Henry Ford
is a well-known engineer with the establishment of the well know company named
after him the Ford Motor company, Ford has also created the first horseless
carousel with gasoline power. Ford is also well known for his introductory to
the revolutionary mass production method, creating the assembly line in the
beginning of the 1900’s.
Henry Ford
was a key element in the automobile industry to date he improved upon many
things, further on Henry elaborated the design and at that time his focus was upon
improving the speed capacity within his models. This lead to competition with
big brands such as Ferrari, Bugatti and more.
Ford at a
young age of nineteen he was already a certified machinist, Ford started a new
project he started working on an engine this was his first try before
discovering his ability and creating the model T, After Ford was satisfied with
his design he started working hands on the machine and created the first form
of ‘car creation’. The Quadricycle was a key discovery in human history with a
small engine and horizontal lever.
By
publishing the brand-new model T the market made a drastic change of choice in
the automobile industry, this means that at the time Ford was on top of the
food chain it is also important to mention that in over just 20 years Ford
managed to build 15 million of the same model T. The model T was very
successful due to the use of the assembly line this lead to a low cost in the
manufacturing process, comparing to other brands this car was much more worth
it in terms of cost, needs of repair and function, the only downside to this
model was that it was being replicated at a fast pace for a long time that
competitors evolved more on how and what people would like their vehicle. Henry
Ford did not only change the fact that now a human being can go from point A to
B in an automobile (which at the time that was the new trend), he has
elaborated this ability to arrive at your desired destination in a more
luxurious style and faster in terms of speed. Henry Ford’s success is partly
owed to Thomas Edison were at the time they started in a small company called
Edison Illumination company, after working in the same company Ford and Edison
collaborated in a new company called Detroit Automobile were this was the start
of a new foundation of the early American automobile manufacturing industry.
The fact
that Henry could live at the peak of the Industrial Revolution helped him in
terms of resources and manufacture. In my opinion creating this automobile
revalorized society, the fact that Henry was determined and opted to the level
of society (working class) his inventions are serving as the base of the
automobile industry till this day, meaning that still till this day it was a
fundamental change to the American society especially.
In my
opinion Ford is a very important figure and his engineering skill sets are
still fundamental till this day his determination of discovering and innovating
things lead to a positive transition in the automobile industry, the urge
behind his determination lead to creating innovative designs and most
importantly improving the BHP of his models were key studies that lead to where
we are today, Ford was also lucky to able to live in time of the industrial
revolution as I mentioned earlier this helped in terms of manufacturing process
(assembly line), resources and costings.
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