manafacturing anti aircraft shells video

[brightspark]

quite labour intensive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPGqLjnNIJY

 

[jerrytug]

Top film thanks.

 

[Shox Dr]

Wow, so many operations, lost count how many times it was handled.

 

[Migmac]

I’ll watch it tonight, cheers

 

[waddycall]

Some lovely machines in that.

 

[Morris]

High speed cut off machine!!!!!!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Back in 1988 I was in India. As part of the visit we had a tour round a factory making .303 rounds.

Strips of brass went in the machine and out came .303 cases.
The baskets were passed through an annealing furnace. Tumbled in a polishing drum then shipped to be filled.

Fascinating to see the process.

 

[mtt.tr]

Back in 1988 I was in India. As part of the visit we had a tour round a factory making .303 rounds.

Strips of brass went in the machine and out came .303 cases.
The baskets were passed through an annealing furnace. Tumbled in a polishing drum then shipped to be filled.

Fascinating to see the process.

Something id like to try, drawing brass casings and rifle a tube.

Neither to use but for the challange of it

 

[Shox Dr]

Back in 1988 I was in India. As part of the visit we had a tour round a factory making .303 rounds.

Strips of brass went in the machine and out came .303 cases.
The baskets were passed through an annealing furnace. Tumbled in a polishing drum then shipped to be filled.

Fascinating to see the process.

I nearly bought a business making obsolete centre fire cases. Using a 5 station back cutting Russian turret lathe, was moosive, considering what it was used for

 

[Migmac]

High speed cut off machine!!!!!!

I had a chuckle at that too.

Found the film very interesting though. Precision is every thing, even during war

 

[brightspark]

the operators were using go no go gauges to check for accuracy. it was a tool setters job to set them up . was someone on here a month back had some that were manky and wanted them cleaned up

 

[morssdn]

That steel shell process seems absolutely crazy, hugely labour intensive. It's almost as if the casing is designed to withstand the charge going off but not be contained within a barrel breech as a usual brass casing would be. But how would they seal the end? I bet it's not done like that nowadays.

 

[Shox Dr]

That steel shell process seems absolutely crazy, hugely labour intensive. It's almost as if the casing is designed to withstand the charge going off but not be contained within a barrel breech as a usual brass casing would be. But how would they seal the end? I bet it's not done like that nowadays.

No primmer pocket and threaded. Would like to see the next process

 

[waddycall]

I known nothing about ammunition type things. Would any of this stuff been reused or was it just melted down for scrap if they managed to save it?

 

[brightspark]

not much on it as its still secret

 

[jerrytug]

I was quite impressed by the black geyser, operating the pickling tank in shirt sleeves..his idea of PPE was smoking a baccy pipe to prevent his lungs being dissolved!