Mullard Tube (Valve) Making Video

ken99
ken99 Posts: 27
edited April 2013 in 2 Channel Audio
Check this site out:

http://www.mullardtubes.com/Video.aspx

Wicked video on the making of Mullard valves (tubes).

It is amazing how automated it was back in the 40's and 50's.

Enjoy.

ken99
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited October 2012
    Hi ken99,
    That was excellent, thanks for posting it!
    Cheers, Ken
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited October 2012
    Very cool
    Jake
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,121
    edited October 2012
    So much goes into those valves. . . Who knew? Very kewl

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  • Devlon
    Devlon Posts: 355
    edited October 2012
    Very cool, thanks! Ck out for fun vintagetubeservices.com
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  • hewlew1
    hewlew1 Posts: 154
    edited October 2012
    Cool video. I wonder how the process varies with modern day technology?
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  • ken99
    ken99 Posts: 27
    edited October 2012
    Some of the Mullard tooling went to Japan (Matshushita - Panasonic). Their tubes were almost indentical to Mullards because they used the Mullard Tooling. I assume that the newer companies are still using the old tooling in Eastern Europe and Russia. The quality of the tubes is not as good because of the poorer quality of the products being used to produce the tubes.

    later,
    ken99
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  • swb502
    swb502 Posts: 112
    edited November 2012
    I finally got a chance to watch this video and it was really cool. I thought it was really interesting how something that was going to lead to the digital revolution was doing some many advanced mechanical automation using just cams. Great stuff thanks for posting.
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  • ken99
    ken99 Posts: 27
    edited April 2013
    Bumpety bump bump
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