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Magnetic Bearings and Bearingless Drives

  • 1st Edition
  • March 24, 2005
  • Akira Chiba + 5 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 5 7 2 7 - 3
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 8 9 7 - 5
The application of bearingless drives is emerging as an important technique in the areas of high-speed machinery and motion-control, and this book aims to provide a thorough grounding in the principles behind this cutting-edge technology. Basic principles are described in detail with practical examples to aid understanding, and the different types of bearingless drives are introduced, along with coverage of test machines and applications.Aimed at practising electrical and mechanical engineers and advanced students, Magnetic Bearings and Bearingless Drives provides an essential guide to an area of engineering previously only fully covered by large numbers of academic papers.

Practical Machinery Safety

  • 1st Edition
  • July 16, 2004
  • David Macdonald
  • English
  • eBook
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Practical Machinery Safety aims to provide you with the knowledge to tackle machinery safety control problems at a practical level whilst achieving compliance with national and international standards. The book highlights the major international standards that are used to support compliance with EU regulations and uses these standards as a basis for the design procedures. It looks at the risk assessment processes used to identify hazards and to quantify the risks inherent in a machine. It introduces the concepts of safety categories as defined by standard EN954-1 (Safety of Machinery) and illustrates the principles of failsafe design, fault tolerance and self-testing. It also provides an introduction to machinery protection devices such as guards, enclosures with interlocks and guard-monitoring relays, locking systems, safety mats, photo-electric and electro-sensitive principles and the application of light curtains, a study of Safety Control System techniques, and introduces the principles of safety-certified PLCs.

Practical Machinery Vibration Analysis and Predictive Maintenance

  • 1st Edition
  • July 16, 2004
  • Cornelius Scheffer + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 6 2 7 5 - 8
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 8 0 2 2 - 0
Machinery Vibration Analysis and Predictive Maintenance provides a detailed examination of the detection, location and diagnosis of faults in rotating and reciprocating machinery using vibration analysis. The basics and underlying physics of vibration signals are first examined. The acquisition and processing of signals is then reviewed followed by a discussion of machinery fault diagnosis using vibration analysis. Hereafter the important issue of rectifying faults that have been identified using vibration analysis is covered. The book also covers the other techniques of predictive maintenance such as oil and particle analysis, ultrasound and infrared thermography. The latest approaches and equipment used together with the latest techniques in vibration analysis emerging from current research are also highlighted.

The Theory and Practice of Worm Gear Drives

  • 1st Edition
  • July 6, 2004
  • Ilés Dudás
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 9 0 3 9 9 6 - 6 1 - 4
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 4 2 7 4 - 4
Worm gears are special gears that resemble screws, and can be used to drive other gears. Worm gears, enable two non-touching shafts in a machine to mesh (join) together. This publication, unique in that it combines both theoretical and practical design aspects, including the latest results of research and development, provides detailed treatment of the theory and production of worm drives, as well as the overarching subject of production geometry of helicoidal surfaces.Included are mathematical models for a number of practical applications; a description of dressing equipment required; treatment of inspection and measurement; the use of intelligent systems; worm gearing for power transmission; selection criteria.

Incompressible Flow Turbomachines

  • 1st Edition
  • June 15, 2004
  • G.F. Round
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 7 6 0 3 - 8
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 8 4 5 - 6
The primary purpose of this book is to provide an integrated overview of incompressible flow turbomachines and their design, in this case pumps and turbines. Theory and empirical knowledge of turbomachines are brought together in detail to form a framework for a basic understanding of this complex subject. A step-by-step approach is used by means of solved problems at the end of each chapter to accomplish this.

Industrial Machinery Repair

  • 1st Edition
  • July 18, 2003
  • Ricky Smith + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 7 6 2 1 - 2
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 8 4 7 - 0
Industrial Machinery Repair provides a practical reference for practicing plant engineers, maintenance supervisors, physical plant supervisors and mechanical maintenance technicians. It focuses on the skills needed to select, install and maintain electro-mechanical equipment in a typical industrial plant or facility. The authors focuses on "Best Maintenance Repair Practices" necessary for maintenance personnel to keep equipment operating at peak reliability and companies functioning more profitably through reduced maintenance costs and increased productivity and capacity. A number of surveys conducted in industries throughout the United States have found that 70% of equipment failures are self-induced. If the principles and techniques in this book are followed, it will result in a serious reduction in "self induced failures". In the pocketbook format, this reference material can be directly used on the plant floor to aid in effectively performing day-to-day duties. Data is presented in a concise, easily understandable format to facilitate use in the adverse conditions associated with the plant floor. Each subject is reduced to it simplest terms so that it will be suitable for the broadest range of users. Since this book is not specific to any one type of industrial plant and is useful in any type of facility.

Profile of the International Pump Industry - Market Prospects to 2007

  • 5th Edition
  • December 13, 2002
  • R. Reidy
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 4 9 2 4 - 6
This fifth edition of Profile of the International Pump Industry - Market Prospects to 2007 reviews the markets, technological trends, and major manufacturers of industrial pumps. Profile of the International Pump Industry covers both the international pump industry and its associated market, illustrating the structure of the industry, highlighting developments, identifying future trends, and looking at recent mergers and acquisitions. Market estimates and forecasts to 2007, by region and pump type, are presented along with an analysis of the main end-user markets for industrial pumps, and a technology overview. Forty leading international pump manufacturers are profiled and a Top 20 league table of pump manufacturers, ranked by sales of pumps, is given. A directory of pump manufacturing companies and an index of companies by product type are also included.

The Theory and Practice of Worm Gear Drives

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2000
  • Ilés Dudás
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 8 5 7 1 8 - 0 2 7 - 5
Worm gears are special gears that resemble screws, and can be used to drive other gears. Worm gears, enable two non-touching shafts in a machine to mesh (join) together. This publication, unique in that it combines both theoretical and practical design aspects, including the latest results of research and development, provides detailed treatment of the theory and production of worm drives, as well as the overarching subject of production geometry of helicoidal surfaces.Included are mathematical models for a number of practical applications; a description of dressing equipment required; treatment of inspection and measurement; the use of intelligent systems; worm gearing for power transmission; selection criteria.

Automotive Spark-Ignited Direct-Injection Gasoline Engines

  • 1st Edition
  • February 8, 2000
  • F. Zhao + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 5 2 7 9 - 8
The process of fuel injection, spray atomization and vaporization, charge cooling, mixture preparation and the control of in-cylinder air motion are all being actively researched and this work is reviewed in detail and analyzed. The new technologies such as high-pressure, common-rail, gasoline injection systems and swirl-atomizing gasoline fuel injections are discussed in detail, as these technologies, along with computer control capabilities, have enabled the current new examination of an old objective; the direct-injection, stratified-charge (DISC), gasoline engine. The prior work on DISC engines that is relevant to current GDI engine development is also reviewed and discussed. The fuel economy and emission data for actual engine configurations have been obtained and assembled for all of the available GDI literature, and are reviewed and discussed in detail. The types of GDI engines are arranged in four classifications of decreasing complexity, and the advantages and disadvantages of each class are noted and explained. Emphasis is placed upon consensus trends and conclusions that are evident when taken as a whole; thus the GDI researcher is informed regarding the degree to which engine volumetric efficiency and compression ratio can be increased under optimized conditions, and as to the extent to which unburned hydrocarbon (UBHC), NOx and particulate emissions can be minimized for specific combustion strategies. The critical area of GDI fuel injector deposits and the associated effect on spray geometry and engine performance degradation are reviewed, and important system guidelines for minimizing deposition rates and deposit effects are presented. The capabilities and limitations of emission control techniques and after treatment hardware are reviewed in depth, and a compilation and discussion of areas of consensus on attaining European, Japanese and North American emission standards presented. All known research, prototype and production GDI engines worldwide are reviewed as to performance, emissions and fuel economy advantages, and for areas requiring further development. The engine schematics, control diagrams and specifications are compiled, and the emission control strategies are illustrated and discussed. The influence of lean-NOx catalysts on the development of late-injection, stratified-charge GDI engines is reviewed, and the relative merits of lean-burn, homogeneous, direct-injection engines as an option requiring less control complexity are analyzed.

Estimator's Equipment Installation Man-Hour Manual

  • 3rd Edition
  • May 24, 1999
  • John S. Page
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 0 5 9 7 - 8
This new edition is expanded to include 26 new man-hour tables on compressors, dryers, dampers, filters, coolers, and heaters. This manual eliminates guesswork and enables you to produce fast, accurate equipment installation labor estimates.