Modern Marvels
Season 14 Episode 15 - Welding
It was a science first conjured amid the fiery ovens of ancient blacksmiths; today more than 50% of all U.S. products require some form of welding. Whether via electricity, flammable gases, sonic waves, or sometimes just raw explosive power, welding creates powerful bonds between metal unmatched by any other joining process. From high atop emerging 60-story towers on the Las Vegas strip to oil platforms hundreds of feet below the ocean, discover how welders forge the backbone of civilization. Learn about exciting new applications: how sound waves create bulletproof welds for contemporary body armor; the technologies behind robotic welding systems; and the knee-rattling impact of an explosion weld, the most powerful method of all.
Episodes in Season 14
Balls
44 min
Environmental Tech
44 min
Canning
44 min
Pumps
44 min
Ice
44 min
More Ice
44 min
The Destroyer
44 min
Star Trek Tech
44 min
Weapons of Mass Destruction
44 min
Barbarian Battle Tech
44 min
Dams
44 min
Yard Tech
44 min
More Military Movers
44 min
Deep Sea Salvage
44 min
Welding
44 min
60s Tech
44 min
It Came From Outer Space
44 min
World's Strongest II
44 min
Engineering Disasters of the '70s
44 min
70s Tech
44 min
Truck Stops
44 min
Fertilizer
44 min
Cheese
44 min
Saws
44 min
Aluminum
44 min
Sticky Stuff
44 min
Chocolate
44 min
Bedroom Tech
44 min
Vacuums
44 min
Traps
44 min
Nature Tech: Volcanoes
44 min
Star Wars Tech
44 min
Extreme Aircraft II
44 min
Deep Freeze
44 min
Acid
44 min
World's Sharpest
44 min
Engineering Disasters 21
44 min
Environmental Tech II
44 min
Corn
44 min
The Pig
44 min
Rocks
44 min
Most Shocking
44 min
Cold Cuts
44 min
Fast Food Tech
44 min
