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The Satisfying Machines Involved In Building Cars

Auto assembly is among the most complex operations in existence, and it requires thousands of parts, people, and machines to make it all work. While early automobiles were built individually by hand, ...
Business Insider

Boeing's last-ever 747 just rolled off the assembly line, marking the end of an era. Here's the history of how the revolutionary plane changed the world.

One of the greatest feats of American aerospace engineering is coming to an end. On Tuesday, Boeing's final 747 rolled off the assembly line in Everett, Washington, It's the last of four jumbo jets on ...
THE WEEK

52 ideas that changed the world - 30. The production line

A production line (or assembly line) is a sequential set of procedures, most commonly taking place in a factory, that leads to the completed production of an object. From our morning news briefing to ...
Chicago Tribune

Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant celebrates 100 years on the Southeast Side, from building the Model T to the Explorer

When Ford opened its Chicago plant in February 1924 on the banks of the Calumet River in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the city’s Southeast Side, it was the dawn of the automobile age and the mass ...
Reuters

Airbus builds new A320neo assembly line in historic hangar swap

PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - Airbus (AIR.PA), opens new tab has started building a new A320neo-family assembly line in Toulouse to replace an older and less efficient facility and help speed up ...