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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,620 --> 00:00:04,517 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 2 00:00:04,620 --> 00:00:07,620 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 3 00:00:53,482 --> 00:00:56,172 Narrator: THE DECK OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE 4 00:00:56,275 --> 00:00:59,517 IS TYPICALLY BUILT OF WOOD-TIMBERS CALLED BRIDGE TIES. 5 00:00:59,620 --> 00:01:01,896 THEY'RE BOLTED TO STEEL SUPPORT BEAMS 6 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,620 LOCATED ON CONCRETE PIERS OVER THE WATER OR GULLY BELOW. 7 00:01:05,724 --> 00:01:07,517 THE RAILS ON WHICH THE TRAIN TRAVELS 8 00:01:07,620 --> 00:01:09,379 ARE BOLTED TO THE WOODEN TIES. 9 00:01:09,482 --> 00:01:11,448 WOOD ABSORBS THE NOISE AND VIBRATION 10 00:01:11,551 --> 00:01:13,068 OF THE PASSING TRAIN. 11 00:01:16,068 --> 00:01:17,965 THE LOAD THE RAILWAY BRIDGE WILL CARRY 12 00:01:18,068 --> 00:01:20,172 DETERMINES THE SIZE OF ITS TIES. 13 00:01:20,275 --> 00:01:21,896 TO CALCULATE THE LOAD, 14 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,551 ENGINEERS FACTOR IN THE NUMBER OF TRACKS, 15 00:01:24,655 --> 00:01:28,275 VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, WEIGHT OF THE TRANSPORTED CARGO, 16 00:01:28,379 --> 00:01:32,103 AND WHETHER THE BRIDGE IS STRAIGHT OR CURVED. 17 00:01:32,206 --> 00:01:36,034 A CURVE WILL PUT ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THE STRUCTURE. 18 00:01:36,137 --> 00:01:40,482 THE WOOD OF CHOICE IS OAK BECAUSE IT'S HARD AND STRONG. 19 00:01:40,586 --> 00:01:42,448 WHEN THE LOGS ARRIVE AT THE SAWMILL, 20 00:01:42,551 --> 00:01:45,137 THEY COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH A MENACING-LOOKING DEVICE 21 00:01:45,241 --> 00:01:47,068 CALLED A DEBARKER. 22 00:01:48,689 --> 00:01:52,379 A CONVEYOR MOVES THE SHIPMENT TOWARD THE DEBARKER, 23 00:01:52,482 --> 00:01:56,965 THEN DROPS A SINGLE LOG IN FRONT OF IT ONTO SPINNING ROLLERS. 24 00:01:58,758 --> 00:02:01,758 THE ROLLERS ROTATE THE LOG, 25 00:02:01,862 --> 00:02:05,137 WHILE THE DEBARKER MAKES ITS WAY FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. 26 00:02:05,241 --> 00:02:09,206 IT CHEWS OFF THE BARK WITH ITS SHARP-TOOTHED BLADES. 27 00:02:11,689 --> 00:02:14,931 WHAT THE DEBARKER SHAVES OFF IS PUT TO GOOD USE. 28 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:17,965 THE BARK GETS PROCESSED INTO GARDENING MULCH 29 00:02:18,068 --> 00:02:20,758 AND THEY BURN THE SAWDUST IN THE WOOD-FIRED BOILER 30 00:02:20,862 --> 00:02:22,896 THAT RUNS ANOTHER PART OF THE PLANT. 31 00:02:25,620 --> 00:02:28,931 NEXT, ONE LOG AT A TIME DROPS INTO A MOBILE CARRIAGE 32 00:02:29,034 --> 00:02:31,931 THAT RUNS IT THROUGH A CIRCULAR SAW. 33 00:02:32,034 --> 00:02:33,275 THE CARRIAGE HAS SENSORS 34 00:02:33,379 --> 00:02:35,620 WHICH DETECT THE LOG'S EXTREMITIES 35 00:02:35,724 --> 00:02:36,931 AND REPORT ITS DIMENSIONS 36 00:02:37,034 --> 00:02:40,586 TO A CONSOLE LOCATED IN THE OPERATOR'S CAB. 37 00:02:40,689 --> 00:02:43,000 THE OPERATOR INTERPRETS THE DATA. 38 00:02:43,103 --> 00:02:44,758 USING A JOYSTICK CONTROLLER, 39 00:02:44,862 --> 00:02:47,034 HE FLIPS THE LOG INTO WHICHEVER POSITION 40 00:02:47,137 --> 00:02:49,000 MAXIMIZES THE YIELD. 41 00:02:51,482 --> 00:02:52,724 THE FIRST FEW RUNS 42 00:02:52,827 --> 00:02:56,482 TRIM OFF THE ROUGH SURFACE AND SQUARE THE SHAPE. 43 00:02:56,586 --> 00:02:58,448 THE NEXT RUNS CUT BOARDS, 44 00:02:58,551 --> 00:03:01,344 WHICH THE SAWMILL SELLS TO FLOORING PLANTS. 45 00:03:01,448 --> 00:03:04,482 THIS CONTINUES UNTIL THE LOG IS THE EXACT DIMENSIONS 46 00:03:04,586 --> 00:03:07,034 OF THE BRIDGE TIE. 47 00:03:07,137 --> 00:03:09,620 AGAIN, NOTHING IS WASTED. 48 00:03:09,724 --> 00:03:12,896 THE SAWMILL PROCESSES THE CUTOFFS INTO WOOD CHIPS, 49 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,896 WHICH IT THEN SELLS TO COMPANIES THAT MAKE PARTICLE BOARD, 50 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,758 STRAND BOARD, AND SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. 51 00:03:21,827 --> 00:03:23,517 THE SAWMILL STACKS THE TIES 52 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:26,000 FOR TRANSFER TO THE BRIDGE MILL NEXT DOOR. 53 00:03:26,103 --> 00:03:29,482 THE ROLE OF THE BRIDGE MILL IS TO FRAME THE BRIDGE, 54 00:03:29,586 --> 00:03:31,793 ALSO KNOWN AS DAPPING. 55 00:03:31,896 --> 00:03:34,827 THAT'S THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE SPECIFIC HOLES 56 00:03:34,931 --> 00:03:36,379 AND NOTCHES IN EACH TIE 57 00:03:36,482 --> 00:03:40,000 FOR ATTACHING IT TO THE STEEL BEAM ON WHICH IT WILL SIT. 58 00:03:42,655 --> 00:03:44,068 AT THE BRIDGE MILL, 59 00:03:44,172 --> 00:03:48,275 THE BRIDGE LAYOUT SUPERVISOR PROCESSES ONE TIE AT A TIME. 60 00:03:48,379 --> 00:03:51,000 HE CAREFULLY REVIEWS THE ENGINEER'S BLUEPRINTS, 61 00:03:51,103 --> 00:03:53,793 WHICH ASSIGN A NUMBER TO EACH AND EVERY TIE. 62 00:03:53,896 --> 00:03:58,413 THESE NUMBERS SPECIFY PRECISELY WHERE THE SAW HAS TO CUT NOTCHES 63 00:03:58,517 --> 00:04:01,344 AND WHERE THE DRILL HAS TO BORE HOLES. 64 00:04:01,448 --> 00:04:03,517 THE LOCATIONS OF THESE NOTCHES AND HOLES VARY, 65 00:04:03,620 --> 00:04:06,068 DEPENDING ON THE TIE'S POSITION ON THE BRIDGE. 66 00:04:06,172 --> 00:04:09,482 SO, HE MUST FOLLOW THE BLUEPRINTS METICULOUSLY. 67 00:04:11,689 --> 00:04:13,896 AFTER MEASURING AND MARKING IT ALL OUT, 68 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,551 HE SENDS THE TIE TO THE DAP SAW. 69 00:04:17,655 --> 00:04:19,379 THE OPERATOR SETS UP EACH CUT, 70 00:04:19,482 --> 00:04:21,206 LINING UP THE MARK WITH LASER-LIGHTS, 71 00:04:21,310 --> 00:04:23,413 WHICH INDICATE THE LOCATION AND THE CUTTING DEPTH 72 00:04:23,517 --> 00:04:24,965 OF THE BLADE. 73 00:04:38,827 --> 00:04:42,068 THE NOTCHES ARE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE TO FIT OVER THE STEEL BEAM 74 00:04:42,172 --> 00:04:44,206 ON WHICH THE TIE WILL LIE. 75 00:04:45,827 --> 00:04:48,448 NEXT, A WORKER USING A DRILL PRESS 76 00:04:48,551 --> 00:04:51,172 BORES HOLES FOR HOOK BOLTS, WHICH GO THROUGH THE TIE 77 00:04:51,275 --> 00:04:53,896 TO SECURE IT ONTO THE STEEL BEAMS. 78 00:04:55,862 --> 00:04:59,137 EACH TIE RECEIVES A METAL IDENTIFICATION TAG, 79 00:04:59,241 --> 00:05:03,551 WHICH INCLUDES THE BRIDGE AND TIE NUMBERS. 80 00:05:03,655 --> 00:05:06,586 ON EACH END, WORKERS NAIL ON A MESH PLATE, 81 00:05:06,689 --> 00:05:09,586 MADE OF RUST-PROOF GALVANIZED STEEL. 82 00:05:09,689 --> 00:05:12,517 THE PLATE HAS TEETH DESIGNED TO GRASP AND HOLD TOGETHER 83 00:05:12,620 --> 00:05:16,448 THE WOOD FIBER TO PREVENT THE END FROM SPLITTING. 84 00:05:16,551 --> 00:05:19,655 AFTER NAILING THE ID TAG TO ONE OF THE END PLATES, 85 00:05:19,758 --> 00:05:23,068 WORKERS FORCE IN BOTH PLATES WITH A PRESS. 86 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:31,689 THE TIE'S LAST STOP IS THE ADJACENT TREATMENT PLANT. 87 00:05:31,793 --> 00:05:34,620 THEY SPEND 24 HOURS INSIDE A HIGH-TEMPERATURE, 88 00:05:34,724 --> 00:05:36,103 HIGH-PRESSURE CHAMBER 89 00:05:36,206 --> 00:05:40,000 WHICH PENETRATES THEM WITH A CREOSOTE-BORATE SOLUTION. 90 00:05:40,103 --> 00:05:43,103 THIS PROTECTS THE WOOD FROM ROT AND INSECT DAMAGE 91 00:05:43,206 --> 00:05:44,965 AND EXTENDS THE TIE'S LIFE-SPAN 92 00:05:45,068 --> 00:05:49,551 FROM ABOUT A DECADE TO AT LEAST 25 YEARS. 93 00:06:02,448 --> 00:06:03,551 Narrator: WHEN FILTERING LIQUIDS, 94 00:06:03,655 --> 00:06:05,344 IT'S ALL ABOUT THINKING SMALL. 95 00:06:05,448 --> 00:06:09,310 MEMBRANE FILTERS CAN SEPARATE THE TINIEST SOLIDS FROM FLUIDS, 96 00:06:09,413 --> 00:06:12,827 WHICH PURIFIES THE LIQUIDS AND RECOVERS THE SOLIDS. 97 00:06:12,931 --> 00:06:15,137 ONCE SEPARATED, THE TWO SUBSTANCES 98 00:06:15,241 --> 00:06:19,448 MAY THEN BE REUSED SO THAT NOTHING GOES TO WASTE. 99 00:06:23,724 --> 00:06:28,724 MEMBRANE FILTERS CAN TURN MURKY WATER CLEAR, ALMOST MAGICALLY. 100 00:06:30,758 --> 00:06:34,241 TO DEMONSTRATE, A TECHNICIAN INSTALLS A SPIRAL-WOUND MEMBRANE 101 00:06:34,344 --> 00:06:36,517 IN THE HOUSING OF A PUMPING SYSTEM, 102 00:06:36,620 --> 00:06:37,965 WHICH IS A SMALL-SCALE VERSION 103 00:06:38,068 --> 00:06:41,551 OF WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A FACTORY. 104 00:06:41,655 --> 00:06:45,413 SHE TURNS ON THE TAP, AND WATER FLOWS INTO A TANK. 105 00:06:45,517 --> 00:06:49,172 SHE ADDS LATEX PAINT TO PURPOSELY SULLY THE WATER. 106 00:06:51,586 --> 00:06:53,655 THE SYSTEM PUMPS THE CONTAMINATED WATER 107 00:06:53,758 --> 00:06:55,172 THROUGH A STRAINER 108 00:06:55,275 --> 00:07:00,379 AND THEN THE MEMBRANE FILTER WHILE METERS MEASURE THE FLOW. 109 00:07:00,482 --> 00:07:03,034 WITHIN MINUTES, THE PAINT HAS BEEN FILTERED OUT, 110 00:07:03,137 --> 00:07:05,275 AND THE WATER IS CLEAR. 111 00:07:06,655 --> 00:07:11,241 THE MAKING OF A MEMBRANE FILTER BEGINS WITH POLYPROPYLENE MESH. 112 00:07:14,724 --> 00:07:18,965 AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM UNWINDS THE MESH AND CUTS IT TO LENGTH. 113 00:07:19,068 --> 00:07:22,586 THESE MESH SHEETS WILL BE USED AS SPACERS. 114 00:07:23,827 --> 00:07:25,931 THEY'LL CREATE GAPS FOR THE LIQUID 115 00:07:26,034 --> 00:07:29,000 TO FLOW THROUGH THE FILTER AND OVER THE MEMBRANE. 116 00:07:30,034 --> 00:07:33,275 NEXT, THE SYSTEM CUTS SHEETS OF POLYESTER FABRIC. 117 00:07:33,379 --> 00:07:34,827 THESE WILL FORM CHANNELS 118 00:07:34,931 --> 00:07:37,793 THROUGH WHICH THE FILTERED MATERIAL WILL TRAVEL. 119 00:07:37,896 --> 00:07:41,586 THESE SHEETS ARE KNOWN AS PERMEATE SPACERS. 120 00:07:41,689 --> 00:07:45,655 AN EMPLOYEE STACKS THE POLYESTER FABRIC SHEETS. 121 00:07:45,758 --> 00:07:47,896 USING HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES, 122 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,655 SHE WELDS ONE SHEET TO THE NEXT AT JUST ONE END. 123 00:07:54,620 --> 00:07:58,103 SHE LAYERS AND WELDS A TOTAL OF 15 SHEETS, 124 00:07:58,206 --> 00:08:00,137 AND THEN APPLIES DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE. 125 00:08:00,241 --> 00:08:03,413 THE TAPE IS FOR ATTACHING THE PACKET TO A CENTRAL TUBE, 126 00:08:03,517 --> 00:08:07,379 AND IT WILL ALSO SERVE AS A GUIDE TO CORRECTLY ALIGN IT. 127 00:08:10,758 --> 00:08:14,482 NEXT, THE MEMBRANE SOUP FLOWS INTO A LONG TROUGH. 128 00:08:14,586 --> 00:08:18,827 IT'S A MIX OF MELTED PLASTICS AND SOLVENTS. 129 00:08:18,931 --> 00:08:21,862 PAPER BACKING UNWINDS INTO THE TROUGH 130 00:08:21,965 --> 00:08:25,620 AND IS COATED WITH THE SOUP ON ONE SIDE. 131 00:08:25,724 --> 00:08:28,758 THE COATED PAPER THEN TRAVELS THROUGH TWO QUENCH TANKS, 132 00:08:28,862 --> 00:08:31,344 AND THE PLASTIC COMPONENTS SOLIDIFY 133 00:08:31,448 --> 00:08:33,689 AS THE SOLVENTS ARE DRAWN OUT. 134 00:08:33,793 --> 00:08:36,689 THE EXITING SOLVENTS CREATE A UNIQUE CORE STRUCTURE 135 00:08:36,793 --> 00:08:39,896 IN THE REMAINING WHITE PLASTIC MEMBRANE. 136 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,620 THE MEMBRANE NOW TRAVELS BY A LIGHT BOX, 137 00:08:42,724 --> 00:08:46,000 WHICH ILLUMINATES ANY VISUAL DEFECTS. 138 00:08:46,103 --> 00:08:50,551 AN APPLICATOR ALSO DRIPS A PRESERVATIVE ONTO THE MEMBRANE. 139 00:08:50,655 --> 00:08:54,310 A TEAM UNROLLS THE MEMBRANE ONTO A WORK TABLE. 140 00:08:56,620 --> 00:08:58,965 THEY LAY A SHEET OF THE POLYPROPYLENE MESH, 141 00:08:59,068 --> 00:09:02,862 WHICH WE SAW CUT TO SIZE EARLIER, ON THE MEMBRANE. 142 00:09:05,551 --> 00:09:07,862 THE EMPLOYEE THEN CUTS THE MEMBRANE 143 00:09:07,965 --> 00:09:10,586 TO TWICE THE LENGTH OF THE MESH. 144 00:09:10,689 --> 00:09:12,551 THEY FOLD THE MEMBRANE OVER THE MESH, 145 00:09:12,655 --> 00:09:14,931 CREATING A MEMBRANE ENVELOPE. 146 00:09:15,034 --> 00:09:17,000 THE MESH SERVES AS A PATHWAY FOR FLUID 147 00:09:17,103 --> 00:09:19,655 TO FLOW BETWEEN THE MEMBRANES. 148 00:09:22,724 --> 00:09:24,206 MEANWHILE, ANOTHER WORKER 149 00:09:24,310 --> 00:09:27,896 APPLIES EPOXY TO PERFORATED PLASTIC TUBE. 150 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,206 HE ATTACHES THE PERMEATE SPACERS TO IT 151 00:09:30,310 --> 00:09:31,793 WITH THE DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE, 152 00:09:31,896 --> 00:09:35,724 GIVING THE EPOXY TIME TO CURE FOR A PERMANENT SEAL. 153 00:09:37,586 --> 00:09:39,758 HE AND A COLLEAGUE APPLY MORE EPOXY 154 00:09:39,862 --> 00:09:43,103 TO THE PERIMETER OF THE BOTTOM SHEET. 155 00:09:43,206 --> 00:09:45,068 THEY TRANSFER THE MEMBRANE ENVELOPE TO IT 156 00:09:45,172 --> 00:09:46,896 AND CONTINUE TO LAYER, 157 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,034 MAKING A PERMEATE FABRIC AND MEMBRANE SANDWICH. 158 00:09:53,655 --> 00:09:55,965 THE WORKER THEN WINDS THE GLUED LAYERS SNUGGLY 159 00:09:56,068 --> 00:09:58,103 TO A PERFORATED PLASTIC CORE, 160 00:09:58,206 --> 00:10:00,931 FORMING THE SPIRAL MEMBRANE FILTER. 161 00:10:02,724 --> 00:10:06,344 HE TAPES THE MULTI-LAYERED WAD FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. 162 00:10:06,448 --> 00:10:08,517 THE TAPE HOLDS EVERYTHING TIGHTLY IN PLACE 163 00:10:08,620 --> 00:10:11,241 AS THE EPOXY CURES OVERNIGHT. 164 00:10:12,758 --> 00:10:15,034 THEY LEAVE THE TAPE ON AFTER THE CURE, 165 00:10:15,137 --> 00:10:17,862 AND A MACHINE WINDS EPOXY-DRENCHED FIBERGLASS ROPE 166 00:10:17,965 --> 00:10:20,000 AROUND THE ENTIRE FILTER. 167 00:10:20,103 --> 00:10:23,068 AS THE EPOXY CURES, 168 00:10:23,172 --> 00:10:27,724 THE ROPE WILL FORM A HARD SHELL AROUND THE MEMBRANE FILTER. 169 00:10:27,827 --> 00:10:29,206 PARTWAY THROUGH, 170 00:10:29,310 --> 00:10:31,862 THEY APPLY THE LABEL WITH A COMPANY NAME. 171 00:10:35,206 --> 00:10:40,551 THE OPERATOR CAPTURES THE GLUE RUNOFF DURING THE WIND. 172 00:10:40,655 --> 00:10:43,517 AND IT'S A WRAP, SO HE CUTS THE ROPE. 173 00:10:45,758 --> 00:10:47,655 FROM THE SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE FLOW CHANNELS 174 00:10:47,758 --> 00:10:49,758 BETWEEN THE LAYERS. 175 00:10:49,862 --> 00:10:53,517 CONCENTRATED CONTAMINANTS WILL TRAVEL THROUGH THEM AND OUT. 176 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:57,000 THE FILTERED LIQUID WILL SEEP INTO THE CORE AND EXIT, 177 00:10:57,103 --> 00:10:59,275 CLEARLY IMPROVED. 178 00:11:11,172 --> 00:11:12,689 Narrator: THE INVENTION OF THE HYDRAULIC POST DRIVER 179 00:11:12,793 --> 00:11:14,310 IN THE 1960s 180 00:11:14,413 --> 00:11:17,241 ALLOWED WORKERS TO DROP THEIR SHOVELS AND SLEDGEHAMMERS 181 00:11:17,344 --> 00:11:20,344 AND LET A MACHINE DO THE JOB OF POUNDING FENCE AND SIGN POSTS 182 00:11:20,448 --> 00:11:21,827 INTO THE GROUND. 183 00:11:21,931 --> 00:11:24,413 WHEN IT COMES TO LABOR-SAVING INVENTIONS, 184 00:11:24,517 --> 00:11:27,827 THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY A STRIKING EXAMPLE. 185 00:11:31,413 --> 00:11:33,241 THE POST DRIVER 186 00:11:33,344 --> 00:11:36,965 RAISES HEFTY FENCE OR SIGN POSTS INTO POSITION, 187 00:11:37,068 --> 00:11:40,413 AND THEN SLAMS THEM INTO THE GROUND. 188 00:11:43,862 --> 00:11:47,448 INSIDE A VERTICAL CASE, A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM 189 00:11:47,551 --> 00:11:50,172 DROPS A 300-POUND WEIGHT TO DRIVE THE POST, 190 00:11:50,275 --> 00:11:52,206 AND THEN LIFTS IT FOR ANOTHER HIT. 191 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,241 THIS MACHINE DOES THE WORK OF TWO OR MORE BRAWNY HUMANS 192 00:11:59,344 --> 00:12:03,379 WITH JUST ONE PERSON AT THE CONTROLS. 193 00:12:03,482 --> 00:12:06,827 TO MAKE IT, THEY START WITH A VERTICAL CASE FOR THE WEIGHT. 194 00:12:06,931 --> 00:12:08,862 A HIGH-PRECISION PLASMA TORCH 195 00:12:08,965 --> 00:12:11,206 CUTS STEEL INTO A RECTANGULAR SHAPE 196 00:12:11,310 --> 00:12:13,724 AND MAKES HOLES FOR COMPONENTS. 197 00:12:15,103 --> 00:12:19,034 THEY INSERT THE RECTANGLE INTO A BREAK-PRESS REPEATEDLY 198 00:12:19,137 --> 00:12:21,379 TO BEND IT INTO A THREE-SIDED PART. 199 00:12:21,482 --> 00:12:23,517 THE PROFILE INCLUDES FLANGES 200 00:12:23,620 --> 00:12:27,103 FOR WELDING IT TO THE BACK WALL OF THE CASE. 201 00:12:29,068 --> 00:12:31,000 HE FITS THE PART TO THE BACK WALL 202 00:12:31,103 --> 00:12:34,965 AND WELDS THEM TOGETHER, COMPLETING THE POST DRIVER CASE. 203 00:12:38,896 --> 00:12:41,758 AN EMPLOYEE BUILDS THE POST DRIVER WEIGHT 204 00:12:41,862 --> 00:12:43,965 WORKING WITHIN A WELD FIXTURE. 205 00:12:45,758 --> 00:12:49,965 IT'S A BOX-SHAPED WEIGHT, AND HE WELDS IT AT THE SEAMS. 206 00:12:51,896 --> 00:12:53,931 HE TAPS THE CORNERS BETWEEN THE WELDS 207 00:12:54,034 --> 00:12:56,827 TO MAINTAIN A TIGHT CONFIGURATION. 208 00:12:58,034 --> 00:13:02,000 THIS 300-POUND WEIGHT CAN LATER BE FILLED WITH STEEL SHOT 209 00:13:02,103 --> 00:13:06,068 TO MAKE IT EVEN HEAVIER FOR GREATER IMPACT. 210 00:13:06,172 --> 00:13:09,344 THE NEXT WORKER ASSEMBLES YELLOW STEEL JAWS TO A HUB 211 00:13:09,448 --> 00:13:11,448 TO PRODUCE THE GRAPPLE. 212 00:13:11,551 --> 00:13:14,379 THIS IS THE PART THAT GRIPS THE FENCE POST 213 00:13:14,482 --> 00:13:16,413 AND RAISES IT INTO POSITION. 214 00:13:19,068 --> 00:13:21,448 HE STICKS A DANGER LABEL ONTO THE HUB 215 00:13:21,551 --> 00:13:25,275 TO WARN PEOPLE TO STAY CLEAR OF THESE POWERFUL JAWS. 216 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,241 HE ATTACHES A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER, 217 00:13:29,344 --> 00:13:32,551 WHICH WILL MAKE THE JAWS OPEN AND CLOSE. 218 00:13:34,068 --> 00:13:37,344 HE CONNECTS THE CYLINDER TO THE GRAPPLE JAW. 219 00:13:40,034 --> 00:13:41,793 NEXT, THEY MOVE ON TO THE METAL PLATE 220 00:13:41,896 --> 00:13:44,724 THAT WILL BE USED TO MOUNT THE POST DRIVER TO A VEHICLE, 221 00:13:44,827 --> 00:13:47,551 LIKE A SKID-STEER LOADER. 222 00:13:47,655 --> 00:13:49,586 IT INCLUDES A HYDRAULIC MECHANISM 223 00:13:49,689 --> 00:13:52,413 FOR TILTING THE FENCE POST LEFT OR RIGHT. 224 00:13:56,103 --> 00:13:59,068 THE EMPLOYEE INSTALLS A CONTROL VALVE NEXT TO THE CYLINDER 225 00:13:59,172 --> 00:14:02,620 AND LINKS THE TWO WITH HOSES. 226 00:14:02,724 --> 00:14:04,034 HE'LL ALSO CONNECT THE GRAPPLE 227 00:14:04,137 --> 00:14:06,689 AND WEIGHT HYDRAULICS TO THIS VALVE. 228 00:14:14,413 --> 00:14:17,586 BACK TO THE POST DRIVER CASE NOW -- IT'S BEEN PAINTED, 229 00:14:17,689 --> 00:14:20,206 AND THEY'RE READY TO INSTALL THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR. 230 00:14:20,310 --> 00:14:22,793 THE WORKER CONNECTS IT TO THE SPROCKETS AND CHAINS 231 00:14:22,896 --> 00:14:25,034 THAT WILL LIFT THE WEIGHT. 232 00:14:25,137 --> 00:14:26,862 HE PINS THE SPROCKETS INTO PLACE 233 00:14:26,965 --> 00:14:30,827 AND INSTALLS TENSIONING RODS ON EITHER SIDE. 234 00:14:33,482 --> 00:14:36,896 NEXT, A COVER PLATE PROTECTS THE SPROCKETS. 235 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,965 THE TENSIONING RODS PROTRUDE THROUGH IT. 236 00:14:41,103 --> 00:14:44,793 HE SLIDES SPRINGS ONTO THOSE TENSIONING RODS 237 00:14:44,896 --> 00:14:48,000 AND COMPRESSES THE SPRINGS TO MAINTAIN THE TENSION. 238 00:14:51,068 --> 00:14:54,896 HE NOW ATTACHES THE GRAPPLE TO THE POST DRIVER CASE. 239 00:14:57,241 --> 00:14:59,896 HE LOCKS IT INTO PLACE WITH A LONG PIN. 240 00:15:04,965 --> 00:15:08,068 HE LINKS THE GRAPPLE HYDRAULICS TO THE CONTROL VALVE. 241 00:15:08,172 --> 00:15:10,344 AND IT'S READY TO GRAB BIG FENCE POSTS 242 00:15:10,448 --> 00:15:12,758 AND HOLD ON TIGHT. 243 00:15:16,172 --> 00:15:21,068 THEY ATTACH THE METAL MOUNTING PLATE TO THE POST DRIVER CASE. 244 00:15:21,172 --> 00:15:23,724 THE WORK TABLE TILTS BACK TO MOVE THE POST DRIVER 245 00:15:23,827 --> 00:15:26,068 INTO AN UPRIGHT POSITION. 246 00:15:28,137 --> 00:15:29,482 WITH THE HELP OF A CRANE, 247 00:15:29,586 --> 00:15:32,275 THE NEXT WORKER MOVES THE WEIGHT INTO POSITION 248 00:15:32,379 --> 00:15:34,758 AND LOWERS IT INTO THE CASE. 249 00:15:42,379 --> 00:15:44,034 HE SLIDES A PIN INTO THE TOP END 250 00:15:44,137 --> 00:15:45,793 TO KEEP THE WEIGHT FROM FALLING OUT 251 00:15:45,896 --> 00:15:48,413 WHEN THE POST DRIVER IS ON AN ANGLE. 252 00:15:53,655 --> 00:15:55,206 ONE DAY IN THE MAKING, 253 00:15:55,310 --> 00:15:59,620 THIS HYDRAULIC POST DRIVER IS READY FOR YEARS OF HEAVY LABOR, 254 00:15:59,724 --> 00:16:05,000 TAKING OVER FOR HUMANS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE A MUSCLE. 255 00:16:17,827 --> 00:16:19,620 Narrator: A BIPLANE IS A VINTAGE-STYLE AIRCRAFT 256 00:16:19,724 --> 00:16:22,758 WITH TWO PAIRS OF WINGS SITTING ONE ABOVE THE OTHER. 257 00:16:22,862 --> 00:16:26,034 THE TOP WINGS ARE TYPICALLY RAISED ABOVE THE FUSELAGE 258 00:16:26,137 --> 00:16:29,275 WITH VERTICAL STRUTS BRACING THEM TO THE BOTTOM WINGS. 259 00:16:29,379 --> 00:16:32,172 DATING BACK TO THE EARLIEST DAYS OF AVIATION, 260 00:16:32,275 --> 00:16:35,931 THEY'RE STILL POPULAR FOR PERFORMING AEROBATICS. 261 00:16:36,034 --> 00:16:39,413 A BIPLANE'S LOWER WINGS HAVE AILERONS, 262 00:16:39,517 --> 00:16:42,793 WHICH BANK THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. 263 00:16:42,896 --> 00:16:44,068 ON THE PLANE'S TAIL, 264 00:16:44,172 --> 00:16:47,275 ELEVATORS PITCH THE PLANE'S NOSE UP OR DOWN 265 00:16:47,379 --> 00:16:50,068 WHILE A RUDDER STEERS IT LEFT OR RIGHT. 266 00:16:50,172 --> 00:16:53,448 A PROPELLER PROVIDES THE PROPULSION. 267 00:16:53,551 --> 00:16:56,551 THE PLANE HAS FOUR WINGS. 268 00:16:56,655 --> 00:16:58,758 EACH WING HAS TWO SPARS, 269 00:16:58,862 --> 00:17:00,965 WOODEN BEAMS AT THE FRONT AND REAR, 270 00:17:01,068 --> 00:17:03,034 WHICH FORM THE PERIMETER STRUCTURE. 271 00:17:03,137 --> 00:17:07,862 A CRAFTSMAN SKILLFULLY FASHIONS THESE SPARS OUT OF SITKA SPRUCE. 272 00:17:07,965 --> 00:17:11,482 THIS WOOD IS EXCEEDINGLY LIGHT, YET EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG, 273 00:17:11,586 --> 00:17:13,344 MAKING IT ONE OF ONLY A FEW WOODS 274 00:17:13,448 --> 00:17:17,551 APPROVED FOR STRUCTURAL USE IN AIRPLANES. 275 00:17:17,655 --> 00:17:19,965 AFTER SAWING THE WOOD TO THE SPAR'S SHAPE, 276 00:17:20,068 --> 00:17:22,931 HE MOUNTS ATTACHMENT PLATES MADE OF SITKA SPRUCE 277 00:17:23,034 --> 00:17:24,862 AND MAHOGANY PLYWOOD. 278 00:17:24,965 --> 00:17:26,448 THESE ARE THE END STRUTS, 279 00:17:26,551 --> 00:17:28,827 STEEL VERTICAL BARS WHICH WILL CONNECT THE UPPER 280 00:17:28,931 --> 00:17:31,068 AND LOWER WINGS. 281 00:17:31,172 --> 00:17:34,379 HE FINISHES THE SPAR BY REFINING ITS CONTOUR, 282 00:17:34,482 --> 00:17:39,172 FIRST WITH A HAND PLANE, THEN AN ELECTRIC PLANE. 283 00:17:39,275 --> 00:17:41,379 USING STRIPS OF SITKA SPRUCE, 284 00:17:41,482 --> 00:17:45,344 HE CONSTRUCTS 15 STRUCTURAL RIBS FOR EACH WING. 285 00:17:45,448 --> 00:17:47,344 HE BEGINS WITH LONG STRIPS, 286 00:17:47,448 --> 00:17:51,275 WHICH HAVE BEEN SOAKING IN WATER FOR A WEEK TO MAKE THEM PLIABLE. 287 00:17:51,379 --> 00:17:54,034 HE INSERTS ONE END INTO A CURVED FIXTURE 288 00:17:54,137 --> 00:17:56,931 AND LEAVES THE STRIPS TO DRY. 289 00:17:57,034 --> 00:17:59,448 WHEN HE REMOVES THEM A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, 290 00:17:59,551 --> 00:18:02,068 THEY HAVE A PERMANENT AERODYNAMIC CURVE. 291 00:18:02,172 --> 00:18:04,137 HE GLUES TWO CURVED STRIPS TOGETHER 292 00:18:04,241 --> 00:18:06,103 TO FORM THE PERIMETER OF ONE RIB. 293 00:18:06,206 --> 00:18:11,413 IN BETWEEN, HE GLUES SHORT DIAGONAL STRIPS CALLED TRUSSES. 294 00:18:11,517 --> 00:18:14,344 HE REINFORCES BOTH SIDES OF EACH INTERSECTION 295 00:18:14,448 --> 00:18:18,206 WITH A RECTANGULAR PIECE CALLED A GUSSET. 296 00:18:18,310 --> 00:18:20,586 AN ASSEMBLER MOUNTS THE 15 RIBS CROSSWISE 297 00:18:20,689 --> 00:18:23,103 ON THE FRONT AND REAR WING SPARS, 298 00:18:23,206 --> 00:18:27,931 THEN INSTALLS THREE ALUMINUM TUBES CALLED COMPRESSION RIBS. 299 00:18:28,034 --> 00:18:30,655 THESE ABSORB AIR LOAD HITTING THE SPARS, 300 00:18:30,758 --> 00:18:34,034 KEEPING THE WOODEN RIBS FROM FLEXING UNDER PRESSURE. 301 00:18:34,137 --> 00:18:36,172 THE CRAFTSMAN CONNECTS THE COMPRESSION RIBS 302 00:18:36,275 --> 00:18:38,655 WITH CRISS-CROSSING METAL RODS. 303 00:18:40,344 --> 00:18:45,241 AFTER APPLYING MORE GLUE TO CRITICAL AREAS, 304 00:18:45,344 --> 00:18:46,896 HE NAILS AN ALUMINUM TRIM 305 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,448 OVER THE FRONT SPAR AND NOSE OF THE RIBS. 306 00:18:50,551 --> 00:18:52,862 THIS IS CALLED THE LEADING EDGE. 307 00:18:52,965 --> 00:18:56,241 IT'S THE FIRST PART OF THE WING TO HIT THE WIND, 308 00:18:56,344 --> 00:18:58,448 SO IT TAKES THE BRUNT OF THE AIR LOAD. 309 00:19:00,310 --> 00:19:04,379 FINALLY, HE LACES REINFORCEMENT TAPE THROUGH THE RIBS 310 00:19:04,482 --> 00:19:06,862 IN AN X PATTERN. 311 00:19:06,965 --> 00:19:10,482 THE COMPLETED STRUCTURE NOW MOVES TO THE COVERING DEPARTMENT 312 00:19:10,586 --> 00:19:11,931 WHERE TECHNICIANS DRAPE IT 313 00:19:12,034 --> 00:19:14,931 IN HEAT SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FABRIC. 314 00:19:15,034 --> 00:19:18,551 THEY CUT THE FABRIC TO SIZE, GLUE IT TO THE WING PERIMETER, 315 00:19:18,655 --> 00:19:20,137 AND HEAT THE SURFACE WITH AN IRON 316 00:19:20,241 --> 00:19:22,862 TO SHRINK THE FABRIC UNTIL IT'S TAUT. 317 00:19:22,965 --> 00:19:26,793 THEN, THEY STITCH OVER THE GLUED AREAS WITH POLYESTER CORD. 318 00:19:26,896 --> 00:19:28,931 THEY BRUSH ON A CHEMICAL WHICH SEALS THE PORES 319 00:19:29,034 --> 00:19:30,586 OF THE FABRIC. 320 00:19:30,689 --> 00:19:33,448 THIS PRIMES THE SURFACE TO RECEIVE A SPRAY COAT 321 00:19:33,551 --> 00:19:35,103 OF POLYURETHANE PAINT, 322 00:19:35,206 --> 00:19:38,724 WHICH IS A SPECIAL FORMULATION DESIGNED FOR AIRCRAFT BODIES. 323 00:19:41,172 --> 00:19:43,620 TECHNICIANS CONSTRUCT THE FUSELAGE FRAME 324 00:19:43,724 --> 00:19:47,206 OUT OF HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL ALLOY TUBES. 325 00:19:47,310 --> 00:19:50,758 THEY USE AN ELECTRIC TORCH TO SLIGHTLY MELT ADJOINING PIECES 326 00:19:50,862 --> 00:19:53,517 SO THEY FUSE TO EACH OTHER. 327 00:19:53,620 --> 00:19:56,517 BECAUSE THERE'S NO FILLER METAL BONDING THE PIECES, 328 00:19:56,620 --> 00:19:59,379 THE WELDS DON'T ADD ANY WEIGHT TO THE STRUCTURE. 329 00:20:02,172 --> 00:20:03,620 AFTER PAINTING THE FRAME, 330 00:20:03,724 --> 00:20:07,586 TECHNICIANS INSTALL ALUMINUM FLOOR PANELS AND BULKHEADS. 331 00:20:07,689 --> 00:20:09,931 IN THE TAIL, THEY ADD LIGHTER WEIGHT BULKHEADS 332 00:20:10,034 --> 00:20:14,206 MADE OF MAHOGANY PLYWOOD AND SITKA SPRUCE. 333 00:20:14,310 --> 00:20:15,862 THEN IT'S TIME TO BOLT THE ENGINE 334 00:20:15,965 --> 00:20:18,586 TO THE FRONT OF THE FUSELAGE FRAME. 335 00:20:24,413 --> 00:20:26,275 THE ENGINE DRIVES A PROPELLER 336 00:20:26,379 --> 00:20:30,068 MADE OF EITHER WOOD, ALUMINUM, OR A COMPOSITE MATERIAL. 337 00:20:30,172 --> 00:20:33,793 PAINTED ALUMINUM BODY PANELS COVER THE FRAME. 338 00:20:33,896 --> 00:20:35,517 TECHNICIANS INSTALL THE FUEL TANK 339 00:20:35,620 --> 00:20:38,793 BETWEEN THE FRONT COCKPIT AND THE ENGINE. 340 00:20:38,896 --> 00:20:42,448 THEN THEY BOLT THE WINGS TO THE FUSELAGE. 341 00:20:42,551 --> 00:20:44,931 VERTICAL STEEL STRUTS CONNECT AND REINFORCE 342 00:20:45,034 --> 00:20:46,793 THE TWO LEVELS OF WINGS 343 00:20:46,896 --> 00:20:49,793 BOLTING TO THOSE ATTACHMENT PLATES ON THE WING SPARS. 344 00:20:51,793 --> 00:20:55,241 NEXT, TECHNICIANS MOUNT THE PAINTED ALUMINUM AILERONS, 345 00:20:55,344 --> 00:20:57,482 THE TAIL, WITH ITS ELEVATORS AND RUDDER 346 00:20:57,586 --> 00:21:00,000 MADE OF PAINTED FABRIC OVER WELDED STEEL, 347 00:21:00,103 --> 00:21:02,034 AND THEN THE ENGINE COVER. 348 00:21:02,137 --> 00:21:04,379 THEY INSTALL A WINDSCREEN 349 00:21:04,482 --> 00:21:06,793 AND INSTRUMENT PANEL FOR EACH COCKPIT. 350 00:21:06,896 --> 00:21:10,482 THE FRONT SCREEN CAN BE REPLACED WITH A COCKPIT COVER 351 00:21:10,586 --> 00:21:14,448 TO KEEP THE PILOTS WARM WHEN FLYING IN COLD WEATHER. 28445

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