Outline of machines
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to machines:
Machine – mechanical system that provides the useful application of power to achieve movement. A machine consists of a power source, or engine, and a mechanism or transmission for the controlled use of this power. The combination of force and movement, known as power, is an important characteristic of a machine.
Essence of machines
[edit]History of machines
[edit]- Antikythera mechanism
- Automatic lathe
- Enigma machine
- Early flying machines
- History of the bicycle
- History of computing hardware
- History of the sewing machine
- History of perpetual motion machines
- Industrial Revolution
- History of mechanical engineering
- Paper machine
- Second Industrial Revolution
- Simple machine
- Tabulating machine
- Threshing machine
- Vending machine
- Washing machine
Machine theory
[edit]The mathematical tools for the analysis of movement in machines:
- Burmester theory
- Clifford algebra
- Dual quaternion
- Euler's rotation theorem
- Gear ratio
- Ideal machine
- Instantaneous center of rotation
- Mechanical advantage
- Power (physics)
- Rotation matrix
- Screw axis
- Screw theory
- Virtual work
- Work (physics)
Machine elements
[edit]Movement in a machine is controlled by mechanism elements that shape the forces and movement and structural elements that support these mechanisms.
Mechanism elements
[edit]- Block and tackle
- Brake
- Clutch
- Cam
- Cam follower
- Chain drive
- Continuously variable transmission
- Drive shaft
- Epicyclic gearing
- Four-bar linkage
- Gear
- Gear train
- Geneva drive
- Kinematic coupling
- Linkage (mechanical)
- Mechanism (engineering)
- Six-bar linkage
- Sprocket
- Transmission (mechanics)
- Universal joint
Structural elements
[edit]- Frame
- Fasteners
- Bearings
- Springs
- Lubricants
- Seals
- Clevis pin, Cotter pin, Spring pin, Taper pin
- Splines
- Keys
Types of machines and automated devices
[edit]- Clock
- Compressors and pumps
- Conveyor systems
- Conveyor belt
- Conveyor transport
- Electronic machines
- Engines
- Linkages
- Power tools
- Machine tools
- Hand-held power tools
- Other
- Robotics
- Simple machine – There are only 3 fundamental machines, with 4 variations, for a total of 7 simple machines
- Vehicles
- Miscellaneous
General machine-related concepts
[edit]Machine operations
[edit]Mechanical components
[edit]- Gear
- Rope
- Spring
- Wheel
- Axle
- Bearings
- Belts
- Seals
- Roller chains
- Link chains
- Rack and pinion
- Fastener
- Key
Airfoil
[edit]Inventors and designers of machines
[edit]- Archimedes
- Banū Mūsā
- Joseph Marie Jacquard
- Jerome H. Lemelson
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Thomas Edison
- James Watt
Machine lists
[edit]See also
[edit]External links
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