·Richard Sutcliffe invented a conveyor belt in 1905 designed especially for mines These belts could function in underground areas to transport coal and other minerals In 1913 conveyors were first used in the manufacturing industry when Henry Ford introduced conveyor belts in the assembly lines of Ford Motor Company Then a special conveyor
·In 1913 alone Ford had to hire more than 52 000 workers for a workforce that at any one time numbered 14 000 writes Swan In an attempt to to stem the tide of turnover he upped the company s
·The first modern like belt conveyors are dedicated to the late eighteenth century due to the invention of Oliver Evans in USA and to the nineteenth century by Lyster in England Lopatine in
Jan 12 The incredible story behind the invention of conveyor belt sushi Jake Courage The literal translation means rotation sushi and refers to the way the dishes move around on a conveyor belt system The man responsible for this invention Yoshiaki Shiraishi developed the idea to overcome a problem he had as the owner of a busy