Hydraulics and Pneumatics: A Technician's and Engineer's Guide

by Andrew Parr

Hydraulics and 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.

Genres: Engineering

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Jim Hotopf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Facinating stuff. Very readable. Funny in parts. I skimmed some of the pneumatcs bits as it wasn´t applicable to what I was working on.

[Sherman Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

As my own mechanic with 60 years of experience on myriad types of machines I am a novice with hydraulics most recently in the past eight years with a used aerial lift.
If Parr can write another edition I recommend each chapter consistently divide into two parts first hydraulics second pneumatics. In this edition he contrasts the concepts back and forth like a teeter totter making the learning path confusing. This book has excellent diagrams and explanation but the thought process flip flops too much. I wish I had searched other sources before buying this book.