Since publication of the first edition more than 100 years ago, Machinery’s Handbook has been acclaimed as the most popular, bestselling engineering resource of all time. Universally considered the principal reference in the manufacturing, metalworking, and mechanical industries, the Handbook is the ultimate collection of essential information. Now more than 3,000 pages, with thousands of revisions and updates throughout, Machinery’s Handbook, 32nd Edition, is the must-have technical reference.
Machinery’s Handbook Guide: A Guide to Using Tables, Formulas, & More in the 32nd Edition, is designed to help students, professionals, and home shop practitioners take advantage of the enormous breadth of information in the most current edition of the Handbook. Designed to be used alongside the Handbook, helping readers become more familiar with its invaluable content, this complementary text is the perfect problem-solving tool, whether learning key principles for the first time or applying them on the job.
Features
This new edition of the Guide reflects the updated content of the new Machinery’s Handbook, 32nd Edition.
Specific cross references help quickly locate information in the “parent” book, enabling Guide users to become familiar with navigating and utilizing the Handbook’s vast range of vital content.
Offers more than 150 worked-out examples and nearly 500 practice exercise and review questions (with answers), specially selected for engineers, apprentices, and students, addressing problems commonly encountered in manufacturing and metalworking.
Explains practical techniques, enhancing the user’s ability to access needed information and formulate solutions more quickly and easily.
In addition to the printed book, the Guide also is sold as a standalone eBook and as part of the Machinery’s Handbook 32 Digital Edition, which includes the complete contents of the 32nd Edition, and more. In the Digital Edition, page references in the Guide are directly linked to other Guide pages and the related Handbook material.
Usage
The Purpose of this Book
Chapter 1 : Dimensions and Areas of Circles and Spheres Chapter 2 : Chords, Segments, and Hole Circles Chapter 3 : Formulas and Their Rearrangement Chapter 4 : Spreadsheet Calculations Chapter 5 : Calculations Involving Logarithms Chapter 6 : Dimensions, Areas, and Volumes of Figures Chapter 7 : Geometrical Propositions and Constructions Chapter 8 : Trigonometry: Functions of Angles Chapter 9 : Solution of Right-Angle Triangles Chapter 10 : Solution of Oblique Triangles Chapter 11 : Figuring Tapers Chapter 12 : Tolerances and Allowances for Machine Parts Chapter 13 : Using Standards Data and Information Chapter 14 : Standard Screw and Pipe Threads Chapter 15 : Problems in Mechanics Chapter 16 : Strength of Materials Chapter 17 : Design of Shafts and Keys For Power Transmission Chapter 18 : Splines Chapter 19 : Problems in Designing and Cutting Gears Chapter 20 : Speeds, Feeds, and Machining Power Chapter 21 : CNC (Computer Numerical Control) Programming Chapter 22 : The Metric System Chapter 23 : General Review Questions Chapter 24 : Answers to Exercises and Review Questions Chapter 25 : Units of Measure and Conversion Factors
