mechanical devices
Gear-driven contraptions built
Mechanical devices are tools, machines, or mechanisms that use moving parts to perform work or accomplish tasks.
The term encompasses everything from simple machines like levers and pulleys to complex assemblies like engines and clocks.
What unites them is reliance on physical components—gears, springs, linkages—rather than electronics or software.
The old mechanical devices in the factory still run beautifully after decades of use.
- camRotary-to-linear converter
- printing pressMechanical text reproduction device
- circular sawRotating blade power tool
- turbineBlade-driven energy converter
- automobileSelf-propelled passenger conveyance
bicycle · welding torch · pulley · gearbox · engine · steam engine · wheel and axle · gear train · inclined plane · lever · flywheel · ratchet · wedge · camshaft · linkage · caliper · escapement · ball bearing
mechanical deviceselectronic devices
Circuit-based machines
electrical equipment · manual tools · hand tools · solid-state devices · electrical appliances
mechanical devicessmart devices
Network-linked electronic products
digital technology · automated systems · primitive tools · robotic systems · integrated circuits
mechanical devicessoftware
Programs directing computer operations
computer programs · applications · digital tools · virtual instruments · algorithms