Manufacturers require industrial machinery and equipment.This includes machinery and equipment used by a manufacturer in a manufacturingestablishment. Machines can be differentiated from equipment based on their relationship with other machines, devices, objects and techniques. A manufacturer acts as a manufacturer when it assembles, erects or installs (assemble), in its own establishment, equipment and machinery under the provisions of the Industrial Machinery and Equipment Act.
Industrial equipment and machinery includes devices used inmanufacturing, from computers to conveyor belts, from cutting tools to foodslicers. From diagnostic devices such as pressure guage to signalgenerators, industrial equipment is used by manufacturers to make all sorts of products for consumers. Manufacturing equipment can be used to make a number of different products and materials. For example, metal stamping machines are used to pound out sheets of metal until they are shaped into a more useful form; lathes create objects by turning metal on a device known as the lathe.
The type of equipment found in a manufacturing environmenttypically falls into several categories. Production machinery is used to make aproduct or perform a service and includes large items, such as production presses, metal-forming machines and laser cutters. Manufacturing equipment is purchased by the manufacturer when the business is already up and running and covers smaller items, such as metalworking equipment, packaging machines and vacuum-forming machines. Packaging machinery is used to wrap or package items for delivery.
