Force of gravity utilized to turn over truck frame assemblies weighing from 760 to 3710 lb from up side down to right side up position in Highland Park, Mich, truck plant of Ford Motor Co; operation is now semiautomatic instead of manual, as before.


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    Title :

    This "trip" turns ford truck frames right side up


    Additional title:

    Flow


    Published in:

    Flow ; 4 , n 4


    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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