NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Level Sensor, Nathan Rosenberg, Henry M. Leland
25 Aug 2016
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Unit 9: the american system of manufacturing: early american system of manufacturing (asm) In the united states, we start to see a really distinctive way of manufacturing that started after the first industrial revolution (mid 1800"s) Labeled the american system of manufacturing it is characterized by: the use of specialized machinery (single or special purpose machine tools) Machines that build parts for other machines: standardization. Uniform and standard parts that all are made with the same specifications and therefore: interchangeable parts. You can swap one part for another. The use of highly specialized machine tools were used in factories and arranged in a particular way to facilitate continuous flow of production. Prior to the use of interchangeable and standardized parts, most machines were hand- crafted which meant that if something broke, you would have to go to the original manufacturer to have it fixed because each machine was unique.
