Show miles of conveyors in ford plant W p S 2 R k M k too R g this picture shows hows two types of conveyors convey ora orB in use in the rouge plant of 0 th the ford motor company N 1 l ENDLESS chain conveyor A three and a halt to tour four miles long said to be the longest in tho the world has just been completed at the rouge plant ot of the ford motor company at dearborn michigan on it parts of ford cars in the process ot of manufacture are transported from one building to another and completed parts aro are carried direct to railroad cars tor for shipment to branch assembly plants the conveyor which carries its cargo on suspended hooks books has a dally daily capacity tor for parts weighing over 2000 pounds it supplants freight cars and trucks which have been used tor for the transfer of many parts from one point to another in the ford plant this longest conveyor of them all Is a development ot the ford policy that nothing should be done dona by manual tabor labor that could better bo be done by machine in the early days of his bis manufacturing career mr air ford devised the as bombly line a moving track on cars in tho the process of assen assembly ibl y weh wen to tha th workmen instead oc at the yort mon men carrying parts to the car the assembly line perfected in many hayti Is now used by automobile jurers generally tho the value ot the conveyor in redu ing physical labor la in saying saving time li ft preserving system and tn in cutting chatt soon became apparent and its use wite was extended to other purposes about t the he plant dhow ow there are literally miles ot of conveyors ot of various types in the ford plant some ot of them carry parts from one building to another and tire are carefully synchronized so eo that the parts parta arrive at precisely the right moment and in the exact spot where they a are to needed others transport red hot in gots gets of steel weighing nearly a ton each still others move outgoing s ship hip ments it if it were not tor for the conveyors according to officials ot of the ford company mass production would not be possible on its present scale |