Institut für Tragwerksentwurf

O interior de um dos fornos históricos da Fábrica da Vista Alegre, fundada em 1824 em Ílhavo, revela o impacto da produção de porcelana dura ao longo de décadas. As paredes de tijolo refratário exibem um revestimento vítreo, resultado da autovitrificação causada por repetidas cozeduras a temperaturas superiores a 1300°C. Este processo funde a sílica e outros minerais dos tijolos, selando poros e alterando a cor, criando uma película que evidencia as zonas de maior fluxo térmico. A estrutura, com aberturas e nichos para circulação da chama e controlo, operava com duas câmaras: uma inferior, atingindo 1400°C para a cozedura principal, e uma superior, a 1000°C para a primeira cozedura, num ciclo de 40 horas alimentado a carvão e lenha. Este forno, essencial à primeira unidade industrial de porcelana em Portugal, representa um marco na arqueologia industrial portuguesa, ilustrando a exigência técnica e física da produção que consolidou a reputação da Vista Alegre.

The interior of one of the historic kilns at the Vista Alegre factory, founded in 1824 in Ílhavo, reveals the impact of hard porcelain production over decades. The refractory brick walls display a vitreous coating, the result of self-vitrification caused by repeated firing at temperatures above 1300°C. This process melts the silica and other minerals in the bricks, sealing pores and altering the color, creating a film that highlights the areas of greatest heat flow. The structure, with openings and niches for flame circulation and control, operated with two chambers: a lower one, reaching 1400°C for the main firing, and an upper one, at 1000°C for the first firing, in a 40-hour cycle fueled by coal and wood. This kiln, essential to the first industrial porcelain unit in Portugal, represents a milestone in Portuguese industrial archaeology, illustrating the technical and physical demands of production that consolidated Vista Alegre's reputation.

From a very fine 1962 publication issued by Thomas W Ward of Sheffield showing recent activities amongst the Ward Group of Companies. The company was founded in Sheffield in 1898 and during the 20th century it grew to acquire a multiplicity of allied companies and activities. I suspect they are best recalled for railway engineering works and shipbreaking. The Group was restructed in the late 1970s and the bulk of the company was acquired by RTZ in 1982.

This book is a tremendous record of the group and is beautifully produced although very annoyingly no printer or publisher is shown. The company commissioned the photographer Walter Nurnberg to take the vast majority of the near 200 images. Nurnberg was an acknowledged and accomplished photographer of the industrial landscape.

I can sit at look at this fine image of a woman worker applying canvas to make insulated pipe section and wonder if anyone knew or cared as to the likely impact on this worker of the trade she was in and the job she was doing? Albeit this appears as a 'wet process' the thought of the product she (and many others) were working with really does give me a shock. Born and brought up in Rochdale, arguably the home of the asbestos industry, this material and its ramifications loomed large in my life as my father worked for Turner Brothers Asbestos at their Spotland plant; a site so polluted that even now, after years of abandonment and dereliction, it is still unsafe to re-develop. BY the time this book was produced, 1962, the evidence against asbestos was already stacking up and was well known. Indeed as early as 1922 warnings had started to be raised about the dangers of asbestos in mining, production and use. TBA spent many years not just downplaying these fears but actively working to ensure that even medical knowledge was undermined. So spare a thought for this woman whose only 'protective' work gear appear to be her rubber gloves and an apron.

austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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Wood and metal antique spools used to carry silk thread in an old abandoned factory.

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1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

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1977

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1977

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1977

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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1977

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1977

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The video captures Albion's Bradbury Line cold roll-forming manufacturing process. The West Bromwich facility houses Albion Sections' state of the art Bradbury line which was exported from the USA. Fitted in 2006, this £1million investment allows custom roll forming and an instant changeover. It can manufacture Sigma Purlins, Zed Purlin, Steel Purlins, Eaves Beams, Cee Sections, Mezzanine Floor channels, Side Rails, and Structural Steel Framing (SFS) - Stud and Track from S390 and S450 yield strength steel. Albion now supports numerous Steel Construction Markets, such as portal frames, steel framing and Modular Construction both for off site and on site assembly. Albion Sections are a part of the Sebden Steel Group.

austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

(partial / end of roll)

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

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© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

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