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Engineers in the United States 4: Origin of the tension between design and manufacturing

By Gary Downey

Virginia Tech

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Abstract Introduction: history as excavation to understand the present; Design vs. manufacturing; Emergence of the separation of design from manufacturing; General Motors purchases DELCO in 1916; DELCO and engine design; Locating DELCO in General Motors; DELCO champions copper-cooled engine design; Resistance from engineers in the divisions; Full-fledged controversy; So what was going on here?
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  • Gary Downey (2008), "Engineers in the United States 4: Origin of the tension between design and manufacturing," http://globalhub.org/resources/36.

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Time November 30, 2007