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Underwater camera video systems for borehole viewing, imaging, and inspection, geophysical exploration, logging, water well inspection, industrial manufacturing, and search and rescue
http://www.marksproducts.com/

http://www.marksproducts.com/

ASME Certified Metal Fabrication Plant with in-house Quality Control System, Engineering, Design and Cad Drafting Service, in-plant Radiography Service, Sandblasting and Painting capabilities.
http://www.midcofabricators.com/
Keywords:
sweetening tanks, testing, manufacturing, ASME code welding, compressor pulsation, compressor scrubber, compressor skids, gas dehydration, oil dehydration, BTEX units, heaters, oil heaters, oil separators, gas separators, carbon tanks, steel tanks, free water knockouts, filters, plate forming, plate rolling, pressure vessel, stainless steel vessels, coalescers, truck scales, walkway platforms, ...

http://www.midcofabricators.com/

NetOil International sells sucker rod pumps, components, and packers for oil wells, rupture disks, panels, safety relief valves for pressurized systems, graphite inserts, temperature sensors and selenium for general industry.
http://www.netoil-international.com/
Keywords:
netoil-international, api 11ax pumps, packers, oil, well, production, completion, rupture, disks, and, panels, safety relief valves, graphite inserts, hot glass handling, temperature sensors, industrial selenium

http://www.netoil-international.com/

Manufacture of replacement aftermarket parts production equipment control valves level controllers pressure regulators gauges repair kits and parts used in the oil production industry.
http://www.gregorysgauges.com/
Keywords:
Gregorys Gauges, replacement parts, production equipment, control valves, valve, level controller, pressure regulator, pressure gauge, repair kits, spare parts, oil production industry, Fisher control valve, Mallard valve, Norriseal, Kimray, Taylor, glycol pump, control instrumentation, oil field, oilfield, oil industry, Big Joe, replacement part, Target Production, Norris valve, ...

http://www.gregorysgauges.com/

Quinn Pumps, A Division of Quinn's Oilfield Supply Ltd.
http://www.quinnpumps.com/
Keywords:
oil, pumps, rods, multi-phase, cages, api, barrel, tubing, reciprocating, compressor

http://www.quinnpumps.com/

SwivelJoints.com. Your complete source for opw swivel joints and drylok coupler ordering.
http://www.swiveljoints.com
Keywords:
swivel joints, joints, swivel, couplings, swivel joint

http://www.swiveljoints.com

Liquid propane vaporizing and lpg gas mixing solutions, selling vaporizers, mixers, and stand-by systems.
http://www.algas-sdi.com/
Keywords:
propane, lpg, vaporizers, mixers, lpg, propane, standby systems, vaporizers, liquid propane gas, vaporizer, heat, algas-sdi, lpg, stand-by systems, algas, sam dick industries, propane, ammonia, gas fired, lpg, steam

http://www.algas-sdi.com/

Baker Oil Tools is renowned throughout the oil and gas industry for technological and service leadership in the areas of completion, workovers and fishing.
http://www.bakerhughes.com/bot/
Keywords:
Baker Oil Tools, Baker, oil, completion, workover, fishing, reentry, sand control, liner hanger, coiled tubing, multilateral, oil water separation, treatment systems, inflatable, high pressure, high temperature, big bore, intelligent well, safety system, flow control, packer, service, expandable, tubular, apex, inforce, incharge, sub-surface, surface, ECP, PIP, DST, pumping, gravel pack, screen, ...

http://www.bakerhughes.com/bot/

http://www.busek.com/
Keywords:
Busek Co. Inc., Busek Company, Busek Co., Busek, electric propulsion, materials, plasma devices, hall thrusters, ion engines, space propulsion, ceramics, brazing, Silicon Carbide bonding, arc jets, arcjets, arcjet, thrusters, colloid thruster, field emission cathode, micropropulsion, micro propulsion, electrospray, tandem thruster, busek thruster, thruster, xenon ion propulsion, ...

http://www.busek.com/

Camex Equipment Sales and Rentals
http://www.camexequipment.com/
Keywords:
Camex, Camex Equipment, Heavy Equipment, Nisku, Alberta, Oil Patch, Picker, Bed, Flat Bed, Winch tractors, Vacuum, Pressure trucks, Construction Equipment, Kenworth, Freightliner, Western Star, Peterbilt, Ford, Mack, Trailers, Scona, Aspen, Peerless Page, Trailmobile, Caterpillar, CASE, John Deere, Komatsu

http://www.camexequipment.com/

Suppliers to the oil and gas industry worldwide
http://www.connell-trading.co.uk/
Keywords:
oil, gas, valve, gate, industry

http://www.connell-trading.co.uk/

CRG - A full servcie company providing boilers, custom enclosures, industrial heaters and various other products for all your winterization needs.
http://www.crgboilers.com
Keywords:
boiler, boilers, scotch boilers, marine boiler, marine boilers, scotch marine boiler, scotch marine boilers, hot water boilers, steam boilers, vertical boiler, vertical boilers, steam systems, steam piping, winterization, enclosures, steam heaters, heating systems, canvas fabrication, hot air units, unit heaters, mobile boilers, packaged boilers, firetube boilers

http://www.crgboilers.com

The world's leading provider of solids control equipment: shale shakers, mud cleaners, hydrocyclones, patented screen surfaces, Super G motors, centrifuges , degassers and agitators, api rp 13c.
http://www.derrickequipment.com/
Keywords:
solids control, oilfield equipment, drilling rig equipment, shale shakers, centrifuges, shakers, degassers, agitators, mud systems, drilling fluid, control, super g, vibrating motor, super g motors, pyramid, screens, corrugated screens, pyramid screens, hydrocyclones, desander, scalpers, desilter, flo-line, flo-line cleaner, upgrade kits, retrofit kits, conversion kits, gumbo, drilling, ...

http://www.derrickequipment.com/

Online Auctions for Extensive Oilfield Parts and Equipment Inventory for Oil Exploration and Oil Drilling and Production Industry, BOP's, Drilling Rigs, Service Rigs, Drill Pipe, manufacturing parts, used parts, free services, liquidating oil parts and equipment, more
http://www.everypart.com
Keywords:
oilfield, oil, parts, oil parts, equipment, used, oil, field, equipment, Auction, auction, AUCTION, Auctions, auctions, AUCTIONS, online auction, online auctions, computer auction, computer auctions, exploration parts, oil field, exploration, manufacturing parts, aviation parts, Drilling Rigs, Service Rigs, oil part auctions, oil equipment, used oil parts, used oil equipment, used equipment, ...

http://www.everypart.com

Gastech designs, manufactures, installs and services worldwide, a broad line of oil and gas processing equipment, turbine fuel gas conditioning systems, glycol dehydrators, filters, coalescers, filter separators
http://www.gastecheng.com/
Keywords:
oil, gas, processing equipment, coalescers, turbine fuel gas conditioners, industrial filter separators, filters, separators, dehydration equipment, oxidizers, glycol, industrial, oil, and, gas, process, plants, sweetening equipment, offshore commissioning, amine, gastech, maloney crawford, vaporizers, co2 removal, liquid recovery, dew point control, emission, btex, voc, process plants, ...

http://www.gastecheng.com/

Buying and selling of energy related equipment worldwide. Used or surplus oilfield and power generation equipment is researched, valued, bought and sold on this site.
http://www.globalequipmentexchange.com/
Keywords:
Surplus, equipment, used, equipment, oil, gas, journal, exchange, global, energy, market, place, surplus, parts, for, sale, inventory, specialists, global, logistics, surplus, inventory, used, oilfield, parts, asset, management, gas, turbines, steam, turbines, line, pipe, diesel, generator, sets, pumping, units, compressors, drilling, equipment, pipes, values, drill, bits, petroleum, and, ...

http://www.globalequipmentexchange.com/

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., through its four subsidiaries, is a worldwide leader in the fabrication of drilling and production platforms, and other specialized structures used in the oil and gas industry.
http://www.gulfisland.com/
Keywords:
deck, sections, of, fixed, production, platforms, hull, and, deck, sections, of, floating, production, platforms, piles, subsea templates, wellhead protectors, and various production, compressor, and utility modules, production, and, repair, of, pressure, vessels, refurbish existing platforms, and, construction, of, other, types, of, steel, structures, and, living, quarters, for, installation, ...

http://www.gulfisland.com/

http://www.hydro-carbon.com
Keywords:
Hydro, Carbon, Flow, Specialist, Hydro, Carbon, Flow, Specialists, Hydro Carbon Flow, Hydro Carbon, hydro carbon, hydrocarbon, hydro, carbon, zero discharge, safety, safe, safest, drill cuttings boxes, drill cutting boxes, drill cutting, drill cuttings, drill cuttings box, drill cutting box, cuttings boxes, cutting boxes, cutting box, cuttings box, cutting, cuttings, CFR, DOT, D.O.T., ...

http://www.hydro-carbon.com

KNM is a leading process equipment manufacturer, turnkey storage facilities provider and turnkey process packages engineers in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific Region.
http://www.knm-group.com/
Keywords:
KNM Steel, LPG Mounded Bullets, Column, Pressure Vessel, Tower, Fabrication, Drums, Reactor, Scrubber, Heat Exchanger, Tanks, Sphere, Hopper, Tanks, Cryogenic, TOFD, Time, of, Flight, Diffraction, EPCC, Flare Stacks, Compress, PVE Elite, TUV, storage tanks, storage facility, LPG storage, piping, pipeline, piping system, process skids, EPC, turnkey, LPG storage tanks, process equipment, boilers, ...

http://www.knm-group.com/

Mitcham Industries specializes in the short-term leasing of 3-D seismic equipment to the oil and gas industry
http://www.mitchamindustries.com/
Keywords:
seismograph, seismic, geophysical instruments, geophysics, reflection seismograph, refraction seismograph, land, gun, recording, boomer, sparker, airgun, telemetry, marine, geophysical equipment, exploration seismograph, engineering seismograph, geophysical, Sercel, seismic data acquisition, tomography, 3D, imaging, seismic exploration, geophysics industry, geophysical industry, oil exploration, ...

http://www.mitchamindustries.com/

Specializing in topside ship repair, the rehabilitation of hydraulic pumps, motors, valves, cylinders, and complete hydraulic system services for the pulp and paper, steel, marine, and offshore drilling industries.
http://www.offshoreinland.com/
Keywords:
offshoreinland, offshore-inland, offshore inland, ship repair, hagglunds repair, vickers repair, racine repair, rexroth repair, offshore drilling, oil and gas, steel, hydraulic remanufacturing, hydraulic rehabilitation, hydraulic, hydraulic repair, hydraulics, pulp and paper, offshore drilling, remanufacturing, topside fabrication, topside repair, steel fabrication, marine, tubing, piping, ...

http://www.offshoreinland.com/

Fire & Safety technologies and equipment for the Oil & Gas industry.
http://www.fs-oilgas.com/
Keywords:
fire, safety, explosion, fire detect, gas detect, oil and gas, suppression, extinguish, hydrocarbon, offshore safety, flammable gas, h2s, hydrogen sulfide, fire detection, aromatic, gas detection, fire detector, extinguishing, spills, gas detector, aromatics, fire detecting, gas detecting, oil & gas

http://www.fs-oilgas.com/

http://scsisales.net/
Keywords:
oil and gas, oil gas, offshore drilling, oil, and, gas, industry, pipeline, gas pipeline, pipe spooling prefabrication, tolet flange lead, flange, flanges, ansi flanges, valve, electrical heating, thyristor, offshore drilling job, ansi, ansi standard, ansi c

http://scsisales.net/

oilfield trading company ltd.providing new and surplus oilfield equipment,surplus oilfield equipment database, oilfield equipment brokerage services,procurement and project management services.
http://www.oilfield.trading.btinternet.co.uk

http://www.oilfield.trading.btinternet.co.uk

Ingersoll Rand distributor for the London Area
http://www.pcosltd.com
Keywords:
Ingersoll Rand, Air, Air Tools, Air Compressors, Compressors

http://www.pcosltd.com

http://www.petro-chemusa.com/
Keywords:
staffing, global, process heater, worldwide, petrochemical, refinery, oil, gas, direct fired heater, start-up, chemical, engineering, inspection, expediting, procurement, petro, chem, construction, coker, plant, ammonia, polystyrene, methanol, Global, Process Heater, Worldwide, Petrochemical, Direct Fired Heater, Refinery, Oil, Gas, Start-up, Chemical, Engineering, Inspection, Expediting, ...

http://www.petro-chemusa.com/

Export distributor for international oilfield equipment. From Mexico to Indonesia, etc. Gas Engines, Pumps, much more. Equipment selector, specifications
http://www.power-flow.com/
Keywords:
oilfield, oil, field, equipment, export, distributor, gas, pump, engine, spare parts, gearbox, skid, repair, stuffing, box, Mexico, Indonesia, Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, chemical, pump-unit, polymerization, sales, service, design, engineered, engineering, engineer, Arrow, Vortox, Griswold, Kerr, Gardner-Denver, Fairbanks, Int'l, plunger, International, unit, wellhead, sucker, rod, sizing, ...

http://www.power-flow.com/

Sim-Con offers a wide variety of both new & reconditioned oilfield production equipment including Pump Jacks, Gas Engines, Production Tubing, Sucker Rods, Tanks, Gas Separators, Heat Tape Generator Systems, Pipe Fittings & Safety Supplies.
http://www.simconoil.com/
Keywords:
Sim-Con, Oilfield, Equipment, Ltd., pump, jacks, engines, tubing, rods, gas separators, safety equipment

http://www.simconoil.com/

ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 103'000 people.
http://www.abb.com/

http://www.abb.com/

Protection against gas, chemical and biological attack. Suppliers of Blast Valves, Ventilators and Gas Tight Doors
http://www.nuclearprotection.co.uk/
Keywords:
nuclear protection, protection against anthrax, anthrax, chemical attack, protection, against, chemical, attack, germ warfare, biological warfare, war, destruction, nuclear attack, nuclear missile, gas masks, gas, surviving anthrax, survival, ventilation equ

http://www.nuclearprotection.co.uk/

The Twister Supersonic Separator is a revolutionary technology for natural gas conditioning, which can be applied for natural gas dehydration, dewpointing, NGL extraction and Heating Value reduction. Twister has no rotating parts and does not require chemicals, ensuring a compact, simple design suitable for unmanned operation and with clear environmental benefits
http://www.twisterbv.com
Keywords:
Twister, supersonic, gas, condensate, water, separation, separate, conditioning, processing, dehydration, dewpointing, natural gas liquid, NGL, LPG, extraction, heating value, fuel gas treatment, joule thomson, joule thompson, JT, turbo expander, turbo expansion, TXU, refrigeration, MRU, glycol, TEG, silica gel, flow solutions, CFD, flow modelling, CFX, unmanned, chemicals, BTX, hydrate, ...

http://www.twisterbv.com

Sale and Service of Well Servicing pumps, Mud pumps, chemical pumps, for the Petroleum, Marine and Industrial Industry.
http://www.rrrigs.com/pumps.htm

http://www.rrrigs.com/pumps.htm

Wellsite Compressor & Equipment Co, LLC
http://www.wellsitecompressor.com
Keywords:
gas compressors, auctions, turbine compressors, turbine generators, reciprocating, compressor, compressors, rotary screw, gas, separable, natural gas, pipeline, compressor station, gas lift, transmission, turbine, storage, well depletion, vapor recovery, coal seam gas, liquid ring, propane refrigeration, pipeline testing, injection, fuel gas booster, process, process gas, air drilling, ...

http://www.wellsitecompressor.com

From an original idea and client consultation, our team at Crown Energy Technologies design, engineer, fabricate and test a complete range of oilfield equipment for well stimulation, drilling and well servicing. Every piece of equipment is custom manufactured with the end user in mind.
http://www.crown-energy.com/
Keywords:
Rigs, Rig Manufacturing, Workover Rigs, Well Service Equipment, Well Stimulation Equipment, Coiled Tubing, Fracturing Equipment, Acidizing Equipment, CO2 Equipment, Nitrogen Equipment, Cementing Equipment, Oilfield Equipment, Rig Retrofit, OEM Manufacturer, Manufacturing, Drilling Equipment, Frac Pumpers, Blenders, Crown, Crown Energy, Crown Energy Technologies

http://www.crown-energy.com/

Westech Industrial Ltd., a world leader in research, testing and manufacturing of In-line Deflagration and Detonation Flame Arresters
http://www.westech-ind.com/flame.html
Keywords:
Flame Arrester, Flame Arrestor, Inline Arrester, Inline Arrestor, Detonation Arrester, Detonation Arrestor, Overdriven Detonation, Detonation Flame Arrester, Detonation Flame Arrestor, Inline, Detonation, Flame, Arrester, Inline, Detonation, Flame, Arrestor, Explosion Arrester, Explosion Arrestor, Explosion Protection, Vent Arrester, Vent Arrestor, Pre-Volume Flame Arrester, ...

http://www.westech-ind.com/flame.html

Young Equipment Sales listing in ProcessRegister.com
http://www.processregister.com/Young\\%20Equipment\\%20Sales/Supplier/sid4911.htm
Keywords:
Young Equipment Sales

http://www.processregister.com/Young\\%20Equipment\\%20Sales/Supplier/sid4911.htm

http://www.circletsales.com
Keywords:
Microbes, Microb, EOM, MEOR, concrete, cleaner, surfactant, water flood, remedial, oil field, microemulsion, micro-emulsion bug flood, tax credit, fit, tax, degreaser, cleaning supplies, bacteria, bugs, peat sorb, peat, absorbent, oil absorbent

http://www.circletsales.com

GenTex Oilfield Equipment Manufacturing, formerly General Hotoilers - hot oil units, pressure trucks, steamers, hot oilers, hot oil unit, hot oiler, hot oilers, heaters, ThermoGen TexHeater Texsteamer Texsteam, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
http://www.gentex.ca/
Keywords:
GenTex, Oilfield, Equipment, Manufacturing, General, Hotoilers, Hot, oil, units, pressure, trucks, steamers, hot oil unit, hot oiler, hot oilers, heaters, ThermoGen, TexHeater, Texsteamer, Texsteam, Alberta, Canada, Canadian, oil, gas, diesel, fired, oil, heaters, safety, training, gentex, trucks, pumps, frac, fluids

http://www.gentex.ca/

http://www.iss-snub.com/
Keywords:
ISS, well control, workover, workover rig, driliing, drilling rig, snub, snubbing, hydralic, hydralic workover, hydralic snubbing, Louisiana, international, oilfield

http://www.iss-snub.com/

Anson oilfield equipment is renowned the world over for its exceptional quality. Described by those who know as the Rolls Royce of valves, manifolds and fittings. Anson oilfield and flowline products:
http://www.anson.co.uk/
Keywords:
Anson, Ltd, Flowline, oil & gas, manifold, gate valve, hammer lug union, Houston, Gulf, North Sea, petroleum, fittings, valves, oilfield, product, offshore, rig, platform, pump, drill, well, oilwell, API6A, API, sour gas, plug, flowhead, wellhead

http://www.anson.co.uk/

Steam solutions:Louisiana Steam Equipment, since 1928. stocking rep (LSE,TSE,ASI) for steam traps related products. Steam trap surveys, services, engineering, contracting, and training.
http://www.steamsolutions.com/LSE/lse_main.htm
Keywords:
Steam traps, air Vents, strainers, boilers, valves, coils, condensate Systems, controllers, drainers, ejectors, expansion joints, fabricated piping, flexible metal hose, gauges, heat exchangers, heating coils, hot water heaters, humidifiers, liquid level controls, liquid drainers, meters, injectors, PRV, pumps, regulators, refrigerant purgers, pumping traps, refrigeration, regulators, ...

http://www.steamsolutions.com/LSE/lse_main.htm

http://actionairandequipment.com/

http://actionairandequipment.com/

Alert Control Technologies (A. C. T.)was formed by a group of oilfield professionals with over fifty cumulative years of hands-on experience dedicated to serving the safety system needs of the Oil and Gas Industry.  A.C.T.continues to build a solid reputation for using innovative, proven techniques in providing reliable shutdown safety systems to monitor remote, unattended production ...
http://www.alertcontrol.com/
Keywords:
Process, Control, panels;, safety, system, field, instruments, single, and multi-well, control, systems;, manufacturer, of, oil, and, gas, industry, production automation, and, control, systems;, electronic, control, systems, for, oil, and, gas operations;, solar, powered, well, control, systems;, telephone, dialer, systems; remote, telemetry, units

http://www.alertcontrol.com/

http://www.tisd.net/~anchor/

http://www.tisd.net/~anchor/

Antelope Oil Tool manufactures proven primary cementation tools utilized in the oil and gas industry worldwide. We design and manufacture casing centralizers and related accessories.
http://www.antelopeoiltool.com/
Keywords:
antelope, centralizer, cementation, casing, tubing, centralize, antelope, centralizer, cementation, casing, tubing, centralize, antelopes, centralizers, cementations, casings, tubings, centralizes, antelopes, centralizers, cementations, casings, tubings, centralizes, antelopeer, centralizerer, cementationer, casinger, tubinger, centralizeer, antelopeer, centralizerer, cementationer, casinger, ...

http://www.antelopeoiltool.com/

High quality manufacturer of fluid end replacement parts and products for triplex mud (slush) pumps for the oilfield; replacement parts for Emsco, Ellis Williams, Gardner Denver, GASO, Ideco, National, Oilwell, Omega, OPI, Skytop Brewster, and Wirth equipment.
http://www.beioilfieldproducts.com
Keywords:
bei, bamsch, bamsch enterprises, bamsch, enterprises, international, ltd, gardner denver, noi, oil field, oilfield, national oilwell, drilling equipment, wirth, oilfield equipment, oil field services, pump manufacturer, oilfield supply, emsco, mud pump, oil field equipment, triplex pump, ideco, vacuum pump oil, piston rod, national pump, oil well pump, gaso, mission pump, gardner denver pump, ...

http://www.beioilfieldproducts.com

http://www.camerondiv.com/

http://www.camerondiv.com/

C.E. Oil Tool Rental Equipment and services Inc. has been providing oilfield services and equipment for gulf coast, louisianna, texas, mississippi, lafayette, broussard, new iberia, houston customers with oil field rental, tool rental, oil field services, gulf coast, pressure equipment, fluid transfer, mixing tanks, gasbuster, wellhead equipment, pumps, iron rack, check valves, filter units, compr...
http://www.ceoiltool.com
Keywords:
oil field rental, tool rental, oil field services, gulf coast, pressure equipment, fluid transfer, mixing tanks, gasbuster, wellhead, wellhead equipment, pumps, iron rack, check valves, filter units, compressors, offset, lafayette, louisianna, chicksan iron, acid pumping, cement, well stimulation, API, SPE, PEC, offshore, personell, high pressure, cement filer, manifold, blending, BOP testing, ...

http://www.ceoiltool.com

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Wikipedia-Article "Tools"

For other uses, see Tool (disambiguation).
A modern hammer is directly descended from ancient hand tools
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A modern hammer is directly descended from ancient hand tools

A tool is a device that provides a mechanical or mental advantage in accomplishing a simple machine, or a combination of them. For example, a crowbar simply functions as a lever. The further out from the pivot point, the more force is transmitted along the lever.

Philosophers once thought that only humans used tools, and often defined humans as tool-using animals. But observation has confirmed that monkeys and other animals, mostly primates, but also some birds (ravens, for instance), and sea otters can use tools as well. Later, philosophers thought that only humans had the ability to make tools, until zoologists observed birds[1] and monkeys[2][3][4] making tools. Most anthropologists believe that the use of tools was an important step in the evolution of mankind. Humans evolved an opposable thumb (useful to hold the tools) and an increase in intelligence (aiding in the use of tools).

Most tools can also serve as weapons, such as the hammer and the knife. Similarly, people can use weapons, such as explosives, as tools.

Contents

Varieties of tools

  • Devices often typify newly invented or specific-purpose tools.
  • Instruments are concrete or abstract tools, especially if they are refined.
  • Utensils aid in eating.
  • Machines can function as ordered systems of tools or as super-tools.


Physical tools


Toy tools make popular playthings. Some simply consist of a cheap or small version of the real thing, such as a shovel and bucket to use on the beach or in a sandbox. Others are less functional, e.g. a dull plastic knife, or not functional at all.

Mental tools

In computing, the term tools can also apply to software programs that assist people doing work on computers, such as Computer Aided Software Engineering tools, Lint programming tool, software or web-based collaborative tools, software development tools, programming tools.

Slang Usage

Stemming from a double-entendre where a "tool" is a phallus; this became a popular word in the 1990's. Individuals may be described as "tools", as an insult meaning that someone is a klutz or easily taken advantage of.

Functions of tools

Many tools or groups of tools serve to perform one or more of a set of basic operations, such as:

  • Cutting (knife, scythe, sickle, ...)
  • Concentrating force (hammer, maul, screwdriver, whip, writing implements, ...)
  • Guiding (set square, algorithm, straight edge, tradition, ...)
  • Protecting
  • Seizing and holding (pliers, glove, wrench, ...)


History

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Use of tools started at the beginning of the Stone age. Humans have fabricated knives, amongst the oldest tools, since that time.

Mechanical devices, though known to Alexandrian Greeks, experienced a major expansion in their use in the Middle Ages with the systematic employment of new energy sources: water (waterwheels) and wind (windmills).

Machine tools occasioned a surge in producing new tools in the Industrial revolution. Advocates of nanotechnology expect a similar surge as tools move down-scale.


WikiProject Metalworking: This article is part of Metalworking hand tools.

This article is based on the article "Tools" from Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License. Here you find the list of authors of this article. The article can only edited within Wikipedia. Edit this article in Wikipedia.

Wikipedia-Article "Equipment [2]"

For other uses, see Tool (disambiguation).
A modern hammer is directly descended from ancient hand tools
Enlarge
A modern hammer is directly descended from ancient hand tools

A tool is a device that provides a mechanical or mental advantage in accomplishing a simple machine, or a combination of them. For example, a crowbar simply functions as a lever. The further out from the pivot point, the more force is transmitted along the lever.

Philosophers once thought that only humans used tools, and often defined humans as tool-using animals. But observation has confirmed that monkeys and other animals, mostly primates, but also some birds (ravens, for instance), and sea otters can use tools as well. Later, philosophers thought that only humans had the ability to make tools, until zoologists observed birds[1] and monkeys[2][3][4] making tools. Most anthropologists believe that the use of tools was an important step in the evolution of mankind. Humans evolved an opposable thumb (useful to hold the tools) and an increase in intelligence (aiding in the use of tools).

Most tools can also serve as weapons, such as the hammer and the knife. Similarly, people can use weapons, such as explosives, as tools.

Contents

Varieties of tools

  • Devices often typify newly invented or specific-purpose tools.
  • Instruments are concrete or abstract tools, especially if they are refined.
  • Utensils aid in eating.
  • Machines can function as ordered systems of tools or as super-tools.


Physical tools


Toy tools make popular playthings. Some simply consist of a cheap or small version of the real thing, such as a shovel and bucket to use on the beach or in a sandbox. Others are less functional, e.g. a dull plastic knife, or not functional at all.

Mental tools

In computing, the term \"tools\" can also apply to software programs that assist people doing work on computers, such as Computer Aided Software Engineering tools, Lint programming tool, software or web-based collaborative tools, software development tools, programming tools.

Slang Usage

Stemming from a double-entendre where a "tool" is a phallus; this became a popular word in the 1990's. Individuals may be described as "tools", as an insult meaning that someone is a klutz or easily taken advantage of.

Functions of tools

Many tools or groups of tools serve to perform one or more of a set of basic operations, such as:

  • Cutting (knife, scythe, sickle, ...)
  • Concentrating force (hammer, maul, screwdriver, whip, writing implements, ...)
  • Guiding (set square, algorithm, straight edge, tradition, ...)
  • Protecting
  • Seizing and holding (pliers, glove, wrench, ...)


History

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with History of technology. (Discuss)
Commons
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Use of tools started at the beginning of the Stone age. Humans have fabricated knives, amongst the oldest tools, since that time.

Mechanical devices, though known to Alexandrian Greeks, experienced a major expansion in their use in the Middle Ages with the systematic employment of new energy sources: water (waterwheels) and wind (windmills).

Machine tools occasioned a surge in producing new tools in the Industrial revolution. Advocates of nanotechnology expect a similar surge as tools move down-scale.


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