Glossary
Mechatronics Technician Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential mechatronics technician terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key mechatronics technician vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in mechatronics technician training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Actuator
- Creates motion.
- Commissioning
- Starting new systems.
- Downtime
- Time equipment isn’t running.
- HMI
- Human-machine interface.
- Hydraulics
- Fluid-powered systems.
- I/O
- Inputs and outputs.
- Interlock
- A safety control.
- Ladder logic
- PLC programming language.
- OEE
- Overall equipment effectiveness.
- PLC
- Programmable logic controller.
- Pneumatics
- Air-powered systems.
- Sensor
- Detects conditions.
- Servo motor
- A precisely controlled motor.
- Teach pendant
- Robot programming handset.
- VFD
- Variable frequency drive.
Practice these terms
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