Tools and Equipments

Tools are the equipments or a device, which provides mechanical advantage to undertake a work or to accomplish a task which would not be possible otherwise. Use of stone tools has its existence since the time of Stone Age. Now with the advanced technology, equipments are available from the small cutter to the large machines.

Tools can be further classified into moving tool, guiding and measuring equipment (ruler, straightedge or setsquare), cutting tool (knife, sickle, or scythe), shaping material (moulds, trowels, concrete formwork or caulk) and fastening equipments (welders, nail guns, rivet guns or glue guns). However there exists difference between tools (used to make or repair something) and weapons (used during wars). One of the most commonly used equipment is the simple machinery that accomplish the task with the application of single force.

Every worker especially in the country like India, who carry on their work with the help of tool or equipment has the motto “one single tool does it all”. Many safety equipments like safety glasses, biohazard suits, gloves and ear defenders for the workers, who undertake dangerous works like at construction places, electric work, and repair of large machines. However Tools and Equipments should be designed in such a way that it provides comforts and convenience to its user.