206 sounds in category Industrial
  • Cutting steel

    The sound of cutting steel. This machine for cutting steel bars of different profiles and dimensions is manufactured by the German company IBS. The cutting...
  • Draw Frame

    The draw frame was manufactured in 1970 under licence from Zinser in the factory of Krušik Valjevo, in Yugoslavia. It was in operation in the Tabor Textile...
  • Driving force

    This driving force was located in the Turners’ Hall of the Compagnie des Bronzes, in Brussels, and would date from the late 19th century. It operated...
  • Dryer unit

    Voith cardboard machines dryer unit. Sound comes from rotating dryer cylinders. In the dryer unit water is removed by evaporating. There are several...
  • Eccentric press

    In the tool factory Krenzer in Ennepetal (Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia) the eccentric press from the 1950s is used to shape metals (punching and cutting...
  • Elastic two-bearing cylindrical crochet machine

    The sound of crochet machine in operation was recorded in the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź (Poland). Two-bearing cylindrical crochet machine...
  • Electric hand lever press

    The electric hand lever press built by Loar in the 1930s was used in factories for pressing products out of bakelite such as egg cups, coasters or ashtrays....
  • Embroidery machine

    The Adler embroidery machine, model 9-35 (built around 1900), was operated by women in the Vereinigten Wäschefabriken (United Linen Works) Juhl & Helmke...
  • Emptying steel scrap from a truck

    The sound of emptying steel scrap from a truck. The steel scrap is supplied to the plant most usually by lorry. The scrap is emptied from a skip truck...
  • Filing down

    The object is filed down so that all of its imperfections disappear. The sound will depend upon the size of the file used and the area being filed. Vervloet...
  • Flyer

    The flyer, manufactured in 1910 by the Alsace company Société Alsacienne de construction mécaniques, Mulhouse (France) was in use at the Litija Spinning...
  • Forge press

    Forge press at the axe smithy at Hults bruk, Norrköping, Sweden. This recording is made at the first stage of the process. The iron is hot and the sound...