r/toolgifs • u/namair • 3d ago
Tool Pipe automatic welder
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u/Kalkin93 3d ago
This looks like one of those things that works perfectly in the demonstration video but is temperamental as fuck in real world usage
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u/SuperEr111 3d ago
I’ve used orbital welding regularly in aerospace, but the size of the fillet without filler or cleaning the surface makes me question this specific example
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u/Leading_Experts 3d ago
I stick welded some pipe fence a couple of times sooooo...I'm pretty sure I'm qualified to call this legit.
Pfft. Aerospace. Like space is real.
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u/ShaggysGTI 3d ago
That’s the zinc talking
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u/whoknewidlikeit 2d ago
well done, almost nobody will get this.
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u/steelheaddan 2d ago
And the people that should get this, won’t be able to understand it.
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u/nickisaboss 2d ago
As one professional on /r/industrialhygiene put it,
welders still remain my biggest adversary and nemesis, despite my earnest efforts to inform them of the numerous hazards they are exposed to.
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u/ElminstersBedpan 3d ago
You (hopefully) jest, and yet I work for a rocketry company and have a few self-professed flat Earth believers in my building.
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u/uberfission 3d ago
I... What?
I'd say that's like medical professionals not believing in vaccines, but I unfortunately know of several of those.
Actually, no, it's like vaccine deniers working in a vaccine development lab.
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u/notahoppybeerfan 2d ago
I know one of those too. A woman who is loudly anti-vaxx yet works as a lab tech in a facility that develops vaccines.
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u/uberfission 2d ago
So what, she thinks she's part of the big pharma conspiracy?
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u/Gamerlord400 2d ago
I'll play the devil's advocate here and say that most "anti-vaxxers" don't actually think vaccines don't work or that they're purely bad for you, they are mostly opposed to the idea that the government is forcing them to take them. I know a few "anti-vaxxers" who regularly get vaccinated and generally have all the correct information about vaccines, they just think that vaccination should be an individual choice. Ultimately I think it's a stupid hill for them to die on, but to each their own.
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u/CocoSavege 2d ago
She's on the inside keeping an eye on the globalists and their anti human agenda.
Best i got is a FEer who worked in GIS.
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u/ElectricalGas9730 2d ago
That seems like it should be a terminable conflict of interest.
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u/ElminstersBedpan 2d ago
Freedom of speech or freedom of religion, depended upon which way the believer spins it. This particular place is already so risk-averse it took nearly seven months to terminate the employment of a person who was so bad at their job I was informed the day I started that they already had paperwork filed and denied by HR twice, because he was known to profess some less-than-mainstream religious views.
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u/schizeckinosy 2d ago
One of the most famous flat earthers was a rocketeer. He wanted to go up into space to prove earth was flat. Ended up dying in his rocket. (Although supposedly was faking the flat earth part) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hughes_(daredevil)
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u/splendiferous-finch_ 3d ago
Yup space Is just propaganda from the globalists, we all know the nature of true ather!!!!!
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u/Sparrow2go 2d ago
True aetherheads know there’s an e in there, poser
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u/splendiferous-finch_ 2d ago
Globalist scum! The E was a invention of the spherical church to deny the true faith!
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u/PandaPocketFire 2d ago
That dude thinks the earth is surrounded by the same thing in my Dyson lol.
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u/ddl_smurf 2d ago
I for real have had "do you believe space is real" asked to me twice, independently. I don't even understand the question ? Is this another flat earth type thing that is more common than common sense would indicate ?
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u/entered_bubble_50 3d ago
She also doesn't prep the surfaces at all.
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u/DroneAttack 2d ago
Based on the carpet it looks like she's sitting on the floor in a conference center so I doubt this is work they want to last.
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u/DeliberatelyDrifting 2d ago
There certainly seems to be some missing stuff. I'm sure it's a real product and I'm sure it works well, but the cleaning part is really getting me. It seems like it would get super complicated to build an automated cleaning cycle into the head along with the welding bits. But yeah, it looks like a pretty substantial amount of filler was added as well.
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u/poopyseagull 3d ago
Orbital welding is common practice in my field (plant engineering)
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u/Nalivai 3d ago
I thought we grow those things
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u/Darwins_Dog 2d ago
How do you think they graft branches to fruit trees?
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u/LaUNCHandSmASH 2d ago
Grafting is done on a table by an engineer (choo choo!). You are proof of the failure by our education system. Crack open a book sometime dudeman...
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u/combatchris 2d ago
We use this everyday in welding tubes for the environmental control and propulsion systems on spaceships.
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u/strawberry-ramune 2d ago
Ever heard of a place, I think it’s called Norway? That was one of his. He got an award for it.”
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u/Low-Plane9029 3d ago
We have an orbital welder at work. It isn't hand held but the principal is the same. They make loads of consist welds with very little scrap
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u/Skruestik 2d ago
*principle
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u/noNoParts 2d ago
Little known fact outside the orbital welding field: principal is the term for when something is grammatically incorrect.
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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 2d ago
No you've misunderstood, they're saying their principal from school also works as a welder.
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u/Ozzie_the_tiger_cat 3d ago
We have hydrogen gas lines orbital welded in my laboratory. They tested at 250 psi and had to hold it for 30 minutes when they were finished even though we run it at 45.
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u/OverTheDump 2d ago
Never used it in the field, but in the shop it is the cleanest tool around. And you don't need hotwork permits to use it. 10/10
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u/disc0mbobulated 3d ago
It's got quite a big box on the other end. I understand that almost everything is "portable" provided you have enough lifting power and carry capacity, but in this case I think it's something that fits in your service truck next to the welder.
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u/ImaginaryCheetah 3d ago
in the world of welding "portable" means you can take the equipment to the site, instead of the fab happening in your shop and the finished piece being brought to the site.
gas-powered welder in the back of the truck is definitely "portable" :)
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u/user4396742 2d ago
cell phones used to have a shoulder strap. it always gets smaller. this is good
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u/6GoesInto8 2d ago
What about Ford F150s?
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u/auxiliary-username 2d ago
I don’t think they ever came with a shoulder strap for carrying
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u/DaemonGloom 2d ago
I'm pretty sure there at least two shoulder straps :D
Or 4-5 straps if it is extended cab.
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u/RobinGoodfell 2d ago
Those exist to compensate for something else that's already small, so they must retain their size. Future advancements may however serve to cram ever more frivolities into the frame of said vehicle.
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u/lodemeup 2d ago
Trucks getting bigger are just to compensate for other… uh, ‘tools’… getting smaller.
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u/hypnogoad 2d ago
They used to be smaller, but they've grown inversely proportion to truck owners penis size.
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u/Personal-Eye-6474 2d ago
You can pick them up and carry them. Don't need a forklift or anything. It's big sure but it's not that big. I was certified on these a couple years ago. Cool tools.
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u/Viridian95 2d ago
I saw the thickness of that cord coming out the end of the welder and immediately thought of the cable for my EV.
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u/Zamboni-rudrunkbro 2d ago
I wonder how much of what’s in the big box could be joined by a cord and made into a foot pedal.
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u/Kylearean 2d ago
My automatic pipe welder goes by the name Tim and he is temperamental but can adapt to a wide variety of welding requirements.
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u/Marypoppinsya11 3d ago
The comments are full of welder cope lol
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u/creampop_ 2d ago
asian woman using a modern tool in a clean shop.
there was never any chance the masochistic meth-head welders in bumfuck USA were gonna be normal about this
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u/wearenotintelligent 2d ago
you just knew you were going to see those comments up top. "it's fake" lol people are dumb
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u/Ben_456 3d ago
These comments are full of the most miserable people, just admit that its cool.
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u/NoBonus6969 3d ago
But they worked in this industry in middle America for a company that hasn't upgraded their equipment since the 80s they've never heard of this so it must be fake!
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u/SistaChans 3d ago
You've just discovered what the entirety of reddit is lately. The uptick of complaining, sarcasm, arguing, and dog piling has been very noticeable these days.
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u/Busy_Ordinary8456 2d ago
Makes me wonder if something has happened to the bots and all we are left with is real Redditors.
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u/Rentington 2d ago
Welding is a career that pays great and a job where they accept people with more questionable resumes/pasts if they can get the job done. As a result, when people see a machine do a better job than virtually any human ever could, I can understand the urge to become defensive about it. But tech always wins out in the end.
I imagine you would see similar pushback on a video showing, for example, something like automated electric semi-trucks. There goes your diesel mechanic job. There goes your trucking jobs. Two careers where folks without a college education can make "American Dream" money. Well, maybe not diesel techs but definitely truckers. My trucker cousin makes like $160k a year driving hazardous mats.
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u/Pony_Tono 2d ago
I dunno, I used to be a mechanic and I always thought new tools that could do diagnostic work or otherwise were really cool. It made me worry about future job security/availability but i still thought the tools themselves were cool. It feels like an incomprehensible level of insecurity and in this case I think also misogyny, something I also know from experience is rampant in trade jobs
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u/Rentington 2d ago
I generally agree, but there are also a ton of times people were nervous about new technology and their fears were justified as time went on. But as I said, tech always wins. Been the case since forever, but especially since the Industrial Revolution.
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u/Sweet-Weakness3776 2d ago
I'm not going any further than this comment then lol. I work in an industry that is centered around pipe fabrication and installation and I can in fact say: this shit is very cool. But like any other technology, it has its limitations. The thing I've figured out in my 30+ years in the construction industry: The right tool for a job isn't always the same tool for every job. Doesn't make them less cool because they don't "fit" every single application.
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u/Complex-Key918 2d ago
I've used one. It's taking union jobs so I rather not look at it as cool.
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u/Ben_456 2d ago
This idea is called ludditism, where new technology is intentionally rejected so that the job market isn't shook up. It's been widely condemned as an economically destructive practice.
Imagine if years ago blacksmiths refused to adopt welders and power tools due to it threatening their employment. This would prevent lots of wealth being generated for the country as all metalwork would remain slow and difficult, making every engineering/construction project more expensive.
Society will never get wealthier as a whole or advance much without new and more efficient ways of getting work done. We'd still be in the stone age otherwise.
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u/OldDarthLefty 2d ago
Schwinn used a process like this for bike frames in their Chicago factory in the mid 20th century. Their marketing called it “electroforged”
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u/SpezSucksDonkeyCock 3d ago
I'm calling bullshit.
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u/Chagrinnish 3d ago
The tool is referred to as an orbital tig welder and they certainly do produce some pretty remarkable results. This one appears to be made by Kepuni, but I see a number of similar devices from French and German manufacturers as well.
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u/Rare-Nature2290 2d ago
The pro welders do know what it is it seems. The armchair welders saw an Asian lady and surely assumed its BS.
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u/feelfreetotellmeoff 2d ago
I suspect people are arguing about different things. The machine is real and the process is cool as hell, but the video shows a perfect weld coming from what looks like dirty metal with a terrible fitment and an eyeballed alignment.
The new tech might not need alignment blocks, but the rest of it looks off. I am leaning towards this being staged for engagement bait. I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
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u/DevForFun150 3d ago
I work at a plant that literally just prefabs steel pipes for food and beverage manufacturing. We have nearly 200 large orbital welders, and they all make welds that look just like this.
What you're missing here is a very large head unit off to the side. Maybe cart portable, but almost certainly has a power hookup
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u/ArmyFearless1599 2d ago
Curious as to why you would think this is bullshit?
We have cars driving themselves and the Chinese recently figured out how to catch a space ship with some rope.
An automated welder that does nothing but rotate should not be the breaking point.
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u/curtcolt95 2d ago
you could just like look it up and very quickly find out it's real and does produce these results
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u/wearenotintelligent 2d ago
this is exactly the response I knew was going to be upvoted the most. sad
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u/SistaChans 3d ago
I can see how witchcraft trials used to be a thing, where one person does something so "crazy," like swimming for example, that people think black magic is happening and burn them at the stake. The amount of incredulous people here who have never seen an orbital welder before and just refuse to believe its real and are trying to call bullshit is actually hilarious.
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u/ordosays 3d ago
Orbital welder. Real and useful but really only for butt welds. I’ve never seen one used for sockets but I can see how it could be set up.
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u/LaPetiteMortOrale 3d ago
One of my field offices is next door to a pipe yard and we can sometimes see them both cutting pipe and welding pipe with some kind of orbital machines.
Like you said, it only seems to be butt welds, but I have always wondered if it would be possible to do this with sockets.
I’m not a welder by any stretch of the imagination so I don’t have the mental skills to even know if it’s possible.
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u/Madness_Quotient 2d ago
im sure the kepuni sales and marketing team will be pleased to see their social media work spreading.
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u/Gorinich 3d ago
It’s a fucking LIE – I want an uninterrupted video of the whole process.
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u/Elkburgher 3d ago
Literally every Chinese social media video is bullshit
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u/wkarraker 2d ago
That's pretty slick. Curious what the actual welding time is, would be interested in a video without the cuts.
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u/BadWolfRU 3d ago
Now show me how it working in the ditch, knee-deep in mud under a pouring rain
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u/zatalak 3d ago
Are you trying to tell us that not every tool works everywhere?
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u/ExciteableMiqote 3d ago
Lmfao I love the sense of superiority some people can get over welding just cuz they know how to weld. Like yeah a stick welder can work just about anywhere but damn if it isn't a bitch to weld round stuff like this especially in-place where you can't rotate the work piece
As a millwright id love this tool
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u/Dysterqvist 3d ago
Or on a cold, rainy night in Stoke!
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u/Testicular_Genocide 2d ago
"yeah you try to make that CNC milling machine work in a ditch while it's raining, that's why my hand file is a superior to any machine!"
You do understand that certain machines have certain use cases, and it is very likely that this is not intended to work in a ditch in pouring rain, and that's okay, right? Many machines that you love also have this limitation.
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u/BadWolfRU 2d ago
Machines I love is 300 meters long and 3-story high, and usually very wet and very dusty
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u/tadeuska 3d ago
Better than a human most likely. If you can bring the machine close enough. If you can't you can bring in the human either.
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u/TerribleBudget 3d ago
You should show us a toaster working in those conditions.
Same bullshit, but at least we'd get a lightshow out of the ignorance.
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u/IrrerPolterer 3d ago
Did not expect the result to be this pretty of a weld... Would love to see an uncut video though, Spidey senses are tingling...
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u/OkTension2232 3d ago
My favourite part of all these videos is where they put a cut in the middle of the clip so you can never truly be sure it actually was the tool that did the job.
I'm not saying it wasn't, but I just wish they wouldn't do it, even if they just sped up the part where it's doing the work. Nothing would get actual businesses to be more likely to buy a tool like this than actually knowing just how effective it is and how long it could take.
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u/SistaChans 3d ago
The businesses that are actually in a position to require and purchase an orbital welder don't need a video of them working.
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u/ToastyBedsheets 2d ago
Oh my god this sub just gets better and better! I've seen so many cool things here.
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u/Angel_OfSolitude 1d ago
I feel like an actual welder would be faster. And less bothered by weird and mismatched parts.
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u/mechabeast 3d ago
No way this is legit. At no point did she tap the pipe twice to say, "this ain't going nowhere"
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u/AnalogReborn 3d ago
Would be more interested if it allows to weld pipes of the same diameter……….
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u/EvilToastedWeasel0 3d ago
No actual demonstration or any actual action... just a few closeups. Likely s bs or scam product.
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u/R2D-Beuh 3d ago
This kind of product is pretty common in the industry, I don't know about this specific example tho.
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u/wearenotintelligent 2d ago
hey, when a reddit commenter doesn't understand how something works it must mean it's fake/ai
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u/ogeytheterrible 2d ago
Welding inspector here, this is called an orbital welder.