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posted by takyon on Thursday December 06 2018, @07:22PM   Printer-friendly
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Vinyl record production has finally joined the modern age

Viryl has developed a first-in-the-industry: A steamless system [for creating vinyl records] that will make massive boilers and piping systems a thing of the past. Not only does it obviate some of the costs and permits previously involved, but it also becomes a more environmentally friendly process. Vinyl record pressing has finally bootstrapped itself into the modern age on all counts and stands to encourage new pressing plants to support vinyl's resurgent popularity.

Traditionally, the molds used to stamp out vinyl discs are heated by steam which is delivered to the press from a boiler. Viryl's steamless module electrically heats water to the desired 285 degrees Fahrenheit so the molds can melt pucks of PVC into a record. This new method of heating, removes gas, the boiler and extensive plumbing from the equation.

This new setup is a closed system that can live right next to the press, allowing for a smaller footprint in your workspace. It also reduces water waste, although you'll still need cooling lines. One of the biggest factors here, though, is that no boiler means none of the treatment chemicals used to keep a boiler in working order, so the environment wins. A setup that requires less square footage could also make Viryl's new presses a more attractive solution when space is limited or at a premium. Existing customers luck out as well, since it's possible to retrofit presses with the new option.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 07 2018, @12:51AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 07 2018, @12:51AM (#770966)

    Going to digital from vinyl was a great technical improvement. It made possible the mp3 music player, now incorporated into the cell phone. Everyone can now carry around their private music universe. We got rid of all those physical things and actions that vinyl required.

    But in today's world so much of what most people do is digital based, that the physical has regained its attraction. In a digital world, people want some non-digital in their life, and vinyl music is one avenue to get it. It's precisely all the fiddly little bits that people enjoy, because their days are no longer filled with having to deal with all the fiddly little bits of a thousand physical things.