Outline of machines

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to machines:

Machine – mechanical system that provides the useful application of power to achieve movement. A machine consists of a power source, or engine, and a mechanism or transmission for the controlled use of this power. The combination of force and movement, known as power, is an important characteristic of a machine.

Essence of machines

 * Applied mechanics
 * Machining, Machinist
 * Mechanical engineering
 * Mechanics
 * Mechanism (engineering)

History of machines

 * Antikythera mechanism
 * Automatic lathe
 * Enigma machine
 * Early flying machines
 * History of the bicycle
 * History of computing hardware
 * History of the sewing machine
 * History of perpetual motion machines
 * Industrial revolution
 * History of mechanical engineering
 * Paper machine
 * Simple machine
 * Tabulating machine
 * Threshing machine
 * Vending machine
 * Washing machine

Machine theory
The mathematical tools for the analysis of movement in machines:
 * Burmester theory
 * Clifford algebra
 * Dual quaternion
 * Euler's rotation theorem
 * Gear ratio
 * Ideal machine
 * Instantaneous center of rotation
 * Mechanical advantage
 * Power (physics)
 * Rotation matrix
 * Screw axis
 * Screw theory
 * Virtual work
 * Work (physics)

Machine elements
Movement in a machine is controlled by mechanism elements that shape the forces and movement and structural elements that support these mechanisms.

Mechanism elements

 * Block and tackle
 * Brake
 * Clutch
 * Cam
 * Cam follower
 * Chain drive
 * Continuously variable transmission
 * Drive shaft
 * Epicyclic gearing
 * Four-bar linkage
 * Gear
 * Gear train
 * Geneva drive
 * Kinematic coupling
 * Linkage (mechanical)
 * Mechanism (engineering)
 * Six-bar linkage
 * Sprocket
 * Transmission (mechanics)
 * Universal joint

Structural elements

 * Frame
 * Fasteners
 * Bearings
 * Springs
 * Lubricants
 * Seals
 * Clevis pin, Cotter pin, Spring pin, Taper pin
 * Splines
 * Keys

Types of machines and automated devices

 * Clock
 * Atomic clock
 * Watch
 * Pendulum clock
 * Quartz clock
 * Compressors and pumps
 * Archimedes' screw
 * Eductor-jet pump
 * Hydraulic ram
 * Pump
 * Trompe
 * Vacuum pump
 * Conveyor systems
 * Conveyor belt
 * Treadmill
 * Conveyor transport
 * Escalator
 * Moving walkway
 * Electronic machines
 * Computing machines
 * Calculator
 * Computer
 * Electronic components
 * Transistor
 * Diode
 * Capacitor
 * Resistor
 * Inductor
 * Telecommunications
 * Telephone system
 * Engines
 * Heat engine: external combustion
 * Steam engine
 * Stirling engine
 * Heat engine: internal combustion
 * Reciprocating engine
 * Wankel engine
 * Jet engine
 * Rocket
 * Turbine engines
 * Gas turbine, Jet engine
 * Steam turbine
 * Water turbine
 * Wind generator
 * Windmill (Air turbine)
 * Linkages
 * Pantograph
 * Peaucellier–Lipkin
 * Power tools
 * Machine tools
 * Broaching machine
 * Drill press
 * Gear shaper
 * Hobbing machine
 * Hone
 * Lathe
 * Milling machine
 * Shaper
 * Planer
 * Stewart platform mills
 * Grinders
 * Hand-held power tools
 * Belt sander
 * Ceramic tile cutter tile saw
 * Chainsaw
 * Circular saw
 * Concrete saw
 * Diamond blade
 * Diamond tools
 * Disc sander
 * Drill
 * Heat gun
 * Impact wrench
 * Jigsaw
 * Nail gun
 * Powder-actuated tools
 * Random orbital sander
 * Rotary tool (such as Dremel)
 * Sander
 * Wood router
 * Trimmer
 * Other
 * Air compressor
 * Bandsaw
 * Belt sander
 * Biscuit joiner
 * Cold metal-cutting saw
 * Crusher
 * Disc sander
 * Jointer
 * Radial arm saw
 * Random orbital sander
 * Sander
 * Steel cut-off saw
 * Table saw
 * Thickness planer
 * Wood router
 * grinder
 * Robotics
 * Robot
 * Android
 * Animatronic
 * Automaton
 * ASIMO
 * Industrial robot
 * Robotic arm
 * Simple machine – There are only 3 fundamental machines, with 4 variations, for a total of 7 simple machines
 * Lever
 * Inclined Plane
 * Screw – combination of a wheel and an inclined plane
 * Wedge
 * Wheel
 * Pulley
 * Gear – combination of a wheel and a lever
 * Vehicles
 * Man powered vehicles
 * Bicycle
 * Pedalo
 * Powered vehicles
 * Car
 * Train
 * Airplane
 * Ship
 * Miscellaneous
 * Vending machine
 * Wind tunnel

General machine-related concepts

 * Automation
 * Fabrication
 * Factory
 * Machine shop
 * Manufacturing
 * Production line
 * Tools

Machine operations

 * Cutting
 * Deformation
 * Drilling
 * Edge jointing
 * Knurling
 * Molding
 * Sanding

Mechanical components

 * Gear
 * Rope
 * Spring
 * Wheel
 * Axle
 * Bearings
 * Belts
 * Seals
 * Roller chains
 * Link chains
 * Rack and pinion
 * Fastener
 * Key

Airfoil
Airfoil
 * Sail
 * Wing
 * Rudder
 * Flap
 * Propeller

Inventors and designers of machines

 * Archimedes
 * Banū Mūsā
 * Joseph Marie Jacquard
 * Jerome H. Lemelson
 * Leonardo da Vinci
 * Thomas Edison
 * James Watt

Machine lists

 * List of early flying machines
 * Outline of robotics