| One of the tools invented by man to make his | | | | such a competitive world, any firm aspiring |
| work simpler is the machine. A typical | | | | to survive and grow in the competitive market |
| machine is nothing but a tool that performs | | | | space is to innovate new products, and mostly |
| works, which are of repetitive nature. In | | | | reduce the overhead costs. For example, the |
| scientific parlance, work is nothing but the | | | | activity of laying roads over a stretch of |
| act of exerting a force on an object such | | | | say 500 meters can be completed by the heavy |
| that the object is moved across a distance. A | | | | equipment operator (or) heavy machinery |
| simple machine is a tool designed and | | | | operator and a couple of helpers in less than |
| developed to make the simple tools of | | | | 12 hours maximum. If the heavy machine were |
| pulling, lifting, and pushing objects. Heavy | | | | not there, about 50 to 60 employees might |
| machine or heavy machinery is referred to a | | | | have to be employed for digging the hole, |
| complex machine doing a number of simple | | | | clearing the debris and all other such |
| machine operations at the same time. The need | | | | related works to complete the mission of |
| for usage of heavy machinery arises from the | | | | laying a new road for the local street. Heavy |
| fact that complex and complicated activities | | | | equipment or heavy machinery needs the |
| such as laying of roads, tilling and sowing | | | | services of heavy equipment operator or heavy |
| seeds equidistantly spread over a vast area | | | | machinery operator, who is capable of |
| of agricultural fields ready for the | | | | operating the machine and complete the |
| commencement of agricultural operations can | | | | multi-tasks assigned to some of the |
| neither be performed with the help of simple | | | | custom-built heavy equipment. The market for |
| machines, nor the labor force is capable of | | | | heavy equipment is vibrant with lots of |
| doing the complex and heavy activities at a | | | | competition among the heavy machinery traders |
| relatively faster pace. Heavy machinery, or | | | | to offer heavy equipment sales or heavy |
| heavy equipment, meets the requirement of | | | | machinery sales either as new products, or |
| completing complex jobs at a relatively | | | | used heavy equipment or second-hand |
| quicker pace of time, and in the bargain | | | | equipment, in the market to prospective |
| saving considerable amount of overheads. Have | | | | customers. Among the common types of heavy |
| you ever watched a giant-sized machine being | | | | machinery used is the construction heavy |
| used at the roadside to lay roads? or a heavy | | | | equipment such as cement preparation rollers, |
| machine being put to use to create a gravel | | | | equipment for laying of roads and such other |
| and sand mixture to build roads? These and | | | | related aspects. Now, with the advanced |
| similar types of equipment are jointly | | | | technologies, complex heavy equipment that |
| referred to heavy equipment required to carry | | | | can meet the specific requirements are |
| out heavy jobs of specific nature. The need | | | | simulated and designed using the relevant |
| for usage of heavy equipment machinery arises | | | | software in computer and based on the |
| from the fact that global competition among | | | | custom-specifications, the design is |
| the different types of activities is on the | | | | converted into the original equipment. |
| rise due to technological innovations, and in | | | | |