Reference Books Related to Hydraulic/Pneumatic Controls

[sigiljose]

Hi Everyone,

Could anyone suggest some good reference books on Hydraulic/Pneumatic Controls.
Am a fresh ME graduate and currently working as a design engineer using solidworks. Need to get into the Control point of machine design.

Could use all the advice.

Thanks,
Paul.

 

[quark]

Festo has an excellent selection of pneumatic and hydraulic control books and they even conduct training classes. Try their representatives.

 

[imagitec]

I bought two books for next to nothing from the defunct McGraw-Hill Mechanical Engineering Book Club:

Technology of Fluid Power by William W. Reeves

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/00...103-3128698-0985443?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Pneumatic Systems: Principles and Maintenance by S. J. Majumdar

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/01...103-3128698-0985443?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Both are practical and useful. Pneumatic Systems, however, could use a good edit for typographical and grammatical errors.

Rob Campbell, PE
Finite Monkeys -

http://www.livejournal.com/users/robcampbell

 

[DAVIDSTECKER]

I use a book "Fluid Power-Theory and Applications" by James A. Sullivan.
printed by Prentice Hall.
You might check with your local suppliers if they offer classes also.

 

[Rich2001]

Through only a small section on Hydraulics, it is free -
DOE-HDBK-1018/2-93
DOE Fundamentals Handbook, Mechanical Science, Volume 2 of 2

http://www.eh.doe.gov/techstds/standard/hdbk1019/h1019v1.pdf

Some additional free handbooks can be found at

http://www.eh.doe.gov/techstds/standard/standard.html

"Engineer on Disk"

http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~jackh/eod/pdf/mechtron.pdf

Vita sine litteris mors est.