
Hydraulics and Pneumatics
A Technician's and Engineer's Guide
Andrew Parr(Author)
Butterworth-Heinemann (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 28. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-08-096674-8 (ISBN)
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Description
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.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Primary Audience: Control, fluid power, manufacturing, mechanical and electro-mechanical engineers, technicians and operations managers working with hydraulic and pneumatic systems and equipment.
Secondary Audience: Students enrolled at lower level college or trade school students taking classes in pneumatics and hydraulics.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-08-096674-8 (9780080966748)
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Person
Andrew Parr is an Industrial Control Engineer, recently retired from ASW Sheerness Steel, Sheerness, UK who worked in the steel industry for over thirty years. In 1980 he began specializing in sequence and closed loop control systems using Programmable Controllers (PLCs) with hydraulic and pneumatic actuators. He has written fifteen books on electronics and process control including Logic Designers Handbook, Industrial Control Handbook, Programmable Controllers, Control Engineering, along with many amateur- level books, among them Introduction to Operational Amplifiers. His books have been widely translated into many languages, including Japanese, Polish, and Swedish. He and has presented papers at various international conferences, including ones on "Automation Systems in the Steel Industry? and on "Automated Fault Diagnostics?.
Content
1. Fundamental Principles
2. Hydraulic Pumps and Pressure Regulation
3. Air Compressors, Air Treatment and Pressure Regulation
4. Control Valves
5. Actuators
6. Hydraulic and Pneumatic Accessories
7. Process Control Pneumatics
8. Sequencing Applications
9. Safety, Fault-Finding and Maintenance
2. Hydraulic Pumps and Pressure Regulation
3. Air Compressors, Air Treatment and Pressure Regulation
4. Control Valves
5. Actuators
6. Hydraulic and Pneumatic Accessories
7. Process Control Pneumatics
8. Sequencing Applications
9. Safety, Fault-Finding and Maintenance