Read the brand new article here too! gamersnexus.net/features/blasting-electricity-thousands-pc-parts-how-anodizing-works-factory-tour Watch our factory tour playlist here: kzitem.info/door/PLsuVSmND84QuVMZuk2HGUtCSYXR7nmC5a You can see how PC case panels are made in this raw metal factory: kzitem.info/news/bejne/qXqC3ZttcXVzimk
@milohajek
4 жыл бұрын
The factory walk throughs are always fun, you learn so much. Thanks for doing all you and the team do
@GamersNexus
4 жыл бұрын
@@milohajek Thanks! We love doing them.
@Kevinator1996
4 жыл бұрын
@@GamersNexus Part of my job has me going into the electroplating shop/room at the company I work at (i'm a contractor, not part of the company) to do a HCl soak for really thin and really small shims as part of chemical stripping photoresist off of them, this type of stuff is really interesting and it's a joy to see.
@bananya6020
4 жыл бұрын
@@GamersNexus I don't really know who to tell it to, but I can always delete these comments if you don't want me to post them. My point is, I don't think the pseudonym "Human Malware" is safe anymore. In youtube video "Take a day off, Korone" (referring to hololive virtual youtuber K*rone), It was demonetized for relating to c**ona , despite containing no references to the v**us. As necessary context, a lot of people in her streams have made the joke that "K**onevirus" is "C***nav***s". In the youtube AI, I have a theory that it contains some machine learning that tries to relate different words and concepts. In this case, the word "K**one" was mentioned so much in the contet (same comments, titles, and descriptions) as "C***na" that the AI tried to link them together, with "K***ne" as a part of "C***na". Thus, they demonetized videos that don't even deal with the sickness (who knows what saying "v***s" does nowdays). This means that potentially, saying the word "Human Malware" and "C***navi*us" in the same context will trigger a similar link, and cause the ai to demonetize for that. This could be dangerous for the hundreds if not thousands of 'tubers using the pseudonym right now. Another thing I thought of was the xkcd webcomic on ai-generated meals. Its number is 720, to find it search "xkcd 720". It talks about how machine learning can break stuff like this, and the lesson is that machine learning shouldn't be done in public, in production environments. However, I think that may be what Google is doing right now, and this could pose a major issue in the future. Again, if you think this is unimportant, I will delete all of this, but I think it tells of a serious problem with the algorithm.
@FredsRandomFinds
4 жыл бұрын
They don't bead blast the components before anodising? I used to work in an Anodising plant and everything was bead blasted first otherwise you risk a mottled finish on the product. Also letting people walk round without eye protection and in shoes is dodgy as well due to the acid being used...
@neutronpcxt372
4 жыл бұрын
Dope ass video. Top tier work honestly! I've worked in an electroplating factory, and almost everything you filmed and said is 100% correct. However, what anodizing is in general, is creating an oxide layer(alumina) which is much harder and tougher than normal aluminium. There are multiple things you can do with aluminium anodizing: - Clear anodizing. Just stick it in there, and it will do its magic without any color. - Add in pigments so the pigment stick themselves inside loose "holes" inside of the alumina, and create colored anodizing.
@andrewmartino6144
4 жыл бұрын
Steve, you're like the "How it's made" tour guide of the tech world! Keep it up! Also be safe! Thanks :)
@thepolticalone961
4 жыл бұрын
Damn I didn't know you still had more of these. Top tier content
@Saisori
4 жыл бұрын
Cause chemical burns. Worker: hold my beer. splash water without gloves.
@GamersNexus
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's just water. It's the tank next to it that's acid.
@thegreenpickel
4 жыл бұрын
@@GamersNexus Hopefully you're not working with a bad headache that day and make a mistake. Gamers Nexus stuff is top-notch keep it up, Steve.
@4partmedia
4 жыл бұрын
@@GamersNexus bruh.. that sound worse.. ha! The bath water gotta be spoiled somehow, eh?
@williamwilliams6677
4 жыл бұрын
I'm really surprised that they are making all the transfers without gloves or eye protection. At around 5:24, he was reaching into the nitric acid tank to make the transfer barehanded. And I didn't see any eye protection at all. We always had to use goggles when using nitric or sulfuric acid, and a face shield when working with large quantities or situations likely to result in large splashes, like pulling parts out of a vat of acid. And we always got extra strong warnings about the danger of getting bases like NaOH in the eye.
@TheBackyardChemist
4 жыл бұрын
@@williamwilliams6677 The lack of eye protection is concerning, but depending on the concentration hand protection may be less of an issue. Especially if you use the large bath of water next to it to rinse it off right away.
@amaurylaunay
4 жыл бұрын
As someone who work on anodisation treatments for the aerospace industry, this was surprisingly familiar and quite interesting. Thank you Steve and the GN crew.
@rdxzero
4 жыл бұрын
5:12 "this can cause serious chemical burns" - guy casually drinking boba next to the exposed fumes
@theEvoght
4 жыл бұрын
And then the guy with no gloves rinsing shit with his hands
@timcheou5649
3 жыл бұрын
This is hard life in Asia fellows
@adamfcplm
4 жыл бұрын
Factory Tour: Lian Li Ad: Gigabyte Gigabyte Cases: Am I a Joke to you? Me: Well, yes tbh
@stevenying8894
4 жыл бұрын
Gigabyte makes cases? Edit: yeah they do but they seem really unpopular and of lower quality compared to lian li
@4.0.4
4 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised they even make cases, news to me.
@gandalf6700
4 жыл бұрын
if i remember correctly they dont make cases them self ;) .. they just slam a gigabyte badge on other's cases ;)
@HectorDomino.
4 жыл бұрын
6:23 Love they way he made his path. In some parts of the world, this is highest respect to the surrounding people.
@ElectricEvan
4 жыл бұрын
I am pretty sure that at 3:34 you can see power resistor bodies being fitted for anodizing! (i use a lot of them at work)
@milohajek
4 жыл бұрын
YES another tour, i love these Steve, keep up the great work
@rdyer8764
4 жыл бұрын
At 9:06 you say, "The dye tanks are held at 110 - 160 degrees Celsius." You mean Fahrenheit, right? The dye is mostly water, not acid, yes?
@pappyman179
4 жыл бұрын
I hope these tours get views for you, there is a ton of unseen work, I'm sure. You value getting the story correct over making it pretty, and that is huge (and a lot of work). Good job to all involved.
@chrisnorman1183
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Steve and everyone at Gamers Nexus for delivering fantastic content and entertaining specials such as these factory tours.
@PajakTheBlind
4 жыл бұрын
'How it's made: GN edition' Awesome as usual, thanks for the video
@JockMcBile
4 жыл бұрын
Some of this was over my head. But I'm pretty sure, I understood the basics. Thanks everyone, I really appreciate you doing these in depth videos.
@sleekblackroadster
4 жыл бұрын
I have this black anodized aluminum Cooler Master ATCS 840 and it's held up so well for me forever. Love that as a case material
@marklamutt
4 жыл бұрын
Love seeing the factory content starting to come back!!!
@ShadowGirl-
4 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this video. Amazing work getting all this great info out there. Thank you GN! (Might seem like an overreaction but the attention to detail of information being presented is top notch!)
@radicalxedward8047
4 жыл бұрын
Re:Gigabyte Auorus 2080ti We really need a standard for addressable RGB stuff. I love RGB, but I HATE all the crap software and incompatibility.
@AlfaPro1337
4 жыл бұрын
This is true. Why the fuck there's 5V and 12V header, one uses 3+1 block and the other is 4 full pin. Guess, companies ego and greed take over so that if you purchase one RGB kit that isn't compatible with your motherboard or software, it's like the company gives a middle finger to you to force you to buy A DIFFERENT RGB kit that is compatible with that product.
@Shin_97
4 жыл бұрын
Imagine having to worry about RGB standards This post was made by Noctua gang
@kotekzot
4 жыл бұрын
@@AlfaPro1337 no, 5V and 12V RGB headers make perfect sense, 5V is an evolution of the 12V standard. The problem is with crappy software. The industry needs an open standard for RGB software control so users can control all of their RGB stuff with a single program of their choice.
@MichelleMills1972
4 жыл бұрын
These are the videos I love to see. Keep these going. 20 years of automotive manufacturing and I am still in awe of manufacturing and wanting to learn more. Thank you!!
@julianfiacconi709
7 ай бұрын
These factory tours are so educational. Thanks for doing these. Really amazing. The people owning and working these businesses are very industrious and entrepreneurial. Cheers
@or2kr
4 жыл бұрын
Funny how this high end plant used for basically the more expensive Lian Li products is just on a small 1st floor
@attack0nmem0ry
4 жыл бұрын
My continuous praise & respect for these factory tour videos, GN! Just got back from a job interview with manufacturing processes (read: "Sick AF Robots!") nowhere near this cool. I'm feeling homesick, kind of. Lol.
@milohajek
4 жыл бұрын
I had to pass the link to your yeston cutepet (god i hope i spelled that right) to my mother and she found it delightfully funny, and i thought so to until she asked me where you can get these, to wit i asked her if she watched the ENTIRE video as you made it pretty clear that these are really hard to import.
@kashem425
4 жыл бұрын
I love these. Brings a greater appreciation all the toys we buy that inevitably source from Asia.
@0235681956
2 жыл бұрын
a bit sad to see such a wonderfully constructed and thoroughly planned video not getting the recognition it deserves.
@varsh-thaker
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent work, GamersNexus team. Getting to know about the workings in a factory does have an impact on the appreciation of a product.
@cakeisalie
4 жыл бұрын
my mom loved this video, she's a chemical engineer
@thepunisher3160
4 жыл бұрын
Im really glad that there is a channel who makes these videos bcz theyre very educational and they help a lot to make right choices when buying stuff
@Unknown-sz8kg
4 жыл бұрын
I got my Dynamic XL like 2 months ago. The rgb on the front glass are no longer functioning and one of the hdd hotswap has a bad connection so my harddisk randomly shuts down, the aux channel on front io has this "scraping sound" and the sound switches between left and right eardrums even tho the contact are fully pushed in.
@GamersNexus
4 жыл бұрын
Did you try emailing support?
@Tony-cf7cp
4 жыл бұрын
A tip never ever use the front audio port it's not even close to as good as the back of the motherboard
@4.0.4
4 жыл бұрын
@@Tony-cf7cp this is true. Audio is analog and proper wiring matters.
@frizzlefry1921
4 жыл бұрын
Front audio jack remove from motherboard connection and use "deoxit" available from digikey or the like stores. Should fix it right up. Same with hd connector sounds like corrosion.
@kaoticbacon4373
4 жыл бұрын
I don't work with aluminum (our acid tanks would eat it ) but i work with steel and iron, i electro plate zinc-nickle for farm parts at work
@Accuracy158
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure why but this one of the fun factory tours to watch.
@johnscaramis2515
4 жыл бұрын
8:15 25kW? Sounds like the TDP for the 12th gen Intel CPUs, if they don't get 10 or 7nm running 😁
@FAB1150
4 жыл бұрын
14 minutes ago? 'm on a quick streak! Love those factory tours!
@TechforTechs
4 жыл бұрын
another good video
@5Komma5
4 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing. Work day is done, let's pop a beer and watch GN. Can't get much better then this!
@quazy1328
4 жыл бұрын
What about the cardboard dox factory, I want to hear more about that.
@TheAtomicCrusher
4 жыл бұрын
Who knows, he may find a lucky red hat.
@HMarcBower
4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the good old days of TLC (before they reversed what the L was for). Thanks!
@Pertamax7-HD
4 жыл бұрын
nice lian
@ramkyadi
3 жыл бұрын
wow, well summarized, great work
@radicalxedward8047
4 жыл бұрын
Yes! So glad there’s more factory tours!
@McCloudX13
4 жыл бұрын
@gamersnexus I enjoy these but you go very quickly for my dumb brain. I was wondering if you guys have ever considered creating and showing a flow chart towards the end with a little recap of the process? Highlighting the importance and or purpose of specific steps. All though now that I say it. It's kind of discourage me from thinking too hard and encouraging users to just jump to the end with the flow chart. Lol.
@psychozulu
4 жыл бұрын
Factory tour guide with a flow chart and graphs at the end would be the most GN thing ever
@tomferrier6143
4 жыл бұрын
I found it to be a little too quick for me too. Slowing down to have better enunciation would help my brain!
@teddygoboom1
4 жыл бұрын
This is awesome, always been interested in the anodization process! I do wish this video was a bit longer, there's so much to be known about it, I learned most of it when researching how I could anodize an aluminum bike frame of mine. I would have liked to see more detail on the dyeing and sealing processes, as well as getting some more details on the "white" anodization as white dye particles are infamously too big to be engrained in the porous oxide layer
@giovannip.1433
4 жыл бұрын
What would look impressive is if they used anodizing to layer a copper surface. If sealed with lacquer you get a great shiny copper look, if not you can get a great looking patina on the surface - without the expense of pure copper.
@timcheou5649
3 жыл бұрын
My friend you are talented, the way you explain manufacturing astonishes me, wow well done, your English is very good, where did you studied English?
@GabbyTech
4 жыл бұрын
i love this kind of content thank you for this Steve!
@leif-erichansens2635
4 жыл бұрын
Very informativ, I didn't know that green anodized aluminum existed. Looking for green anodized thumb screws now, lol
@gudenau
4 жыл бұрын
This is a very interesting episode. I never knew that anodizing aluminum was almost like a reverse electroplating.
@redrock425
4 жыл бұрын
It would be nice to see more colour choice. I love Lian Li's occasional red cases but they are small in number and usually at the high end of the price range. I'd like to see some all aluminium coloured PC011 versions. I'm aware this would increase cost but a choice in common colour themes would sell well I think.
@agenericaccount3935
4 жыл бұрын
2:24 that vintage iron tho ♥️
@TheEnd
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks guys!
@vamwolf
4 жыл бұрын
If I had billions I donate 100 million to you guys.
@DrSpychology
4 жыл бұрын
The forbidden tea factory tour
@tee_es_bee
4 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating. Keep up the great work!
@Arek_R.
4 жыл бұрын
It's not about dye sticking on top of it, it's about it sticking into the pores caused by anodisation, then they bathe them at around 100C to close those pores, then dye gets trapped and whatever left on top of it will simply wash off.
@varun2440
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Steve and the whole team🔥🔥👍.
@WildkatPhoto
4 жыл бұрын
Yes! Love me some factory tours!!!
@TreborSelt
4 жыл бұрын
Yeeeeees. Love these tours.
@PatriotPaulUSA
4 жыл бұрын
Hopefully they are cranking out 011 XL cases :)
@mikeoleksa
4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I had no idea that it was this involved.
@mattys3248
4 жыл бұрын
Why on earth would 16 people dislike this??? People are not cool man.
@DanLMH
4 жыл бұрын
You really wouldn't expect your anodizing to be performed in such a place...
@firefly2472
4 жыл бұрын
The cheaper the better. Why do you think it's al china and looking cheap ass af ?
@hitmanslayer3003
4 жыл бұрын
FireFly this wasn’t in China tho 🤔
@organicmetal6850
4 жыл бұрын
Steve !!!! Thanks for this ! what great content !
@RackBaLLZ
4 жыл бұрын
How are you not at 1M subscribers yet?
@lickkittysplit3871
4 жыл бұрын
Interesting video steve.
@1stb1
4 жыл бұрын
dang, interesting vid. crazy how mass production lowers the cost of stuff that takes so much effort to make. seems a little claustrophobic with minimal ppe, though.
@Mre942
4 жыл бұрын
like that you have face protection ,but not the workers xD
@theralfinator
4 жыл бұрын
He's a foreigner who had just traveled to the country during a pandemic. Of course he would be wearing a face mask during a factory visit.
@BuckFudweiser
3 жыл бұрын
I worked in an ANO warehouse for 2 days. Holy shit that job is NOT easy.
@derpenberg7814
4 жыл бұрын
Just learnt more listening to Steve than I did at school :(
@mikereuther690
4 жыл бұрын
amazing as usual!
@nicholaswilkowski632
4 жыл бұрын
Do they use the cadium based anodization or ... I forgot the other types but it is significantly less toxic than cadmium based. Still love these type of videos!
@UndercoverFerret404
4 жыл бұрын
5:18 "Can cause serious burns" **let me just grab this with my bare hands**
@radicalxedward8047
4 жыл бұрын
Soooo basically this isn’t something you’re gonna be trying to DIY unless you’re a mad scientist.
@teddygoboom1
4 жыл бұрын
It's actually not too hard using simpler processes, you can use sulfuric acid and electricity to etch it, buy a dye you like off ebay or amazon, and seal it with boiling water. I recommend looking it up on youtube, plenty of people do it on smaller parts.
@IAmPattycakes
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'll second the previous comment, it's pretty easy to do yourself pretty well.
@kanetw_
4 жыл бұрын
This is a really simple process to DIY.
@jubuttib
4 жыл бұрын
Yup, not terribly difficult at all, if you're willing to pay close attention to each step and production speed isn't a huge issues. It gets more complicated when you want to automate and speed things up, and have to deal with government regulations and checks. But for just some random homebanger projects it's really not that bad at all.
@user-yv2cz8oj1k
4 жыл бұрын
Lye is easy to make, but to get these levels and use it safetly, it's probably easier and cheaper to pay someone to do it for you unless you are doing tens of thousands of parts.
@BRUXXUS
4 жыл бұрын
Seeing any colored anodized aluminum gives me such weird nostalgia... I think it was because when I was a little kid, someone gave me a set of jacks that were all different colored anodized. While I never actually played with them as intended, I loved looking at them and all the different colors. Also.... who the hell gives a kid born in the 80's jacks and a present? I mean.... it was like 30 years ago, but still... I don't know anyone that's played with them, lol.
@GeoffPesos
4 жыл бұрын
Will there be a monitor factory tour?
@omegaelixir
4 жыл бұрын
Bro, I asked for thermal paste. Where's the damn paste?
@kristjonpedersen9342
3 жыл бұрын
Deal with caustic soda at my work and you'd definitely be stripping down within seconds and going to take an emergency shower if there was a spill that got on you.
@czabinator
4 жыл бұрын
Great content, thx.
@Kawwakaze
8 ай бұрын
I thought it said this video was from 3 years ago and then you got sponsored with a gigabyte rtx 2080 ti
@cm3462
4 жыл бұрын
fantastic
@hi_tech_reptiles
4 жыл бұрын
So is it annodizing, sand blasting (with certain sand shapes) or brushed aluminium that gives that nice rough low shine texture on certain cases? Ive wonderred that and even looked into home annodizing and sandblasting since i do paint a lot of my own stuff, but wasnt sure like what makes the outside of say a 2008-09 Mac Pro tower's finish or if they all do just slightly differently etc. Would love some kind of side by side comparison of all the different case finishes outside of paint/colors obv. Either by GN or just somewhere
@teddygoboom1
4 жыл бұрын
Probably sandblasting for the texture, and anodizing to protect it. The metal will take it's original finish after the anodizing, for example if you want the super shiny reflective anodization, you need to polish the aluminum beforehand.
@Celician83
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, @Der8auer needs to watch this so and your next video to plate his laptop cooler better!
@ebsmith1102
4 жыл бұрын
Any news on when Lancool II mesh is coming out?
@Cyber_Nomad
4 жыл бұрын
Savage worker handling parts without rubber gloves in lye and accid
@frizzlefry1921
4 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't dare stick your hands in that sulfuric acid 10% body contact and you're dead. Not sure at what concentration but that's nasty stuff bigtime.
@dannybaker8622
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve bever seen an Anodising line with so many health and safety issues 😂
@ebsmith1102
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe you can get one of these baths so Patrick doesn't have to clean the Motherboards any more
@JA070288
4 жыл бұрын
Anyone have info on the 011D Mini!?!
@Valfaun
4 жыл бұрын
that beverage box at 1:20 looks concerning to my uneducated mind
@ylee5923
4 жыл бұрын
Surprised/not surprised by the relative lack of safety equipment. Not sure I'd want to spend 20 years in there.......
@knives6683
4 жыл бұрын
Lye bath? I bet that's used after dark by the local mafia :)
@psychozulu
4 жыл бұрын
I doubt it, if you dissolve a body in lye, the body doesn't just disappear, it turns into a vat of gooey gross stuff, and would probably gunk up the drains and slow down production, now, if the mafia needed some lye to fill up a barrel or something, I'm sure nobody would notice a few bags falling off the truck wink wink
@AsbestosMuffins
4 жыл бұрын
Ah asia, where vats full of boiling acid are just a few steps off the street. Its actually suprising what can be anodized.
@dallebull
4 жыл бұрын
You convert the surface to aluminium oxide, you don't "Add an layer" like you do with paint*
@neutronpcxt372
4 жыл бұрын
Yep. I mean, you can add a layer of aluminium oxide theoritically, but aluminium is so reactive already you can't exactly do this.
@samfedorka5629
4 жыл бұрын
Saying that "it's a method of adding an additional oxide layer to the existing metal" ( 1:52 ) can be confusing. I think the opening where he refers to "coating" ( 0:34 ) products is similarly confusing. I agree that "converting" is a better word than "adding" since the process is not additive, but Steve's further explanations more than make up for it.
@andreassheriff
4 жыл бұрын
Didn't the german guy already do something similar recently? I want to see the results of the liquid metal six months later.
@tankninja1
4 жыл бұрын
This video gave OSHA a heart attack.
@bozoc2572
4 жыл бұрын
I worked in a similar shithole once. Never. again.
@JonneBackhaus
4 жыл бұрын
"not too toxic" :D
@snax_4820
4 жыл бұрын
Interesting ... but aluminum is not equal to aluminum. They have a lot of shit in it like bathco to reduce the melting temperature. The result is low quality staff. You can easily test it out by trying to bend it.
@deansmith4752
4 жыл бұрын
drink this - it's not too toxic.....
@TeenyTinyDevil
4 жыл бұрын
seems a lot of manual work for things that could be automated :S
@Owlery
4 жыл бұрын
i thought white anodizing was not possible?
@jubuttib
4 жыл бұрын
Since the color comes from the dye pigments stuck in the porous structure, I don't see why white wouldn't be possible?
@mightypancake1318
3 жыл бұрын
it is not technically white anodizing, it just not dyed, there is no white anodizing because the white dye molecule is normally so big that even the smallest white dye molecule cannot fit the pore of aluminium oxide layer
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