Pouring On the Quality | Making a Caterpillar Engine Block at the Mapleton, IL Foundry

Watch how employees at the Caterpillar Foundry in Mapleton, Illinois, turn recycled scrap into high-strength cast iron blocks for Caterpillar engines.

[carlosherrera]

Damn! RIP to the gentleman that died at the plant recently who fell in the crucible. 😔 two deaths in less than 7 months at that plant.

[donbrashsux]

Who ever makes up the moldings and sets up the machines for precision results is amazing

[Unknown_Ooh]

"Most advanced technology of today" but no safety railings or other advanced technology to stop employees from burning to their deaths. Way to go, Caterpillar!

[new_comment]

Who else here because of Steven Dierkes?

[augustmoon]

Not sure how the poor guy could’ve fallen into the molten ore from this video… Were there witnesses?

[coachwilson]

Those molds are preheated to a very high temperature prior to the mold having molten iron into them.

[fahddoggz]

Could have installed a guard rail and saved a human beings life. May he Rest In Peace. What an awful way to go.

[walkcam]

American skills solid metal I have engine in Tunisia

[Terraqueodoatlantico]

what is this black bath through which the molds pass? and what is it for?

[kashifpatni]

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[spacecatboy]

no need to have people by that hot stuff, its not the 1800s anymore