Electromechanics is a discipline that combines mechanics with electrical engineering.
Electromechanics is the technique of those mechanical devices whose operation is electrical . The term, as an adjective, allows you to describe the mechanical device that is controlled or operated using electricity .
It can be said that, as a discipline, electromechanics combines electrical engineering with mechanics . The mechanisms of their devices include both mechanical parts and electrical elements.
Electromechanical engineering , in this framework, is an academic career that trains its graduates in electronics, mechanics, electricity and electromagnetism. In this way, electromechanical engineers can work with different types of industrial machinery and electrical mechanisms.
electromechanical machine
An example of an electromechanical machine is one that has mechanical segments capable of moving thanks to the action of an electric motor.
Relays or relays are also considered electromechanical objects: switches controlled by an electrical circuit, with an electromagnet and a coil that activate the contacts for the opening or closing of other electrical circuits that are independent.
Automotive electromechanics focuses on the electrical system of automobiles.
The concept in the automotive sector
Automotive electromechanics , on the other hand, is the specialization focused on the electrical system of automobiles. It is important to mention that these vehicles have numerous electrical components, which are grouped into circuits and are interconnected. Thanks to electrical circuits it is possible to transform electrical energy into mechanical energy , for example.
The automotive electromechanical specialist, therefore, is in a position to diagnose and solve various problems that can affect the operation of a car. These experts usually work in workshops that are dedicated to the maintenance and repair of cars.
History of electromechanics
With respect to the history of electromechanics, we can say that at first it was in the field of telegraphy that repeaters appeared, devices that were used for the regeneration of telegraph signals and that are considered of this type because they combine electricity with the mechanics.
We should also mention the crossbar switch (sometimes called a call switch ), a device created to provide a connection between many inputs and outputs in a mesh manner. Initially, this name was given to matrix switches that were controlled by a mesh of metal bars, but it was later expanded to cover any matrix switch.
England and the United States were the countries where crossbar switches were originally installed, around the 1950s, to allow for the switching of telephone calls. Some time later they became a highly demanded product in almost all countries. It should be noted that they emerged as a new alternative to the old Strowger switches , which was based on the concept of teleswitches.
Development protagonists
The precursor of electromechanics was Nikola Tesla , born in the former Astro-Hungarian Empire in 1856, who dedicated himself to invention and engineering. The first patent for a system based on this combination of electricity and mechanics, however, was presented by Paul Nipkow in 1885.
Another of the outstanding products in the history of electromechanics was the electric typewriter , a perfect example in which both disciplines can be appreciated very easily. Unlike the exclusively mechanical models, in which the press of a key directly operated a lever with the character that the user wanted to print, the electric ones relied on the use of several mechanical gears and an electric motor.
IBM was one of the protagonists of the origins of electromechanics, in this case with its typewriter called Selectric , which was presented in 1961 and stood out for its innovative design. Unlike other similar products, which had several pivoting typefaces, the Selectric had a rotating and pivoting typeface that could be replaced to use more than one typeface .