Special mechanical engineering

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As a special machine is called a branch of engineering , the special devices , equipment and special machinery manufacturing. Unlike series machines are these specially according to customer designed and workshops individually customized . The spectrum ranges from the completely newly developed machine to more or less extensive customer-specific adaptations to series-produced machines or machine components. For special machines, it therefore is single or small batch productions that are set up for specific product and production requirements. The demarcation to 'normal' mechanical engineering is fluid. Erich Gutenberg characterizes special machines by the fact that they can be used for the same or a few similar work processes or that they specialize in the machining of certain materials. In the traditional language from the GDR, the terms Ratiomittelbau and Rationalisierungsmittelbau are also used in the new federal states .

See also

• Toolmaking
• Fixture construction

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Erich Gutenberg: Fundamentals of Business Administration , first volume Die Produktion 14th edition, p. 82, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (1968)