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Title: Mechanical Wits Used in the America Colonization: Engineering Assessment
Authors: Dorado-Vicente, Rubén
López-García, Rafael
Quero-Nieves, J.M.
Medina-Sánchez, Gustavo
Abstract: The first European settlements in the new world faced technical issues with the help of the XVI century scientific advances. Besides briefly exposing the scientific and technological situation, this paper explores, with the help of reverse engineering, two singular mechanical wits representative of the technological advances introduced in America to overcome different problems. Firstly, a pump, based on an alternative movement system through crankshafts and pistons used against the continuous flooding suffered in the Ciudad de México valley. Although flooding remained a problem (it was solved in the XX century), hydraulic pumps were essential for continuous soil drainage. Secondly, a port crane for handling cannons, military devices, and construction materials during the Lima fortification in the XVII century. For both cases, reverse engineering, through engineering methods, Computer-Aided Design CAD programs, and additive manufacturing, provides virtual and/or tangible mockups that help to analyze and improve our knowledge about the dimensions, materials, and functions of used (and currently lost) mechanical systems during the American colonization.
Keywords: Hydraulic pump; Industrial heritage; Port crane; Reverse engineering
Issue Date: 10-Oct-2022
Publisher: SPRINGER
Appears in Collections:DIMM-Artículos

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