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Narrator: hockey skates
Are not all created equal.
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That's why professional
Hockey players
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Are always looking for ways
To get that cutting edge.
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They know championships
Are won or lost
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In fractions of a second,
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And that's when
Heated skate blades
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Can make all the difference.
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With a simple touch,
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Heated skate blades
Are revolutionizing
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The game of hockey.
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They give much more control
And speed on the ice.
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They do this
Using a smart board,
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The brain of these
Performance-enhancing blades.
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It all starts with custom-made,
Stainless-steel blades.
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A technician places them inside
An injection-molding machine.
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Liquid plastic
Is injected into a cavity,
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Creating a plastic overmold.
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Once bonded with the overmold,
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The blades are ready to receive
The electronic smart board.
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The smart board fits into
The plastic overmold
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That runs along the top edge
Of the blade.
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After removing excess plastic
From the mold,
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The technician places
The prepared blades
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Onto a mounting tray.
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He uses thermoconductive glue
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To ensure contact
Between the heating wire,
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The temperature-controlling
Smart board,
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And the blade overmold.
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After that, the technician
Inserts insulating material
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Along the entire length
Of the overmold
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So the heating wires make
Perfect contact with the steel.
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Once the smart board is secure,
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The technical places the blades
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Into a low-density
Injection machine
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That encapsulates
The smart board
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With impact- and
Moisture-resistant resin.
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The smart board
Is now waterproof.
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Meanwhile, another high-pressure
Injection-molding machine
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Makes the blade holders that
Support the finished blades.
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These blade holders will be
Given an actual power supply --
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A high-performance
Lithium-polymer
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Rechargeable battery that makes
Heating the blades possible.
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The battery
Will be cleverly concealed
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Inside the heel
Of that molded chassis.
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To do this, a technician
First attaches rivets
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Into the heels
Of the blade holders,
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Then mounts the blade holders
Onto an automatic rivet press.
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This machine pressure-punches
The rivets
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So they will make a proper
Connection to the battery
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For recharging.
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A printer heat-presses the brand
Name and logo on the heel.
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The logo sits over
The flexible proximity sensor,
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Or the on-and-off button
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That a technician
Wraps around the battery.
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Then she buries
The combined unit
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Into the heel
Of the blade holder
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To protect it from moisture
And impact.
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She then locks it into place.
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Next, the technician attaches
A threaded insert bolt
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To the blade overmold.
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This special bolt
Hold the blade in place
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And allows for quick and easy
Blade changing.
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The technician then connects
The blade to the blade holder
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And presses the blade
Firmly into the chassis.
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Then she locks all electronic
And mechanical components
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Into place.
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A charging unit powers up
The battery for testing.
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Then the technician seals off
The heel chamber
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To further protect the battery.
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She turns on the smart board to
Make sure all systems are go.
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An l.E.D. Confirms the blades
Are heating properly.
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In the meantime,
Another technician
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Assembles the molded
Charging unit for the blades.
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The technician
Hand-trims the motherboard
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That controls the charger
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So it will fit flawlessly
Into the charging unit.
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She inserts
The finished motherboard
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Into the back of the unit
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And checks to make sure
It works properly.
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Then she snaps on an airtight
Cover that seals the unit,
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Fully protecting the motherboard
Against wetness and shock.
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Finally, she plugs in
The charging unit
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To confirm it works.
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A rechargeable battery,
A manual,
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A convenient charging unit,
And a pair
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Of performance-enhancing
Skate blades complete the kit.
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They heated skate blades are now
Ready to ship around the world.
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They're quick and easy
To mount on the boot,
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With the built-in smarts to help
Create the next champion.
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Narrator: gliding involves
Flying unpowered aircraft,
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Though some models are fitted
With a small engine
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And propeller
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So they have the power to launch
Into the air on their own.
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No matter what the model,
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The sport of gliding
Is all about the joy
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Of using the forces
Of the atmosphere to fly higher,
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Faster, and longer.
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Gliders,
Like this model version,
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Have three main parts --
Wings, fuselage, and tail.
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Workers build each part
Of the glider in two pieces,
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Using resin and steel molds.
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They begin
With the fuselage mold.
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They lay down strips of kevlar,
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A strong,
Heat-resistant material.
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Then they apply epoxy resin
To the kevlar fiber
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To reinforce it.
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They leave the epoxy to dry
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And the next day apply
Strips of carbon fiber
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To reinforce the fuselage.
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The direction in which workers
Lay down the fiber layers
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Is key.
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In flight, gliders are subject
To strong forces
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That can bend
And twist the structure.
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They must be sturdy
Yet as light as possible.
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The glider's tail boom
Gets the same treatment,
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Except where the antenna
Will go,
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As radio signals don't penetrate
The carbon fiber very well.
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Workers apply a thin coat
Of white gel paint
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To the 30-foot wing mold.
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Gliders are always white
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So they don't absorb
The sun's rays and overheat.
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They roll a sheet of carbon
Fiber over the painted mold.
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Then the entire assembly team
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Skillfully applies
An even coat of resin.
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They've got to be quick.
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The resin cures
In just 30 minutes.
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They add a final layer
Of carbon fiber
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To strengthen
A portion of the wing
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That's subject
To strong wind currents.
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After laying a white fleece
Over the layers of carbon fiber,
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They seal it
Between two sheets of plastic.
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A vacuum compresses the layers,
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Which draws
Excess resin to the surface
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Where workers can remove it.
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The two wing parts
Are glued together
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Using the same epoxy resin
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That bonds and seals
The carbon fibers.
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Mixing in some cotton flakes
Helps thicken the resin,
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Which they apply to the main
Spar, the wing's backbone,
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Then to the front, back,
And center portions.
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Using a crane, workers carefully
Fit the two wing molds together.
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The molds' weight forces out
Any excess glue.
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They tightly clamp
The two molds together
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And leave them
To harden overnight
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In an oven heated
To 140 degrees fahrenheit.
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The next day,
There's a loud pop
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When workers separate
The two molds.
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They carry the completed
Wing structure,
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Which weighs only 132 pounds,
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Over to another area
To trim the resin overflow
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And sand down the seams.
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Using a diamond-tip cutter,
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They cut the wing in two
For transport,
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Revealing its inner structure.
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Then they make sure they can
Easily put it back together
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Before going on to the paint
Shop where they reassemble it.
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Workers scan the surface
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And mark the areas
They will sand by hand.
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They mount the glider's fuselage
On a rotating stand
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So they can easily access
The entire surface.
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They sand it and then polish it
To a mirror finish.
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As workers assemble the glider,
They inspect every system.
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They check the engine command
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That lowers the glider's
Launch propeller
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And retracts it
Into the fuselage.
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The landing gear must lower
And retract smoothly
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Out of the glider's
Undercarriage.
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Now they reassemble the wings.
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They check the air brake
Located in the wing.
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And, finally,
They install the canopy.
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The glider is complete.
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Sturdy yet light,
This midsize model
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Can reach speeds
Of nearly 186 miles per hour
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Thanks to its sleek design.
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Narrator: hand bells can be seen
In church choirs,
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Schools, and ring concerts.
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There, skilled ringers read
Music similar to a piano score,
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Playing all the notes found
On a modern musical keyboard.
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Finely crafted and tuned,
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Hand bells will continue to
Entertain generations to come.
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[ bells ringing ]
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Hand bells have a long tradition
Of making beautiful music,
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From church hymns
To the music of beethoven.
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It all starts
With a casting mold
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That a worker encloses in
A two-part container, or flask.
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He fills the bottom half of the
Flask with special, coarse sand
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That's ideal
For making sand molds.
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He compacts the sand,
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And then he turns
The metal flask over.
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He places guide rods
Onto the bell shapes
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And fills the top part
Of the flask with sand.
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He puts a ramming board
On again,
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And he compacts the sand that
Fills the top part of the flask.
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Now he removes the guide rods.
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Then he removes
The top half of the flask
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And takes out the casting mold.
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He reconnects
The top of the flask
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And then frees it completely
From the sand mold.
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A worker places bronze ingots
Into a crucible
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To melt them down.
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He places heat-sensitive
Material onto the sand mold,
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And then heavy weights to hold
The mold together safely.
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When the melted bronze reaches
About 2,200 degrees fahrenheit,
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A worker guides the crucible
Over to the sand mold
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And pours the molten metal
Into the cavity of the mold.
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He stops pouring
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When he sees the heat-sensitive
Material smoking.
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This indicates
The mold cavity is filled.
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Workers then use a vibrating bed
And small hammers
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To free the finished castings
From the sand mold.
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Rotoblasting
Cleans the dirty castings.
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A worker trims off
The excess pieces
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That feed the molten metal
Into the bell cavity.
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He sands the sharp edges
Of the bell
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And then drills the center hole
For the assembly screw.
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The bell casting
Then goes on a lathe.
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Here, a carbide cutting tool,
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Working with a stylus that
Follows a template of the bell,
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Removes the coarse
Casting surface
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And makes the bell shiny.
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This turning operation
Also shapes the bell
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To give it the right tone.
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Another carbide cutting tool
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Shapes the inside
Of the bell casting,
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Giving it shine
And the desired tuning, as well.
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Using a custom-made
Tracing device,
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A worker reproduces the outside
Shape of the bell on paper.
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He then traces the inside
Of the bell casting
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Until he completes
An exact replica
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Of the inside
And the outside shape.
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And this must match
A master template.
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A worker polishes the bell
Using fine sandpaper.
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He also puts a jeweler's finish
On the inside.
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Then he tests
The bell's sound quality
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Using a stroboscopic tuner
And the human ear.
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He re-sands the bell to make
A slight tonal adjustment.
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Then he tests it again
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To make sure it strikes
The perfect musical note.
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A worker gives the bell
That final polish,
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And another craftsman engraves
The bell for the customer.
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Finally, a worker puts
The ringer and bell together.
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She puts a washer,
A hand disc, and a handle
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Onto the assembly screw
And screws it all into place.
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Hand bells make wonderful music
In the hands of skilled ringers,
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Whether the musical compositions
Are performed
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By an intimate gathering
Of friends
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Or by a concert bell choir
Of 13 ringers or more.
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The music made by traditional
Hand bells is timeless.
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[ beethoven's
"Ode to joy" plays ]
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Narrator:
Firefighting used to consist
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Of passing water buckets
Hand to hand.
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The first fire hoses of
The 1600s were made of leather.
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But these hoses were heavy,
Would crack when dry,
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And often break open
Under pressure.
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Modern firefighting began
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With the lightweight,
Cotton fire hose,
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Lined with rubber to keep
The cotton dry and flexible.
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Fire hoses
Come in a range of sizes
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To fulfill a range
Of functions --
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From small, lightweight ones
For fighting forest fires
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To large, heavy-duty hoses
For industrial fires.
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Production begins with hundreds
Of bobbins of polyester yarn,
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Feeding automated looms
A floor above.
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A series of spring rods keeps
The yarns under uniform tension.
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This is essential
To create a tight weave.
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The factory programs each loom
To weave specific patterns,
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Which incorporate
Identifier stripes.
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This is a visual guide
To help workers
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Assemble the fire hose later on.
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This woven fabric will form
The fire hose's exterior
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Called the jacket.
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It's got to weather
Some nasty conditions,
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So they soak it
In a plastic polymer solution
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With dye for color.
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The liquid
Encapsulates the fibers,
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Making them durable
And water-resistant.
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At another station, they mix
Granules of polyurethane,
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A form of plastic, with white
Colorant and adhesive pellets.
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This mixture is for making
The waterproof tubing
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That forms the inside
Of the fire hose.
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When they activate the adhesive
In the mixture with heat,
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This tubing will bond
To the hose-jacket fabric.
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The mixer fees
The ingredients to an extruder,
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Which melts the mixture
And forms it into a hollow tube.
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The tube then passes through
A basin of cool water
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To set the plastic.
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Next, the tube goes
To the inspection table
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Where an automated printer
Prints code numbers on it
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For tracking purposes.
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To assemble the fire hose,
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They first pull out
An outer hose jacket
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Over a 33-yard-long cable.
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Then with another cable,
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They feed a second
Untreated hose jacket
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Inside the first one.
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Finally, they attach a cable to
The third and innermost layer,
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The tube, and pull it
Along the entire length
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Of the double jacket.
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Once it's all the way through,
They trim both ends.
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The three layers --
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Outer jacket, inner jacket,
And tube --
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Are now ready to become one.
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They begin the fusing process
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By clamping one end
Of the assembled hose
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To a steam nozzle.
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As the clamp
Holds the hose steady,
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The nozzle blasts
Pressurized steam into the tube.
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At the same time, it moves
Backward, pulling out any kinks.
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The hot steam melts the adhesive
In the tube material,
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And it penetrates
The inner jacket around it.
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Once everything's
Perfectly straight,
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They pump in cold air
To solidify the adhesive.
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This permanently bonds
The layers.
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They roll up the finished hose
Into a coil,
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Controlling the winder
With a foot pedal.
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Then they lay the coiled hose
On a table
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To install the couplings.
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Those are the components
That attach the hose
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To the water supply on one end
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And to the spray nozzle
On the other.
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They trim each end and then
Insert a brass expansion ring
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And then an aluminum coupling
On top.
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An expansion machine
Does the rest.
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They attack the end securely
To the machine's protruding bar.
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Then the bar
Retracts and expands,
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Pushing the brass ring outward.
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The force wedges the brass
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Into the aluminum coupling
Permanently.
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This company tests
Every fire house it produces
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Under high pressure
On this table.
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After marking the type of hose
With a stencil
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In indelible ink,
They fill the hose with water.
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They check for holes and kinks
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And verify that
The couplings stay in place.
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After the test,
They drain the water.
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They insert a giant sponge
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To get rid of any water
Left behind.
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And now these new hoses are
Ready for their baptism by fire.
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