Tour a Deere & Company assembly line to see how John Deere combines are manufactured in East Moline, Illinois
Assembly of combines at a Deere & Company plant in East Moline, Illinois.
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Transcript
NARRATOR: Deere & Company is the world's leading producer of agricultural equipment. Here at this John Deere factory in East Moline, Illinois, they make combines.
The factory workers use computers and robots to facilitate the complex production process.
As the steel moves down the assembly line, it's punched and pressed into shapes; fitted and fixed into place; tested, painted, and labeled.
The combines that roll off the end of the assembly line will help harvest wheat from South Dakota to Russia.
The factory workers use computers and robots to facilitate the complex production process.
As the steel moves down the assembly line, it's punched and pressed into shapes; fitted and fixed into place; tested, painted, and labeled.
The combines that roll off the end of the assembly line will help harvest wheat from South Dakota to Russia.
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