Copyright and Content Use

Last updated: June 2026

Mechanical-Engineering.com was previously known as EngineeringClicks.com. Some original images, diagrams, illustrations, downloads and other materials created by us may still contain EngineeringClicks.com branding, watermarks, URLs or embedded references. These materials remain part of the Mechanical-Engineering.com content archive and are protected by copyright unless otherwise stated.

Unless clearly stated otherwise, the text, original images, diagrams, illustrations, PDFs, downloads, graphics, tables and other materials published on Mechanical-Engineering.com are protected by copyright and may not be copied, reproduced, republished, redistributed, modified, sold, licensed, scraped, stored in datasets, used for text and data mining, used for AI training, or used in similar technologies without prior written permission.

Original images, diagrams and downloads

Many of the images, diagrams, illustrations, charts, PDFs and downloadable resources on this website were created specifically for Mechanical-Engineering.com or for its previous publishing brand, EngineeringClicks.com.

Images, diagrams, downloads or other materials carrying EngineeringClicks.com branding should be treated as Mechanical-Engineering.com-owned content unless another source is clearly credited.

You may not remove, crop out, obscure or alter any copyright notice, watermark, website URL, attribution, branding or embedded reference from our original materials.

Text and article content

Article text and other written content may not be copied, republished or reproduced in full without prior written permission.

Brief quotations may be used for legitimate commentary, reference, criticism, research or discussion, provided that the use is limited, clearly attributed to Mechanical-Engineering.com, and includes a visible link to the original source page where reasonably possible.

You may not copy substantial parts of our articles, rewrite our content for republication, reproduce our content across another website, or use our content to create competing resources, databases, tools, newsletters or commercial publications without permission.

Scraping, text and data mining, AI training and datasets

Mechanical-Engineering.com does not grant permission for its content to be scraped, harvested, bulk downloaded, extracted, stored in datasets, used for text and data mining, used for AI model training, used for retrieval-augmented generation systems, or used in similar technologies without prior written permission.

This reservation applies to all original website content, including articles, images, diagrams, illustrations, PDFs, downloads, tables, metadata and other materials, unless we have clearly stated otherwise.

Automated access to this website must comply with our robots.txt file, technical access controls, crawler restrictions and any other rights-reservation signals we make available.

Third-party content and guest posts

Some content on Mechanical-Engineering.com may include third-party materials, guest contributions, sponsored content, embedded media, product images, press images, quotations or other materials used with permission, under licence, or under applicable copyright exceptions.

Where third-party ownership is indicated, the relevant rights remain with the original owner. You should contact the relevant rights holder if you want to reuse third-party material.

Guest posts, sponsored posts and submitted content may still be protected by copyright and may not be copied or republished without permission.

Linking to our content

You are welcome to link to Mechanical-Engineering.com articles, resources and pages, provided that the link is not misleading and does not imply endorsement, partnership or approval where none exists.

Please do not frame our pages, copy our content into another page, or present Mechanical-Engineering.com content as your own.

Permission requests

To request permission to reproduce, license or reuse any Mechanical-Engineering.com material, please contact us via our Contact us page and include:

  • the specific page or material you want to use
  • how and where you want to use it
  • whether the use is commercial, educational, editorial or internal
  • whether the material will be modified
  • the expected audience or distribution

Permission is only granted when confirmed in writing.

If you believe your copyright has been infringed by material published on Mechanical-Engineering.com, please contact us with enough information for us to review the issue, including the relevant URL, details of the copyrighted work, and evidence of ownership or authority to act on behalf of the rights holder.

If you believe Mechanical-Engineering.com content has been copied, republished or used without permission elsewhere, you are also welcome to let us know.

Nothing in this policy limits any use of content that is expressly permitted by law. However, all rights not expressly granted are reserved.