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See how BMW train their staff to assemble the GS, prior to moving on to exacting standards for RS production!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6osCWGzCeU

Watching this...blown away. Only 1/3 through the video, but already am astonished at the technology. Noted at about 3:50 into the video a caption describing engine tolerance and how precise it must be to limit vibration.

And how quiet the factory is...phenomenal.

Thanks for posting this!

That FRAME on youtube also has plenty of other production factory visits, cars, trucks and motorbikes, (even some battery bike ) so worth a look.

Minimizing imbalance is the first step towards vibration control. In the case of a piston engine, that means all the rod and piston assemblies must have the same weight.

Relative to the noise, in many modern factories (excluding those doing forging/stamping processes), the major noise source is the volume battle between the employees radioes.