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Hydraulics and Pneumatics: A Technicians and Engineers Guide

Hydraulics and Pneumatics: A Technicians and Engineers Guide

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Author: Andrew Parr
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 34721

Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 244
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6

ISBN: 0750644192
Dewey Decimal Number: 621
EAN: 9780750644198
ASIN: 0750644192

Publication Date: March 8, 1999
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Product Description
Nearly all industrial processes require objects to be moved, manipulated or subjected to some sort of force. This is frequently accomplished by means of electrical equipment (such as motors or solenoids), or via devices driven by air (pneumatics) or liquids (hydraulics).

This book has been written by a process control engineer as a guide to the operation of hydraulic and pneumatic systems for all engineers and technicians who wish to have an insight into the components and operation of such a system.

This second edition has been fully updated to include all recent developments such as the increasing use of proportional valves, and includes an extra expanded section on industrial safety. It will prove indispensable to all those wishing to learn about hydraulics and pneumatics.

* Gives more essential, but simple maths on pipe flow and pressure drops

* Offers the latest information on proportional valves and the electronics cards now appearing in hydraulic systems

* Includes a new section on safety including European legislation



Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Good introduction, great reference   January 27, 2008
This book will provide the reader with a basic working knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic systems. It is not structured like a text book in that it does not give problems to work on at the end of each chapter. It makes use of numerous illustrations to accompany the explanations and provides the reader with a working knowledge on the function each component in a hydraulic or pneumatic system satisfies.


5 out of 5 stars Great practical book   May 30, 2007
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

It teaches the most necessesary practical sections needed to understand the issue.


4 out of 5 stars hydraulics   April 4, 2007
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is a good book if u want a brief description on how hydraulic or pneumatic works. I have read the book and now have a better knowledge of hydraulics. The book is small and sometimes u find yourself flipping back and forth to see the illustrations. Might have been better to fit the drawing on the same page as the description. But I thats just my opinion.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent Text   January 17, 2007
 11 out of 11 found this review helpful

Working as a practicing engineer for a major US airline, I found this book a very useful introduction to hydraulics & pneumatics. Using this book, I was able to take systems on our airplanes (such as rudder control units and thrust reverser controllers) and write schematics of them using the hydraulic & pneumatic notation. I found the chapter on process control pneumatics to be quite useful in troubleshooting & understanding these systems. While I use this information on aircraft systems, the book is directed to hydraulic & pneumatics in ALL industries and no reference is made to hardware as installed in aircraft applications. Check valves, relief valves, accumulators, pilot valves and sequencing valves are well explained to the layman. The author does a great job explaining the dynamics of cylinders and valves with lots of timing diagrams and schematics. Pick this book up if you want to come up to speed quickly on hydraulics and pneumatics.

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