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News Wire: GE's Brazil factory debuts modern moving assembly line

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Thursday, February 1, 2018 8:31 AM

It doesn't seem that revolutionary.  The "new" method seems to be a slowed down and scaled up version of an auto assembly line.

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 2:26 PM

CONTAGEM, Brazil – GE Transportation’s plant in Contagem unveiled today a new approach to manufacturing locomotives with a mixed-model moving assembly line. This Lean Manufacturing system, one of the first in the industry, is a more effic...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/01/31-ges-brazil-factory-debuts-modern-moving-assembly-line

Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine

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