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....

Many people will recognize the sound of one playing with lego, or two the sound of an entire box of lego being emptied on the floor (and three the scream...

When the playing is done, then comes the tedious work of putting it all back into the box... ugh! Photo and recording by Erik Pålsson.

This is the overall soundscape of a modern small-scale factory that produces disposable plastic piping bags. The soundscape vary heavily depending on which...

This is the sound of a machine that is part of the overall assembly line where the disposable plastic piping bags comes in a large rectangular form. This...

This is the sound of a machine that is connected to a large metal tube; the raw material that is heated and turned into plastic is put inside this machines...

This is a rotating floor upon which the worked places a fully loaded pallet. On the right side is a roll of plastic film that is used to fully cover the...

This is a machine that takes squares of plastic that has already been produced and then tears out the plastic piping bags into their usable triangular...

This is an automated door that separates the warehouse from the factory floor. In the warehouse it is often dead quiet but once the door is opened by someone...

This is the sound of the door opening to the loading dock and then the raise- and expandable floor at the outside part of the loading dock. A truck backs...

This is the sound of a coffee machine that is quite normal in Swedish industry and other workplaces. Except black coffee it also makes other sorts of beverages...

The polishing machine from the 1930s was used to polish products such as egg cups, coasters and ashtrays made out of bakelite. Today the Technikmuseum...