Mechanical Engineering field

Technologies curated under the Mechanical Engineering field in TechTree.

Ancient

• Levers, Sledges, and Timber Slipways (levers_and_rollers) — -9600 / century
• Cart Axle Bearings (cart_axle_bearings) — -3500 / century
• Pottery Wheel (pottery_wheel) — -3500 / century
• Wheel and Axle (wheel_and_axle) — -3500 / century

Classical

• Classical Simple Machines and Hoisting Aids (levers_pulleys_ramps) — -600 / century
• Water Clock Timekeeping (water_clock_timekeeping) — -430 / decade
• Ctesibius-Style Regulated Water Clocks (water_clocks_advanced_clepsydra) — -300 / century
• Hellenistic Toothed Gears (gears_simple_classical) — -300 / century
• Water-Clock Feedback and Time-Reporting Mechanisms (mechanical_clocks_water_escapements) — -300 / century
• Geared Calculating Devices (geared_calculating_devices) — -150 / century
• Norias & Water-Lifting Wheels (norias_water_wheels) — -30 / decade
• Hero-Style Pneumatic and Hydraulic Automata (mechanical_automata_heros_engine) — 50 / century

Medieval

• Mechanical Pumps (pumps) — 100 / century
• Spinning Wheel (spinning_wheel) — 100 / century
• Windmills (windmills) — 700 / decade
• Trebuchet (Counterweight Siege Engine) (trebuchet_counterweight_siege_engine) — 1100 / century
• Mechanical Clocks (mechanical_clocks) — 1200 / century
• Water-Powered Pumps (water_powered_pumps) — 1200 / century
• Waterwheel Grain Milling Networks (waterwheel_grain_milling_networks) — 1250 / decade
• Mechanical Bell Striking (mechanical_bell_striking) — 1300 / century
• Mechanical Clock Dials (mechanical_clock_dials) — 1300 / century
• Mechanical Clock Towers (mechanical_clock_towers) — 1300 / century
• Mechanical Clock Workday Regulation (mechanical_clock_workday_regulation) — 1300 / century
• Town Clock Curfew Bells (town_clock_curfew_bells) — 1300 / century

Renaissance

• Clockwork Mechanisms (clockwork_mechanisms) — 1300 / decade
• Scientific Instrument Making Guilds (scientific_instrument_making_guilds) — 1500 / century
• Clockwork Automata (clockwork_automata) — 1614 / unknown
• Vacuum Pump Experiments (vacuum_pump_experiments) — 1654 / year

Industrial

• Steam Engine (steam_engine) — 1712 / exact
• Factory System (factory_system) — 1760 / decade
• Mass Production (mass_production) — 1760 / exact
• Electric Generators & Dynamos (electric_generators_dynamos) — 1775 / unknown
• Interchangeable Parts (interchangeable_parts) — 1775 / unknown
• Precision Machine Tools (precision_machine_tools) — 1775 / exact
• Electric Motor (electric_motor) — 1821 / exact
• Thermodynamics (thermodynamics) — 1824 / exact
• Dynamo (dynamo) — 1831 / exact
• Standardized Screw Threads (standardized_screw_threads) — 1841 / exact
• Internal Combustion Engine (internal_combustion_engine) — 1860 / exact
• Steam Turbine Power Generation (steam_turbine_power_generation) — 1884 / exact
• Diesel Engine (diesel_engine_compression_ignition) — 1897 / exact
• Process Control Instrumentation (process_control_instrumentation) — 1900 / decade
• Assembly Line (assembly_line) — 1913 / exact
• Assembly-Line Quality Systems (assembly_line_quality_systems) — 1913 / decade

Modern

• Aerodynamics (Supersonic) (aerodynamics_supersonic) — 1887 / exact
• Precision Mechanics & Miniaturization (precision_mechanics_miniaturization) — 1900 / century
• Jet Engine (jet_engine) — 1937 / exact
• Numerical Control (Automated Machining) (numerical_control_automated_machining) — 1947 / exact
• Robotic Manipulators (robotic_manipulators) — 1948 / decade
• Robotics (robotics) — 1948 / decade
• Servo Control Systems (servo_control_systems) — 1948 / decade
• Computer-Aided Design (CAD Software) (computer_aided_design_cad_software) — 1958 / decade
• Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM Systems) (computer_aided_manufacturing_cam_systems) — 1958 / decade
• Industrial Robot Arms (industrial_robot_arms) — 1958 / decade
• Systems Engineering (systems_engineering) — 1958 / decade