The Outstanding Contribution of Richard Ackerlet

Richard Akelet established the first cotton yarn factory in 177 1, employing more than 5000 workers. Akelet spent a lot of time in site selection and planning, and achieved some results. He concentrated all the processes of continuous production in the cotton textile industry in one factory, and the factory implemented 12 hours (usually 14 hours at that time), and formulated strict rules and regulations to make workers feel reasonable.

It is generally believed that Akelet is a pioneer in applying the principle of efficient management, providing management expertise for the British cotton textile industry, the pillar industry of the industrial revolution in the18th century, and making contributions to accelerating the arrival of large enterprises. As an entrepreneur in the cotton spinning industry, Akelet has shown outstanding talents in the organization, coordination and planning of manpower, financial resources, material resources and machines for mass production, thus accelerating the growth of large enterprises. He was a typical example of advanced management practice at that time. His contribution to continuous production, site planning, coordination of machinery, materials, personnel and capital, factory discipline, personnel management and division of labor marks that he is a pioneer in applying the principle of efficient management. In the book 196 1 The Industrial Revolution in the 8th Century, Paul Mando pointed out that Akelet is an entrepreneur with super management ability. He "embodies a new type of big manufacturer, neither an engineer nor just a businessman, but adds the main characteristics of the two together, that is, he has his own unique style: the creator of big enterprises, the organizer of production and the leader of the crowd."

Akelet hydraulic spinning machine is one of the landmark inventions in the early stage of industrial revolution. 1768, richard arkwright, an early hairdresser, made a hydraulic spinning machine and obtained a patent certificate the following year. According to the law, it is valid for fourteen years. Akelet himself is neither engaged in textile nor machinery. 1770, he pretended to be a watchmaker and obtained a patent. After being exposed, the court declared the patent invalid. However, knowing the economic value of this technology, Akelet built a factory in the suburb of Nottingham, using the turbulence of the Deventer River as power, so his spinning machine was called hydraulic spinning machine. Akelet himself became the owner of the largest cotton mill in Britain at that time, and was also the first person in Britain to produce on a factory scale with machines. Akelet's thread can also be used as warp, but the disadvantage is that it is uneven in thickness, and it can only weave fine cotton cloth, but not smooth plain cotton cloth.