# \#manufacturing **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/manufacturing/384.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [Meanwhile, the tide keeps rising ...](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/meanwhile-the-tide-keeps-rising/6007)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [12 July 2025 13:13 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/meanwhile-the-tide-keeps-rising/6007 "2025-07-12T13:13:16Z")
Airbus marks 40 years in China with commitment to deepened industrial integration - Global Times … According to the CEO, Airbus has established comprehensive industrial facilities in China, including an engineering cent… --- ## [China is a Quick Learner](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/china-is-a-quick-learner/5997)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [3 July 2025 17:14 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/china-is-a-quick-learner/5997 "2025-07-03T17:14:59Z")
iPhone maker sends India-based Chinese employees home – Bloomberg — RT India … The bulk of the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer’s Chinese staff at iPhone plants in southern India were told to leave, in a move that beg… --- ## [WOWIE - factories programmable like PCs to make anything](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/wowie-factories-programmable-like-pcs-to-make-anything/4663)
**Author:** [@Enon](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Enon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [31 May 2024 17:41 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/wowie-factories-programmable-like-pcs-to-make-anything/4663 "2024-05-31T17:41:27Z")
The first germ of the Wide-Ownership Workshop Industrial Ecology idea came from visiting a makerspace, Freeside Atlanta. It used to be located in a complex of giant old Quonset-style former cotton warehouses, surrounded … --- ## [So the West thinks we can compete?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/so-the-west-thinks-we-can-compete/4552)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [10 May 2024 15:52 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/so-the-west-thinks-we-can-compete/4552 "2024-05-10T15:52:44Z")
Here is a short video showing the highly automated manufacturing of an automobile by Xiaomi – another of those substantial Chinese manufacturers that only enthusiasts have heard about … so far. The entire Western world … --- ## [Manufacturing Wheelie Bins in Korea](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-wheelie-bins-in-korea/4220)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 January 2024 11:52 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-wheelie-bins-in-korea/4220 "2024-01-15T11:52:58Z")
I have attempted to turn on English subtitles explaining the manufacturing process. This doesn’t always work: if it doesn’t use the rounded square icon at the bottom right of the player to enable them. Th… --- ## [Wok This Way—Stainless Steel Wok Manufacturing in Taiwan](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/wok-this-way-stainless-steel-wok-manufacturing-in-taiwan/4180)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [5 January 2024 15:48 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/wok-this-way-stainless-steel-wok-manufacturing-in-taiwan/4180 "2024-01-05T15:48:20Z")
The factory is PERFECT Kitchenware, Shangzhan Industrial Co., Ltd., New Taipei City, Taiwan. --- ## [Gear Manufacturing in Vermont](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/gear-manufacturing-in-vermont/337)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [29 December 2023 17:10 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/gear-manufacturing-in-vermont/337 "2023-12-29T17:10:02Z")
This film, dating from the mid-1960s, demonstrates gear manufacturing machines made by the Fellows Gear Shaper Company of Springfield, Vermont. Founded in 1896, the company became a leader in gear producti… --- ## [Rocket Engine Factory—A Visit to Ursa Major Technologies](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/rocket-engine-factory-a-visit-to-ursa-major-technologies/3819)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [3 October 2023 12:46 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/rocket-engine-factory-a-visit-to-ursa-major-technologies/3819 "2023-10-03T12:46:48Z")
Unlike many “new space” companies which take an approach of vertical integration in development of launcher or satellite systems, Ursa Major Technologies, located in the U.S. state of Colorado, concentrates… --- ## [Incremental Sheet Forming for Low-Volume Sheet Metal Fabrication](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/incremental-sheet-forming-for-low-volume-sheet-metal-fabrication/3756)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [22 September 2023 20:40 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/incremental-sheet-forming-for-low-volume-sheet-metal-fabrication/3756 "2023-09-22T20:40:30Z")
Here is a survey paper on the history and technology of incremental sheet forming, “The technology of Incremental Sheet Forming – A brief review of the history” \[PDF\]. This is the abstract. This paper de… --- ## [Manufacturing Nuts and Bolts in Korea](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-nuts-and-bolts-in-korea/3742)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [14 September 2023 12:40 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-nuts-and-bolts-in-korea/3742 "2023-09-14T12:40:41Z")
--- ## [From 1953: “Tool and Die Making: Keystone of Mass Production”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1953-tool-and-die-making-keystone-of-mass-production/3720)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [9 September 2023 21:25 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1953-tool-and-die-making-keystone-of-mass-production/3720 "2023-09-09T21:25:37Z")
This film was produced in 1953 for the U.S. National Tool and Die Manufacturers Association, a trade group for independent tool and die shops (as opposed to those operated by large manufacturers, called “ca… --- ## [Manufacturing Large Ship Anchor Chains in China](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-large-ship-anchor-chains-in-china/3717)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [8 September 2023 15:29 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-large-ship-anchor-chains-in-china/3717 "2023-09-08T15:29:40Z")
This video shows manufacturing at the Qingdao Anchor Chain Co., Ltd. in Qingdao Shandong China. The company was founded in 1958 and manufactures large anchor chains for ships, mooring chains for offshore p… --- ## [Manufacturing Cathode Ray Tubes at Tektronix, 1981](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-cathode-ray-tubes-at-tektronix-1981/3702)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [5 September 2023 13:10 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-cathode-ray-tubes-at-tektronix-1981/3702 "2023-09-05T13:10:25Z")
This video was made in 1981. Tektronix manufactured their own cathode ray tubes (CRTs) for oscilloscopes (and later, computer terminals and displays) from the early 1950s until 1996, when flat panel displa… --- ## [Making Steel Springs in Japan](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/making-steel-springs-in-japan/3671)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [29 August 2023 13:16 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/making-steel-springs-in-japan/3671 "2023-08-29T13:16:40Z")
Enable captions in the player for English subtitles. Here is the Web site of Dainippon Spring Co., Ltd. of Osaka, Japan where the video was made. --- ## [Progressive Stamping for Mass Production of Sheet Metal Parts](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/progressive-stamping-for-mass-production-of-sheet-metal-parts/3545)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [1 August 2023 14:21 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/progressive-stamping-for-mass-production-of-sheet-metal-parts/3545 "2023-08-01T14:21:45Z")
Progressive stamping mass-produces parts from rolls of sheet metal by advancing them through a reciprocating press where with each stroke the part moves from one station to the next on the die, which is conf… --- ## [Manufacturing Power Strips in Korea](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-power-strips-in-korea/3538)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [31 July 2023 14:07 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-power-strips-in-korea/3538 "2023-07-31T14:07:17Z")
There is no narration. Turn on subtitles for English descriptions of the manufacturing steps. South Korea uses the German “Schuko“ (Type F, CEE 7/5) power socket for grounded outlets and the “Europlug” (T… --- ## [Zip! How Japan's YKK Conquered the Zipper Market](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/zip-how-japans-ykk-conquered-the-zipper-market/3474)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [19 July 2023 14:45 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/zip-how-japans-ykk-conquered-the-zipper-market/3474 "2023-07-19T14:45:44Z")
YKK, founded in Japan in 1934, now has manufacturing plants in 72 countries. --- ## [Downfall of the British Automobile Industry—Part 4: Rover Group and MG-Rover](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-4-rover-group-and-mg-rover/3238)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [29 May 2023 20:29 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-4-rover-group-and-mg-rover/3238 "2023-05-29T20:29:21Z")
In Parts 1, 2, and 3, we have seen how the once mighty domestic United Kingdom automotive industry that emerged from World War II was brought down by ill-conceived consolidation, internal battles within mer… --- ## [Manufacturing Rolled Paper Pipe in Korea](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-rolled-paper-pipe-in-korea/3206)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [22 May 2023 12:04 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-rolled-paper-pipe-in-korea/3206 "2023-05-22T12:04:22Z")
--- ## [Making Giant Hamster Wheels for Cats in Korea](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/making-giant-hamster-wheels-for-cats-in-korea/3184)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [18 May 2023 09:44 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/making-giant-hamster-wheels-for-cats-in-korea/3184 "2023-05-18T09:44:00Z")
Here is a catalogue of the Briscat company’s fine furniture for feline fanciers. Prices are in Korean Won. No need to use the clothes dryer any more! --- ## [Photographic Film Manufacturing at Kodak (3): Slicing, Perforating, Spooling, and Packaging](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/photographic-film-manufacturing-at-kodak-3-slicing-perforating-spooling-and-packaging/3174)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [15 May 2023 12:59 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/photographic-film-manufacturing-at-kodak-3-slicing-perforating-spooling-and-packaging/3174 "2023-05-15T12:59:53Z")
Silver is expensive, and great pains are taken to recycle very bit used in coating film that doesn’t reach customers. This even includes the sprocket holes punched in 35 mm film at the rate of 384,000 hole… --- ## [From 1983—Volume Production of High-Precision Cathode Ray Tubes at Tektronix](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1983-volume-production-of-high-precision-cathode-ray-tubes-at-tektronix/3155)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [11 May 2023 12:14 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1983-volume-production-of-high-precision-cathode-ray-tubes-at-tektronix/3155 "2023-05-11T12:14:40Z")
Note how components of tubes that fail quality tests at various stages in the manufacturing process are reclaimed, repaired, and fed back into the line rather than ending up in a landfill. These tubes were… --- ## [Downfall of the British Automobile Industry—Part 3: Austin Rover Group](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-3-austin-rover-group/3142)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [7 May 2023 14:26 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-3-austin-rover-group/3142 "2023-05-07T14:26:55Z")
In Part 1 , on 2023-04-02, we saw how the postwar consolidation of the British automotive industry led to the formation of British Motor Corporation (BMC), which went on to absorb Jaguar in 1966. This left … --- ## [Casting Automotive Parts (Differential Cases) in Korea](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/casting-automotive-parts-differential-cases-in-korea/3096)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [26 April 2023 14:46 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/casting-automotive-parts-differential-cases-in-korea/3096 "2023-04-26T14:46:20Z")
This manufacturing process was filmed at Sungho Metal in Korea. The parent company, Sungho Group, started in 1994 as a scrap steel company, which now processes more than one million metric tons of steel sc… --- ## [Manufacturing Windows in Korea](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-windows-in-korea/3076)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [22 April 2023 16:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-windows-in-korea/3076 "2023-04-22T16:01:42Z")
--- ## [Downfall of the British Automobile Industry—Part 2: British Leyland](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-2-british-leyland/3049)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [22 April 2023 01:32 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-2-british-leyland/3049 "2023-04-22T01:32:59Z")
In Part 1, on 2023-04-02, we saw how the postwar consolidation of the British automotive industry led to the formation of British Motor Corporation (BMC), which went on to absorb Jaguar in 1966. This left … --- ## [Manufacturing Marbles](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-marbles/3009)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [6 April 2023 14:07 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-marbles/3009 "2023-04-06T14:07:54Z")
--- ## [Downfall of the British Automobile Industry—Part 1: British Motor Corporation](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-1-british-motor-corporation/2985)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [3 April 2023 13:50 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/downfall-of-the-british-automobile-industry-part-1-british-motor-corporation/2985 "2023-04-03T13:50:16Z")
In 1950, Britain, still recovering from World War II and postwar austerity policies and rationing under the Labour government of Clement Attlee, had thirty-eight independent manufacturers of automobiles pro… --- ## [Manufacturing Plastic Buckets in Korea](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-plastic-buckets-in-korea/2907)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [19 March 2023 16:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/manufacturing-plastic-buckets-in-korea/2907 "2023-03-19T16:56:43Z")
Global production of high-density polyethylene in 2007 exceeded 30 million tons. Note that manufacturing scrap can be easily ground to pellets and recycled into the moulding process. --- ## [Making Milk Glass Cups in Korea](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/making-milk-glass-cups-in-korea/2739)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [12 February 2023 18:07 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/making-milk-glass-cups-in-korea/2739 "2023-02-12T18:07:21Z")
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