Aluminium Extrusion Process Animation - AMS

I was commissioned by AMS ( Architectural Metal Systems ) to create a detailed animation showing how their new state of the art aluminum extrusion plant works. In a nutshell, Aluminium Logs are heated up and cut into smaller billets. These billets are then pushed through a die to create a profile which is then used for the manufacturing of windows, doors etc.. It&basically like a large Play Doh set. With most of my animations, I start with a 3D CAD file which I then modify for animation use but in this case I only had 2D drawings and photos to work from. I used Cinema 4D R18 to model and animate the scene, Vray3.4 for rendering and After Effects for post. Lightroom 3D