Making Wright Engines, 1942 film

[Dave Hadfield]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBfFpcd ... e=youtu.be



This video is extremely interesting; and gives a good idea of the vast commitment of people and resources that went into making America an industrial giant.

You wouldn't think a film about making engines would be entertaining, but I just watched it straight through.

Precision versus volume production is always a built-in conflict, but you can clearly see how well it was achieved.

Let me know if it's been posted before here.

[Scott Rose]

[exhaustgases]

And they did something then that they would never do now. Every engine was test run, and then taken apart for inspection and then reassembled. The cost of doing that now would be crazy. What was the average wage in those days? I'm thinking
50 cents an hour if that??

[Christer]

And they did something then that they would never do now. Every engine was test run, and then taken apart for inspection and then reassembled.

I've wondered why they did it in the first place? If all components have been inspected and verified to be within specifications, the remaining factor is the assembly. If the engine has passed the tests, disassembly and reassembly would make it a different engine, right?

[phil65]

I would think they would only deassemble one in ten or something like that.

Phil

[raconnel]

I assume that disassembly would be to check for unexpected/unacceptable wear.

Richard

[airnutz]

I would think they would only deassemble one in ten or something like that.

Phil

You got it right Phil, tho the narrator never stated the percentage selected for testing. Just before the test footage he stated, "From these and many other assembly lines scores of engines of different types are wheeled daily to the test cells....."