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Cylinder Head Preparation and Inspection

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BluePrint Engines Factory Full Tour & Behind The Scenes: How Does a Crate Engine Get Made?

What happens here

After pistons are assembled, cylinder heads are prepared for installation. Heads from various applications, such as aluminum and cast iron, are processed. Some heads may require minimal work, while others, like those used with MLS (Multi-Layer Steel) gaskets, demand a very specific and precise surface finish. A milling machine is used for this, which also doubles as a surface finish checker. After milling, heads undergo a quick air check on their ports to ensure they are sealed properly and do not leak. This multi-step preparation ensures optimal sealing and performance.

Goal: Prepare cylinder heads for engine assembly, ensuring proper sealing and surface finish.

Tools and materials

  • Air Check Equipment — Testing for leaks in cylinder head ports
  • Cylinder Heads — Cylinder heads to be prepared and inspected
  • Milling Machine — Achieving precise surface finishes on cylinder heads
  • Profilometer — Measuring surface finish

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yep that's awesome did the design they ordered the components they assembled and installed that programmed it and everything so we didn't actually fabricate the 80 20 or the boxes we bought all that but the assembly and everything was done by us all right so now we're in assembly one of the things you'll notice right away is there are less manual torque wrenches and more dedicated specific tools so you can look on the left side here these are dc torque tools it's got a pre-programmed setting that they have to hit one is for the center bolt and then one is for the display bolt on a four bolt main so when they go through and torque instead of having to do it all by hand or run it in with an air inch and then finish it this will actually drive that in and seat the bolt and make sure that it gets torqued to the right set so from an investment standpoint you've talked about the size of the facility it's probably at least two times larger than our previous facility and around the plant you're going to continue to see upgrades and investment and technology so the light system that you see around the plant that's to help the operator out so you got one right here if you get a yellow light it means that you've got a part shortage you've got a red light it means there's a quality issue if you got a green light it means everything is running good so we're trying to increase our ability to support the team that's doing all of the hard work by getting the engines put together or the little tricks like that stuff that you brought here from your background yeah if you go into any big engine manufacturing you're gonna see things that try to make performance visual whether it's the output of the machine or if it's the flow of parts through the plant so as we improve our ability to support the team doing building the engines making it visual just increases the increases the speed with we're able to respond and take care of the issues that they have is there somebody paying attention to those lights or whose job is it to stall it out any leader that works on my team is

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