r/EngineeringPorn Feb 22 '22

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Please note that in light of current events we will be removing all posts of war machines, war planes, war ships, etc. of Russian or Ukrainian origin to keep /r/EngineeringPorn apolitical, propaganda-free, and civil. Please report any posts or comments that are not in the spirit of this subreddit.


r/EngineeringPorn 1d ago

fiber optic fusion splicer

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r/EngineeringPorn 8h ago

Liebherr's LTM1150-5.4E 150-tonne electric mobile crane

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97 Upvotes

r/EngineeringPorn 1d ago

Fully mechanical steam car with a working boiler, steam pipes, pressure gauges, slide valve steam engine, a governor regulateing the boiler, gears, steering, and piston drivetrain. It even burns more fuel climbing hills.

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190 Upvotes

r/EngineeringPorn 1d ago

Why Rockets Use Stages

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Made an animation to show why rockets need stages.

YT: https://youtube.com/shorts/ZoqflzDMW0M?si=GbX9xPveVXFXMJrx


r/EngineeringPorn 2d ago

Stockholm is installing heated sidewalks beneath one of its luxury shopping streets

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651 Upvotes

Installing an electrically heated sidewalk in Stockholm, Sweden. These serpentine heating cables are being embedded beneath the granite paving of Biblioteksgatan, the city's premium shopping district. The project is a collaboration between the City of Stockholm and the surrounding property owners, creating a snow- and ice-free pedestrian street for one of Scandinavia's busiest luxury retail areas.


r/EngineeringPorn 1d ago

Inside Harley-Davidson’s York Factory: Frame Welding, Engine Assembly and Final Testing

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10 Upvotes

A detailed look inside Harley-Davidson Vehicle Operations in York, Pennsylvania.

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=004tLmEboY4

The video follows the manufacturing process from robotic frame welding and fuel-tank fabrication to paint finishing, engine production, final motorcycle assembly and functional testing.

It also includes the assembly of the Revolution Max 1250 engine and Pan America motorcycles.


r/EngineeringPorn 2d ago

Found a roll of old blueprints at an estate sale. I think they might be original Fleckenstein visible gas pump blueprints? Would love a reality check.

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r/EngineeringPorn 13h ago

New Type of Gas Turbine for Engine

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https://expander-gas-turbine-three.vercel.app/
Two semicircular blades are offset from the rotation center to form a pressure chamber that expands as they rotate, converting hot gas pressure into mechanical energy. More details on link.


r/EngineeringPorn 2d ago

NHSRCL: 350-Tonne TBM Cutterhead lowered at Vikhroli for MAHSR Bullet Train project

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NHSRCL achieves milestone as 350-Tonne TBM Cutterhead lowered at Vikhroli for MAHSR Bullet Train project - Rail Analysis India

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) project has achieved another major engineering milestone with the lowering of the first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) cutterhead at Vikhroli in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Executed by NHSRCL, the development marks an important stage in the construction of one of India’s most ambitious transportation infrastructure projects.

The cutterhead, measuring an impressive 13.6 meters in diameter and weighing approximately 350 tonnes, forms the front-end excavation component of the TBM. Its successful lowering represents the final phase of assembling the machine’s primary shield structure before tunneling activities begin.


r/EngineeringPorn 2d ago

Apollo 11 entered lunar orbit on July 19, 1969

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After a 76-hour journey from Earth, the spacecraft carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin executed a lunar orbit insertion burn to be captured by the Moon's gravity, setting the stage for the historic landing the following day.

Credit: Apollo Flight Journal


r/EngineeringPorn 3d ago

Second Law of Thermodynamics

459 Upvotes

Made an animation on Second Law of Thermodynamics, it doesn’t have true molecular dynamics simulations, just simplified kinematics to represent them.

Check it out on YT: https://youtube.com/shorts/uYoFgwXZ5BY?si=NId3BBLzHPk_4Kqh


r/EngineeringPorn 3d ago

Piping isometrics place

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35 Upvotes

Please see the main post, thank you!


r/EngineeringPorn 4d ago

'Splodey and droppy things

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2.9k Upvotes

r/EngineeringPorn 4d ago

Saint Elijah the Prophet Serbian Orthodox Church in Coober Pedy, South Australia. It's carved into the underground by opal miners, making it very unique looking, and also remains at a cold temperature inside while it's 35-40+ degrees celsius outside.

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113 Upvotes

r/EngineeringPorn 4d ago

How sound panels effect claps

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r/EngineeringPorn 4d ago

Stairs that transform into a lift.

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877 Upvotes

Elegant design


r/EngineeringPorn 4d ago

Dual-arm robot working a zipper and swapping items in a small green pouch, LingBot-VLA 2.0

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Real hardware filmed at 1x speed, not simulation or CGI. The clip shows contact-rich fingertip control from a single vision-language-action policy driving both arms from camera input. Worth noting the authors' own words: the model often makes partial progress but fails at the final precise placement, release, or completion step. This is a good run, not the median. Project page: technology.robbyant.com/lingbot-vla-v2


r/EngineeringPorn 4d ago

the first man made object to reach the edge of space wasn't a satellite, it was a WWII weapon. a V-2 launched straight up crossed about 100 km altitude back in 1944

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421 Upvotes

r/EngineeringPorn 5d ago

mechanical music varkaus finland

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123 Upvotes

r/EngineeringPorn 5d ago

The engineering required to create a mechanism capable of simply keeping that secured in position is mind-blowing.

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1.0k Upvotes

r/EngineeringPorn 6d ago

A robot developed by China's Northeast University

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774 Upvotes

r/EngineeringPorn 6d ago

Mosquito intercepting drone scores first mid-air kill.

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r/EngineeringPorn 6d ago

On June 10, 2018, NASA officially had to say goodbye to the little rover that could. The Mars Opportunity Rover was meant to last just 90 days and instead marched on for 14 years. It finally lost contact with earth after it was hit by a fierce dust storm.

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634 Upvotes

r/EngineeringPorn 4d ago

Trimet Max Door

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I don't know if this counts as enough engineering porn, but I am obsessed with the door mechanism, it's simplicity, and the fact it smoothly transitions with the rest of the max when the doors closes.