Basic pneumatics : an introduction to industrial compressed air systems and components / Jay F. Hooper.
Material type: TextPublication details: Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, 2013.Edition: Rev. printDescription: ix, 108 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1611634113
- 9781611634112
- 621.5 HOO
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book on basic pneumatics is written for students or for the person on the factory floor, be they mechanic, technician, or operator. It exposes them to the basic building blocks of pneumatics, so that they will be able to troubleshoot about 90% of the pneumatics problems that they will encounter.
Major topics include: identification of components; overview of technical terminology; basic circuits; the "water" problem; force, pressure, speed, and flow, as well as troubleshooting. The book is unique in that it avoids the math intensive focus of most pneumatic books. Instead, Hooper concentrates on topics that the average factory floor worker confronts every day.
The Revised Printing includes metric conversions for the standard units.
Originally published in 2003.
1. Fundamentals of Pneumatics -- 2. Primary Air Treatment -- 3. Distribution Systems -- 4. Schematic Symbols -- 5. Valve-Related Schematic Symbols -- 6. Force Equations for Cylinders -- 7. Low Pressure Pneumatic Fittings -- 8. Secondary Air Treatment -- 9. Ideal Gas Law -- 10. Air Bearings, Air Motors -- 11. Discussion of Test Answers -- App. List of Materials Used in the Exercises.
Basic Pneumatics was developed as an introductory text for people who are studying to be maintenance personnel working on production machinery, and for upgrading the knowledge of other factory workers, including machine operators, line mechanics, and newly hired engineers. The book was designed to provide an alternative to the large number of books and manuals on the topic of pneumatics that have a heavy math and theoretical orientation. Basic Pneumatics is designed give a student a firm, hands-on foundation in the fundamentals of pneumatics. It presents a student with the basic competencies required to maintain and troubleshoot most of the pneumatic systems that he or she will encounter on the plant floor--Back cover.