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Mechanisms and mechanical devices sourcebook / Neil Sclater and Nicholas P. Chironis.

By: Sclater, Neil.
Contributor(s): Chironis, Nicholas P.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 2007Edition: 4th ed.Description: xv, 505 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.ISBN: 9780071467612 (hbk.); 0071467610 (hbk.).Subject(s): Mechanical movementsDDC classification: 621.8
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From the technically curious to machinery, mechanisms, and device designers, this book provides topics from control systems to robotics and nanotechnology. For engineers and technicians to inventors in design shops to the classrooms, designers and students alike will find design detail for use in a range of applications.

Rev. ed of: Mechanisms & mechanical devices sourcebook / edited by Nicholas P. Chironis and Neil Sclater. 2nd ed. 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1 Basics of Mechanisms
  • Chapter 2 Motion Control Systems
  • Chapter 3 Industrial Robots
  • Chapter 4 Mobile Scientific, Military, and Research Robots
  • Chapter 5 Linkages: Drives and Mechanisms
  • Chapter 6 Gears, Devices, Drives, and Mechanisms
  • Chapter 7 Cam, Geneva, and Ratchet Drives and Mechanisms
  • Chapter 8 Clutches and Brakes
  • Chapter 9 Latching, Fastening, and Clamping Devices and Mechanisms
  • Chapter 10 Chain and Belt Devices and Mechanisms
  • Chapter 11 Spring and Screw Devices and Mechanisms
  • Chapter 12 Shaft Couplings and Connections
  • Chapter 13 Motion-Specific Devices, Mechanisms, and Machines
  • Chapter 14 Packaging, Conveying, Handling, and Safety Mechanisms and Machines
  • Chapter 15 Torque, Speed, Tension, and Limit Control Systems
  • Chapter 16 Instruments and Controls: Pneumatic, Hydraulic, Electric, and Electronic
  • Chapter 17 Computer-Aided Design Concepts
  • Chapter 18 Rapid Prototyping
  • Chapter 19 New Directions in Mechanical Engineering
  • Index