Weck jar secured by steel tension clips which can be removed once a vacuum seal has formed. During storage the vertical position of the rubber seal's external tongue indicates the status of the sealing. Weck products are still produced and are available from German hardware and online stores. Used equipment is frequently sold on online auction sites and in opportunity shops. Weck jar A Weck jar is a molded glass jar used in canning to preserve food. It is popularly used for jam preservation, for its minimal look and foolproof rubber gasket with a glass lid. Weck jars were created by the
Olivier de Weck order to maximize their lifecycle value." Past research has been sponsored by organizations such as NASA, DARPA, Xerox, and BP. de Weck developed or supervised development of a number of methods and tools including: In January 2017 de Weck started a two-year professional leave of absence from MIT to serve as the Senior Vice President for Technology Planning and Roadmapping at Airbus Group in Toulouse, France. de Weck co-authored a book presenting the argument for Engineering Systems as a new discipline: He appears in videos discussing the need for and technical challenges of interplanetary space exploration: and is quoted in