How It's Made · SEASON 28
Hollow Disk Pumps, Palm Sugar, Yachts
Episode 10 · 2016-11-03
- Documentary
Episode overview
Closely spaced rotating disks are machined and installed inside pump housings to move liquids containing delicate or suspended material. Sap collected from palm trees is filtered and slowly reduced into concentrated palm sugar, while moulded hulls receive engines, navigation systems, plumbing, electrical equipment and fitted interiors to become luxury yachts.
21 minutes
Season 28 episodes
1. Classic Car Gauges, Chocolate Marble Cake, Ghillie Kettles, Condoms2016-08-22
2. Pasta Dies, Blueberries, Composting Toilets, Surge Arresters2016-08-29
3. Angle Grinders, Berry Baskets, Omnidirectional Speakers2016-09-05
4. Cartridge Blades, Chocolate Banana Loaves, Vending Machines, Dive Computers2016-09-12
5. Ultra-Thin Glass, Pallet Dismantling Machines, Cupcakes, Seamless Stainless Steel Tubing2016-09-19
6. Potash, Leather Bracelets, Wild Rice, Hex Key L Wrenches2016-10-06
7. Metal Nail Files, Birch Bark Canoes, Cruiser Boat Hardtops, High-Voltage Circuit Breakers2016-10-13
8. Macarons, Pine Needle Baskets, Micrometers2016-10-20
9. Endoscopes, Megaphones, Uranium2016-10-27
10. Hollow Disk Pumps, Palm Sugar, Yachts2016-11-03
11. Abalone Collagen, Digital-to-Analog Converters, Embosssed Wood Mouldings, Plier Staplers2016-11-10
12. Thai Barbecues, Diving Masks and Fins, Bassoons2016-11-17
13. Wooden Utensils, Transport Refrigeration Units, Moccasins, Electronic Impact Drills2016-11-24
