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Principles of Hydraulic System Design Peter J. Chapple  Fluid power systems are manufactured by many organizations for a very wide range of applications.  Hydraulic components are manufactured to provide the control functions required for the operation of systems, each manufacturer using different approaches in the design of components of any given type.   As a consequence, the resulting proliferation of both components and systems can, to the uninitiated, be an obstacle to the understanding of their principle of operation.  This book is structured so as to give an understanding of:  The basic types of components and their operational principles. The way in which circuits can be arranged using available components to provide a range of functional outputs. The analytical methods that are used in system design and performance prediction Discount pricing for IFPS Members is $60.00/per book + shipping.  Non-Members pricing is $75.00/per book + shipping. Order this book - Click Here
Hydraulic Fluids: A Guide to Selection, Test Methods, and Use by M. Radhakrishnan Exploring a broad range of issues concerning the most widely consumed industrial lubricant, Hydraulic Fluids addresses engineers responsible for the selection, application, and maintenance of hydraulic fluids used in industrial machinery. It demystifies the subject for mechanical engineers with little expertise in the chemistry of fluids. Bringing together material unavailable in any other single source, this comprehensive, concise reference features detailed coverage of various hydraulic fluid properties, such as biodegradability and fire resistance, as well as relevant hydraulic fluid test procedures. It examines the re-refining, reclamation, and disposal of used hydraulic fluids. Offering quick assistance in the diagnosis and solution of workplace problems, this handy guide provides ready access to essential data and guidelines for both inexperienced and seasoned technical professionals specializing in hydraulics, plant engineering, fluid power transmission, and other aspects of mechanical engineering. Members - $65.00 + shipping, Non-Members - $73.00 + shipping
	Fluid Power Math for Certification - Raymond F. Hanley, CFPE Math problems seem to be a major cause of test anxiety for many individuals including those taking Fluid Power Society Certification tests.  Fluid Power Math for Certification is a comprehensive “book of useful math formulas” that has been developed in response to this concern. Fluid Power Math for Certification, written by Raymond F. Hanley, CFPE, a distinguished professional in the fluid power industry, is intended to be used as an aid in working with various fluid power issues.  This updated version now includes metric conversion formulas! The formulas presented in Fluid Power Math for Certification can be applied to all Fluid Power Society Certifications and can be used as a reference book during FPS Certification Tests. Order# 40020-020F  Members: $10.85, Non-Members: $14.80 Includes shipping & handling charges
	Fluid Power Designer's Lightning ® Reference Handbook This book is a great resource for anyone involved in fluid power. Loaded with illustrations and graphics, you'll refer to it again and again! IFPS Member Price: $13.50 ,Non-member Price: $15.50 (go to order form)
	Industrial Mechanics By Albert W. Kemp   Industrial Mechanics presents an introduction to the concepts of industrial mechanical systems, principles, and equipment. All aspects of the systems, principles and equipment, including rigging, lifting, ladders and scaffolds, hydraulics, pneumatics, lubrication, bearings, belts and pulleys, mechanical drives, vibration, alignment, and electricity are discussed throughout the text. This text presents content in a heavily-illustrated style using full-color art. It is organized for easy instruction and presentation of key information. Industrial Mechanics is designed for postsecondary, industrial, and apprenticeship training. Contents include: Calculations Rigging Lifting Ladders and Scaffolds Hydraulic Principles Practical Hydraulics Pneumatic Principles Practical Pneumatics Lubrication   Bearings Flexible Belt Drives Mechanical Drives Vibration Alignment Electricity Appendix Glossary Index Full color, 408 pages, 398 illustrations, hard cover Click here to order Industrial Mechanics from Amazon.com

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• Basics for the Fluid Power Mechanic - FPS by John J. Pippenger, PE and Greg P. Gordon, PE, 238 pages illustrated,
  IFPS Members: $48, Non-Members: $62

  "Basics for the Fluid Power Mechanic," by FPS Education Director Greg P. Gordon, PE, (Ohio State University), and noted fluid power author and educator John J. Pippenger, PE, provides the basics of both hydraulics and pneumatics for entry level Fluid Power Mechanics and Machine Operators. The text covers principles of operation, maintenance procedures, machine set-up, troubleshooting and equipment repair.

  Studying this 238 page text should help prepare candidates to take any of the three Fluid Power Mechanic Certification tests (Industrial Hydraulic, Mobile Hydraulic, or Pneumatic) offered by the Fluid Power Certification Board. Review questions are included at the end of each chapter to measure retention of the material and aid in understanding the material covered in each chapter.

  An accompanying instructor's manual is also available which provides the answers to the review questions and includes suggestions for class projects.

   

• Controlling Electrohydraulic Systems by Wayne R. Anderson, 352 pages, illustrated
  IFPS Members: $175, Non-Members: $227.50

  This indispensable book provides an in-depth look at electrohydraulic components and systems; from pump-motor operation and sizing with valves to portraying linear and nonlinear, analog and digital, electrohydraulic elements.

  Offers concise treatment of these topics: pump, valve and load parameters in pressure, flow, velocity, and position control loops; servovalves in pressure and flow control configurations; pilot-valve arrangements for proportional valves and servovalves; ...and more.

   

• Couplings and Joints, Design, Selection & Application by Jon R. Mancuso, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded, illustrated, 592 pages, 1999
  IFPS Members: $215, Non-Members: $274

  Reflecting rapid changes in the field over the past ten years, this fully updated, one-of-a-kind reference treats all aspects of couplings and joints for wide array of applications and industries.

  Couplings and Joints, Second Edition provides new material on:

  • coupling ratings
  • general purpose couplings versus special purpose couplings
  • retrofiting of lubricated couplings to nonlubricated couplings
  • torsional dampening couplings
  • torquemeter couplings
  • alignment guidelines
  • heavy-duty universal joints

  in addition, Couplings and Joints, Second Edition

  • offers expanded dataon how to content and analyze the various types of couplings
  • dates information on the latest designs, materials, and processes (machining, a heat treatment, etc.) including updates on ScV, one piece diaphragms, and carburized ground gearing for spindles
  • includes a greater number of figuresshowing various types of couplings, applications, and failures
  • he is updated information on coupling balanceincluding AGMA 9002, API 671, API 610, and ISO requirements
  • supplies the definition of over 140 terms used in design, selection, and application of couplings
  • and much more!

   

• Fluid Power Design Handbook, 3rd Edition by Frank Yeaple, 843 pages, illustrated
  IFPS Members: $125, Non-Members: $162.50

  Maintaining and enhancing the high standards and excellent features that made the previous editions so popular, this book presents up-to-date engineering and application information to incorporate, control, predict, and measure the performance of all fluid power components in hydraulic or pneumatic systems.

  Detailing the latest developments in the ongoing "electronic revolution" of fluid power control, the Third Edition offers new or enlarged material on microprocessor control, "smart" actuators, virtual displays, position sensors, computer-aided design, performance testing, noise reduction, and more!

  Analyzes elements for every type of hydraulic and pneumatic element, including reservoirs and fluids, pumps, compressors, valves, cylinders, fluid amplifiers, motors, drives, actuators, shock absorbers, and many more.

  Furnishing over 700 insightful tables, photographs, and drawings, this authoritative reference is essential reading for mechanical design, control, chemical, power, system, and manufacturing engineers; designers of machines, vehicles, equipment, or systems in the aerospace, transportation, manufacturing, processing, agricultural, and power-generation industries, among others; as well as upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

   

• Fluid Power Maintenance Basics and Troubleshooting by Richard J. Mitchell and John J. Pippenger, PE, 392 pages
  IFPS Members: $160, Non-Members: $205   

  This unique, single-source reference is the first book of its kind to address systematically the problems involved in the field; offers comprehensive coverage of hydraulic system troubleshooting. 

  Table of Contents 

  • Basics

  • Identification

  • Beginning the Troubleshooting Process

  • Fault, Cause, and Remedy

  • Vibration

  •  Leakage

  • System Tests for Gear and Vane Pumps

  • System Tests for Piston Pumps

  • Relief Valves

  • Pressure Control Valves

  • Pressure-Reducing Valves

  • System Tests for Flow Control Valves

  • Directional Control Valves

  • Check Valves

  • Hydraulic Cylinders (Linear Actuators)

  • Fluid Motors

  •  Energy Storage, Shock Suppression, and Supplemental Fluid Flow 

  • Tasks for the Hydraulic Accumulator Heat

  •  Preventive Maintenance

  • Troubleshooting Exercise: Bar Trimming Machine

  • The Utility Basket Truck

  • Backhoe and Loader

  •  Typical Hydraulic Press Circuits

  •  Troubleshooting Agricultural Machinery

  •  Thermoplastic Injection Molding Machine

   

• Fluid Power: The Hidden Giant - FPS by John J. Pippenger, PE, 530 pages, illustrated
  IFPS Members: $85, Non-Members: $111

  This 530 page hardcover is a documentary of America's Fluid Power Industry, Companies and Captains. This comprehensive history provides insights into the industry organizations and the leaders who brought us to where we are today.

   

  The Contents Include:

  Introduction	The Steam Engine	Pre-1900's Hydraulics and Pneumatics	Petroleum-Key To Industrial Economy
  Birth of Oil Hydraulic Transmission Systems	World War I Era	The Roaring Twenties	The Automobile Comes of Age
  The Linear Actuator	Fluid Power In Machine Tool Industry	Mobile and Marine Fluid Power	Pipe Fabrication and the O-Ring Evolution
  The Solenoid Becomes a Significant Component	The Apprentice School and Fluid Power	Fluid Power Fallout From World War II	Agricultural Applications of Fluid Power
  Hydro Pneumatic Accumulators and Shock Control	Early Sales of Fluid Power Equipment and Systems	The JIC Legacy/National Conference on Industrial Hydraulics	National Conference on Fluid Power
  The Fluid Power Coordinating Council	The Pioneer Industrial Hydraulics Textbooks	The Valving Specialists	Rotary Force and Motion
  The National Fluid Power Association	The Fluid Power Society	The Fluid Power Educational Foundation	The Fluid Power Distributor's Association
  The Future The Challenge of Predictability

   

• Fluid Power Troubleshooting, 2nd Edition by Anton H. Hehn, 664 pages, illustrated
  IFPS Members: $180, Non-Members: $234

  Reviewing basic fluid power principles, this updated Second Edition presents practical methods for detecting, diagnosing, and correcting fluid power problems within a system-detailing the design, maintenance, and troubleshooting of pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical systems and components.

  Examines the root causes of failures in items such as hydraulic pumps and motors, air motors, hydraulic and pneumatic valves, compressors, accumulators, filters, seals, cylinders, tubing fittings, and hoses!

   

• Handbook of Hydraulic Fluid Technology by George E. Totten, 1272 pages, 1999
  IFPS Member Price: $215, Non-member Price: $274

  Contains over 1200 drawings, photographs, tables, and equations—clarifying and reinforcing essential concepts in the book!

  This authoritative reference facilitates a broader understanding of the total hydraulic system, including hardware, fluid properties and testing, and hydraulic lubricants in a single volume—providing a comprehensive and rigorous overview of hydraulic fluid technology.
   

• Hydraulic Fluids: A Guide to Selection, Test Methods, and Use by M. Radhakrishnan -
       Member - $70.00 -- Non-Member - $77.00
  
  Exploring a broad range of issues concerning the most widely consumed industrial lubricant, Hydraulic Fluids addresses engineers responsible for the selection, application, and maintenance of hydraulic fluids used in industrial machinery, and demystifies the subject for mechanical engineers with little expertise in the chemistry of fluids.

  Bringing together material unavailable in any other single source, this comprehensive, concise reference features de­tailed coverage of various hydraulic fluid properties, such as biodegradability and fire resistance, as well as relevant hy­draulic fluid test procedures. It examines the re-refining, rec­lamation, and disposal of used hydraulic fluids.

  Offering quick assistance in the diagnosis and solution of workplace problems, this guide provides essential data and guidelines for both inexperienced and seasoned technical pro­fessionals specializing in hydraulics, plant engineering, fluid power transmission, or other aspects of mechanical engineering.

• Industrial Pneumatic Control by Dr. Z.J. Lansky, PE and Lawrence F. Schrader, Jr., 264 pages, illustrated
  Members: $145, Non-Members: $188.50

  This single-source monograph provides invaluable, comprehensive, technical information that is applicable for solving problems encountered in the fluid power industry. Stressing the safe and efficient operation of a system, Industrial Pneumatic Control discusses industrial control components from a system performance viewpoint; illustrating how to use, monitor, and "trouble shoot" pneumatic control devices.

   

• Industrial Servo Control Systems by George W. Younkin, 284 pages, illustrated
  Members: $145, Non-Members: $185

  This state-of-the-art reference discusses how servo control theory can be employed to recognize and correct real-world servo application problems; detailing hardware specifications and servo drive classifications vital to the operation of machine servo drives.

  Emphasizing the importance of selecting the correct size servo drive for a given machine, Industrial Servo Control Systems: explains how to put servo drive components together to make servo work; describes the evolution and classification of servos; considers the components of machine servo drives from a mathematical point of view; covers proportional, integral, and differential compensation; includes manual drive sizing forms for both electric and hydraulic servo drives; provides valuable performance indexes that can be used in establishing and judging the performance of servo drives; offers useful techniques to compensate for machine nonlinearities that will affect servo drive performance; and much more.

  Furnishing over 690 helpful tables, equations, and drawings, this book is essential reading for all mechanical, manufacturing, system and machine design, hydraulic, industrial, chemical, electrical and electronics, process control, power system, and servo engineers; systems maintenance personnel; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

   

• Interfacing Microprocessors in Hydraulic Systems by Alan Kleman, 224 pages, illustrated
  No longer  available - out of print

  Providing the right mix of theory and technique to give readers a solid foundation, without bogging them down in too much detail. This exemplary, straightforward manual enables engineers and technicians to work on interfacing projects.

  Modeled after a block diagram of a microprocessor-controlled hydraulic system, the book is structured for ease of study and quick reference!

   

• Noise Control of Hydraulic Machinery by Stan Skaistis, pages336, illustrated
  Members: $175, Non-Members: $227.50

  Unlike most noise reduction books that almost exclusively consider architectural or environmental noise controls, Noise Control of Hydraulic Machinery focuses on producing quiet hydraulic components and hydraulically powered machines, permitting many new applications.

  This useful new reference is unique in analyzing forces and moments in pumps, showing how these forces produce noise at specific frequencies, demonstrating how pump design controls these frequencies, illustrating how a machine's noise-radiating surfaces affect noise, and discussing fluid-borne noise.

   

• Pump Characteristics and Applications by Michael W. Volk, 352 pages, illustrated
  Members: $85, Non-Members: $110.50

  This hands-on reference/text offers a practical introduction to pumps and provides the tools necessary to select, size, operate, and maintain pumps properly-highlighting the interrelatedness of pump engineering from system and piping design to installation and start-up.

  Examines computer software for system design and pump selection and contains two 3 1/2" IBM-compatible demonstration disks that illustrate how software can facilitate the sizing and analysis of pumps and piping systems!

  Classifying pumps into major categories of centrifugal and positive displacement, this book presents the fundamentals of pump and pump systems hydraulics, discusses pump selection and system design, explains the latest developments in pump technology, and more.

  In the classroom, this book supplies useful pedagogical features: real-world pump system examples showing how pumps are selected and sized, a concise presentation that does not require a heavy reliance on design details, and clear discussions that avoid differential equations and other higher-level mathematics.

  An invaluable day-to-day reference for mechanical, civil, chemical, industrial, design, plant, project, and systems engineers; engineering supervisors; maintenance technicians and plant operators; as well as an excellent text for upper-level graduate students in departments of mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or engineering technology.

   

• Water Hydraulics Control Technology by Erik Trostmann, 180 pages, illustrated
  Members: $49.75, Non-Members: $65

  This unique reference introduces the principles of water hydraulics technology and its benefits; clarifying the essential difference between water and oil hydraulics, covering the fundamental science of hydraulics, and addressing technical issues and solutions for water hydraulic power control systems.

  Offers cross-sectional diagrams of all components, shows details in correct dimensions, gives the choice of components materials, and explains the function of each component!

  Discussing the properties of tap water as the hydraulic pressure medium and the influence of water on component design, this book: describes the physical differences between water and mineral oil used in hydraulics; delineates, for the first time in book form, the complete range of water hydraulic products for power control systems; examines in depth newly developed, commercially available high-speed axial piston pumps and motors for industrial applications; furnishes measured-performance data for water hydraulic valves; and more!

  Written by an internationally recognized expert with over 40 years of industrial and academic experience, this reference is an incomparable resource for mechanical, design, control, chemical, fluid power, system, industrial, environmental, and manufacturing engineers; and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students in these disciplines.

   

• What Every Engineer Should Know About Ethics by Kenneth K. Humphreys PE, 1st Edition, 264 pages, 1999
  FPS Members: $80, Non-Members: $103

  This compact reference succinctly explains the engineering profession's codes of ethics using case studies drawn from the decisions of the National Society of Professional Engineers' (NSPE) Board of Ethical Review - examining ethical challenges in engineering, construction and project management. Includes study questions to supplement general engineering survey courses and a list of references to aid practicing engineers in exploring topigs in depth! Concentrating primarily on situations engineers encounter on a daily basis and offering pragmatic answers to ethical questions.

  What Every Engineer Should Know About Ethics:

  • discusses recent headline-making disasters such as the Challenger explosion, the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, and the Hyatt Regency Hotel collapse
  • considers the merits and drawbacks of professional codes of ethics
  • explores the application of the "committee approach" to specific cases
  • compares and contrasts ethical codes and personal values with alternative approaches to morality
  • defines professional licensing and registration and enumerates their prerequisites
  • outlines legal standards for liability
  • emphasizes the importance of communication, coordination and documentation
  • includes a discussion of "whistleblowing"
  • defines the engineer's primary ethical responsibility
  • and more!

  What Every Engineer Should Know About Ethics is a handy, practical reference ideal for mechanical, civil, electrical and electronics, materials, chemical, mineral, cost, quality, reliability, industrial, developmental, safety, forensic, and consulting engineers; architects; project managers; and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and continuing-education students in these disciplines.

   

• * Special * Zero Downtime Pneumatics - IFPS by Dr. Z.J. Lansky, PE and John J. Pippenger, PE, 250 pages illustrated
  Members: $14, Non-Members: $18

  "Zero Downtime Pneumatics," written by Dr. Z.J. Lansky, PE, and John J. Pippenger, PE, is a generic text written for mechanics, machine operators, technicians, industrial machinery designers, and any others in the fluid power industry who are looking for more information on pneumatics and vacuum technology.

   

  Topics included in this reference include:

  Operator and Service	Personnel Training	Gas Laws	Force and Motion
  Compressing Air	Exhausting Air	Storage, Distribution, and Conditioning	Heat Transfer
  Air Lines and Connectors	Control Valving	Manifolds and Sub-bases	Logic Circuitry
  Safety Considerations

  The 250-page volume contains many illustrations and charts, as well as a set of review questions at the end of each chapter. The aim of the book is to acquaint readers with pneumatic power, point out some of the design basics that may be overlooked, and supplement the texts which are used in technical training programs.

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