interchangeable parts

(noun)

Interchangeable parts are parts (components) that are, for practical purposes, identical. They are made to specifications that ensure that they are so nearly identical that they will fit into any assembly of the same type.

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Examples of interchangeable parts in the following topics:

  • Manufacturing

    • The "American System" was the first to successfully implement the use of interchangeable parts in industry.
    • The "American System" featured semi-skilled labor using machine tools and jigs to make standardized, identical, interchangeable parts, which could be assembled with a minimum of time and skill.
    • Interchangeability of parts was finally achieved by combining a number of innovations and improvements in machining operations and machine tools, which were developed primarily for making textile machinery .
    • The Arsenel at Springfield was a center of manufacturing, including interchangeable parts, during the War of 1812, when US manufacturing increased due to the isolation of war.
    • Describe the social and economic significance of the American System's use of standardized, interchangeable parts

  • The Factory System

    • This invention, along with Eli Whitney's cotton gin, set the stage for the development of interchangeable parts and the assembly line, which would revolutionize manufacturing globally.
    • The American System, or Armory System, emerged in the 1820s and involved semi-skilled labor to produce standardized and identical interchangeable parts that could be assembled with a minimum of time and skill.
    • Interchangeability of parts was achieved by combining a number of innovations developed for textile machinery, including the invention of new machine tools and jigs, for guiding the cutting tool, fixtures for holding the work in the proper position, and blocks and gauges to check the accuracy of the finished parts.
    • The use of interchangeable parts separated manufacture from assembly, allowing assembly to be carried out by sequentially adding parts to a product.
    • The assembly line, relying on these parts, became a particularly prominent feature of manufacturing in the late 19th and 20 centuries.

  • A Market Society

    • Manufacturing came to depend on conveyor belts, interchangeable parts, and industrial tools.

  • Elton Mayo

    • The movement viewed workers in terms of their psychology and fit with companies rather than as interchangeable parts, and it resulted in the creation of the discipline of human resource management.

  • Promoting Economic Development

    • The "American System" featured semi-skilled laborers using machine tools and jigs to make standardized, identical, interchangeable parts, which could be assembled quickly and with minimal skill.
    • Because the parts were interchangeable, it became possible to separate manufacturing from assembly, which then could be carried out by semi-skilled laborers on an assembly line—an example of the division of labor.
    • As part of his economic policies designed to address the national debt, Hamilton urged Congress to impose a tax on domestically distilled liquors.
    • Federalists, for their part, came to accept that the people could play a greater role in governance.

  • Secondary Groups

    • Since secondary groups are established to perform functions, people's roles are more interchangeable.
    • A secondary group is one you have chosen to be a part of.

  • Blended Learning

    • Blended learning is an education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction.
    • Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction, and with some element of student control over time, place, path or pace.
    • The terms "blended," "hybrid," "technology-mediated instruction," "web-enhanced instruction," and "mixed-mode instruction" are often used interchangeably in current research literature, although researchers in the United States tend to mostly use the term "blended learning. " Proponents of blending learning cite the opportunity for data collection and customization of instruction and assessment as two major benefits of this approach.
    • Finally, proponents claim that incorporating information technology into class projects, leads to increased and improved communication between lecturers and part-time students and allows students to better evaluate their understanding of course material via the use of internet or computer based qualitative and quantitative assessment modules.

  • Timbre

    • For instruments that produce notes with a clear and specific pitch, the frequencies involved are part of a harmonic series.
    • Some are somewhat interchangeable, and some may have slightly different meanings for different musicians, so no attempt will be made to provide definitions.

  • Company Capabilities

    • Although often used interchangeably, "capability" and "competency" are quite different.
    • They are the underlying DNA, culture, and personality of a firm, integrating all the other parts of the firm and bringing it together.

  • Introduction to Elementary operations and Gaussian Elimination

    • because we can add 2 times row 3 of A to row 2 of A; then interchange rows 2 and 3; finally multiply row 1 by 2.