Caterpillar 6090.
@godbluffvdgg2 жыл бұрын
TAKE THAT, HITLERS !....:)...
@andrewrees87492 жыл бұрын
@@mkemachineinc.8058 P H shovels are made in Milwaukee, not Caterpillar.
@mkemachineinc.80582 жыл бұрын
@@andrewrees8749 Not quite. Caterpillar bought Bucyrus and they are in South Milwaukee. Komatsu bought P&H and they are in Milwaukee. Caterpillar makes this shovel and it is the 6090
@andrewrees87492 жыл бұрын
@@mkemachineinc.8058 aah yes,I got you, Illinois is the other place over your way, Cat are made, thanks for the information, I live in Wales, part of the u,k, did go to the minexpo many years ago in Vegas, seen some massive equipment. Seems my first Cat d11 .
@kenreeve65492 жыл бұрын
constant brain numbing music noise ruins this very interesting doc
@mdlanor54142 жыл бұрын
Can anyone figure out what is missing in this video?
@vmaxes2 жыл бұрын
Shovel not excavator
@viking66.2 жыл бұрын
Wow.
@jonka12 жыл бұрын
Nice machine Great pity about the bloody music.
@JohnLee-vj9lh2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you
@brianwheway19332 жыл бұрын
$11 million each,
@ciogon2 жыл бұрын
20:48..something is dripping on that cylinder....
@JMRSplatt2 жыл бұрын
Bubbles!!
@trainnerd30292 жыл бұрын
11:33 smoking on the job? How old is this video?
@ckm-mkc2 жыл бұрын
From the description 1998....
@bobg30342 жыл бұрын
I think CAT bought O&K?
@catzzzz1450 Жыл бұрын
O&K was already bought before Caterpillar did
@xl0002 жыл бұрын
Nice, but I’ll stick with my Hitachi Ex8000. Also comes with a microwave oven and a some kind of smelly shoulder Hitachi massager that the previous female operator left