Sulzer in the 1930s
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- The video was created by Sulzer in 1984 and is based on footage material from the 1930s. It shows factory work in Winterthur, the challenging delivery of products and visits from and to international customes.
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I love that echoey vibraphone throughout
Chugging Alcohol by the bottle and working in a heavy machinery industry! What a time to be alive!
You woulden't be alive to long id bet, that sort of thing will kill ya ;)
Most likely water in the containers. They are working in a very hot place.
@@pixelpatter01 I was thinking the same thing
And yet somehow they produced some of the finest machinery in the world
Wow, what a great video 👍
Great workers
Back then, real men. Today millennials...
Most of those workers had worked on the farms from small children to adult hood. If the mule or some other piece of equipment did not kill them they were ready for factory work.
They knew how to work safely although it was grueling and around very dangerous equipment.
Have a good day Eryk.
@ your granddad was correct
@@freedom661100 A huge number of children also got sold to farmers for hard labor like slaves because families couldn't afford them actually. They were called "Verdingkinder".
Metrosexuals.
Sulzer were good diesel electric locomotives on the BR-GWR in the 60's when they are working, but when they break down and it's time for overall and maintenance, that is when the fun begins, hard work !!
O Bagulho é um boi mano
4:40 I’m surprised they have welding masks, just assumed there’d be a guy shouting at you “What too bright for you sonny?”
HA! No Talking in the drawing room but out on the shop floor you can guzzle straight vodka!! YEEEE HAAAA!
SHERMAN YOUNG hey buddy...walk it off
Hakapik Alot of overtime
injuries weren't common cause no one had distractions, none. There was no phones, no radios no nuthin. Plus all white people, all the same culture and teamwork works much better that way.
It's like that older comedian said recently ''if you were dumb you didn't make it'' LoL i just made up that 1st part but it sounds good eh
Nice Blonde Girl I work with headphones plus saves my hearing from the constant firing of my nail gun it helps keep my mentality active and reduces my drowsiness after hours of work and these types of work areas did have many accidents it's not distractions specifically it's awareness of your surroundings and work area
I then realized it said read more on your comment :/
@@niceblondegirl8776 yes, we need to erase the failed multiculti shit project!
Thoroughly enjoyed that, thank you. No overweight people back in the day, I feel ashamed.
;) Umm me too :(
Well they didn’t work like that atleast some didn’t even overweight back then was stronger than today
There was not much to eat in those days
In those days overweight people were not hired at companies like Sulzer. It was
a bad reflection on the companies image. Swiss companies were very "image" conscience. Overweight people tended to be slow, under productive, fall asleep at their desk etc and were often laid off if one happened to "baloon up" or gain a lot of weight. There were no laws against discrimination in those days. Even today a fat person is usually not hired versus a slender person if their qualifications are the same. Some predjudices never change.
Stop with the shame and lose some weight.
Melting horseshoes to make diesel engines, how's that for on the nose?
10:08 "after the second world war a military delegation from the us takes a tour" so 1945+, not the 1930s...
Also the Boat Freccia Bianca was made 1948 (later called Fortuna)
Holy SMOKES those people worked hard back then. The world we have today just would not exist without them. Thanks for posting this video
yes and they did not have hay fever, lactose intolerance, gluten intolerance and other nowadays fashionable handicap!
No, actually they probably *did* have those things, they just didn’t know about those conditions or their symptoms, so they ‘gutted it out’ like I did when *I* was younger and paid the price for doing so years later, e.g. gluten/fat problems…
I used to weave on Sultzer looms i looked after 8 looms that was in 1965 ,im still working at 75 yo in 2018. I left school in 1958 when i was 14 years 11 months old.
whitey... whats on your mind these days... Im 64 and a little disappointed at the lack of love for Country... You are part of the best generation ever in history... a full blooded American hero !!!
They truly don’t make em like you anymore........ unfortunately.
whatever like a 75 year olds on youtube and commenting on a sultzer doco... whitey lies
I was in Australia when i worked on Sultzer looms ,I moved to Australia in 1964 from UK I WAS 21 years old ON MY OWN with $40 dollars in my pocket. Now i,m 76 yo and still run and manage my own Laundromat running American DEXTER washers a clothes driers..cheers and i,m not a liar. Cheers.
MR sorry you are wrong
I remember the antique Sulzer 7RD 76, 7 in line cylinders,10000 hp at 115rpm,and biturbo, One turbo fotr three cylinders and the other for tht other four cylinders.
I worked as an apprentice in a drawing office not dissimilar to the one shown but smaller in scale. There was no chatting because the draughtsmen were concentrating and didn't want their attention broken.
Had the privilege of working at Sulzer South Africa for 18 years. Things have changed. Men where men and work was work..
Great to see how life was back then. But the sound effects in this video was awful!
Oh, and the comments are more fun to read then the video.
Sound effect sucks indeed
Sulzer is a Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm. Never heard of them before. Had to look up.
hence high precision reliable engineering, including rail locos that work in uber-cold weather and "up n down" mountains.
And very hot weather. The first Diesel locomotives on the Central Australian Railway, were the NSU class, powered by Sulzer diesels.
The whole cuckoo clock story is a hoax. They come from the black forest in Germany and have nothing to do with Switzerland. But somehow people got convinced about that…
also cheese, milk, and chocolate, they build very good machine shop tools as well, though not as famous as the germans, french or british, but thats a story for another time.
@@manga12 i am afraid, you have never heard of the real world wide famous Saurer engines, far ahead of any other manufacturers around the globe!
Love this video.manual Machinists are the solid true article.
Thank you.
Back when a man was glad and proud to work for a company and the company was glad to have the employee.
Correct. The biggest concern for any company now is keeping investors happy so everything is secondary to maximising profit and cutting costs. Accountants make decisions that ultimately compromise workers conditions. It’s a shit time to be a worker.
Im sure their were lots of firing and hiring going on. Dont let a cheesey video blind you to the fact that if you didnt do a good job and obeyed the rules you got replaced.
5:17 Those locomotives were headed to Thailand, not Romania ;-D
Ha, I was wondering how you knew, and then I see the plate with BANGKOK written on it!
But Sulzer also delivers Locomotives to Romania in those days. Later, Romania build locomotives in licence from Sulzer many decades.
+theworkshop Real work makes real men
How could anybody not like this look at the past? I know someone who's IQ is lower than their age.
those that were true workers, did not have protections and drank alcohol. Not like the queers of today ...
Did you just call yourself a queer?
I realized long ago that the "good 'ol days"...weren't.
I wonder why there is no fat person in this video?
Perhaps they had a policy of not employing fat fucks
Lardasses tend to be unsuitable for sustained hard work.
it was Switzerland in the 1930's - no Coca Cola, no Big Macs, no KFC, no food processing of any kind, no food "additives" , no artificial flavours, preservatives or colourings, no Monosodium Glutamate, no pesticides, no herbicides, no TV , no internet, no binge watching, no potato chips, no sunflower oil, no canola oil, no GMO Monsanto chemically treated vegetation - all of these 'modern "lifestyle" choices create the fat persons you are familiar with. PLUS the pharma companies were then striving to help humanity, instead of seeding future cancer customers.
breaks, not brakes. one wakes you up, the other slows you down.
I think this was an environment fifty years ago where women did not have the opportunity to train for such work. This is hard heavy, manual work and to some extent foundry work, the hardest job of all. Even then, the workplace in many countries in Western Europe did not accommodate fat people in the workforce despite their massive input during WW II. During that time, fat people proved that they were just as able to do the job. However, in post war time, employment attitudes reverted back to the way things were. Even in Switzerland, in certain areas (Kantons)! some fifty years later in the early to mid-nineties fat people where allowed vote in elections for the first time (I am told). In the east of Germany on the other hand, attitudes to fat people in a manual environment were completely different. In post war Britain, fat people it seems organized coffee mornings and baked cakes despite having proved their "metal" during the austerity years. Today in Britain however, there seems to be a higher proportion of fat people in industry, albeit tertiary industry than anywhere else. What's the point? Well today it seems, there is a more balanced attitude to fat people in a manual working environment. Firms such as (Audi for example, acknowledged as one of most employee friendly firms in Germany ) are very carful in perusing this aim, and many such industrial domains are no longer fit people dominated. I would like think that old injustices are being addressed and hopefully changing for the better. This comment is not intended to offend anyone, in any shape or form. Regards,
The way these companies understand their employees importance is appreciative ....These were legendry machines n only because of legendry hard workers...👍👍
For the people wondering about workers drinking at work. In that time it was common to drink and smoke at work. As it was common to work without protections or taking deadly risks to accomplish it. It was even regarded as healthy (well compared to the work definitely yes) And to sustain such stamina at work, you needed to be up to it. It was no meant to aggressive on each other :-)) Wine gave you strength ! As Mathew Fogerty pointed out. Men were tough ! They need to be ! My father too was having his content of wine. Was cycling forth and back to work after his 10 hours of duty and was gardening for the family after work for the fare. I suspect it was to stretch a little before dinner ;-) As far as I remember he never hit one of his many children. The man was a machine. His work was a tough one and he committed to it with dedication precision and modesty. Which was and remains admirable. Like many of the men you can see in this video. So don't talk like a spoiled brat. Just watch...
At 3:12 I want one of those mill/planers for my shop! :-)
bcbloc02 - Brian! You have enough huge machinery! Save some for the rest of us. Still waiting to see one of those big compressor shafts on that boat sized monarch!
Interesting Sulzer story, would like to see similar on MFO Maschinen Fabrik Oelikon Zch!!
Love the speed boat with one engine and a full displacement hull! That thing probably did about 20 knots!
Great bit of historical footage.
The famous Kalakala which was in service on Puget Sound from the mid 1930's until the mid 1960's was powered by a pair of Busch-Sulzer diesel engines.
10:30 Vot ist Heinrich Wolver explaining here.... it is ver Adolph keeps his secret collection of Horney Jazz Mags ...simples dumbkopfs
I never worked as hard as these guys Im 50. My brother is 30. And if this was the only job, maybe Id not last long but I would give it 110%. My brother...would starve..its too dorty...its too heavy...its too dangerous. What a differnce a generation makes
Most people these days going into the work force would not do this type of work or any other non social media related work because they cannot have their smartphones
Ozdave McGee what generation difference?Im 26 and i have bloody blisters on my hands.I dont mind working hard and dangerous work even tho i don't have to
@Gumelini1 - You are one of the endangered species then. Most people nowdays think making some low tier youtube video in an air conditioned office with snacks and catering provided is manual labor.
ElfNet Designs i prefer making everything by myself because if i screw it up i cant blame anyone else.And i hate gloves,they are allways in the way when i work with them.It feels like my hands are not mine,so I avoid them as much as possible
Absolutely fascinating; TY for posting! I worked in a foundry for years and we prided ourselves on safety. Our safety man would pass out if he saw the first couple minutes of this film!
I guess his position was invented a little later.
Thechnology has improved but the ethic of that time has been replaced with selfserving manners of goings about life today and they dont realize that they could have been even richer had they not neglected morals laid down by God. and... all could have prospered...
He said God not gods.
Started off looking like an older boys orphanage! Cool vid though, Thanks
And I thought removing cylinder head nuts from a Sulzer 12LDA28 already was hard work, but they needed four men for that one in the video, no hydraulic wrenches in those days.
We forget hydraulics are a fairly new.
C Smith As far as hydraulic tools yes, they didn't become commonplace until the 60's, but hydraulic machines are quite long known.
The old Greeks already knew hydraulic principles and made some simple machines, during the industrial revolution hydraulics, albeit with water, were commonly used.
Some British cities did even have hydraulic networks, where high pressure water was distributed trough a pipe network.
Parts of this can be seen in the museum of science and industry in Manchester.
You got me there, I should have thought that statement through before I wrote it, I should have said high pressure hydraulics, I assume it had something to do with reliable seals, maybe once they figured out how to vulcanize rubber?
C Smith That's more correct, compared to modern oil based hydraulic systems those water based systems had only about 1/10th of the pressure, and quite large cylinders were needed, so those were only suitable for large machines but not for hand tools.
By the way, the Tower Bridge in London is powered by water hydraulics.
Any drunks ever fall into the ‘schteel’?
They'd push one in if they needed more flux for the alloy.
Yes. Don't joke about that.
6:12 - Railcar is stenciled, "Brit - US - Zone". This wasn't the 30s.
Dead Frt West he also stated that it was after the war when showing the Americans around.
I actually enjoyed this video, very well done.
Alcohol allowed! where do I sign?
Splendid combination, alcohol and molten metal!
I can't remember if at Sulzer, but at MAN when I was there 20 years ago the machinists had a beer on the top of the lathes as there was a soda/beer dispenser in the workshop! The were old retired boys brought back in after they found they could adapt mch quicker to redesigns and small batch work than the CAD options of that time.
We have vending machines with different beers still in the company.
Is that at Winterthur? Was so long ago, was a nice visit.
Stefan Gotteswinter, How much are you allowed to drink?
Grew up in Winterthur and did my apprenticeship at Sulzer in the 80's. The company apprentice hospital was still in use then and accomodated people who lived too far for commuting.
Did they still have feet washers?!
@@middleway5271 Not that I can remember. Maybe in another building of the factory.
A pesar que era difícil vivir era muy bonita la vida sin telefonos celulares móviles 📲 se disfrutaba todo por que era novedad
Interesting video too bad the company has moved a Temp Agency on the facility site at the Portland Oregon plant . The longtime employees are falling like flies or being gotten rid of the company doesn't even care about training its younger employees they disposed of longtime employees as if they were toilet paper. Really sad to see
Good documentary! Good ole hard working!
" A job done well deserves a fair reward." Those days are gone.
Those days are NOT gone, but they're slipping away. Unions help a LOT. Happy to be working where I'm at for 25 years. I'm 72, and can't imagine not being at work on time every day.
@@soularddave2 : You're in the minority. Far more have bounced around in their 25 year work lives than been at one place. With a union, no less.
Best viewed with sound off.
Yay ! No health and safety !
Never there when needed. In the way at all other times!!
To think that this took place nearly a hundred years ago, just blows my mind...
Some of this must have been post-war. On one of the railway cars "US-British Zone" was stenciled.
A was about to say the same when I seen that railcar
Not to mention at 10:09 the narrator explicitly states, "After the second world war..."
This must include footage from the 40's too? WWII ended in 1945...
Too much shame to show us what's happening between the Swiss manufacturers and the Nazis!
Америка мощная и индустриальная страна!!! 30-ый год, люди бреются электробритвой!!!!!!!!
One standout is how labour intensive work was back then, modern factories have so much more automation..
Hard working men building shit thanks for posting this outstanding footage
God bless
4:14 - 4:40, Worked at a shipyard 2 years ago, after cutting a 6' x 8' hole in the side of the boat, the new piece was put back as you see here. Over 80 years and not much has changed. Progress?.................
Main progress is in the fact we make large ships in independent sections and we piece it together. But other then that a worker from 1930s would not need much re-training - maybe in the area of safety.
What a bunch of booze hounding old yard dogs back then haha. Pretty sure three quarters of the dudes I worker with fabricating finished structural steel after it came from places similar to silver would have been drinking too lol. Great archival piece.
Sulzer was blacklisted by the Allies during World War II due to an increase in trade with Axis countries. Sulzer refused to sign an agreement to limit the future sale of marine diesel engines to the Axis countries, and was blacklisted by the Allies as a result.
Who cares?
Their engines sucked compared the the GM Winton
That's interesting...they were blacklisted and yet Ford and a few other US corporations which I can't remember the names of did business with Nazi Germany and were not blacklisted?
dronf + It's history and interesting.
Especially since you stated your Grandfather worked for Sulzer triva like this should interest you. That is if you're not a big fucken liar about your Grandfather.
So why are YOU here?
wasdmf!
kiwitrainguy, after the U.S. got involved in WWII?
So Sulzer was basically a huge general machine shop, but with a specialisation in diesel engines?
Simon Richard yes
Nowadays they make pumps at least, we just bought some.
water pumps, looms and stitching machines for around the globe too.
*70 years ago. Before everything went to shit.
God where have a the good days gone?
adys delicias : these weren't them.
They were somewhere between 70s and 90s. These days there are too many women working in a mans job, for example making important political decisions. Thats the reason why Sweden has no-go places. Sad to think about it.
They are still ahead, like always. Back then you worked 60-70 hour weeks and had a high chance of getting maimed or killed because some stupid unnecessary shit.
I prefer this to present day.
sulzer company has been here in my town. for along time. as long as i know that our power plant is tobe hendle by them.
I've been forking manure all morning. I figure in not working this hard. Lol.
No chatting, but alcohol is allowed? Wtf
it... it was ... it was such a differnt world back then ... so long..so long ago ...
just with some wood and hit it on its place. now they need computers for that. and then they say we are smarter now. no fucking way.
That was not a Caterpillar tractor. It was a cletrac. Cleveland tractor.
Not the 1930s if its post ww2 footage.
They cared about there workers back then fed them everyday !
The backsounds make this video perfect
Hilarious! I miss my Sulzer diesel washing machine.
That was Fascinating
Fascistnating, did you say?
Apprentice Hostel. Now thats an idea,
Wow...many countries still not up to it..
Very nice piece of history, and quite an good was promote the company :-) Lots has change :-)
9:43 Prince Chee Chee Boo. Too funny.
50 years? Now 90 years ago... Wow !! Fantastic !! The Germans are something else !!
You are correct, the Germans are something else because Sulzer is Swiss...
Drinking on the job when dealing with molten steel? Imagine that today.
Do it with molten glass and machine shop work today but only a single shot really. Definitely not chugging grain alcohol like a maniac as the old ones did lol
1929
In America: Prohibition
In Europe: Party all the time
great Switzerland's Winterthur
wow, I used to pick up these pumps at their Burnaby yard in Canada
Swiss always had the Technology !
На 4:10 динамометрический ключ)
Love the 2018 Haircuts
who said hard work never killed anyone!!!
Çalışkanlık. Bunu başarmışlar. Önde olmak. Müthiş bir duygu olsa gerek.
it was 50 years ago 40 years ago :)
Hi ,I am russian . On our Yacht Club we have metal boat 1938 from Germany in very good condisions ! Germany this is QUALITI !!!!!!
Take me back! Employers let you drink on the job, fed you a hearty meal, and paid you in cash??? Hmmm, come to think of it, I had a job like that in the mid-to-late '90s when i was in my early-mid 20s (to paraphrase Hedwig & the Angry Inch) and like we see here, it was SAFETY that they really didn't give a damn about.....
and then they got that crazy ass corpral hahahahaha
Guzzling Schnapps during work to take the edge off. Drink enough Schnapps, and it just might be enough to make ya vote for that Adolf fellow.
This footage seems to be newer than the 30ies. One railway car has a "British US Zone" painted on it at 6:14 and the diesel electric locomotives are far too modern for the 30ies and they didn't go to Romania as there are signs on the flatbed wagons showing Bangkok as destination. This documentary, while interesting, seems to be full of simple mistakes.
My entirely teatotal grandfather found it hilarious to pretend to be a falling-down drunk to the very religious neighbor ladies back in the 50's. I would take those old boys drinking for the camera on the shop floor with a big grain of salt. .
Super, thank you👍
@11.50 the staff going through all the pay envelops with cash inside to find their own. Such were the days. Note they were allowed to drink in the canteen, as well as heavily in the casting and forging plants.
Interesting and very well done. The narrator was excellent.
At my first "factory type" job (1970) the washrooms had hand washing stations like pictured 0:25. More than one person has found someone "not so sophisticated" urinating is the wash basin.
Great..!
Some footage must be after the war : see the wagon marked Brit-US-Zone at 6:16 … this was NOT BEFORE the war !… So are "guests for the United States after the Second WW"" at 10:10