mechanization
Replacing hands with machines
Mechanization is the process of replacing human or animal labor with machines.
It transformed agriculture: Mechanization reduced the number of farm workers dramatically.
The term applies to any shift from manual to machine-powered work, whether in factories, warfare, or household tasks.
The resistance to mechanization has recurred wherever it threatens livelihoods.
Self-operating system design
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- deskillingReducing job complexity
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- workforceAll available workers
efficiency · labor-saving · reskilling · Luddite · unions · wages · productivity · outsourcing
Toothed rotating machine parts
- cogsProjections on a wheel
- pulleysGrooved wheels for rope
- leversForce-multiplying pivot bars
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
engine · motor · hydraulics · robotics · actuator · piston · turbine · crankshaft
Constructing from components
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- mass-productionLarge-scale standardized fabrication
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- factoryIndustrial production facility
output · plant · foundry · forge · workshop · tooling · prefabrication · processing
Transition to factory-based economy
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- transformationThorough change in form
- innovationCreating something original
revolution · development · evolution · technological · progress · change · upgrade · improvement
Crop-collecting machine
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- tractorAgricultural pulling vehicle
- thresherGrain-stalk separation device
- reaperOne who gathers crops
planter · irrigation · seeder · cultivator · winnower · silo · agribusiness · monoculture
automation
Self-operating system design
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- deskillingReducing job complexity
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
workforce · efficiency · labor-saving · reskilling · Luddite · unions · wages · productivity · outsourcing · blue-collar
gears
Toothed rotating machine parts
conveyor · engine · motor · hydraulics · robotics · actuator · piston · turbine · crankshaft · camshaft
assembly
Constructing from components
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- mass-productionLarge-scale standardized fabrication
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
factory · output · plant · foundry · forge · workshop · tooling · prefabrication · processing · standardization
industrialization
Transition to factory-based economy
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- transformationThorough change in form
innovation · revolution · development · evolution · technological · progress · change · upgrade · improvement · adoption
harvester
Crop-collecting machine
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- tractorAgricultural pulling vehicle
- thresherGrain-stalk separation device
reaper · planter · irrigation · seeder · cultivator · winnower · silo · agribusiness · monoculture · baler
- agriculturefarms, crops, farm, farmers, farming
- American Farmingfamily farms, corn, wheat, hay, farmsteads
- Industrial Imagerymachinery, factories, smokestacks, assembly lines, gears
- industrializationfactory, industrial revolution, Industrial Revolution, factories, manufacturing
- industryfactories, factory, automotive, manufacturing plant, manufacturing plants
- Industrial Revolutionsteam engine, railroad, factory, coal, iron
mechanizationhandcraft
Create something manually
handicraft · manual labor · handwork · craftsmanship · cottage industry
mechanizationprimitivism
Idealization of pre-modern life
Luddism · rustication · deindustrialization · agrarianism · back-to-the-land