Fri Sept 30 pictures of the factory machinery

[TEG]

Seen on twitter/twitpic today:

This is the main stamping press. Cuts the fuselage for the te... on Twitpic

Aluminum. #tesla on Twitpic

Tesla factory takes in raw aluminum and copper stock, outputs... on Twitpic

 

[TEG]

#tesla on Twitpic

 

[TEG]

Pre-fab #tesla on Twitpic

 

[JimmWilks]

@reed is the twitterers/tweeter/birds name (I don't know I don't use twitter), and he's got lots of pictures not yet linked. One pretty funny one of Musk in the frunk being laughed at.

 

[sauhlir]

Model S at the Tesla Factory last night (Friday September 30th)

 

[tdelta1000]

I'm amazed with the progress of the factory. It seems that the cell phone pictures don't do it justice. I look forward to much better pictures and more details about the Betas and the soon to follow production Model S. As always TEG you are on top of it.

 

[JRP3]

Seen on twitter/twitpic today:

This is the main stamping press. Cuts the fuselage for the te... on Twitpic

Wow, that's some large machinery. I wonder how many tons of pressure it puts out?

 

[PopSmith]

One pretty funny one of Musk in the frunk being laughed at.

Here it is (I wish the quality was better!):

Elon Musk in the frunk. #tesla on Twitpic

 

[rabar10]

More pictures can be found here:
TeslaMotors pictures by MotoSvetka - Photobucket

 

[AnOutsider]

Wow, that's some large machinery. I wonder how many tons of pressure it puts out?

Over 6000 if memory serves correct

 

[JRP3]

6000 tons? That sounds excessively high for stamping aluminum, but 6000 pounds seems low.

 

[Doug_G]

Over 6000 if memory serves correct

The largest press does 4000 tons. Wow.

 

[vfx]

6000 tons? That sounds excessively high for stamping aluminum, but 6000 pounds seems low.

They admitted it was overkill. They got "going out of business" prices on them. I remember hearing 150 tons on the medium stamper.

 

[JRP3]

Makes sense. At least it will probably never wear out.

 

[AnOutsider]

Not sure how much it may matter, but another tidbit mentioned was that they couldn't make their own dies there, but they could repair them (cracks and nicks). They said they would be capable of 1 million "presses" before they were considered "worn"