Engineering Applications of Pneumatics and Hydraulics

Ian Turner is a Chartered Consulting Engineer and Chartered Environmentalist. He is a registered European Engineer and a Chartered Engineer through several engineering institutions including the Electrical, Plant, Measurement and Control and Building Services Institutions. He is also a Chartered Environmentalist through the Society for the Environment. Ian has been a member of the IEE’s (and IET’s) lecturing team since 1990. During 1997 he was the recipient of ‘The Plant Engineer of the Year’ award presented by the Institution of Plant Engineers. In 1999 he was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the IPlantE and in 2000 an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Operations Engineers.

Preface; Applications of pneumatics and hydraulics in industry * Basic principles of fluid power systems * Features and characteristics of pneumatic and hydraulic systems * Components, equipment and plant symbols * Fluid power generation, supply and distribution * Control valves I - types and principles of operation * Control valves II - types and principles of operation * Actuators * Pneumatic and hydraulic circuits and arrangement of components * Electro-pneumatics and electro-hydraulics * Fluid power measurement systems * Troubleshooting and maintenance * Basic principles of fluid power control * Emergency shutdown and safety systems * Health and Safety at Work * Appendix 1, Answers to revision questions; Appendix 2, City and Guilds specimen examination questions; Appendix 3, Institution of Plant Engineers relevant technical guides; Appendix 4, Standards and standardisation organisation relevant fluid power; Appendix 5, Bar litres calculations * Index.