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Old 08-19-2010, 03:31 PM
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Ultimate Factories TV Show

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Has anyone seen the TV show "Ultimate factories"? Every one that I have seen is about auto factories. At the moment, I am watching the new Camaro episode. I know they also have Porsche 911, Corvette, Audi R8, and VW factories as well. Thoughts on the show?

The Camaro looks so cheap

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Old 08-19-2010, 06:18 PM
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I've seen the one about Porsche. Pretty amazing stuff. Engineering at its finest, typical of Germans.
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Harley-Davidson was pretty good too. Much more automation than I would have guessed.

Maybe not the same show but similar.
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Old 08-19-2010, 07:19 PM
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They did one on the Roller Phantom as well. Amazing car...
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Old 08-20-2010, 09:52 AM
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I love that show. It's mind-boggling, all that goes into building a manufacturing facility with all of the robotics and automation in use today. I worked in a Whirlpool refrigerator factory in Fort Smith, Arkansas back in the late 1970's and was amazed by the complexity involved even back then.
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Robotics are just amazing and mind boggling that someone could design that. There is a Nissan plant here and during open house they showed the robots welding. They could throw out something like 80 spot welds in 10 seconds.

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