Eli Whitney

Eli Whitney

Erick Ong

Eli Whitney 

American inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer, best remembered as the inventor of the cotton gin but most important for developing the concept of mass production of interchangeable parts.

Cotton gin 

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machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds, invented in the United States by Eli Whitney in 1793. greatly expanded for market for American cotton, seeds of cotton was demanded. Which production was inhibited by the slowness of manual removal of the seeds from the raw fibre.

Mass production 

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application of the principles of specialization, division of labour, and standardization of parts to the manufacture of goods. Such manufacturing processes attain high rates of output at low unit cost, with lower costs expected as volume rises.

Mass production methods 

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the division and specialization of human labour the use of tools, machinery, and other equipment, usually automated, in the production of standard, interchangeable parts and products.

Interchangeable part identical components that can be substituted one for another, particularly important in the history of manufacturing. With precision equipment, large numbers of identical parts could be produced at low cost and with a small workforce.