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[Steelforbrains]

Please name the top 5 reference manuals that no mechanical engineer should be without. I'm looking to expand my library, past my college textbooks, and I hate to spend $300 on a book, that I will never use. If you could, please describe what you like about each selection.

Thanks

 

[Aaron3335]

Since you are in the conveyor industry "Belt Coveyors For Bulk Materials" would be worth looking at. It is a publication put out by the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) and is available through thier website. It covers conveyor design in great detail.

Check out this post for more information on conveyor design
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[rmw]

I am never without "Camerons Hydraulic Data". I use it more than "Crain Technical Paper # 410" which has already been mentioned.

rmw

 

[kenvlach]

For the price (free*), you can't beat a set of OMEGA® HANDBOOKS for Flow, Temperature, Pressure, Liquid Level, Strain, etc.

http://www.omega.com/literature/domestic.html

*overseas: have to pay shipping for hard copy (some free pdf downloads are available).

 

[retruro]

Materials and processes in manufacturing - DeGarmo et al.
Quality control handbook - Juran

DeGarmo was updated recently I think. Mine are 4th and 9th editions.
Not sure what the current revision of Juran is, but it should mainly serve to give a good grounding in the fundamentals and then become a reference.