Origin of the word “Machine”
Origin of the word
- the word 'machine' originated from the world --- in Greek [μηχάνημα] and machine from Latin [machina].
It means sophisticated crafts and inventions.
Definition
- The dictionary definition of ‘machine’ is an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts, used in transmission or modification. However, it is difficult to apply such definition to modern days as technology convergence is accelerated.
Machinery Terms Unabridged Dictionary
A machine consists of various parts that won’t be fall apart, and performs a certain work when supplied with energy (Sungin-dang, published in 2001)Encyclopedia Britannica
Machine, device, having a unique purpose, that augments or replaces human or animal effort for the accomplishment of physical tasks. This broad category encompasses such simple devices as the inclined plane, lever, wedge, wheel and axle, pulley, and screw (the so-called simple machines) as well as such complex mechanical systems as the modern automobile. The operation of a machine may involve the transformation of chemical, thermal, electrical, or nuclear energy into mechanical energy, or vice versa, or its function may simply be to modify and transmit forces and motions. All machines have an input, an output, and a transforming or modifying ... (https://www.britannica.com/)Institutional definition of machinery industry
Korea established structure and institutional definition for promotion and growth of machinery industry, through enactment of machinery industry promotion law legislated in 1967
Machines and Apparatuses defined by Article 2 of Machine Industry Act and specified in Article 1 of Enforcement Ordinance of Promotion of Machine Industry Act
Article 2 Machine Industry is an industry producing(including processing) and assembling machine and apparatuses(including parts) or structures. (enacted in March, 1967 and abolished in January, 1986)
Machines and Apparatuses specified in Article 1 of Enforcement Ordinance of Promotion of Machine Industry Act
- 1. Boilers and nuclear reactors
- 2. Internal combustion engines and turbines
- 3. Axle power transmission devices
- 4. power transmission devices
- 5. bolts and nuts
- 6. metal machine tools
- 7. primary metal products
- 8. secondary metal processing machines
- 9. secondary metal processing machines
- 10. mold
- 11. tools
- 12. dry bulbs
- 13. pumps, fans, compressors
- 14. hydraulics
- 15. cooling and air conditioning devices
- 16. chemical apparatuses
- 17. carrying and loading machines
- 18. mining machinery
- 19. engineering construction machines
- 20. plastic mold processing machines
- 21. textile machinery
- 22. pulp, paper machines
- 23. packing and loading machines
- 24. printers and binders
- 25. woodworking machines
- 26. F&B processing machinery
- 27. agricultural machines
- 28. industrial furnaces and heaters
- 29. casting devices
- 30. valves and pipe fittings
- 31. measuring machines
- 32. clocks
- 33. optical instruments
- 34. office machines
- 35. sewing machines
- 36. pharmaceutical and medical devices
- 37. heavy electric machines
- 38. home electric devices
- 39. lighting devices
- 40. batteries and electric condensers
- 41. wire-wireless communication devices
- 42. transmitters and receivers
- 43. electronic application devices
- 44. wires and cables
- 45. automobiles
- 46. bicycles
- 47. industrial vehicles
- 48. railroad cars
- 49. ships
- 50. planes
- 51. traffic signal security controlling gears
- 52. water filling guns
- 53. casts
- 54. weapons and devices for defense industry
- 55. special steel products
- 56. nonferrous metal forgings for machines and apparatuses and pressed products
- 57. Non-ferrous metal forgings and presses for machine tools