Modelling, Monitoring and Diagnostic Techniques for Fluid Power Systems


Book Description

This book covers the background theory of fluid power and indicates the range of concepts needed for a modern approach to condition monitoring and fault diagnosis. The theory is leavened by 15-years-worth of practical measurements by the author, working with major fluid power companies, and real industrial case studies. Heavily supported with examples drawn from real industrial plants – the methods in this book have been shown to work.




Fundamentals of Fluid Power Control


Book Description

This exciting reference text is concerned with fluid power control. It is an ideal reference for the practising engineer and a textbook for advanced courses in fluid power control. In applications in which large forces and/or torques are required, often with a fast response time, oil-hydraulic control systems are essential. They excel in environmentally difficult applications because the drive part can be designed with no electrical components and they almost always have a more competitive power/weight ratio compared to electrically actuated systems. Fluid power systems have the capability to control several parameters, such as pressure, speed, position, and so on, to a high degree of accuracy at high power levels. In practice there are many exciting challenges facing the fluid power engineer, who now must preferably have a broad skill set.




Fluid Power


Book Description

This book forms the Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Fluid Power organised by the Japan Hydraulics and Pneumatics Society and held in Tokyo in September 1993. It follows the very succesful First Symposium held in 1989 and presents the latest information on research and industrial activity currently underway in the field of fluid power.










Instrumentation and Control


Book Description

As part of the ongoing Wiley Series in Mechanical Engineering, this edited volume serves as a complete reference and guide to the many facets of instrumentation and control engineering. Broad in coverage and scope, it provides practicing engineers with the latest data and activities taking place in the field. Will give you an idea of the depth and breadth of coverage as reflected in the variety of topics explored, including systems engineering concepts; instrument static analysis; grounding and cabling techniques; bridge transducers; position, velocity, acceleration; force; torque, pressure and temperature transducers; signal processing and transmission; control system performance and modification; number controllers for machine tools and robots; and state-space analysis for dynamic and control systems.







Power Transmission and Motion Control: PTMC 2000


Book Description

This text comprizes a collection of papers presented at PTMC 2000 - one of a series of regular international workshops held at the University of Bath. The emphasis is on hydraulic and pneumatic components and systems and their control, although all forms of power transmission are of interest.