The world’s largest crankshaft manufacturing & assembly process by forging & heavy-duty CNC machines

The crankshaft is a shaft driven by a crank mechanism consisting, of a series of cranks and crankpins, to which the connecting rods of the engine is attached. It is a mechanical part, that can perform the conversion between reciprocating motion and rotational motion. For an internal combustion engine, the crankshaft is the most important part, and can be considered its heart. As the world becomes more and more flat, the need for integration, trade and travel is increasing, the demand for cargo ships with large tonnage is also increasing, accompanied by large-capacity engines, and The heart of the engine is the large crankshaft. An example of the crankshaft of the world’s largest diesel engine commonly fitted to cargo ships, it is 26.6 meters long and weighs 2,300 tons. It seems like a simple problem that we are going to produce those big crankshafts, but the question is, how do we make those huge crankshafts? In this video, X-Machines will explore with you the journey of manufacturing