Industrial Piston Compressor (Wooden Box)
Manufacturer: Alup dB: 86.5 Recording distance: 1m The staple gun is powered by compressed air supplied by the compressor via a hose.…
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Staple Gun (Wooden Box)
dB: 72 – 83 Recording Distance: 1m The final step in building this wooden box is assembling all the different pieces. The…
Belt Sander (Wooden Box)
dB: 76 – 82 Recording Distance: 1,5m A long strip of sandpaper is clamped into the machine. The surfaces of the small…
Milling Machine – smoothing edges (Wooden Box)
Manufacturer: Himmelwerk dB: 77-88 Recording distance: 1,5m In the sixth step of assembling this wooden box, the milling machine is used to…
Circular Saw – cutting edges (Wooden Box)
Manufacturer: Bäuerle dB: 90 95.2 Recording distance: 2m The circular saw is needed for the fifth step of crafting this wooden box.…
Drill Bit (Wooden Box)
Manufacturer: Scheer dB: 60 – 80.5 Recording Distance: 1,5m This is the fourth step in building the box. Two stacked wooden boards…
Pendulum Saw (Wooden Box)
Manufacturer: Bäuerle dB: 80-87.4 Recording Distance:1,5m In this third step, the boards are cut into smaller, 33 cm pieces. The uneven ends…
Suction System (Wooden Box)
Recording distance: In-room recording Before operating the machines used to build the boxes, the extraction system must be turned on. It collects…
Thickness Planer (Wooden Box)
Manufacturer: Himmelwerk dB: 94 – 96.9 Recording distance: 1,5m After oiling the belt of the planer, the planks are fed through to…
Multiblade Saw (Wooden Box)
Model: Raimann K 23 dB: 88.8 (max) Recording distance: 1,5m The first step in crafting a wooden box is to cut long…
Combined heat and power plant (6): transformer
The recording was made at the heat and power plant PGE Energia Ciepła S.A. located in Krakow. The combined heat and power…
Combined heat and power plant (5): cooling water pumping station
The recording was made at the heat and power plant PGE Energia Ciepła S.A. located in Krakow. The combined heat and power…
Combined heat and power plant (4): raw water pipeline
The recording was made at the heat and power plant PGE Energia Ciepła S.A. located in Krakow. The combined heat and power…
Combined heat and power plant (3): water treatment plant
The recording was made at the heat and power plant PGE Energia Ciepła S.A. located in Krakow. The combined heat and power…
Combined heat and power plant (2): engine room, turbogenerator
The recording was made at the heat and power plant PGE Energia Ciepła S.A. located in Krakow. The combined heat and power…
Combined heat and power plant (1): cooling tower
The recording was made at the heat and power plant PGE Energia Ciepła S.A. located in Krakow. The combined heat and power…