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"A reference book for the manufacturing and mechanical engineer, designer, drafter, metalworker, toolmaker, machinist, hobyist, educator, and student."

For decades, AutoCAD(R) students, instructors, and professionals have relied on the Exercise Workbook series to develop and hone their use of this exceptionally versatile program. Whether you are an AutoCAD novice, seeking to improve 2D drawing capabilities, or simply looking for a top-notch reference with the very latest updates from Autodesk(R), the bestselling Beginning AutoCAD(R) 2025 Exercise Workbook is the perfect choice. With clear explanations, step-by-step instructions, inside tips, and numerous exercises, AutoCAD experts Shrock and Heather help users make real progress in their drawing capabilities. To quick-start working with drawing commands, users can download preset drawing templates from the provided link, or by visiting Industrial Press's print or eBook website product pages. The new AutoCAD 2025 software builds on the features of previous releases. Notable changes include a smarter help menu and useful revisions to the Hatch tool, making it easier to fill in AutoCAD drawings. As ever, this new version enables efficient creation, precise revision, and collaborative sharing of layouts for myriad projects. New and/or Improved Features in Beginning AutoCAD 2025: Autodesk Assistant--This artificial intelligence (AI) enhanced help system can help answer AutoCAD-related questions. If the Autodesk Assistant cannot provide the needed answer, it links the user to other sources, including a live Autodesk agent. (Included in Lesson 1) Hatch Improvements--The Hatch tool has been enhanced to enable more efficient placement of a hatch pattern without the previous requirement of a closed boundary. (Included in Lesson 15) Global AutoCAD 2025 Updates--New illustrations, detailed explanations, and step-by-step instructions throughout this Exercise Workbook reflect the latest AutoCAD tools, dialog boxes, and key elements.

Now available! Check out the new Machinery’s Handbook, 32nd Edition. Since the first edition published more than 100 years ago, Machinery’s Handbook has been the most popular engineering resource of all time. Universally considered the principal reference in the manufacturing and mechanical industries, the Handbook is the ultimate collectionof essential, critical information needed by engineers, designers, drafters, metalworkers, toolmakers, machinists, educators, students, and serious home hobbyists. From engineering and design departments, machine and metalworking shops, and a wide range of manufacturing and industrial facilities, to countless classrooms and workshops around the globe, this 32nd Edition of the Machinery’s Handbook is the must-have technical reference.New, Revised, and Expanded in the 32nd Edition:Additive Manufacturing: Cutting-edge information on 3D printing materials, techniques, and workflow, with an expanded list of international standards addressing this rapidly evolving manufacturing segment.Dimensioning and Measuring: Reworked explanations and instructions for calibrating, applying, and reading inch and metric verniers, dial and digital calipers, and inside, outside, and screw thread micrometers. Refined formulas for calculating tolerances.Fasteners, Threads, and Threading: Definitive standard specifications for numerous screw threads, bolts, other fasteners, nuts and washers, tap and clearance drills have been verified and updated across the board, with revised and new tables and figures.Machine Elements: Expanded sections detail drive couplings, shaft alignment methods, and friction and lubrication challenges, with an entirely new section on regulated food grade machine lubricants. Revised and new rolling element bearings text and tables explain types, functionality, and features, with additional figures.Metalworking and Manufacturing: New expert coverage with detailed illustrations addresses commonly used metalworking dies, design, and selection, along with related processes and applications for sheet metalworking. Improvements in the welding section include pipe welding positioning.Part Design and Production: Updates encompass the latest in CNC programming, CAD/CAM operations, and other design and production processes. New to this edition is CNC machining of carbon-fiber reinforced polymers, plus discussions of shop-floor programming, simulation for pre-production process verification, feature-based machining, and computer-aided modeling optimization.Properties and Selection of Materials: Legacy elements and modern-day plastics data have been revised, with new information on embodied energy of materials, supply chain cost and carbon footprint calculations, recycling and reclamation considerations, and polymer composite structures and production methods.

For more than 20 years, AutoCAD® students, instructors, and professionals have relied on the AutoCAD Exercise Workbooks to develop and hone their use of this incredibly versatile program. Whether you are a complete beginner, seeking to improve your 2D drawing capabilities, or just interested in learning about the latest updates, the bestselling Beginning AutoCAD® 2024 Exercise Workbook is the perfect resource. With clear explanations, step-by-step instructions, inside tips, and numerous exercises, these AutoCAD experts help users make real progress in their drawing capabilities. For easy entry into working with drawing commands, users can download preset drawing templates from the provided link, or by visiting Industrial Press’s print or eBook website product pages.The new AutoCAD 2024 software builds on the features of previous releases. Improvements include a reinvented icon on the main menus, and revisions of the Shared Views Palette, making it easier than ever to collaborate with colleagues on AutoCAD projects. The new Automatic Block Placement Tool assists with positioning of commonly used blocks, facilitating quick and precise creation of detailed layouts.New and/or Improved Features in Beginning AutoCAD 2024:Automatic Block Placement Tool — This new capability assists with quickly positioning and inserting a new block into a drawing by providing placement suggestions, based on existing blocks of the same type that have already been inserted into the drawing. (Included in Lesson 29) Shared Views Palette— The design of this important tool set, intentionally created to facilitate seamless communication and collaboration on drawings, has been subtly streamlined for this latest edition. (Included in Lesson 30) Global AutoCAD 2024 Updates— New illustrations and detailed explanations and instructions throughout this new Exercise Workbook reflect the very latest in AutoCAD tools, dialog boxes, and other key elements.

Digital manufacturing is everywhere. Technology advances in production engineering have reduced the “artisan skill” traditionally required in manufacturing processes and replaced it with high-precision, computer-controlled machinery. This reduces human errors and variability in output, but it does not reduce the knowledge required of the professional engineer or shop floor worker. In fact, the reverse is true. They still need to understand the fundamentals, and must acquire other important skills.    Anyone who works in machining or additive manufacturing technology must have a solid technical knowledge of CNC technology. It is important to know how the individual components work and how they affect the overall system, the quality of the products produced and the profitability of production. Professionals should be familiar with today's machine tools and the numerous functions of CNC, electrical servo drives, tool systems, NC programming through to digital information processing and automation.The CNC Handbook was a critically acclaimed bestseller in Germany for 30 editions, and is now available in English for the first time. This groundbreaking work introduces readers to the CNC world, and teaches practical details about how different components are applied in practice. Next, the authors explain the functions and connections of all integrated components, and clearly describe CNC and drives, tooling, flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), NC-programming, DNC, digital manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and computer integrated manufacturing (CIM). The book then covers industrial robots, additive manufacturing, energy-efficient manufacturing, simulation systems, and state-of-the-art of machine integrated measuring systems. This authoritative, heavily illustrated book is the perfect resource for the avid CNCer, but also for those who plan and program, set up, operate machinery, or are responsible for operation, maintenance and repair.FeaturesPacked with more than 800 figures, 4-color pictures, and product shots. Authors use their more than 150 combined years of industrial and academic experience to impart CNC knowledge.

The quest for reliability is long overdue! In the case of many operations, realization of sustained reliability is still a work in progress. Very few organizations have completed the journey to world-class reliability. The vast majority still operate within a reactive culture, allowing response to repetitive failures to consume an excessive proportion of already limited maintenance resources, and leaving too few for performance of any proactive activities.            In today's competitive international environment, enterprise survival is a battle of the fittest. To survive, organizations must achieve "world-class" stature, characterized by wellness, readiness, and application required for a company to successfully compete globally. That's why Maintenance and Operational Reliability is so important.            This work is organized by the foundational requirements and 5 Pillars of Maintenance/Reliability Excellence that contain the 24 Essential Building Blocks, as depicted throughout the book. This pillar graphic shows the functions, management techniques, systems, information sources and performance management vital to the maintenance and reliability process, and also serves as an important visual aid for the education of the entire organization.            So, how is the ultimate, but challenging reliability goal to be achieved? Are you prepared to manage, support, process, and interpret the magnitude of information in real time, critical to making the right business decisions to achieve a competitive advantage? The authors, two veteran maintenance and reliability experts, have collected all the essentials leading to reliability here, in one practical resource, connecting and sequencing the integral pieces for world-class reliability.FeaturesExplains the transition from reactive repair to reliable asset capacity.Clarifies roles and responsibilities of involved functions while explaining control tools to be deployed by each position.Provides the overriding business justification required to gain senior management commitment.

AWS (The American Welding Society) is the worldwide leader in certification programs for the welding industry.  Since the CWI (Certified Welding Inspectors) program inception in 1976, AWS has certified more than 100,000 welding inspectors alone, plus thousands more working professionals across other certification categories. AWS conducts exams in locations around the world, including 550 U.S. sites and 40 countries each year.   Many candidates mistakenly assume their field experience is enough to obtain certification, only to end up frustrated when they fail to pass their exam. Certification exams are intentionally comprehensive to ensure the welding industry the high-quality personnel needed to handle these complex roles.  The process requires almost everyone to prepare to some extent – even those with years of experience:How much preparation? It depends upon your current skills and knowledge.Are the rewards worth it? The rewards are often worth the time you invest: certification can boost your earnings significantly and expand your career opportunities.  While there are a few books that can be purchased from the AWS and outside sources on the CWI exam, there are no publications dedicated to helping CWI candidates pass the exam. This title was written for that express purpose.   This work is a comprehensive collection of preparatory exam questions and answers for welders, inspectors, students, or anyone interested in the welding metallurgical field.  The work boasts appendices that include tables, formulas, lists of organizations and major corporations employing welders and inspectors.

"Surviving, adapting, and thriving in a VUCA [volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous] world"--Cover.

Investing in a new metalworking lathe is a big step for any shop (especially home shops), where there’s usually no one around to help. Once the lathe is up and running, you should theoretically be able to make the special items you previously did without (or paid through the nose for), such as shafts, plain, tapered or threaded discs, bearings, and so on. But if you are new to this, you’ll want to know a lot more than you can learn from the salesman or the manual. Does the lathe really match your needs, and if so, how much?Choosing & Using the Right Metal Shop Lathe is an essential source of information for lathe buyers and users at every level, from mini-size tabletops up to industrial machines weighing half a ton or more. It answers the question of what else you will need to get useful work from the machine. For instance, what comes as “standard equipment” with the lathe? Most include a chuck (usually a 4-jaw independent, not the self-centering 3-jaw you’ll want to use most of the time), maybe a faceplate (rarely used), and a 4-way toolholder you will probably swap right away for a more sensible design. Never included is a tailstock drill chuck, an essential accessory you will need from day one—and the same goes for actual cutting tools. Almost certainly, there won’t be a digital readout (DRO), which used to be regarded as a “maybe-someday” luxury—but not anymore.The work talks about cutting oils, cutting speeds and easier-to-machine materials, and it cautions against buying sets of anything, vs. buying the one accessory you’ll truly need. Finally, there are chapters on building a tailstock drill press, a special toolpost for easy screw cutting, and a precision grinder for lathe tools that can be made from oddments of material in a couple of days or less.           FeaturesDifferentiates between the truly essential features (screw-cutting) and the nice-to-have (power feeding), spindle speed selection from a gearbox (typical) or continuously variable (more convenient).Offers advice on screw-cutting US and metric threads, and handling the machinist’s most trouble-prone actions, such as knurling and parting off.Provides a workpiece tutorial that demonstrates many of the commonplace lathe routines—ideal for first-time users.

Contains all the basic requirements of the steel estimating trade in specific detail.

Typical leadership training never seems to 'move the needle' in terms of creating more effective leaders. That's because the system that supports leadership hasn't changed. To get true improvement in leadership, organizations need to focus on accountability. There must be an asset management system that defines and assigns accountability. Then individual leaders can learn and apply productive leadership. The author has coined and trademarked the Productive Leadership(TM) System (PLS) which includes: *A Productive Leadership Policy *The Organizational Reliability Model(TM) (ORM) *The Productive Leadership Model(TM) (PLM) *A Productive Leadership Development Program The ORM overtly defines and assigns accountability across each leadership level. The PLM identifies the leadership roles, attributes, skills, sources of power and other aspects that productive leaders must master. The development program creates a leadership pipeline for professional development of current leaders and prospective leaders, and on-boarding the right people for leadership positions. The author includes a chapter on the human brain to show that leaders and followers are capable of learning throughout their lives, and the science behind creating habits and cultures. The book has several tools and exercises to help reinforce important concepts. Appendices include details on the Team Effectiveness and Motivation Survey (used in the 2015 Alidade MER/Plant Services Magazine Leadership Survey), an ISO 55000 overview and the Guidance and Execution Model(TM), an example for developing processes and procedures.

While it is mostly “behind the scenes,” lubrication is used wherever you look—in all types of machines, vehicles, and aircrafts. Its usefulness is everywhere, in every industry, from all types of manufacturing, power, health, petrochemicals, food, paper, and metallurgy to small industries and agriculture. Lubrication is absolutely essential to the world.  There is an undeniable link between maintenance strategy and lubrication reliability. Depending on the industry, maintenance costs can represent between 15-60% of the cost of goods produced. Therefore, the reliability of plant and equipment has a significant impact on the profits of any organization. Unfortunately, most problems related to machinery in plants are lubrication-related. To get maximum benefit from advanced maintenance strategies, an understanding of equipment lubrication is a must. That’s why this work is invaluable.  Machinery Lubrication and Reliability contains everything a maintenance, plant, or industrial professional needs to know about lubrication theory, with vital information on all the critical equipment lubrication requirements. It illustrates how to improve reliability, maximize equipment life, eliminate unscheduled shut downs, and reduce operating costs. Rounding out this amazing package are questions and answers for those looking to obtain their ICML certifications. An affiliated web site (www.machinerylubricationreliability.com) contains additional questions for exam takers looking for extra practice.  Features  The only book that covers all the topics for the ICML certification course.Includes the industry standard API-614 throughout.Contains practice questions for the ICML exam at the end of each chapter, along with additional ones on the affiliated website.

Managing physical assets is a cooperative and cross-functional discipline that demands a solid governance structure, strong leadership, and well-coordinated policies and practices to meet organizational objectives and requirements in the context of their operations. Organizations struggle to balance cost, performance, and risk with regard to the management of physical assets. Traditional physical asset management systems tend to be silo-based in that they have been developed by a particular section or function for use only in that function. The effects of the isolated function-specific asset management systems are widespread and have significant implications, creating gaps and overlaps in business processes or impeding the decision-making processes.   Organizations are investing lots of money and resources in building their physical asset management systems. However, for far too long the focus has been mostly on the tools and methodologies. These companies need to step up and undergo a paradigm shift focused towards creating a system of organization-wide physical asset management, and moving away from the silo approach.  This transformational process will provide:Features  an improvement in coordination and collaboration.the ability to manage physical assets across the organization.an alignment of all functional areas within an organization to reach common goals. This book will benefit practitioners and students enrolled in asset management programs, and help to change the way they understand and implement an effective physical asset management system to a more organization-wide, systems approach.

Revision of: Programming of computer numerically controlled machines. -- 3rd ed. -- A2007.

Plastic piping is now the preferred material in countless applications - municipal water and sewer lines, drain/waste/vent lines, and chemical waste drainage, to mention just a few - because plastics are durable, easy and safe to install, environmentally sound, and cost-effective. This compendium of over 40 articles is written by a professional involved in plastic fluid handling products for over 45 years. Divided into three general areas, this unique resource promotes the use of plastics in general and plastic piping systems, in particular. The articles include listings of the major advantages of plastics plus descriptions of the many varied piping products and markets served by thermoplastic piping systems. It is certain to be an eye-opener and educational tool for the experienced and novice designing and specifying engineer, installer, end-user, code official, purchasing agent, and engineering student. It provides access to the major reasons synthetically made organic chemicals (plastics) has had such a meteoric rise in usage since its inception in 1907. It is the only book encompassing articles, in one source, featuring the history of plastics coupled with background knowledge on the design, features, growth and usage of thermoplastic piping systems. It addresses Green Building in an article which documents 16 different plastic piping technologies discussed in detail and accompanied by an Appendix highlighting the features and benefits of various plastic piping materials.

This guide is the most concise and authoritative available for the installation of PVC gasket-joint pressure and non-pressure pipes and fittings. Written and sponsored by the Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association, it contains up-to-date information and comes complete with practical associated tables and figures that will help users to be more effective and efficient at installing PVC piping systems.  This work provides preferred methods of installation based on field experience, published reports, and other industry sources.The guide’s unique, easy-to-use reversible-book format provides two valuable guides in one—for working on water pipes or sewer pipes—making it easy for readers to quickly access the specific information they are seeking, be it on the job, in training, or studying for certification.FeaturesThe Contractor’s Guide provides value to several stakeholders:Contractors—Following this work’s recommendations can improve job efficiency, reduce potential pipline problems, and help ensure maximum performance.Owners—Proper installation helps ensure the maximum service life for piping systems.Workers (Training)—This guide can serve as a reference prior to undertaking a pipeline project.Workers (Certification)—In jurisdictions where installers are required to be certified, this work can serve as an invaluable study resource.Esta es la guía disponible mas concisa y fidedigna para la instalación de tubería y conexiones de PVC para presión y gravedad, de unión con empaque. Escrito y patrocinado por Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association, contiene información al día, e incluye Tablas y Figuras prácticas que ayudarán a usuarios ser mas efectivos y eficientes al instalar sistemas de tubería de PVC. Este trabajo proporciona métodos de instalación preferidos, basados en experiencia de campo, reportes publicados, y otras fuentes de la industria.     El formato único de esta guía, de fácil uso y reversible, proporciona dos valiosas guías en una—para trabajo en tubería de agua o alcantarillado—haciendo fácil el acceso a información específica buscada por los lectores, ya sea en el trabajo, en capacitación, o estudiando para una certificación. BENEFICIOS DE LA GUÍA La Guía del Contratista proporciona valor a varios interesados: Contratistas—Seguir estas recomendaciones de trabajo pueden mejorar la eficiencia del trabajo, reducir problemas potenciales en la línea, y ayudar a asegurar el desempeño máximo.Dueños—La instalación apropiada ayuda a asegurar la vida útil de sistemas de tubería.Obreros (Capacitación)—Esta guía puede servir como referencia previa al inicio de un proyecto de tubería.Obreros (Certificación)—En jurisdicciones donde los instaladores requieren estar certificados, este trabajo puede servir como un recurso de estudio invaluable.

This guide serves as a workbook to be used in conjunction with an approved course offered by a training partner recognized by the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) for a Machinery Lubrication Technician (MLT I or II) certification exam preparation course. The essence of this work is a guided, cooperative, and sometimes even argumentative dialogue between the authors, with continuous asking and answering of questions. This stimulates critical thinking, which in turn draws out underlying presumptions, and results in readers thinking like the person who actually built the exam.The authors are strong proponents of a unique 5-step process for learning:FamiliarizeFind SocratesBe the ExamPractice ExamExploreThis unconventional method has proven to be exceptionally effective, not for only passing the exam, but to truly retaining the knowledge and becoming an expert in the content you’re studying. Certification requirements are discussed throughout the work, making this the ideal resource for prospective MLT I and/or MLT II certification candidates.FeaturesNotes Outline: For the reader to complete. Aids in organizing ideas and thoughts.Guided Cooperative Argument: A dialogue between authors concerning the topics. Helps answer questions that are asked on the job.Statements of Truth and Exam Development: From the recommended Body of Knowledge, with space to develop your multiple-choice questions. Develops critical thinking process and understanding of how the exam questions are structured.Body of Knowledge Outline: Works as a reference to help answer any questions that may arise.Practice Exam: A mock exam designed to familiarize the reader with taking a multiple-choice test that is similar in structure and content to the real one.Glossary & Appendices: List of common terms, charts, and tables with which all certification candidates need to be familiar.

For more than two decades, the Beginning AutoCAD(R) Exercise Workbook has been THE definitive tutorial for those learning and teaching about the CAD software. And as the AutoCAD package has continued to improve, so has this work, with better graphics, enhanced standard features (such as "CAD Tips" and side-by-side inch/metric measurements), and additional practical exercises. AutoCAD 2020 is packed with new features. The Exercise Workbook shows users and instructors how to unleash the power of AutoCAD with easy-to-follow lessons and tutorials on the many tools and commands available to create, tweak, and perfect a drafting, drawing, design, or 3D printed final product. Visual learners will be especially pleased with the heavily illustrated format, and the way the authors' lessons and exercises progress seamlessly from the basics to more sophisticated projects. For users of AutoCAD(R), there is simply no better resource on the market.

The Modern Pipefitter’s Manual contains technical and practical information regarding pipe history, pipe characteristics, materials, fittings, connections, valves, joining, and installation methods. It also addresses the laying lengths of piping, valves, and connections that are critical when planning piping layout.This new work uses some of the most tried and true information, charts, and tables found in Industrial Press’s seminal resource, the Pipefitters Handbook, but has reorganized, redrawn, updated and modernized them to be more appropriate and in-line for modern day users.Questions at the end of each chapter help readers learn and understand the most essential material and are similar to those found on a typical pipefitting certification exam. Useful Appendix materials include more reference data, answers to the exam questions, math and conversion factors, and specific tables and charts for pipe, water, and metal.Packed with all these extensive, educational features, the Modern Pipefitter’s Manual is an unparalleled resource for pipefitters at all levels of experience.           Features Incorporates the useful Pipe Trades Pro calculator (available for purchase together with the book from Industrial Press) throughout the work to help users get fast and accurate solutions that help them save time and reduce material costs.Suggests simple calculations for pipe lengths, offsets, weight and volume, flow rates, pressure, area, and more.Perfect for those studying for certification exams, designers, operations professionals, in addition to pipefitters working in the field.

This is a pocket-size reference that has all the fundamental data that engineers need in their daily work. It includes taping and drilling charts, hole coordinate charts with common sizes already worked out, speeds/feeds, material specs, drawing symbols and standards, CNC machine codes, plus much more. This book is also a very useful reference for students in engineering and drafting programs. It also covers: Mathematical Formulas and Measurement; Screw Thread Charts and Tapping Drill Sizes; Fasteners; Allowances and Tolerances; Drawing Standards; Computer Numerical Control; and, Conversion Factors and Equivalent Charts.

This new guide takes an analytical approach by using step-by-step universal methodologies to solve problems of motion in Mechanical and Industrial engineering. This is a very useful guide for students in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, as well practitioners who need to analyze and solve a variety of problems in dynamics. It emphasizes the importance of linear differential equations of motion, using LaPlace Transform, in the process of investigating actual problems. It includes numerous examples for composing differential equations of motion.

Based on real-world experience this invaluable guide and reference tells the whole story of maintenance planning from beginning to end in a concise and easy-to-follow manner. Written by well-known professionals this new edition focuses specifically on the preparatory tasks that lead to effective utilization and application of maintenance resources in the interest of the reliability essential to business objectives. It comprehensively examines the job preparation process from job scoping and planning, to determination of material requirements, estimation of labor requirements and job duration, coordination of all involved parties, and job scheduling. And it includes essential metrics for measuring performance of all contributing functions. It is a vital training document for planners, an educational document for those to whom planners are responsible, and a valuable guide for those who interface with the planning and scheduling function and are dependent upon the many contributions of planning and scheduling operational excellence.  FeaturesExpanded coverage of the proactive culture and environment that senior management must nurture throughout the organization, and the essential supportive roles of other functions essential to the preparatory process.A new chapter that enumerates prerequisites to effective Planning, Coordination and Scheduling.The Scheduling chapter has been expanded to include a debate comparing two popular approaches to the scheduling and achievement of Schedule Compliance.The Material Support chapter is significantly expanded.

Written by a user for users, this unique book is designed for all managers who have been given the difficult task of bringing change to their organizations and making it stick. Drawing on his wealth of practical and proven experience, Thomas identifies and explains the eight key elements of changeleadership, work process, structure, group learning, technology, communications, inter-relationships, and rewards. He demonstrates that these elements are interrelated, and that they constitute a Web of Change. Thus, if one element is changed, its impact on the others must be understood and adjustments must be made to the entire system.

The field of maintenance is hard to approach because the language is strange. Now in its second edition and written by a highly acclaimed maintenance professional, this comprehensive and very user-friendly resource introduces the fundamentals of maintenance and allows the outsider to understand the jargon. This revision of a classic has been thoroughly updated to include advances in technology and is sure to be found useful by maintenance professionals everywhere. It offers a complete survey of the field, an introduction to maintenance and a review of maintenance management. It provides a manual for cost reduction and a primer for the stockroom. It includes a training regime for new supervisors, managers and planners.