Short description
Helps you to increase your knowledge of the fundamentals, improve your maintenance programs and become a troubleshooter of problems in this area. This book includes cutaways of all major components to visually demonstrate the components' construction and operation. It discusses topics such as Hydraulic Systems construction and design applications.
Long description
Whatever your hydraulic applications, "Practical Hydraulic Systems: Operation & Troubleshooting For Engineers & Technicians" will help you to increase your knowledge of the fundamentals, improve your maintenance programs and become an excellent troubleshooter of problems in this area. Cutaways of all major components are included in the book to visually demonstrate the components' construction and operation. Developing an understanding of how it works leads to an understanding of how and why it fails. Multimedia views of the equipment are shown, to give as realistic a view of hydraulic systems as possible. The book is highly practical, comprehensive and interactive. It discusses Hydraulic Systems construction, design applications, operations, maintenance, and management issues and provides you with the most up-to-date information and best practice in dealing with the subject.
Review
"We found it to contain much useful information for reliability technicians dealing with valves, metering instruments, controls, hydraulic systems and a host of related topics. It is profusely illustrated and will come in handy for many of your training and troubleshooting tasks" - Hydrocarbon Processing Magazine, November 2005
Table of contents
- 1 Introduction to hydraulics 2 Pressure and flow 3 Hydraulic pumps 4 Hydraulic motors 5 Hydraulic cylinders 6 Control components in a hydraulic system 7 Hydraulic accessories 8 Hydraulic fluids 9 Applications of hydraulic systems 10 Hydraulic circuit design and analysis 11 Maintenance and troubleshooting Appendix A: Practical problems Appendix B: Practical solutions Appendix C: Valves