153 sounds by Torsten Nilsson
  • Air intake The compressor air intake is mounted on the outside wall of the headframe.

    Air intake

    The compressor air intake is mounted on the outside wall of the headframe. Recorded inside the headframe of the mine Gröndalsgruvan in the Klackberg...
  • Atlas compressor 1904

    Compressor

    Recorded inside the headframe of the mine Gröndalsgruvan in the Klackberg mining fields. This Atlas compressor provided compressed air to drilling equipment...
  • Fishing vessel KarlA (TG1)

    Small waves

    Windy day in the fishing harbour of Gislövsläge. Small waves hitting the hull of a small fishing boat. Sound recordist: Torsten Nilsson Photographer:...
  • Foghorn

    Foghorn

    A foghorn is a fog signal that uses sound to warn vehicles of navigational hazards in foggy conditions. The term is most often used in relation to marine...
  • Air compressor

    Air compressor

    Delivers compressed air to a program control that regulates the signals of a foghorn. See foghorn, Gislövsläge. Manufacturer: Atlas Copco Manufactured:...
  • Fishing vessel KarlA (TG1)

    Fishing vessel

    Engine sound recorded close to engine. 2.30 Leaving harbour 14.40 Move away from engine KarlA (TG1) Built with drawings from 1920s. Shipyard:...
  • Junttan PM 23 LC “Hercules”

    Pile Driving Rig – Second pile

    Piling the second concrete pile. This recording was made at a construction site where an eleven floors house is being built. The traffic in this area...
  • Junttan PM 23 LC “Hercules”

    Pile Driving Rig – First pile

    Piling the first concrete pile. The ground is very soft and the concrete pile is sinking fast. This recording was made at a construction site where...
  • Paper analyse machine

    Paper analyse machine

    Manufacturer: Lorentzen & Wettre Autoline 400 Manufactured: 2013 Recorded with open hood, normally closed Sound recordist: Torsten Nilsson Photographer:...
  • PM 4

    Paper Machine PM 4

    Recorded at the wet end where the slurry of fibres filters out fluid to form a wet web of fibre. Paper Machine PM4 Manufacturer: KMV (Karlstads Mekaniska...
  • Woodchips transporter

    Woodchips transporter

    The woodchips are transported in a pipe. Compressed air blows the woodchips from the woodchipper to the mill. Manufactured: 1962 75 dB from 10 meters Recorded...
  • Logs on way out from Drum debarker

    Logs on way out from Drum debarker.

    A debarker is a machine used to strip or remove bark from logs before processing. Drum debarkers are used by pulp mills and chip plants and are best...