Moving Assembly Line at Ford — History.com This Day in History — 10/7/1913. For the first time, Henry Ford's entire Highland Park, Michigan automobile factory is run on a continuously moving assembly line when the chassis--the automobile's frame--is assembled using the revolutionary industrial technique. A motor and rope pulled the chassis past workers and parts on the factory floor, cutting the man-hours required to complete one "Model T" from 12-1/2 hours to six. Within a year, further assembly line improvements reduced the time required to 93 man-minutes. The staggering increase in productivity effected by Ford's use of the moving assembly line allowed him to drastically reduce the cost of the Model T, thereby accomplishing his dream of making the car affordable to ordinary consumers. In introducing the Model T in October 1908, Henry Ford proclaimed, "I will build a motor car for the great multitude.
" With the success of the magneto experiment, Ford engineers put the Model T motor and then the transmission on moving assembly lines. 1908 Buick Model 10 and 1909 Ford Model T - Feature - Shopping Tools Advertisement The Marvelous Model T The car that finally emerged from the northeast corner of Piquette’s third floor wasn’t the revolutionary machine that some historians have suggested, but it did embody a number of interesting innovations. For example, almost every steel member in the car was a vanadium steel alloy, a new development that added strength and reduced mass.
Ford rated the engine at 22 horsepower, and it was capable of delivering 25 mpg, according to contemporary accounts. The two-speed planetary transmission—more compact than most, thanks to vanadium steel—shared its lubrication with the engine, and the magneto was integrated with the flywheel, another innovative touch. Most Model T bodies were wood. Perhaps you’ve noticed the red paint? Other Stories You Might Like. Mass production. Mass production of airplanes at Aircraft Plant No. 4, near Fort Worth, Texas. Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines.
With job production and batch production it is one of the three main production methods.[1] The concepts of mass production are applied to various kinds of products, from fluids and particulates handled in bulk (such as food, fuel, chemicals, and mined minerals) to discrete solid parts (such as fasteners) to assemblies of such parts (such as household appliances and automobiles). Mass production is a diverse field, but it can generally be contrasted with craft production or distributed manufacturing. It has occurred for centuries; there are examples of production methods that can best be defined as mass production that predate the Industrial Revolution. Overview[edit] History[edit] Before the Machine Age[edit] Crossbows made of bronze were mass-produced in China during the Warring States period. Your bibliography / works cited list.
The 1920s Credit Bubble. I. The Great Inequality of the 1920s mirrored our own time A Statistical Portrait of the 1920s shows a vibrant and expanding continent-wide economy, that represented the largest creditor nation on the planet, but marred by a very unequal distribution of wealth: While productivity surged over 30% in that period, worker's incomes increased only 11%. Moreover, over 70% of American families lived in relatively strapped conditions according to the statistical abstract. The financial gains of the 1920s were vaccuumed by the very top strata: Minimum income deemed necessary for a decent family standard of living: $2500 Percentage of American families with incomes under $2500 in 1929: 71% Distribution of Wealth Rise in per capita income for nation as a whole: 9% Rise in per capita income for top 1% of population, 1920-1929: 75% Percentage of savings held by top .1% of Americans: 34% Percentage of savings held by top 2.3% of Americans: 67% Percentage of American Families with no savings: 80%
File:Ford assembly line - 1913.jpg. The Story of Henry Ford's $5 a Day Wages: It's Not What You Think. Gale Virtual Reference Library - Document - Discontinuing the Model T Ford. Model T Ford.