Henry Ford DVD Note Sheet - Case Jr High Tech Ed
Standard:
4. Manufacturing Technologies
Manufacturing is the process of converting raw materials (primary process) into physical goods (secondary process), involving multiple industrial processes (e.g., assembly, multiple stages of production, quality control).
Strand 4.1: Describe and explain the manufacturing systems of custom and mass
production.
Strand 4.2: Explain and give examples of the impacts of interchangeable parts,
components of mass-produced products, and the use of automation, e.g., robotics.
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Henry Ford was born in the year 1863. He spent his early years living on a FARM.
At 16 years of age he found work at a machine shop in DETROIT. After a while he went back to the farm where he worked fixing STEAM ENGINES.
He became interested in a German made GASOLINE powered engine that he saw in Detroit.
At the age of 30 he took a job at the EDISON Illuminating Company in Detroit. He later met THOMAS EDISON who encouraged him to keep working on his inventions.
Ford created his first auto in the year 1896. The automobile was actually invented in GERMANY. The name automobile is actually French for SELF MOVING.
In the 1900’s DETROIT became the center of the automobile industry.
Ford’s first 2 auto designs were not SUCCESSFUL. During this time he also built RACE cars.
In 1903 he built the Model A. He believed in making HIGH QUALITY inexpensive passenger cars. He was producing 25 cars a day. He believed that could sell more cars if he KEPT COSTS DOWN.
Ford worked on his concept of MASS PRODUCTION.
He built his cars using standardized parts that were INTERCHANGABLE.
Ford introduced the Model T in 1908. One of his innovations was moving the STEERING WHEEL from one side of the car to the other. This was a high quality car and it sold for $ 825.
Stressing efficiency, Ford created the MOVING ASSEMBLY LINE in 1913. This INCREASED productivity by bringing the parts to the WORKERS. By 1918 1/2 of all cars on Earth were Model T’s. Ford’s Assembly Line allowed him to produce a car every 24 seconds.
These cars were built high off the ground which was important because there were no ROADS.
In 1911 Ford produced 35,000 cars and by 1914 he made 200,000. His factories were clean, well lit, orderly and SAFE. Despite this many workers quit because of the STRESS of working at a rapid pace. Ford decided to raise their pay to $ 5 for an 8 hour day. This was 2 times the industry average. Ford’s workers used their money to buy FORD CARS
Despite his success as a businessman, Ford was criticized for his stance against UNIONS and for his anti-SEMETIC beliefs.
He made the Model T for 19 years. He then began to produce the new version of the MODEL A. Ford Motor Company was innovative because it owned many of the producers of the RAW MATERIALS used to make its cars. This new car was the first to have SAFETY GLASS for the windshield and the car sold for $495.
In 1932 Ford introduced the V8. The speed of the car made it popular with GANGSTERS.
The automobile transformed the country and the world. People went from the farms to the CITIES and when the cities got too crowded they moved to the SUBURBS. Mass Production contributed to the advancement of the MIDDLE Class in America. It was said that the American economy was so tied to the auto industry that when the auto industry did well the US economy also DID WELL.
The repetitive tasks of Mass Production are now done by MACHINES.
Henry Ford died in 1947.
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