Machine tools handbook : design and operation /

Machine Tools Handbook: Design and Operation is a practical guide which an engineer can use while designing a new machine. The book introduces basic machine tools, followed by a discussion on various types of machine tool drives, their mechanisms, transmission and manipulation. It also provides an i...

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Main Author: Joshi, P. H. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2007]
Edition:First edition.
Series:McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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Online Access:https://www.accessengineeringlibrary.com/content/book/9780070617391
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Table of Contents:
  • A. Dedication
  • B. Foreword
  • C. Preface
  • D. Acknowledgements
  • E. Nomination form
  • 1. Introduction
  • Classification
  • Machine tool requisites
  • Economic considerations for the type of machine tool chosen
  • Basic machine tools
  • 2. Machine tool drives and mechanisms
  • Rotary drives
  • Mechanical drives
  • Tensioning belts
  • Timer belts
  • Chain drive
  • Sprocket design
  • Tolerances
  • Gearing
  • Correction
  • Gear design
  • Pumps
  • Hydraulic valves
  • Piping
  • 3. Rectilinear or translatory drives
  • Converting rotary drive to translatory motion
  • Generating intermittent periodic motion
  • 4. Drive transmission and manipulation
  • Couplings
  • Clutches
  • Motion reversal mechanisms
  • 5. Machine tool elements
  • Spindles
  • Guideways for machine tools
  • 6. Machine tool dynamics
  • Stability of a system
  • 7. Machine tool operation
  • Requisites of a good control system
  • Electrical automation
  • Fluid power automation
  • Numerical control [nc]
  • 8. Tool engineering
  • What tooling comprises
  • Requisites of tool materials
  • Common tool materials
  • Common workpiece materials
  • Choice of material
  • Machining
  • Tooling
  • Jigs and fixtures
  • A. Bibliography.