that is so kick ass. wish i could do something like that.

Castings can be much more problematic because of lack of fill, cavities, and porosity. Also- machining the block allows for use of a much wider variety of aluminum. Not all aluminum makes good castings.

The benefits of a CAD/CAM program. Wouldn't wanna be the guy to program it manually.haha...

first off casting is not easier, I work in a machine shop in a foundry been through both methods. Second castings have a much higher probability of internal defects, and third tools to produce castings are very expensive especially the complicated shapes involved in a crank case or engine block, and finally once you've proved out your machining programs it's very simple to setup another block and let the machine eat unnattended nothing like run time

why do they have to ...machine the entire engine ?...even though casting of the engine block is mostly followed in most places.. casting is much more easier and less time consuming and it saves cost too..!!!

This is the art.

i seen on "How its made" they make molds out of sand and poor molten steel in it but i like this video!!

........."Meraviglioso"....... ..

watching these machines, i get the idea of how amazing engineering is. A dedecation to mathematical precission in combination with design and arts.isnt this true creating? Wether the artist nor the worker has his mind in those two realms, only the engineer has.

Skyline gtr is a great example

some race engines are. Like I'm sure the F1 blocks must be made like this, But 99% of cars (including Ferraris) have cast iron or aluminum blocks

Nice video

not the entire block though just the mating surfaces like the head etc.... if the entire block was to be made like this it would cost an enormus amount of money thats why your average car doesn't cost $100,000+

btw, the ferrari 599 uses a cast block. regular car blocks are cast first, then decked by a cnc machine. a billet crank case like this would be expensive but you would ovoid inconsistencies from the casting process.

No. High performance car's engine block are made like this... even regular cars, part of it are made by a CNC machine like this.

Yes realy..

not true... some supercars engine are built like this

this video is strictly to show how capable the machine. if they where to actually use this method of building for every motor then it would cost about 50k to buy any engine

Great video, but need to loose the gay music!

ID take it at 3:32, would make one hell of a coffee table

finer tolerences,unified grain structures.

Well I think it is a waste, cars like Ferrari cast their engines, en then machine them. It looks cool though!

Strength.

Excellent Vid! I am taking a chance of being stupid here, but what are the advantages of using solid material against cast material?

The 5th axis contouring gives an even angle on the cutter, thus allowing it to always be cutting on the periphery, not the center of cutter. This really improves finish and efficiency.