what are special purpose machines?

Question

advantages,uses etc

what are the advantages of special purpose machines

Answer 1

advantage of specialization is efficiency at the specific task.

Answer 2

A special purpose machine is only useful for one (or very few) purpose. They are often found in industry.
For example, a robot is a general purpose machine because you can program it to do a different jobs. It can be applied to many different assembly lines in a factory. Robots are made in large quantities, and applied to various tasks.
An example of a special purpose machine would be a fixture that clips a sprue off a plastic part. It has a nest to hold the plastic part that fits that part and only that part. The tool that clips the sprue is held in a fixed position. The machine may be disassembled and components used elsewhere, but as a machine, it is only used for that part.
Special purpose machines may be cheaper, smaller and/or faster than general purpose machines. It is up to the manufacturing engineer to decide which one to use.

Answer 3

The Fellows gear shaper is a good example of a special purpose maching designed to perform a certain range of tasks such as "shaping" the teeth on gear blanks. The machines come in large and small sizes but are used only to shape gears. The advantage is that the setup work is minimized by including all necessary adjustments on dials and levers to obtain consistently within spec gears.

Answer 4

must be machines made for an special pourpose, dont u think so?

Answer 5

EBM...electronic beam machining...
it works with a electronic flow... cool!!!

Answer 6

You need to be a lot more specific.