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Show Conveyors Carry Ford Car Parts ST tiVtii' , ' If"'1"- , T ! !- J? C" i 'St V U 0- - I s,'..':1'. " U m i f r ui" jA; 1nn a i es ft uM -Mm i i -I . fin ' i i r "I V Bodies starting through the shop. Trains unload in the plant. r k f? "P"4&?i' - T &u$f$M U ; Conveyors carry wheels with mounted tires over a line on which cars pass to completion. The highly important part played by conveyor systems sys-tems in a!I Ford Motor Company manufacturing and assembly plants Is graphically shown in the above three pictures taken in the recently opened Edge-v.ater, Edge-v.ater, N. J., plant One of the pictures shows how parts may be unloaded frcm freight cars within the plant only a few feet from the various assembly lines. Another picture shows automobile bodies starting their trip on a conveyor while the third view Is of the conveyor system used to bring wheels to the chasses which are also moving on a conveyor. As Indicated in the picture, a constant flow of wheels on which the tires have already been mounted moves r around and over the chassis assembly line. As a chassis enters tne section, workers. In groups ot four, each take a wheel from the hooks and fasten It to the chassis. - I 1 |