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Narrator: most hands-on pilot
Training occurs not in the air,
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But on the ground.
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The classroom in which
This instruction takes place
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Is a flight simulator --
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A high-tech replica
Of the aircraft cockpit.
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Through the magic of
Sophisticated computer software,
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The simulator mimics the process
And feel of flying the aircraft.
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The flight simulator can produce
Darkness or daylight,
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Clear or stormy weather,
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Or an emergency
Such as engine failure
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Or a runway tire blowout.
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Simulators are modeled
After specific aircraft,
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Such as a boeing 737.
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The simulator manufacturer
Buys the technical data
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From the aircraft manufacturer
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So it can build a cockpit
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Which is an exact replica
In both look and feel.
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After assembling a steel frame
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And building the instructor's
Station behind the cockpit,
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They mount a sound system
Beneath the cockpit.
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This enables crew communication
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And produces realistic aircraft
And weather sounds.
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A computer-driven
Image generator
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Produces the cockpit view
On a large, spherical mirror
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Made of a thin polyester film.
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A vacuum pump sucks it flat
And wrinkle-free.
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The image reflecting on
The mirror creates the illusion
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Of the infinite view pilots have
In a real aircraft.
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The image generator
Doesn't send the visuals
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Directly to the spherical mirror
Facing the pilots.
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A projector
First shoots the image
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Onto a flat, rectangular mirror
That reflects the image
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Onto a front
Projection screen --
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That round part at the top.
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The image on the projection
Screen then reflects
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In the spherical mirror
In front of the pilots.
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This diagram illustrates
How the image travels.
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Technicians prepare
The cockpit throttles,
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Adjusting the lever tension
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To be identical to that
Of the real aircraft.
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Inside each throttle,
They check the thrust reverser
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That pilots activate
Upon touchdown
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To reverse air flow
And stop the plane.
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Next come the control panels,
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With all the buttons and
Switches to operate everything
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From the engines to the
Air-conditioning to the lights.
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Next, the motion actuators --
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Giant legs
Which move the cockpit.
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They attach to a concrete slab
With jumbo bolts.
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Technicians attach conduits
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Through which electrical cables
And air hoses run
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To the actuators.
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The motion is electropneumatic,
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Meaning that air
Assists the electric motor
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That moves the legs.
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To attach the actuators,
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Technicians activate the brake
Inside each one.
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This enables the leg to stretch
Far enough to reach the base.
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After checking the alignment
With this tool...
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...They insert a pin.
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Then they test the movement
Of the entire apparatus.
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The test pilot runs
The finished flight simulator
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Through different maneuvers
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To ensure it performs perfectly.
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The image generator is run by
Highly sophisticated software.
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It knows the design
Of every airport in the world,
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Enabling the instructor
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To conjure up
Any scenario imaginable...
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Takeoffs, landings, and taxiing
At a specific airport,
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Any weather conditions
Or runway hazards,
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Or any unforeseen events,
Such as a blackout
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That plunges the entire airport
Into darkness.
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Faking it doesn't get
Any more real than this.
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Narrator:
Today's books are mass-produced
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By automated equipment,
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But before the industry
Was mechanized,
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Book pages were hand-bound,
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Their covers
Meticulously hand-crafted
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One at a time
By talented book binders.
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This skilled trade still exists,
But is now a specialty service.
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Book binders are part artist,
Part restorer,
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Because they craft new bindings,
Yet also repair originals.
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Before rebinding a book, the
Book binder has to unbind it.
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She uses a surgical scalpel
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To cut the strands
Of old binding thread.
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This separates the covers and
The sections of assembled paged,
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Called signatures.
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Using a paper cutter,
She trims the components
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Just enough to make their edges
Neat and smooth.
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Then she positions
The signatures in a vice,
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Sandwiched between cardboard
For support.
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She draws lines across what
Will be the spine of the book.
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Then she carefully saws a groove
In each line.
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The groove is just big enough
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To fit a piece
Of hemp binding cord.
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One at a time,
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She reconnects the signatures
On a sewing frame.
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The frame has binding cords
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That correspond to the grooves
She sawed into the signatures.
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She sews a linen thread
Horizontally,
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Looping it around the cords.
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A chain stitch on each end
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Links each signature
To the neighboring one.
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When she's done, she coats
The sewn area with glue.
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She then lays a thin
Cloth backing over the glue,
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Then closes the vice tightly
To round the back
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And form joints into which
The book's covers will fit.
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She perfects the joints
Using a hammer.
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Next, she weaves
The binding's headband
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By wrapping threads
Around support sticks
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In a specific pattern.
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She does this on both the top
And bottom
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Of what will be
The book's spine.
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Next, by folding
And gluing pieces of paper,
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She constructs a tube the exact
Width and length of the spine.
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She glues the tube to the spine.
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Now for the book's front cover.
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She layers pieces of cardboard
To create a design,
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Then glues it onto
A rectangular piece of leather.
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She presses the leather
Against the cardboard
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With a plastic tool
Called a bone folder.
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Next, she cuts a strip
Of thick paper
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The width of the book spine
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And glues small bands across it.
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Then she glues this
Onto the leather,
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Right next to the cardboard.
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Using the bone folder again,
She presses the leather down.
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After adding a second cardboard
For the back cover,
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She glues
And folds over the edges.
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Then she makes
Two swift incisions
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To remove a triangle of leather.
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This produces perfect corners
Every time.
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Next step -- to embellish
The cover and spine
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With gold-embossed decorations
And lettering.
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She lays down a sheet
Of genuine gold foil
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And hot-stamps the design
Onto the surface.
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After attaching the bound pages
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With leather hinges
That match the cover,
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The book binder applies
The finishing touch --
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Decorative paper
On the inside covers.
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From such traditional styles to
Ultramodern fish-skin bindings,
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It's hard not to judge
These books by their covers.
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Narrator:
Some of the finest tomatoes
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Come not from the field,
But from the greenhouse.
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When cultivating tomatoes
Indoors,
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Producers can strictly control
The growing conditions,
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So greenhouse tomatoes
Are more uniform
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In size, shape, and color
Than field-grown tomatoes.
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Some would argue
That they taste better, too.
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This company
Grows large cluster type
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And smaller
Cocktail-size tomatoes.
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It also produces a kit
Containing tomatoes,
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A pouch of italian spices,
And a bruschetta recipe.
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In this hydroponic greenhouse,
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The tomato plants grow
In a substrate rather than soil.
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The substrate is a block
Of coconut-shell fibers
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That retains and drains water
Very well.
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Greenhouse workers
Mix fertilizer
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Primarily out of powdered iron
And calcium nitrate.
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They dissolve these and
Additional chemicals in water,
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Which they then dilute
And store in tanks.
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Computerized
Fertilizer injectors
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Shoot controlled amounts
Of the solution
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Directly into the
Irrigation-system water supply.
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A new tomato plant
Takes 30 to 55 days to blossom,
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Then another 8 weeks
To produce fully ripened fruit.
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Each plant receives
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Up to one gallon
Of fertilized water per day
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Via an irrigation dripper.
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The irrigation system collects
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Whatever the plant
Doesn't absorb,
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Mixes it with fresh water,
Adjusts the fertilization,
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Then re-feeds it to the plants.
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The task of pollination
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Is left to a resident colony
Of bumblebees.
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The plants grow at an astounding
Rate of 8 to 12 inches per week.
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To train them upright
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So they won't get tangled
With neighboring plants,
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Workers twist each one
Around a nylon cord every week.
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Tomato plants grow to a height
Of more than 36 feet.
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That's taller
Than the greenhouse,
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Which is why, once a week,
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Workers lower the plants
By 8 inches.
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The lowering process also lines
Them up at the same height,
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Which makes harvesting
Much easier.
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The greenhouse temperature
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Is 70 to 77 degrees fahrenheit
During the day
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And 54 to 61 degrees at night.
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Artificial lighting simulates
18-hour stretches of sunshine.
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Thanks to these controlled
Growing conditions,
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Greenhouse tomato plants,
Unlike field plants,
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Are in continuous bloom.
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Every week,
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A new cluster appears at the top
Of each plant,
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While a cluster at the bottom
Is ready for picking.
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In its one-year lifetime,
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A tomato plant yields
Some 200 large tomatoes
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Or 500 cocktail tomatoes.
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As conveyor belts
Move the tomatoes
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Through the packaging area,
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Workers separate the green ones
From the ripe ones.
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Each shipping box
Must contain 11 pounds.
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Workers place the box
On a tray scale
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And clusters of tomatoes
On digital scales above it.
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A computer calculates
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Which combination of clusters
Would total the target weight,
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Then illuminates the light
Under those clusters
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To tell the packer
Which ones to put in the box.
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Once filled, the box is passed
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Through an automated
Labeling machine.
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A camera takes a photo
Of the configuration,
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Then guides an applicator
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To slap a code sticker
On every tomato.
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Besides selling bulk tomatoes
In the bruschetta kit,
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This company packages cocktail
Tomatoes in two formats --
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Loose and still on the vine...
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...Giving greenhouse-tomato
Lovers a few tasty options.
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Narrator:
Hurricane-proof shutters
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Prevent violent winds
And flying debris
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From shattering windows.
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Not only can breaking glass
Cause injury
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And let winds enter
And wreak destruction inside,
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But the difference between
Indoor and outdoor air pressure
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Can cause the roof and walls
To collapse.
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Roll-down shutters
Move vertically...
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Whereas accordion shutters
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Consist of two sections
That move sideways.
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To make the accordion style,
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They cut stacks of blades to the
Height of the customer's window.
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Blades are interlocking
Aluminum strips
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Manufactured for the shutter
Factory by a supplier.
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Workers assemble enough
To build two shutter sections
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That cover the width
Of the window.
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These two sections
Are called vertical stacks.
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They punch holes in the last
Blade of each stack
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For a locking mechanism.
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These two blades
Are called center mates
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Because they overlap
At the center of the window
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And lock together.
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They slide each center mate into
Its respective vertical stack.
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The next step is attaching
Nylon bushings and wheels,
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Which ride in horizontal tracks
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Installed at the top and bottom
Of the window opening.
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Each center mate
Has vertical locking pins.
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Activated by a thumbscrew,
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These pins slide
Through a hole in the track
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To lock the shutter open
Or closed.
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The horizontal slats
Of a roll-down shutter
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Are made of the same material
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As the accordion shutter's
Vertical blades.
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After cutting the slats to the
Width of the customer's window,
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Workers assemble enough
To cover the window's height.
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These slats have a different
Type of interlock
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Than the accordion
Shutter blades,
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But they connect the same way.
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The tongue edge of one blade
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Slides into the groove edge
Of the next.
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Nylon locks prevent the slats
From disconnecting.
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After hammering the locks
Into place,
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They crimp the edge
Of each slat.
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The connected slats
Will later be coiled
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Around a motorized tube inside
The shutter's aluminum housing.
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A technician installs
A ball-bearing assembly
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In one side of that housing...
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Then a safety plate
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To prevent the slat roll
From shifting sideways.
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On the other side, they install
A plate with protruding screws
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To which they mount the motor.
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Next, they install a safety
Plate to prevent the slats
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From catching
On the motor's power cord.
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On each end of the motor,
They fit spacers...
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...Then, over the motor,
A roller tube.
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They insert a connecting shaft,
Which attaches the tube
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To the ball-bearing assembly
On the other side.
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All these steps assemble
A motorized axle
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Around which the roll of slats
Will wrap.
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Once a quality-control check
Ensures
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It operates flawlessly...
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They close off the back of the
Housing with an aluminum cover.
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Working from the front
Of the housing,
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They rivet plastic rings
Along the length of the tube.
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These help muffle the noise
The slats make
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As they roll and unroll.
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Workers rivet slat hangers
To the roller tube.
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They slide the first slat
Onto these hangers.
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Then they slide the slat roll
Onto that first slat.
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The slat edges run
In vertical side rails,
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Which installers mount
In the window opening.
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Now for a last round
Of quality-control testing.
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Workers lift and lower
The shutter in manual mode,
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As well as by remote control.
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When everything works perfectly,
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The shutters are subjected
To one final test
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To ensure
They can handle everything
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That a hurricane can muster.
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Narrator: most hands-on pilot
Training occurs not in the air,
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But on the ground.
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The classroom in which
This instruction takes place
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Is a flight simulator --
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A high-tech replica
Of the aircraft cockpit.
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Through the magic of
Sophisticated computer software,
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The simulator mimics the process
And feel of flying the aircraft.
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The flight simulator can produce
Darkness or daylight,
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Clear or stormy weather,
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Or an emergency
Such as engine failure
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Or a runway tire blowout.
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Simulators are modeled
After specific aircraft,
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Such as a boeing 737.
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The simulator manufacturer
Buys the technical data
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From the aircraft manufacturer
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So it can build a cockpit
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Which is an exact replica
In both look and feel.
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After assembling a steel frame
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And building the instructor's
Station behind the cockpit,
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They mount a sound system
Beneath the cockpit.
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This enables crew communication
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And produces realistic aircraft
And weather sounds.
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A computer-driven
Image generator
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Produces the cockpit view
On a large, spherical mirror
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Made of a thin polyester film.
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A vacuum pump sucks it flat
And wrinkle-free.
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The image reflecting on
The mirror creates the illusion
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Of the infinite view pilots have
In a real aircraft.
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The image generator
Doesn't send the visuals
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Directly to the spherical mirror
Facing the pilots.
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A projector
First shoots the image
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Onto a flat, rectangular mirror
That reflects the image
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Onto a front
Projection screen --
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That round part at the top.
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The image on the projection
Screen then reflects
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In the spherical mirror
In front of the pilots.
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This diagram illustrates
How the image travels.
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Technicians prepare
The cockpit throttles,
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Adjusting the lever tension
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To be identical to that
Of the real aircraft.
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Inside each throttle,
They check the thrust reverser
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That pilots activate
Upon touchdown
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To reverse air flow
And stop the plane.
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Next come the control panels,
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With all the buttons and
Switches to operate everything
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From the engines to the
Air-conditioning to the lights.
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Next, the motion actuators --
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Giant legs
Which move the cockpit.
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They attach to a concrete slab
With jumbo bolts.
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Technicians attach conduits
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Through which electrical cables
And air hoses run
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To the actuators.
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The motion is electropneumatic,
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Meaning that air
Assists the electric motor
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That moves the legs.
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To attach the actuators,
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Technicians activate the brake
Inside each one.
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This enables the leg to stretch
Far enough to reach the base.
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After checking the alignment
With this tool...
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...They insert a pin.
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Then they test the movement
Of the entire apparatus.
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The test pilot runs
The finished flight simulator
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Through different maneuvers
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To ensure it performs perfectly.
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The image generator is run by
Highly sophisticated software.
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It knows the design
Of every airport in the world,
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Enabling the instructor
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To conjure up
Any scenario imaginable...
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Takeoffs, landings, and taxiing
At a specific airport,
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Any weather conditions
Or runway hazards,
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Or any unforeseen events,
Such as a blackout
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That plunges the entire airport
Into darkness.
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Faking it doesn't get
Any more real than this.
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Narrator:
Today's books are mass-produced
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By automated equipment,
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But before the industry
Was mechanized,
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Book pages were hand-bound,
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Their covers
Meticulously hand-crafted
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One at a time
By talented book binders.
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This skilled trade still exists,
But is now a specialty service.
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Book binders are part artist,
Part restorer,
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Because they craft new bindings,
Yet also repair originals.
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Before rebinding a book, the
Book binder has to unbind it.
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She uses a surgical scalpel
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To cut the strands
Of old binding thread.
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This separates the covers and
The sections of assembled paged,
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Called signatures.
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Using a paper cutter,
She trims the components
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Just enough to make their edges
Neat and smooth.
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Then she positions
The signatures in a vice,
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Sandwiched between cardboard
For support.
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She draws lines across what
Will be the spine of the book.
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Then she carefully saws a groove
In each line.
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The groove is just big enough
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To fit a piece
Of hemp binding cord.
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One at a time,
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She reconnects the signatures
On a sewing frame.
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The frame has binding cords
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That correspond to the grooves
She sawed into the signatures.
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She sews a linen thread
Horizontally,
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Looping it around the cords.
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A chain stitch on each end
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Links each signature
To the neighboring one.
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When she's done, she coats
The sewn area with glue.
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She then lays a thin
Cloth backing over the glue,
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Then closes the vice tightly
To round the back
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And form joints into which
The book's covers will fit.
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She perfects the joints
Using a hammer.
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Next, she weaves
The binding's headband
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By wrapping threads
Around support sticks
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In a specific pattern.
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She does this on both the top
And bottom
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Of what will be
The book's spine.
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Next, by folding
And gluing pieces of paper,
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She constructs a tube the exact
Width and length of the spine.
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She glues the tube to the spine.
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Now for the book's front cover.
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She layers pieces of cardboard
To create a design,
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Then glues it onto
A rectangular piece of leather.
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She presses the leather
Against the cardboard
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With a plastic tool
Called a bone folder.
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Next, she cuts a strip
Of thick paper
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The width of the book spine
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And glues small bands across it.
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Then she glues this
Onto the leather,
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Right next to the cardboard.
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Using the bone folder again,
She presses the leather down.
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After adding a second cardboard
For the back cover,
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She glues
And folds over the edges.
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Then she makes
Two swift incisions
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To remove a triangle of leather.
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This produces perfect corners
Every time.
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Next step -- to embellish
The cover and spine
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With gold-embossed decorations
And lettering.
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She lays down a sheet
Of genuine gold foil
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And hot-stamps the design
Onto the surface.
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After attaching the bound pages
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With leather hinges
That match the cover,
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The book binder applies
The finishing touch --
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Decorative paper
On the inside covers.
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From such traditional styles to
Ultramodern fish-skin bindings,
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It's hard not to judge
These books by their covers.
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Narrator:
Some of the finest tomatoes
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Come not from the field,
But from the greenhouse.
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When cultivating tomatoes
Indoors,
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Producers can strictly control
The growing conditions,
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So greenhouse tomatoes
Are more uniform
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In size, shape, and color
Than field-grown tomatoes.
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Some would argue
That they taste better, too.
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This company
Grows large cluster type
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And smaller
Cocktail-size tomatoes.
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It also produces a kit
Containing tomatoes,
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A pouch of italian spices,
And a bruschetta recipe.
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In this hydroponic greenhouse,
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The tomato plants grow
In a substrate rather than soil.
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The substrate is a block
Of coconut-shell fibers
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That retains and drains water
Very well.
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Greenhouse workers
Mix fertilizer
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Primarily out of powdered iron
And calcium nitrate.
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They dissolve these and
Additional chemicals in water,
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Which they then dilute
And store in tanks.
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Computerized
Fertilizer injectors
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Shoot controlled amounts
Of the solution
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Directly into the
Irrigation-system water supply.
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A new tomato plant
Takes 30 to 55 days to blossom,
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Then another 8 weeks
To produce fully ripened fruit.
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Each plant receives
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Up to one gallon
Of fertilized water per day
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Via an irrigation dripper.
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The irrigation system collects
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Whatever the plant
Doesn't absorb,
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Mixes it with fresh water,
Adjusts the fertilization,
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Then re-feeds it to the plants.
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The task of pollination
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Is left to a resident colony
Of bumblebees.
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The plants grow at an astounding
Rate of 8 to 12 inches per week.
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To train them upright
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So they won't get tangled
With neighboring plants,
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Workers twist each one
Around a nylon cord every week.
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Tomato plants grow to a height
Of more than 36 feet.
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That's taller
Than the greenhouse,
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Which is why, once a week,
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Workers lower the plants
By 8 inches.
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The lowering process also lines
Them up at the same height,
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Which makes harvesting
Much easier.
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The greenhouse temperature
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Is 70 to 77 degrees fahrenheit
During the day
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And 54 to 61 degrees at night.
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Artificial lighting simulates
18-hour stretches of sunshine.
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Thanks to these controlled
Growing conditions,
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Greenhouse tomato plants,
Unlike field plants,
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Are in continuous bloom.
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Every week,
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A new cluster appears at the top
Of each plant,
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While a cluster at the bottom
Is ready for picking.
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In its one-year lifetime,
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A tomato plant yields
Some 200 large tomatoes
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Or 500 cocktail tomatoes.
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As conveyor belts
Move the tomatoes
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Through the packaging area,
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Workers separate the green ones
From the ripe ones.
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Each shipping box
Must contain 11 pounds.
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Workers place the box
On a tray scale
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And clusters of tomatoes
On digital scales above it.
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A computer calculates
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Which combination of clusters
Would total the target weight,
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Then illuminates the light
Under those clusters
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To tell the packer
Which ones to put in the box.
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Once filled, the box is passed
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Through an automated
Labeling machine.
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A camera takes a photo
Of the configuration,
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Then guides an applicator
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To slap a code sticker
On every tomato.
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Besides selling bulk tomatoes
In the bruschetta kit,
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This company packages cocktail
Tomatoes in two formats --
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Loose and still on the vine...
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...Giving greenhouse-tomato
Lovers a few tasty options.
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Narrator:
Hurricane-proof shutters
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Prevent violent winds
And flying debris
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From shattering windows.
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Not only can breaking glass
Cause injury
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And let winds enter
And wreak destruction inside,
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But the difference between
Indoor and outdoor air pressure
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Can cause the roof and walls
To collapse.
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Roll-down shutters
Move vertically...
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Whereas accordion shutters
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Consist of two sections
That move sideways.
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To make the accordion style,
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They cut stacks of blades to the
Height of the customer's window.
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Blades are interlocking
Aluminum strips
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Manufactured for the shutter
Factory by a supplier.
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Workers assemble enough
To build two shutter sections
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That cover the width
Of the window.
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These two sections
Are called vertical stacks.
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They punch holes in the last
Blade of each stack
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For a locking mechanism.
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These two blades
Are called center mates
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Because they overlap
At the center of the window
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And lock together.
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They slide each center mate into
Its respective vertical stack.
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The next step is attaching
Nylon bushings and wheels,
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Which ride in horizontal tracks
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Installed at the top and bottom
Of the window opening.
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Each center mate
Has vertical locking pins.
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Activated by a thumbscrew,
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These pins slide
Through a hole in the track
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To lock the shutter open
Or closed.
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The horizontal slats
Of a roll-down shutter
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Are made of the same material
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As the accordion shutter's
Vertical blades.
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After cutting the slats to the
Width of the customer's window,
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Workers assemble enough
To cover the window's height.
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These slats have a different
Type of interlock
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Than the accordion
Shutter blades,
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But they connect the same way.
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The tongue edge of one blade
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Slides into the groove edge
Of the next.
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Nylon locks prevent the slats
From disconnecting.
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After hammering the locks
Into place,
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They crimp the edge
Of each slat.
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The connected slats
Will later be coiled
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Around a motorized tube inside
The shutter's aluminum housing.
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A technician installs
A ball-bearing assembly
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In one side of that housing...
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Then a safety plate
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To prevent the slat roll
From shifting sideways.
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On the other side, they install
A plate with protruding screws
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To which they mount the motor.
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Next, they install a safety
Plate to prevent the slats
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From catching
On the motor's power cord.
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On each end of the motor,
They fit spacers...
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...Then, over the motor,
A roller tube.
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They insert a connecting shaft,
Which attaches the tube
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To the ball-bearing assembly
On the other side.
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All these steps assemble
A motorized axle
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Around which the roll of slats
Will wrap.
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Once a quality-control check
Ensures
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It operates flawlessly...
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They close off the back of the
Housing with an aluminum cover.
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Working from the front
Of the housing,
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They rivet plastic rings
Along the length of the tube.
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These help muffle the noise
The slats make
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As they roll and unroll.
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Workers rivet slat hangers
To the roller tube.
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They slide the first slat
Onto these hangers.
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Then they slide the slat roll
Onto that first slat.
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The slat edges run
In vertical side rails,
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Which installers mount
In the window opening.
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Now for a last round
Of quality-control testing.
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Workers lift and lower
The shutter in manual mode,
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As well as by remote control.
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When everything works perfectly,
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The shutters are subjected
To one final test
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To ensure
They can handle everything
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That a hurricane can muster.
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