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Here, in concise, straightforward language, is the guidebook your father trusted, completely overhauled and updated for the first time in three decades. Clearly organized to help you find what you need, it covers tools, drawing and sketching, measuring and connecting, installation, bearings, motor maintenance, electrical devices, structural steel, and more. Everything about the newest equipment is here, as well as information vital to maintaining the older machinery still found in many shops.
- Apply the right method of installation for various types of machinery and equipment
- Install, repair, and maintain chain drives and V-belt drives
- Perform preventive and predictive motor maintenance
- Understand and maintain wet and dry pipe sprinkler systems
- Troubleshoot and repair pumps, air compressors, fans, and blowers
- Create and use sheet metal patterns
- Sharpen hand saws, band saws and circular saws
Synopsis
The Completely Revised and Updated Fourth Edition of the Most Comprehensive and Authoritative Guide available.
Since 1972, thousands of millwrights, mechanics, maintenance workers, riggers, shop workers, foremen, inspectors, and superintendents have relied on Audel's Millwrights and Mechanics Guide for detailed information on plant installation, operation, and maintenance. Now, Carl A. Nelson has revised and updated his best-selling reference work and problem solver.
Filled with hundreds of practical examples and illustrations, the Millwrights and Mechanics Guide covers:
- Machinery and equipment installation
- Principles of mechanical power transmission
- Belt, gear, and chain drives
- Bearings, packing, and seals
- Steel structures, blacksmithing, and sheet metal patterns
- Carpentry, electrical work, and welding
- and much more
About the Author
'Thomas Bieber Davis is a mechanical engineer and trainer in preventive and predictive maintenance at all levels. He has also developed preventive maintenance products for industrial use.
Carl A. Nelson wrote numerous practical manuals for the mechanical trades, including earlier editions of this book, before his death in 1993.'
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Drawing and Sketching.
Chapter 2: Machinery and Equipment Installation.
Chapter 3: Principles of Mechanical Power Transmission.
Chapter 4: V-Belt Drives.
Chapter 5: Flat Belts.
Chapter 6: Gears.
Chapter 7: Chain Drives.
Chapter 8: Couplings.
Chapter 9: Packing and Seals.
Chapter 10: Bearings.
Chapter 11: Structural Steel.
Chapter 12: Screw Threads.
Chapter 13: Mechanical Fasteners.
Chapter 14: Pipe Fittings.
Chapter 15: Pipe Valves.
Chapter 16: Carpentry.
Chapter 17: Sharpening Saws.
Chapter 18: Wood Fastenings.
Chapter 19: Sheet-Metal Work.
Chapter 20: Blacksmithing.
Chapter 21: Rigging.
Chapter 22: Electricity.
Chapter 23: Welding.
Chapter 24: Pumps.
Chapter 25: Air Compressors.
Chapter 26: Hydraulics and Pneumatics.
Chapter 27: Portable Power Tools.
Chapter 28: Mensuration and Mechanical Calculation.
Appendix.
Index.