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Hydraulics and pneumatics : a technician's and engineer's guide / Andrew Parr.
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TextPublication details: Amsterdam : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2011.Edition: 3rd edDescription: viii, 238 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780080966748 (pbk.)
- 0080966748 (pbk.)
- 621.51 PAR
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Hydraulics and Pneumatics: A Technician's and Engineer's Guide serves as a guide to the hydraulic and pneumatic systems operations. It features mathematical content that has been presented in a style understandable even to beginners and non-experts. It has nine chapters that cover both hydraulic and pneumatic machinery, their fundamental principles including safety standards and regulations. The book also features abundant referencing, updated web links, and masterful tables for easier understanding of the concepts covered. The text is written to serve as an introductory reference for novices and students in pneumatics and hydraulics. It is also invaluable and can be used as primary reference for control, manufacturing, mechanical, and electrical engineers, operations managers, and technicians working with hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.
Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. ix)
- 1 Fundamental Principles (p. 1)
- Industrial Prime Movers (p. 1)
- A Brief System Comparison (p. 1)
- An electrical system (p. 2)
- A hydraulic system (p. 2)
- A pneumatic system (p. 5)
- A comparison (p. 6)
- Definition of Terms (p. 6)
- Mass and force (p. 9)
- Pressure (p. 10)
- Work, energy and power (p. 12)
- Torque (p. 15)
- Pascal's Law (p. 15)
- Pressure Measurement (p. 19)
- Fluid Flow (p. 21)
- Temperature (p. 25)
- Temperature scales (p. 25)
- Temperature measurement (p. 26)
- Gas Laws (p. 27)
- 2 Hydraulic Pumps and Pressure Regulation (p. 31)
- Pressure Regulation (p. 35)
- Pump Types (p. 37)
- Gear pumps (p. 37)
- Vane pumps (p. 40)
- Piston pumps (p. 42)
- Combination pumps (p. 45)
- Loading Valves (p. 46)
- Pump Problems (p. 46)
- Filters (p. 47)
- 3 Air Compressors, Air Treatment and Pressure Regulation (p. 51)
- Compressor Types (p. 53)
- Piston compressors (p. 54)
- Screw compressors (p. 57)
- Rotary compressors (p. 57)
- Dynamic compressors (p. 58)
- Air Receivers and Compressor Control (p. 60)
- Air Treatment (p. 62)
- Stages of air treatment (p. 64)
- Filters (p. 64)
- Air dryers (p. 65)
- Lubricators (p. 67)
- Air classification (p. 68)
- Pressure Regulation (p. 69)
- Relief valves (p. 70)
- Non-relieving pressure regulators (p. 70)
- Relieving pressure regulators (p. 71)
- Service Units (p. 72)
- 4 Control Valves (p. 75)
- Graphic Symbols (p. 76)
- Types of Control Valve (p. 79)
- Poppet valves (p. 79)
- Spool valves (p. 81)
- Rotary valves (p. 85)
- Pilot-Operated Valves (p. 85)
- Check Valves (p. 87)
- Pilot-operated check valves (p. 89)
- Restriction check valves (p. 92)
- Shuttle and Fast Exhaust Valves (p. 92)
- Sequence Valves (p. 95)
- Time-Delay Valves (p. 96)
- Proportional Valves (p. 97)
- Servo Valves (p. 107)
- Modular Valves and Manifolds (p. 110)
- Cartridge Logic Valves (p. 114)
- 5 Actuators (p. 117)
- Linear Actuators (p. 117)
- Construction (p. 120)
- Mounting arrangements (p. 125)
- Cylinder dynamics (p. 125)
- Seals (p. 128)
- Rotary Actuators (p. 130)
- Constructional details (p. 132)
- Application Notes (p. 135)
- Speed control (p. 135)
- Actuator synchronization (p. 139)
- Regeneration (p. 141)
- Counterbalance and dynamic braking (p. 142)
- Pilot-operated check valves (p. 143)
- Pre-fill and compression relief (p. 144)
- Bellows Actuator (p. 146)
- 6 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Accessories (p. 149)
- Hydraulic Reservoirs (p. 149)
- Hydraulic Accumulators (p. 151)
- Hydraulic Coolers and Heat Exchangers (p. 154)
- Hydraulic Fluids (p. 156)
- Viscosity (p. 159)
- Pour point (p. 160)
- Environmental fluids (p. 160)
- Pneumatic Piping, Hoses and Connections (p. 161)
- Cost of Air Leaks (p. 164)
- Silencers (p. 164)
- Hydraulic Piping, Hosing and Connections (p. 165)
- Hydraulic and Pneumatic Fuses (p. 166)
- 7 Process Control Pneumatics (p. 169)
- Signals and Standards (p. 170)
- The Flapper-Nozzle (p. 171)
- Volume Boosters (p. 173)
- The Air Relay and the Force Balance Principle (p. 174)
- Pneumatic Controllers (p. 175)
- Process Control Valves and Actuators (p. 179)
- Flow control valves (p. 179)
- Actuators (p. 182)
- Valve positioners (p. 184)
- Converters (p. 187)
- I-P converters (p. 187)
- P-I converters (p. 187)
- 8 Sequencing Applications (p. 189)
- Pneumatic Limit Switches (p. 189)
- Logic Elements (p. 193)
- Timers (p. 194)
- More Complex Sequences (p. 196)
- Pressure-Controlled Sequences (p. 198)
- Modular Sequence Valves (p. 199)
- Programmable Controllers (p. 200)
- Distributed Systems (p. 203)
- 9 Safety, Fault-Finding and Maintenance (p. 205)
- Safety (p. 205)
- Cleanliness (p. 211)
- Fault-Finding Instruments (p. 212)
- Fault-Finding (p. 214)
- Preventive Maintenance (p. 224)
- Computer Simulation (p. 226)
- Appendix: Hydraulic and Pneumatic Symbols (p. 229)
- Index (p. 233)