How It's Made · SEASON 23

Noise Barrier Walls, Front-Load Washers, Bourbon, Flexible Circuit Boards

Episode 3 · 2014-04-17

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Episode overview

Sound-absorbing materials are formed into roadside panels designed to reduce traffic noise. Drums, motors, pumps and electronic controls are installed in front-loading washing machines; fermented grain mash is distilled and aged in charred barrels to produce bourbon; and conductive pathways are formed on thin flexible substrates to make circuit boards.

21 minutes

Season 23 episodes