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  2. Heavy industry - Wikipedia

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    Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); or complex or numerous processes.

  3. Heavy equipment - Wikipedia

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    A heavy equipment operator drives and operates heavy equipment used in engineering and construction projects. [7] [8] Typically only skilled workers may operate heavy equipment, and there is specialized training for learning to use heavy equipment. Much publication about heavy equipment operators focuses on improving safety for such workers.

  4. Outline of industrial machinery - Wikipedia

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    History of agricultural machinery; History of assembly lines; History of the bessemer process; History of heavy equipment; History of industrial robots; History of machines; History of machine tools; History of oil refineries; History of packaging and labeling; History of paper mills; History of smelting; History of water wheels

  5. Industrial engineering - Wikipedia

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    There is a general consensus among historians that the roots of the industrial engineering profession date back to the Industrial Revolution.The technologies that helped mechanize traditional manual operations in the textile industry including the flying shuttle, the spinning jenny, and perhaps most importantly the steam engine generated economies of scale that made mass production in ...

  6. Machine industry - Wikipedia

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    The machine industry or machinery industry is a subsector of the industry, that produces and maintains machines for consumers, the industry, and most other companies in the economy. This machine industry traditionally belongs to the heavy industry .

  7. Industrial and production engineering - Wikipedia

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    The roots of the industrial engineering profession date back to the Industrial Revolution.The technologies that helped mechanize traditional manual operations in the textile industry including the Flying shuttle, the Spinning jenny, and perhaps most importantly the Steam engine generated Economies of scale that made Mass production in centralized locations attractive for the first time.

  8. Mechanical engineering - Wikipedia

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    Various machine components used in mechanical engineering. Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems. [1]

  9. Engineering - Wikipedia

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    Engineering management or "Management engineering" is a specialized field of management concerned with engineering practice or the engineering industry sector. The demand for management-focused engineers (or from the opposite perspective, managers with an understanding of engineering), has resulted in the development of specialized engineering ...