Machine Condition Monitoring Keeps a Factory Running

In 1901, a patent was issued to Ransom E. Olds for the idea of a continuously moving assembly line, which he used to build the first Oldsmobile vehicles. In 1913, Henry Ford improved the concept by adding moving conveyor belts and with these two innovations, the time needed to assemble a car went from 1½ days to 1½ hours. The modern assembly factory was born.