production line
production line[ noun ]
mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
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assembly line \assembly line\ n.
A line of machinery, tools, and workers on which objects to
be manufactured are moved from one post to the next, where
different workers perform different steps in the
manufacturing process; called also {production line}. The
objects to be manufactured usually move on a form of conveyor
belt, which does not necessarily move only in a straight
line, but may continue around the factory area for some
distance.
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