Best Bullet Factory tour I have seen

[Grimstod]

Was not sure where to put this. I thought though that its just about the best tour of a ammo factory I have seen yet. The turks put on a good show.

https://youtu.be/HTPXSKkaCAE

By the way, does anyone know why the youtube link preview is not working anymore? Admins?

 

[Elwood]

I'm interested in the annealing at 5 minutes and 11 seconds into the video. It would appear that they are using a induction heat source? It's very brief but you can see something getting very very hot, now I don't know if it's the induction coil or the brass that is glowing, or both. If it's the brass then it makes a mockery of the "never let your brass glow" theory.

 

[Grimstod]

Good point I have seen induction annealers before but do not remember getting them that how.

 

[DocBII]

Good day,

Good results when annealing are a matter of time and duration. You could probably use a plasma torch if you could keep the duration short enough and application even. Otherwise, don't let the brass get brighter than a dull read.

HTH,
DocBII

 

[CaptainMal]

Thanks for the informative link and subsequent show.

 

[Grimstod]

Your welcome.

Does anyone know how to get the preview for videos to show up? I have done it in the past by putting the appropriate tags in front of and behind but they no longer work.

 

[Brians356]

The first shot of brass was described as "brass pellets" but they were already cups, not "coins", so they had already been drawn the first time.

PS

Narrator must not be a gun nut.

He said (@ 8:45) "Every single bullet that comes out of this machine is weighed. If the bullet is not the proper weight - meaning most likely it doesn't have a powder charge - it's rejected ..."

Hmm, why would there be powder inside a bullet?

 

[Dave M.]

I'm interested in the annealing at 5 minutes and 11 seconds into the video. It would appear that they are using an induction heat source? It's very brief but you can see something getting very very hot, now I don't know if it's the induction coil or the brass that is glowing, or both. If it's the brass then it makes a mockery of the "never let your brass glow" theory.

The inductive coil doesn’t create heat or get hot on its own. If it is getting hot, it would be from lack of cooling and because the workpiece is reaching a much higher temp (ie conduction from the working to the coil itself).

 

[ronemus]

Annealing is performed at several stages in the brass process, and it could well be annealed dead soft in the first few to make forming easier.

 

[WSnyder]

 

[marchx]

Turks made enormous progress in terms of quality control during last 5-6 years. I have been carefully watching what they bring to IWA in Nurnberg over last 5 years and they are constantly improving. Better polymers, better finish, more modularity.