Oil Hydraulic Systems: Principles and Maintenance

by S. R. Majumdar, S.R. Majumdar

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071406697

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Book Info

Provides everything you need to understand the fundamental operating principles of as well as the latest maintenance, repair, and reconditioning techniques for industrial oil hydraulic systems.

From the Back Cover

INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT AS EFFICIENTLY AND COST-EFFECTIVLY AS POSSIBLE

Here in a single definitive volume is everything you need to understand the fundamental operating principles of as well as the latest maintenance, repair, and reconditioning techniques for industrial oil hydraulic systems.

Written by an expert with more than twenty-five years' teaching experience, this comprehensive resource provides clearly written, authoritative coverage of:

• System design principles
• The basic components of hydraulic systems, including pipes, pumps, strainers, oil reservoir filters, pressure gauges, relief valves, and gear boxes
• Compatibility issues
• Methods to reduce heat generation and dissipation to optimize thermal stability
• Operational and constructional features of fluid power components, illustrated via sketches and circuit diagrams
• Maintenance and troubleshooting techniques
• Seals and packing

Invaluable to design engineers, maintenance personnel, and aeronautical engineers, Oil Hydraulic Systems sets a standing of excellence unmatched by any other book on the topic.

Table of Contents

• Basics of Industrial Hydraulics
• Hydraulic Oils and Fluid Properties
• Filters and Filtration
• Hydraulic Pumps: Construction, Sizing and Selection
• Direction Control Valves
• Flow and Pressure Control
• Hydraulic Servo Technique--Recent Trends
• Linear Actuators
• Rotary Actuators and Hydrostatic Transmission
• Heat Generation in Hydraulic System
• Hydraulic Reservoirs and Accumulators
• Design of Hydraulic Circuit
• Seals and Packings
• Hydraulic Pipes, Hoses and Fittings
• Hydraulic System Maintenance, Repair and Reconditioning
• Index