production line

American  

noun

1. an arrangement of machines or sequence of operations involved with a single manufacturing operation or production process.

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production line British  

noun

1. a factory system in which parts or components of the end product are transported by a conveyor through a number of different sites at each of which a manual or machine operation is performed on them without interrupting the flow of production

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Etymology

Origin of production line

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Iranian missiles struck Shell’s Pearl gas-to-liquids facility in Qatar, damaging one production line expected to be shut for at least a year.

From The Wall Street Journal

In an inconspicuous building near the UK's Mildenhall air base, drone manufacturer Ukrspecsystems is opening a new production line, like other Ukrainian arms companies looking to secure supply chain and boost capacity.

From Barron's

People familiar with the matter say that Tesla is designing the production line to make hundreds of Cybercabs a week.

From The Wall Street Journal

Upsetting the supply could easily affect auto makers’ ability to keep production lines running smoothly.

From Barron's

Paper mills function like production lines for academic manuscripts.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• assembly line