How Highlighter Pens Are Made | Insider
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- Highlighter pens were invented in the 1960s as a way to grab a reader's attention. Today, highlighters are made with tinted plastic pellets that are melted into pen molds. Once assembled, a machine has the pens draw 700 to 1000 circles to make sure the batch works properly.
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Testing the pens must be the highlight of the workers day
Dude no
ArtisticLili lol
Maylee Snakes dude yes
ArtisticLili lol I’m DEAD
ArtisticLili good one!!!!
ah, yes, the most common unit of weight measurement.
*the elephant*
indeed
We all know that measuring in Washing Machines is superior to the metric system
dont forget to measure the strength of wind with trash cans
I was reading comments b4 watching the video and I swear I was so confused
GoldenRRMP
r/wooosh
“Food comes in lots of shapes and colors, even edible!”
Lol
NOOO ABANAHAAA
LMo
Repent to Jesus Christ !!
““Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7 NIV
@@praisejesusrepentorlikewis6218 fill me with your seed
“Highlighter come in lots of shades and colors, even neon”
But- aren’t highlighters always neon?
Not really... I have the pastel one
No I saw pastel ones not really a highlighter
No
I use pastel ones since for some reason the neon ones *HuRt my eyes*
@@raraokvianti6037 Gimme a pastel TwT
“Highlighters come in all sorts of colors, even NEON” Wait I thought they were all neon to make it more visible when you highlight...
logic?
FadedComplexity not all of them are
There’s pastel ones like mildliners?
But idk why they said neon like that’s a color... any color can be neon, neon in itself is not a color
FadedComplexity uhm guys neon is a separate colour with blue tint
I have pastle coloured highlighters
Now I can say, "my highliter has survived being crushed by the weight of 350 elephants." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol
XD
Ah it must be paiinful for da pens to survive
@@BlueBloxxerPlayerXD lol
LOL!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"The force applied is equal to 350 elephants"
Me: How am I suppose to calculate how heavy is it
Math
First find out the size of one elephant then times that by 350
Your welcome 😩
there are lots of different elephants with different weights and what if its baby adult or in between lol
@@hanbigim for this equation we should just mark it as a adult elaphant that we’re used to
I am intrigued since I thought the force was mass per the acceleration, but always has been elephants
0:01
Nobody:
That one girl in class who highlight everything:
Uwu
@@fnafgirl2348 LMAO
@@fnafgirl2348 LMFAOOOOO
@@fnafgirl2348 LMFAOOOOOOOO
Im that girl lol
No wonder that they get empty so fast😂😂
paradiseinheaven they already test it XD😂
No. They just test a small batch of them
@@gracelockhart6040 dude its a joke
Mal Bow like you
Alexgrand 707 that was uncalled for and unnecessary.
Narrator: .......equal to the weight of 350 elephants
*in other words, me after thanksgiving*
Or a 350 tons!
This actually made me laugh 🤣
Am I ONLY the one who actually giggled for 10 minutes occasionally
Omg
Lol
I love that “shaft” “thrust” and “back-end plug” were said back to back. 😂
Same 😆
Lmao I thought no one noticed
i still can’t work out if they did that on purpose or not
Yeah…
why did I think of the exact same thing lol
You know the quarantine boredom is strong when you’re watching a video about highlighters
Nope youtube forced me
True
Pretty much
Actually it’s class boredom but yes
-1 year ago
Why do I imagine that one robot arm yelling *_G L I T T E R!!!!!!! :D_* while putting glitter in the triangle highlighters??
(g)LITTERING
That. MUST. *_HAPPEN_*
Adding in the glitter must be the HIGHLIGHT of the robot's day. Ha okay I'm sorry bad joke
How can u make the glitter!! part?
Robot putting in glitter: *GLITTER*
robot next to it: *SHUT UP DAVE*
I just love the brightness of the highlighters 😍
I SEE YOU EVERY WHERE (my other account is SHISHTAR SQUAD)
Gabby Omega I mean that's kind of the point
hence the name... -.-
The highlighter's brightness is even brighter than my future 😢
Student Rhea Wattal ikr
"Highlighters come in many shapes and colors, even neon."
Wow just learned a new fact today! I thought highlighters were navy blue!
@hellanize Oh stop being silly, they’re CLEARLY transparent… kids these days
@@alexsinnett6123 useless, its made from antimatter
No they’re obviously silver..
Amateurs, they're obviously blood!
It's clearly milk 🙄
"How many puns do you want?"
"Yes"
I don’t have money to buy a highlighter so I use a black highlighter known as a Sharpie.
It it such a vibrant color that I can’t read the text anymore
(it's a joke don't take this srsly okay bye)
Anh Minh where I’m at, Sharpie are more expensive that a highlighter 😂
Pizza Pusheen me too hahahah 😂
Pizza Pusheen seriously
Same
Aren't sharpies like 3 times the price of a highlighter?
I want to know about the companies that design all the equipment needed to make these products. Every time I see a “how it’s made” video it seems like all the machines are unique and made specifically to suite each product. That takes some serious intelligence and creativity
They indeed are made specifically for that product. For that matter, a lot of these industrial machines are bespoke just for that one factory (especially considering how many things are only made at one or two factories on Earth!). The profession that does this is an industrial engineer. My uncle is one and he's one of the most interesting people to talk to. I've asked him leads of questions over the years. There's so many variables involved in these machines and most of them are made in very small batches (or are one of a kind) and there'll only be a handful of people on Earth who know all the ins and outs of them.
For these specific ones, they took a marker and made the whole machine around it!
@@newq that sounds so much fun, your uncle probably never got bored (or at least very rarely) since every project is different! Thanks for sharing
I remember mixing the color caps up as a kid. Brings back memories.
The part where they were drawing circles was so satisfying
highlighter are soo smooth and satisfying to useee
ur waifu sucks omg you're back
Korn yes HELLOOOOO
ur waifu sucks omg I see u everywhere
ur waifu sucks I love your user name
I miss you
Since this day, textbooks and self help books have never been the same ;)
Harshil Patel hello again
Harshil Patel your everywhere 😂
Harshil Patel are u gonna replace Justin y.
I've seen you in more than 20 videos
Dude you are everywhere!
Whenever you watch this show, you just appreciate the simple things.
0:35 me and my friends at a sleepover when my mom says yes to ordering pizza
😂
It makes no sense
LMAO
yatchi cheese the high lighters are like her and her friends celebrating
Lol yep
Video: Even neon!
Aren’t they all neon?
Edit: I get it okay?
Cool Dude Works ikr thats why its called highlighter if it were dark it wouldn’t be light and they would be called either highers or highdarkers
Woah ;-;
NO there’s FIRE ENGINE RED 😂
I mean, there ARE pastel ones but they all look neon to me
Nope
INSIDER: We need to show people how things are made.
Employee: There's already a show that does that.
INSIDER:
Oh ok
This IS an episode of that show “How it’s Made”
Amber Louise that’s the joke lmao
The voice voice sounds the same
@@Amber-md8ut but it’s weird - it’s different than the other episodes
Thanks. I may be failing all my classes, but at least I know how highlighter pens are made.
I could have used this time to study for my maths exam, but this is a much better
Use of my time
It’s amazing how much time, money, and technology they put into making highlighter pens. Meanwhile I lose my highlighters in a matter of seconds.
My teacher had a *brown* highlighter.. I didn’t even know that was a thing until saw it in my 2nd grade teachers pen jar
So aren't you still in elementary school?
No, I’m in middle school now.
Grayson Anderson I never one there were things other than
pink,yellow,green,blue
I’ve never seen red, purple , brown?!
Wait that's a thing???
@@TruthAndIdeals I've seen and used all the ones you mentioned except brown
Don’t waste plastic, make them into highlighter pens
*SAVE THE PLANET*
karim abi zeid no
True PREACHING! 🙌
It takes special type of plastic .
Why not just use Ohoo
But once it runs out of ink, you throw it right?
"I wonder how they came up with that one"
Cheeky
1: pff yeah
2: Memento Mori
@@bluebunanimates6590 *sobs in redacted*
@@stellcrystal1361 man, I miss that channel..
There were some amazing things there
the how it’s made songs brings back so many old memories with my dad
Ppl who disliked the video are lowlighters instead of highlighters
Ooooh🤣🤣😎😎😎
@@tahanighannam4459 ?????????
Haha
You're the type of dad that would go, "HI HUNGRY, I'M DAD," aren't you?
dOnT laUgH, DoNt lAuGH, dONt lAugH, don’t lAaAaaaaAaAAAaaaAaaaAAAUGHHHHHH
No wonder why my highlighters don't work WHEN I JUST OPENED THE PACKAGE.
They use all the damn ink to test it out. Ugh 😒😖
Edit: Ok so I was reading the comments and let's just say things were getting heated. *ITS A JOKE*
😂
I just commented that 😂
This all made sense when I saw this. I bought two brand new packages of highlighters and they were both dry.
They only use one highlighter from each new misture of ink :v they don't test all the highlighters (It would take too long)
Mizushi we know it’s a joke
Me about to sleep at 3:45 .
Yt recommendation : wait a minute .
Him: Clear colored
Me: I TOLD YOU! CLEAR IS A COLOR!!!
Lol
0:55 "the force applied is equal to 350 elephants"
Ok
peach rose ?
Yes
peach rose I don’t get it
Rot In My Gacha Hell 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘕 𝘚𝘏𝘜𝘛 𝘜𝘗
How To Not Roast Anyone
Chapter one:
Just don't. Please. You're both really bad at this.
I consider myself a highlighter addicted. This video was so satisfying to me from the start till the end
sonce same! I highlight everything! 😂😂 i can’t study in white pages actually!😂😂
Sonce, this is an intervention. We need to talk about your highlight addiction.
That is not correct grammar/grammer. It’s actually called a “highlighter addict,” or just a person who loves to be trendy, bright, and satisfied with random videos.
I hate girls of my class they use 4-5 Colors of highlighters even on notebook pages
They made a whole line of highlighters just for the Science channel. That’s so fun.
Who knew they put so much work into a highlighter
True
0:47 I thought he said “yeeting tube” 😂
@Amar Does Random Things heating tube
Well what about
beating tube
To this day I still pretend to use them for homework.
How It's Made was my dad's favorite show. I used to watch it with him and it put me right to sleep. Miss those days :)
1:36 wow! That’s satisfying!
Nobody:
No soul ever:
Yt 2019: HiLiGhTeRs!?!?!?
Well it recommend it but you clicked it
Me
Highlighters*
Same goes for 2021 lol
*ThUrStS tHeM iNtO tHe TuBe*
*ThE mIx Is ToO tHiCcC*
*SuCtIoNiNg ArM*
i love an educational shistar
xD
This comment is completely underrated
Queenie Manga lmfao thanks I literally wrote that comment like half asleep at 4 am so 😂
Hard nibs?
Duracell2 OOOOOOO should’ve thought of that one, it’s a real knee slapper! son of a biscuit!
Do they sell the ink in buckets? So i can just dip my text books in them.
I am not amazed how the highlighter pens are made, I am amazed on the engineer who designed this kind of machine not just pens but also every possible products made in the factory.
0:04 now i know why Some of my highlighters are Out of inked
Yeah, went to the bookstore and bought a highlighter anddddd it was out of ink
@@iaintedgy1984 that happened to me ;-;
Yeah happened to me too :(
Who thought it was a good idea to waste that much ink?
@@birdie8844 They don’t sell the ones they test
4:56 no wonder they run out once i buy them
Every morning b4 my son went to school I'd put this on and be totally mesmerised by the show.. How it's made was an awesome show I love knowing how things are made..
..
3:28 "Robutt"
its currently 5:33 am and I am intrigued and will continue watching instead of sleeping
Reading this comment at 5:32 am after a night of no sleep
4:05 australa
0:00-0:07 the pens look like they're doing the hula
emily ajayi hula
BrookeWhite22 oh thx
emily ajayi ur welcome
emily ajayi lol
Lol👯
I was wandering about this yesterday 😂
not me hearing 1:54 "a gay measures the speed" 💀
"A RObotic Arm Thrusts It Inside A Plastic Container."
*THRUSTS*
Edit: I sometimes get notifications from this comment I made, never expected to really get this many comments or likes- Anyways just wanted to say yall make my day better whenever I come back
xXOatsXx omg I caught on to that too, what is wrong with our brains??? 😂
GET YO MIND OUT OF DA GUTTER
Amber Lindsay Same bro ;)
Into the pen SHAFT. the BACK END PLUG goes on the same way... damn someone from how it’s made has their mind in the gutter
Glad I'm not the only one who thought of that 😂😂😂
I wish the triangle highliters at 4:06 became fidget spinners to make studying fun
The markers make it circles is just satisfying.
2:48 Grihppurhh
Wait! This is How It's Made! I used to watch this all the time when I was little!
Thats the point
True
They're saving it!
Me too
Sooo you’re just stealing vids from how it’s made now instead of making your own content?
Edit: to all the people misunderstanding this, it's not about them stealing content (insider owns How it's made, they have legal rights and permissions) it's about pure laziness.
I was about to say the same thing. Damn lazy
I would assume they have permission with how blatant it is and how many they make. Chill out.
Booper I was obviously calm, I just asked a rhetorical question. No need to think that every comment that points out something negative is angry.
Plus I think you mistook my question. It’s not about stealing or permission, insider is a big company, they’d never do that. It’s about laziness. Normally, they take time to research, edit or even try things out for themselves. This right here is pure laziness. They could’ve at least added their own text or music but here they just cut out the original video, added an intro and an end, they didn’t even bother shortening it down. Hence the “instead of making your own content”.
Vayona Narekuli
they own How It's Made--
it's theirs if it has their watermark.
lol
WOAH THE 3 IN 1 HIGHLITER IS SO COOL
I used to watch how it's made as a kid I've just remembered my childhood
1:00 what did they use these for? (I don't think they ever showed it in the video)
I love how the first Highlighter was a Thin one while i'm always used to the Thick one
This from how it's made. I love that show.
love seeing how things are made
My grandpa is a bibliophile and he got to know about the highlighters very recently. He got so excited and bought 3 of each color for himself. It's so adorable 😂
2:20 I got chills
I hate needles 😫
"The force applied applied is equal to the weight of 350 elephants."
*Imagine getting your hand stuck in that*
This makes me think of the videos teachers would play in class. Videos like these
2:40
*when your period sinks in your pads*
Haha XD lol
Sounds fascinating please tell us more?
@@NathanChisholm041 especially after you sneeze
@Juha Bae simple. you just don't
@Juha Bae it was a joke. My cramps are really bad so I can't but you do you
No wonder markers barely last 5:02
they make hundreds and they use 1 of them from each color to test it. they dont use every pen
dang. That’s sad
Iminguendo 26 not always
yes always. The ones at the stores are not used at all
Now I am not gonna start a fight but the blue pen never lasts and I have NEVER had a highlighter that lasted the shcool year. i have NEVER gotten good highlighter!
Loved the thing measuring viscocity of ink , simple yet never seen b4
Caption: *How Highlighter Pens Are Made*
My Mind At 0:05: *slinkys 🥰*
0:06 so satisfying
4:45 this was awesome XD
Wow. Such precision
Why is it sooo satisfying to watch?😬 I could watch this all day....😁
The random confetti tho 🤷🏼♀️😂
Porbably just me whos weird but i found 1:14 really funny
"And a robotic arm *_tHRusTS_* the polyester tube into the clear reservoirs"
That intro is such a banger. Love the how it’s made narrator
Watching this video was the highlight of my day!
It's so fascinating seeing the machines working!!!!
so far (I'm at 1:26) i have heard the words "Shaft" "Thrust" and "Back end plug"
...
Interesting video so far.
Wow!the last dance was beautiful 😁
Seeing my highlighter had been used before i brought them home really...really hit me hard
Yeah I thought they were new🥺😢😭😰
These are really interesting and I find them really cool. Keep it up! 😃
3:57 robut
Watching this video was the highlight of my day
Hope this highlights everyone’s day
Nobody:
Nobody at all:
Absolutely nobody:
RUclips: Here watch how highlighters are made!
No it’s insider who posted the video
I wish they made all rainbow colours and all shades EVERY SINGLE SHADE from a highlighter! IT WOULD BE AWESOMEEEEE!!
True it would bc sometimes it’s a certain blue or pink u wanna use and it’s not thereeee 😭😭
mildliners are like that, theres 25 different colours and they came in 5 packs and theres like an autumn looking colour pack, a neon pack so they do exist
Them: draws many circles to test the higlighters
Me: oh so thats why when I get a highlighter it always run out quickly
I always wanted those one of those triangle shaped highlighters in grade school
1:23 backend plug i think i know what you mean...
"I wonder how they came up with THAT one."
We believe you.
Amazing qualitative work
Me at the start: Huh, who knew highlighters came from triangles?
My little cousin: RAINBOW ILLUMINATI
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