Manufacturing Shock Absorbers in 1976 - USA!

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One of the manufacturing businesses I worked at in the 70's made Shock Absorbers for aftermarket major customer.

Shocks were shit in the 60s/70s, as was steering. We had 2 automated lines that created the hydraulic piston tube for your typical shock The production line was custom built by Swanson-Erie carousel of multi-stages requiring human input. And - don't fuck up because it creates a problem downstream. Flow is key, personal defects be damned. 20,000/day x 2 lines x 2 shifts - 80.000 per day. But, what if you find a latent, serious defect? Lots of scarp. Weeks worth.

My small voice on US manufacturing and thinking in the 70's.

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