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General Discussions / Re:Mechanical vs Electrical Engineering
« on: December 23, 2005, 07:46:00 AM »
I would say Electrical.
Mechanical engineers have a different 'logical' aproach to a problem than an electrical engineer's aproach to a problem. And PLC's requires an Electrical logic aproach.
But an electrical engineer in process control also need to see the bigger picture to aproach a problem (stand back from electrical, and see and understand what the whole project entails)
For that, you would need an understanding of mechanical and be able to work with a mechanical engineer's input.
There are some cross overs between the two fields, an example being working with complex pneumatic systems, where both the electrical and mechanical engineer needs to understand the workings and find the best solution.
Mechanical engineers have a different 'logical' aproach to a problem than an electrical engineer's aproach to a problem. And PLC's requires an Electrical logic aproach.
But an electrical engineer in process control also need to see the bigger picture to aproach a problem (stand back from electrical, and see and understand what the whole project entails)
For that, you would need an understanding of mechanical and be able to work with a mechanical engineer's input.
There are some cross overs between the two fields, an example being working with complex pneumatic systems, where both the electrical and mechanical engineer needs to understand the workings and find the best solution.