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Article: Mass producing quantities of one. (Rheko International Group; assembly line manufacturing)
- Article from:
- Modern Machine Shop
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
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It may sound like a contradiction in terms, but this Windsor,
Canada, shop developed a production system for making prototype and limited
production quantities of mold and die sets based on assembly line
techniques. It's a concept that scales up or down and is applicable in a
wide spectrum of shops.
Prior to the application of the assembly line to automotive manufacturing,
cars were built in place with various parts manufactured to fit the car