Loved it Pete. Been on the tools 38 years and never even thought about the manufacture. I’m now in Western Australia and standard procedure is all pipes braised no soft solder whatever the size.. keep up the fantastic work mate, 👍🏼
You could do a mini series of how it’s made,the plumbers version, get into Rothenberger and other plumbing companies for some insights. Really well put together this, appreciate the time and effort that’s gone into the edit.
An excellent video! This brought back many good memories from my time working at the Phelps Dodge Hidalgo Smelter in New Mexico. It nice to see sustainable in the mix for the environmentally conscious future for copper.
one of the best vlogs I've seen on RUclips , fantastic content, what an amazing company been around for years, type of company that puts the great in Great Britain.
That was a very interesting and engaging video. Thank you for taking the time to do that. I learned a lot from that. Did you ask them about crimping? Is it as long lasting as solder?
I have been working on the same avenue, doing a full house plumb and I never knew this factory was here, let alone pbplumber the main man was here, im not from conventry so I was very surprised when I looked it up
i've been in factories like this and i have great respect for the men and women working in them. it is hard work, hour after hour after day with the noise, the air they breathe, the stuff they touch, the risks posed by the heavy machinery and the focus they need to stay safe with all that stuff going on around them. the bell rings for a well earned tea break then straight back to it so that we can get right back to it with our jobs, fitting copper. sadly british manufacturing is a dying art.
Very interesting to see. It was very old school engineering. I was expecting it to be state of the art computerised high tech stuff but it’s just very simple
Poor Tom has devoted his life to the business to be given a TV after 25years and then to be told the company turns over so much millions smh. Good video tho PB keep the content coming. #JusticeForTom
Watched this video a few times now as an apprentice its a good way of learning about the pipe we use in the trade , although im in ireland and IS is different to BS pipe by a mil or two . Never noticed the part at 18:00 where he talks about the effect the previous acid had on the planet , and as he says 'a good thing about the EU is they stopped anyone using that chemical' . very interesting part i missed the first time i watched it . PS , Could you try get a hold of Patrovia Boru i think their name is , they produce the GB pipe we use . I think their Romanian , its as if they dont exists if you try to find them and get a reply .
Interesting video of production process and testing. Copper is a lovely material to work with... but silver is nicer. Interesting.. Why? Well, I've worked with copper all my working life, both as an electrician using heavy busbar profiles, induction coil manufacture, wire, etc... and in a mechanical plumbing field - HVAC, gas and potable water systems. All manner of jointing too - bolted, screwed, swaged (swagelok, olive, flair), soft PB solder and bronze/silver alloy braising to Cu pipe, brass, bronze, steel. Crimp fittings included. Also directly worked, in the plastic extrusion field - manufacture of hose, pipe and as shown, the cross head plastics extrusion coating of various materials. Wide variety of plastics and purpose. Most interesting was Nylon 11 ( thin wall for Nat. gas), as that involved injection moulding the nylon fittings. MDPE and HDPE pipe extrusion and butt welding that stuff... electro fusion fittings manufacture and use too. That industry was interesting field to work in. Done my bit of art work too... using copper and it's alloys and silver. It's interesting to note that 'American' water pipe sizes use more material (thicker wall thickness), which also applies to wire gauge using their 110V A.C. 60 Hz domestic supply. All kinda very wasteful - copious consumption - INDEED. Difference here in Australia? Pipe/tube sizes are according to OUTSIDE diameter. What was 1/2" is now called DN15... 3/4" is DN20. In reality, the new production 'metric' material is the same size as the older Imp. sizes. Same situation with screwed sizes... 1/2" BSP is the same size and thread form as the modern 15mm... and same with 3/4" BSP being called 20mm.. 1" BSP called 25mm. The stupidest thing with these 'metric' sizes is how 1/2" (being 12.5mm) is designated a 15mm size. Yet, a common Imp size we encounter, used in older homes for basin, shower, bath water supply in walls is 5/8" OD = 16mm. OD.... closer to 15mm than the damn 12.5mm. Like why didn't the chose to call 1/2" pipe DN12 ? And the the shitty situation I find is no press fittings to adapt this 5/8 line to DN15, DN20 or DN25.. other than scavenge old 5/8 flair adapter fittings that have a 1/2" BSP thread to form a screwed union to modern pipe. That is unless you use flame to silver solder/braise these pipes, that has obvious contradictions... you know why press fittings are used these days!
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Loved it Pete. Been on the tools 38 years and never even thought about the manufacture. I’m now in Western Australia and standard procedure is all pipes braised no soft solder whatever the size.. keep up the fantastic work mate, 👍🏼
You could do a mini series of how it’s made,the plumbers version, get into Rothenberger and other plumbing companies for some insights. Really well put together this, appreciate the time and effort that’s gone into the edit.
great idea
People like Tom are literally a dying breed! His knowledge and skills must be phenomenal and almost impossible to replace. Well done him.
An excellent video! This brought back many good memories from my time working at the Phelps Dodge Hidalgo Smelter in New Mexico. It nice to see sustainable in the mix for the environmentally conscious future for copper.
Absolutely brilliant mate. So many procedures to get to the finished pipe, very interesting. A lot of hands on work required, love it
one of the best vlogs I've seen on RUclips , fantastic content, what an amazing company been around for years, type of company that puts the great in Great Britain.
Thanks for this, never actually thought about how copper is made but it’s actually quite interesting to see👍
Brilliant pete! These guys are the OG's of UK copper 🇬🇧
Superb, thanks for taking the time to film that.
I very surprised it’s wasn’t more mechanised, so many hands doing real work. I’m taking a new appreciation for the pipe we are using!
That was very interesting - never seen the process of drawing copper tube before. Thanks for sharing!
I enjoyed that, quite interesting to see how tube is made. Worth the hour 👍
Really enjoyed this PB! Thanks for the tour
That was a very interesting and engaging video. Thank you for taking the time to do that. I learned a lot from that. Did you ask them about crimping? Is it as long lasting as solder?
I have been working on the same avenue, doing a full house plumb and I never knew this factory was here, let alone pbplumber the main man was here, im not from conventry so I was very surprised when I looked it up
i've been in factories like this and i have great respect for the men and women working in them. it is hard work, hour after hour after day with the noise, the air they breathe, the stuff they touch, the risks posed by the heavy machinery and the focus they need to stay safe with all that stuff going on around them. the bell rings for a well earned tea break then straight back to it so that we can get right back to it with our jobs, fitting copper. sadly british manufacturing is a dying art.
Loved this. At first the length of the video made me think "damn, I'm going to have to strap in here" but the whole process was really educational.
I love copper, that phat tee was amazing
Great video. Just as good as How It's Made.
Really interesting didn’t realise how much work goes into making tube 👍
That was class, Pete. Love stuff like that! Well done to all involved.👍
Brilliant video, very interesting. Did they tell you where their raw materials come from, ie the short, thicker lengths of tube?
brilliant video ,thanks for the effort put in to making it
Brilliant video mate well worth the time u put in to editing it cheers
I think this is your best video yet well done 🤘😎🤘
At the least they should of said Pete thanks for videoing our factory. Our thanks to you pull your van in and we will fill it with copper.lol
If I won my weight in copper Lawton would go bust 😂
Interesting video Pete, particularly the bit about fittings... You don't see many stamped with the appropriate standard
Very interesting to see. It was very old school engineering. I was expecting it to be state of the art computerised high tech stuff but it’s just very simple
Would love a walk round this place great video 🤘😎🤘
Very interesting video really enjoyed. Thanks everyone involved.
Brilliant film, very interesting, thank you, regards, Chris.
Great stuff and very interesting. Really enjoyed this video
Enjoyed that. Very informative.
Poor Tom has devoted his life to the business to be given a TV after 25years and then to be told the company turns over so much millions smh. Good video tho PB keep the content coming. #JusticeForTom
has poor Tom never been paid for doing his job?
good company respectful of employees and customers
do it proper do it copper
Great vid...really interesting.
Watched this video a few times now as an apprentice its a good way of learning about the pipe we use in the trade , although im in ireland and IS is different to BS pipe by a mil or two .
Never noticed the part at 18:00 where he talks about the effect the previous acid had on the planet , and as he says 'a good thing about the EU is they stopped anyone using that chemical' .
very interesting part i missed the first time i watched it .
PS , Could you try get a hold of Patrovia Boru i think their name is , they produce the GB pipe we use .
I think their Romanian , its as if they dont exists if you try to find them and get a reply .
Saw you when you did your live thing here was awesome
That was really interesting. Thanks fella.
Well worth the watch; excellent content thank you.
Very interesting, I never knew our pipes are holding up to 59 bar at 65 centigrades, that's A LOT !
Fantastic Pete thanks for sharing
Excellent content 👌
How does it start before it becomes the mother tube?
Entertaining and informative.
Interesting video of production process and testing.
Copper is a lovely material to work with... but silver is nicer.
Interesting.. Why? Well, I've worked with copper all my working life, both as an electrician using heavy busbar profiles, induction coil manufacture, wire, etc... and in a mechanical plumbing field - HVAC, gas and potable water systems. All manner of jointing too - bolted, screwed, swaged (swagelok, olive, flair), soft PB solder and bronze/silver alloy braising to Cu pipe, brass, bronze, steel. Crimp fittings included.
Also directly worked, in the plastic extrusion field - manufacture of hose, pipe and as shown, the cross head plastics extrusion coating of various materials. Wide variety of plastics and purpose. Most interesting was Nylon 11 ( thin wall for Nat. gas), as that involved injection moulding the nylon fittings. MDPE and HDPE pipe extrusion and butt welding that stuff... electro fusion fittings manufacture and use too. That industry was interesting field to work in.
Done my bit of art work too... using copper and it's alloys and silver.
It's interesting to note that 'American' water pipe sizes use more material (thicker wall thickness), which also applies to wire gauge using their 110V A.C. 60 Hz domestic supply.
All kinda very wasteful - copious consumption - INDEED.
Difference here in Australia? Pipe/tube sizes are according to OUTSIDE diameter. What was 1/2" is now called DN15... 3/4" is DN20. In reality, the new production 'metric' material is the same size as the older Imp. sizes. Same situation with screwed sizes... 1/2" BSP is the same size and thread form as the modern 15mm... and same with 3/4" BSP being called 20mm.. 1" BSP called 25mm.
The stupidest thing with these 'metric' sizes is how 1/2" (being 12.5mm) is designated a 15mm size.
Yet, a common Imp size we encounter, used in older homes for basin, shower, bath water supply in walls is 5/8" OD = 16mm. OD.... closer to 15mm than the damn 12.5mm. Like why didn't the chose to call 1/2" pipe DN12 ?
And the the shitty situation I find is no press fittings to adapt this 5/8 line to DN15, DN20 or DN25.. other than scavenge old 5/8 flair adapter fittings that have a 1/2" BSP thread to form a screwed union to modern pipe.
That is unless you use flame to silver solder/braise these pipes, that has obvious contradictions... you know why press fittings are used these days!
Merci beaucoup
Very knowledgeable video nice to see Cooper factory
Regards
Faruk
Brilliant video this lad nice one
So interesting thanks.
Heel nice we got same Cooper and fittings in the Netherlands ;)
Only problem was the audio was a little quiet at the end so struggled to hear, other than that, I enjoyed it 👍
ps can you ask them how much for 2 15mm lenths, thanks
A knackers wet dream
Interesting video👍
Very interesting thanks for doing this video 😎✅
interesting pity i could not hear much of the office conversation.
You should of taking with you your pb bag and filled it with the thick wall copper.lol
Interesting stuff 👍🏼👍🏼
video is a bit long and drawn out!
I think this is the bundels of tube that is held together with yellow tape. THAT TAPE SUCKS. SO MUCH SO. I WONT BUY IT BRAND