Manufacturing World's Largest Diesel Engine | Inside Germany's Top Engine Factory

[sesquivel]

That's a very impressive manufacturing process. Those workers must be proud to produce something so elaborate.

[TomokosEnterprize]

I worked in a similar plant as a machinist in Ontario Canada in my youth and up to 40 years old. It was the oil crash in the 1980's that closed the plant. Best years of my life were spent there.

[peterwoodhead]

It’s a good job the MTU engineers know about engineering because clearly the narrator or narrative writer know very little.

[geoffreywallace]

The biggest diesel engine I know of is a 2300 ton, 14 cylinder, turbocharged 110, 000 hp monster in the Emma Maersk class of container ships. It's built in Finland.

[mmaho]

Interesting video. Pity there are so many errors of fact in it. The furnace was initially said to be a blast furnace (not) then an induction furnace (yes). The metal was said to be steel, actually its cast iron. The piston diameter is not 720mm (as already pointed out by another). There are many other errors of fact, but the overall message of good engineering still comes across.

[thomaswayneward]

German engineering is unreal. What an engine and what a process of building it. This engine is large but I used to work on engines that were larger, in the 1950s, used on drilling rigs, but they weren't diesel.

[farissyed]

I don't know what would the world looked like, if there was no germany! Absolute pioneers of engine manufacturing.

[davewood]

Had the pleasure of going to the factory for a diesel acceptance test, Awsome place to visit 😊

[r.g.crainbow]

Wärtsilä Sultzer RTA96C WEIGHS 2300 TONS over 100 THOUSAND HP how is this most powerfull did i miss some... THE CRANKSHADT ALINE WEIGHS 300 TONS MORE THAN THIS THINGS

[SilkyEnchilada]

As s retired machinist, I appreciate videos like this.

[jkrende]

Really neat video... but no where NEAR the largest Diesel engine in the world...

[breakawaymotorsports]

An oil change on this engine takes 7.2 barrels of oil! Great video.

[SellingLAandMiami]

German engineering ingenuity at it’s finest. Really amazing engine

[diZzy]

That is a hell of a process. Great video 🤙🏼

[jmlfa]

One of the largest diesel engine was built in Finland (around 110, 000 HP) a few years ago. Already in the 70', I was working for Brown Bovery in Baden (CH) on the turbocharger for a 40, 000 HP engine. Makes this one look like a dwarf.

[johngarlick]

The RTA-96C made by a Finnish company is the largest and most powerful diesel ever produced, is 44 feet tall, 90 feet long, weighs 2300 tons and produces 107, 389 horsepower. Though the 8000 series is a workhorse it is a fly on an elephant’s back when compared to the RTA-96

[ivylizhenzhong]

It looks like there is quite a big crack on the lifting gear, be careful with safety.😅video time at 5:17

[OiNathann]

I wish my car could run for 35 years without maintenance lol

[billmclean]

Why does he say it is the world's largest diesel engine when it is not even close? This makes me question everything else in the video.

[joemoore]

At time stamp 12:53 it is a " wrist pin " which she is installing, it's not a bolt. Cool video though.