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Machine
Simple machines Mechanical components Clock Compressors and Pumps Inclined plane, Wheel and axle, Lever, Pulley, Wedge, Screw Axle, Bearings, Belts, Bucket, Fastener, Gear, Key, Link chains, Rack and pinion, Roller chains, Rope, Seals, Spring, Wheel, Atomic clock, Chronometer, Pendulum clock, Quartz clock Archimedes’ screw, Eductor-jet pump, Hydraulic ram, Pump, Tuyau, Vacuum pump Steam engine, Stirling engine Reciprocating engine, Gas turbine
Heat engines External combustion engines Internal combustion engines
Linkages Turbine Aerofoil Electronics
Pantograph, Peaucellier-Lipkin Gas turbine, Jet engine, Steam turbine, Water turbine, Wind generator, Windmill Sail, Wing, Rudder, Flap, Propeller Vacuum tube, Transistor, Diode, Resistor, Capacitor, Inductor
Miscellaneous Robot, Vending machine, Wind tunnel,Check weighing machines, Riveting machines A machine is any device that uses energy to perform some activity. In common usage, the meaning is that of a device having parts that perform or assist in performing any type of work. A simple machine is a device that transforms the direction or magnitude of a force without consuming any energy. The word "machine" is derived from the Latin machina.[1] results in a force being applied to a movable component, such as a piston or turbine blade.[2] Machines are ubiquitous in a wide variety of industrial, commercial, residential and transportation applications. Those employing hydraulics are especially useful in manufacturing and construction.
Usage
Historically, a device required moving parts to be classified as a machine; however, the advent of electronics technology has led to the development of devices without moving parts that are considered machines—the computer being the most obvious example.[1] "Engines" are machines that convert heat or other forms of energy into mechanical energy. For example, in an internal combustion engine the expansion of gases caused by the heat from an exothermic chemical reaction
Types of machines and related components See also
• Automation
References
[1] ^ The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1985.
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[2] "Internal combustion engine", Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Third Edition, Sybil P. Parker, ed. McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994, p. 998 . • Oberg, Erik; Franklin D. Jones, Holbrook L. Horton, and Henry H. Ryffel (2000). ed.
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Christopher J. McCauley, Riccardo Heald, and Muhammed Iqbal Hussain. ed. Machinery’s Handbook (26th edition ed.). New York: Industrial Press Inc.. ISBN 0-8311-2635-3.
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