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Visit to the Buderus Boiler Factory

The German-made Buderus boiler contains a stainless-steel burner tube. Also in this segment, Bob tours the Buderus factory in Wetzlar, Germany, with Herr Schulte, vice president of research and development. The Buderus boiler has an Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) of 85 percent.
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Visit to the Buderus Boiler Factory

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" Well their shows it's such a pleasure to visit the factory here but I think before we start talking about the process of making. After an element would you tell us a little bit about the history of the wood there's definitely through buried -- company. Would you of those founded in spending on it that he wrong. And it's not that private company. You know what were they making them them room and making you look at there's in the beginning. And again -- have -- There's not that productive or perhaps I'm going to affect. Because they'll win if and that he -- indeed -- that if you long. And now we're looking at behind us and it's pretty amazing is the actual Bolton. Iron that being boarded the -- right now now hot hot is that with the areas -- Africa -- and -- have been is about. 2066. Degrees. What's the first step it's happening here when an intimate look at the map instead that the beginning about they've -- with the vaulted area right. I'll bet they're all about involved and all the evidence behind it behind me guy and then he would grant and as I threat while. Not I would suspect but Iraq -- excitement here this is an industry has always recycled yes. And so the molten iron is transported in the east buckets are proper data. When it got all wrong. We'll it and it comes with the behind me and you -- him that I come down. And kind of thing that bothered you yeah. And then it goes from this policy of it will be automatic voting all right. And so I guess we'll follow them bad in the yard front end -- and get an idea worth doing right there."

" Well there -- there's no doubt that there's something magical about watching. Molten metal. It's hot orange liquid being bored and home. Can you explain to us the process here. There -- we standing in front of me. Automatic voting. Not me with a sand the next time. -- The rockets actually ground by it and it got to wrap yes. And then the car company. And we have you. Hey leave me and okay. And then voted in him and what we're making it sections for a while her I had expected on the part of Atlanta -- and -- And twenty. Call him here this time OK and so each one of these that we're looking at behind us. As a -- then it. Yeah and what -- the flames that we see coming out of the product without damaging them about it -- review ways. Obviously here because. We haven't gone yet you -- behind him on the way. But loses visited. We have done is we've regulated in Germany. Not -- we'll be. All right great let's go to the next step. -- them at all. And rebel football often think. We've pulled out from 4600 to 408 area lines and I don't recycle the advertising background problem. Getting caught on it."

" And you can see that -- golf -- protection. Brian visit here out of this movie news and fathers so this is captain and make it actually the -- added almost. How to deal. The fifty cast -- the so that's part of my favorite pat had technique and once you -- all through the bill. And then this when it there have been punished. Did you feel that confident and I can't believe that Kathy Ireland it's amazing you can get that darkness. With with captain. -- While on the defense. If a -- that right from the F. Or Obama."

" So we stopped here over the tested on the block on the assembly line. OK and then at this point the burner comes in -- in the next bond is at the front comes in him. I detest them. The test then the death of defiance. For instance and and suspense and in the unit so -- actually when gases there before I got out and and to look at the past the kitchen so yes. And then once they're installed in the actual. Bob waters that are going they also get dressed in the insulation -- that -- put -- we put on the information. And the next step -- them. Bring on this. Bought a tickets via. And if operative who column yes it was drama that is that a trademark of -- Makes it distinctive product all around the world right that's. Once you've got them -- they go on the palettes. Into the boxes and out the door -- that now the thought after the custom well we're very happy to get an idea of German technology at the end of the century thank you had not yet been done. -- action because."

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