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Machine tools (capable of producing dimensionally accurate parts in large quantities) and jigs and fixtures (for holding the work and guiding the tool) were the indispensable innovations that made mass production and interchangeable parts realities in the 19th century.
A history most specifically of Burgmaster, which specialized in turret drills; but in telling Burgmaster's story, and that of its acquirer Houdaille, Holland provides a history of the machine tool industry in general between World War II and the 1980s that ranks with Noble's coverage of the same era (Noble 1984) as a seminal history.
13 lut 2024 · Traces the development of machine tools and workshop techniques and highlights the contributions of various toolmakers Bibliography: p. 245-247
1 mar 1984 · Section 2 of the paper contains a review of the historical development of machine tool technology, paying particular attention to the role of interaction between producers and users of machine tools, the organizational changes connected with the introduction of new machine tools, and the creation of new markets resulting from some fundamental ...
History of Machine Tools The development of metal-cutting machines (once briefly called machine tools) started with the invention of the cylinder, which was changed to a roller guided by a journal bearing.
Machine tools have been an integral part of the industrial growth process ever since the Industrial Revolution in England in the latter part of the 18th century.
The story of machine tools began when man constructed the first crude lathe-boring machine and has continued into the twentieth century with the evolution of ceramic tools, metal-forming machines, and electronic-tape-controlled machines.
