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Article: Limit and safety switches: interchangeable components make choices nearly ... unlimited.(Five Star Product Of The Month)
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- May 1, 2004
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As the history books tell, the two primary pillars of the industrial Revolution of the 19th century were the availability of a powerful motive source--James Watt's steam engine--and the introduction of interchangeable parts. The latter innovation, invented by Eli Whitney when he contracted to manufacture musket components, in turn led to mass production, easily replaced parts in a given machine, and the potential for products to be offered as different models using the same core elements. Production-custom became key in everything from cars to coffee makers, even in components from fluid power fittings electronic to power supplies.
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