assembly line

(noun)

A system of workers and machinery in which a product is assembled in a series of consecutive operations; typically the product is attached to a continuously moving belt

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Examples of assembly line in the following topics:

  • Automobiles, Airplanes, Mass Production, and Assembly-Line Progress

    • This was largely due to the adoption by industry of the technique of mass production, the system under which identical products were churned out quickly and inexpensively using assembly lines.
    • Using the manufacturing assembly line system, in which individual parts or sets of pieces are added to a product at stations on a conveyor belt or other moveable line, entrepreneurs such as automobile tycoon Henry Ford were able to greatly increase productivity.
    • Telephone lines were strung across the continent, and indoor plumbing and modern sewer systems were installed for the first time in many regions.
    • Assembly lines revolutionized manufacturing in the first decades of the 20th Century.
  • Adjusting Capacity

    • Adjusting capacity will affect the amount of items produced on the assembly line.
  • Clean production defined

    • If you think that the word ‘production' only refers to factory assembly lines, think again.
    • The point here is not to think of production as pertaining only to manufacturers, but rather to assume that every system is a production line in one form or another.
  • Efficiency

    • The employment of assembly lines, which used special-purpose tools and/or equipment to allow unskilled workers to contribute to the finished product
    • It is true that his assembly line was revolutionary, but it was in no way original.
    • This allowed for a very adaptable flexibility, creating an assembly line that could change its constituent components to meet the needs of the product being assembled.
  • The Factory System

    • This invention, along with Eli Whitney's cotton gin, set the stage for the development of interchangeable parts and the assembly line, which would revolutionize manufacturing globally.
    • The American System, or Armory System, emerged in the 1820s and involved semi-skilled labor to produce standardized and identical interchangeable parts that could be assembled with a minimum of time and skill.
    • The use of interchangeable parts separated manufacture from assembly, allowing assembly to be carried out by sequentially adding parts to a product.
    • The assembly line, relying on these parts, became a particularly prominent feature of manufacturing in the late 19th and 20 centuries.
  • Quality Control and Assurance

    • QA includes managing the quality of raw materials, assemblies, products, components, services related to production, management processes, production processes, and inspection processes.
    • Many processes, such as assembly lines, help ensure quality assurance and control by streamlining the production process.
  • Sculpture of the Qin Dynasty

    • Heads, arms, legs, and torsos were created separately and then assembled.
    • Eight face moulds were most likely used, with clay added after assembly to provide individual facial features.
    • This would classify the process as assembly line production, with specific parts manufactured and assembled after being fired, as opposed to crafting one solid piece and subsequently firing it.
  • Manufacturing

    • The "American System" featured semi-skilled labor using machine tools and jigs to make standardized, identical, interchangeable parts, which could be assembled with a minimum of time and skill.
    • Since the parts were interchangeable, it became possible to separate manufacture from assembly, which could then be carried out by semi-skilled labor on an assembly line - an example of the division of labor.
  • Establishment of the National Assembly

    • After Louis XVI's failed attempts to sabotage the Assembly and to keep the three estates separate, the Estates-General ceased to exist, becoming the National Assembly.
    • The Assembly renamed itself the National Constituent Assembly on July 9 (it is common to refer to the body even after that as the National Assembly or the Constituent Assembly) and began to function as a governing body and a constitution-drafter.
    • The leading forces of the Assembly at this time were: the conservative foes of the revolution (later known as "The Right"); the Monarchiens ("Monarchists," also called "Democratic Royalists") allied with Jacques Necker and inclined toward arranging France along lines similar to the British constitution model; and "the Left" (also called "National Party") - a group still relatively united in support of revolution and democracy, representing mainly the interests of the middle classes but strongly sympathetic to the broader range of the common people.
    • Simultaneously, the Assembly continued to draft a new constitution.
    • The Assembly gave Necker complete financial dictatorship.
  • Additional cost and energy saving suggestions for pumps

    • Eliminate leaks in compressed air lines and valves.
    • A General Motors assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, for example, reduced its energy needs by around 8% after, in part, decommissioning unused air supply systems and ensuring that those that remained worked properly.
    • A leak in a steam line can result in higher steam production requirements to compensate for what is lost.
    • In addition, leaking condensate return lines bring back less condensate to their boiler, thereby forcing the boiler to use more energy to heat up replacement water.
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