Engineering Fundamentals

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ISBN: 9780750656092 | 0750656093
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Copyright: 12/7/2002

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Engineering Fundamentals is designed to meet the latest course requirements, and brings together the essential material from Roger Timings' previous engineering texts: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Fundamentals of Engineering, Basic Engineering Technology and General Engineering. A highly readable text is supported by numerous illustrations, learning objectives and exercises at the end of each chapter, making Engineering Fundamentals a complete student-focused course that is ideal for classroom, workshop and independent study. *A comprehensive general engineering text for vocational students, apprentices and trainees *Provides knowledge and understanding required for competence-based courses *Builds on the success of Roger Timings' classic engineering texts

Preface

Acknowledgements

xii

General health and safety (engineering)

Health, safety and the law

(2)

Employers' responsibilities

(2)

Employees' responsibilities

(1)

Electrical hazards

(1)

Fire fighting

(3)

Fire precautions and prevention

(1)

Accidents

(3)

First aid

(2)

Personal protection

(4)

Hazards in the workplace

(5)

Manual lifting

(2)

Mechanical lifting equipment

(1)

Use of lifting equipment

(1)

Accessories for lifting gear

(3)

Useful knots for fibre ropes

(1)

Transporting loads (trucks)

(1)

Inspection (lifting equipment)

(5)

Exercises

(4)

Establishing effective working relationships

Basic relationships

(2)

Relationships with managers, supervisors and instructors

(2)

Attitude and behaviour

(1)

Implementing company policy

(3)

Creating and maintaining effective working relationships with other people

(4)

Exercises

(3)

Handling engineering information

Selection of information sources

(1)

Interpretation of information (graphical)

(3)

Interpretation of information (tables, charts and schedules)

(3)

Evaluating engineering information

(1)

Recording and processing engineering information

(1)

Methods of record keeping

(1)

Communications (miscellaneous)

(5)

Exercises

(2)

Engineering materials and heat treatment

States of matter

(1)

Properties of materials

(7)

Classification of materials

(1)

Ferrous metals (plain carbon steels)

(3)

Ferrous metals (alloy steels)

(3)

Ferrous metals (cast irons)

(1)

Abbreviations

(1)

British standards for wrought steels

(1)

Non-ferrous metals and alloys

(6)

Workshop tests for the identification of metals

(1)

Non-metals (natural)

(2)

Non-metals (synthetic)

(3)

Forms of supply

(2)

Heat treatment processes (introduction)

(1)

Heat treatment processes (safety)

(3)

The heat treatment of plain carbon steels

(12)

The heat treatment of non-ferrous metals and alloys

109

(1)

Heat treatment furnaces

110

(5)

Temperature measurement

115

(3)

Atmosphere control

118

(5)

Exercises

119

(4)

Engineering drawing

Engineering drawing (introduction)

123

(1)

First angle orthographic drawing

124

(3)

Third angle orthographic drawing

127

(2)

Conventions

129

(4)

Redundant views

133

(1)

Dimensioning

134

(3)

Toleranced dimensions

137

(1)

Sectioning

138

(2)

Machining symbols

140

(1)

Types of engineering drawings

141

(3)

Pictorial views

144

(3)

Sketching

147

(8)

Exercises

149

(6)

Measuring

Introduction

155

(1)

Linear measurement

155

(15)

Measuring angles

170

(5)

Miscellaneous measurements

175

(2)

Limits and fits

177

(2)

Classes of fit

179

(1)

Accuracy

180

(3)

Terminology of measurement

183

(5)

Exercises

184

(2)

Answers

186

(2)

Marking out

Marking-out equipment (tools for making lines)

188

(6)

Marking-out equipment (tools for providing guidance)

194

(2)

Marking-out equipment (tools for providing support)

196

(4)

The purposes, advantages and disadvantages of manual marking out

200

(1)

Types of datum

201

(2)

Techniques for marking out

203

(15)

Exercises

215

(3)

Basic bench fitting

Relative merits and disadvantages of using hand tools

218

(1)

The fitter's bench

219

(1)

The metal cutting wedge

220

(1)

The angles of a wedge-shaped cutting tool and their terminology

221

(2)

The application of the basic cutting angles to hand tools

223

(1)

Chipping

224

(2)

Hammers

226

(1)

Filing

227

(4)

The hacksaw

231

(2)

Screw thread applications

233

(3)

Cutting internal screw threads (use of taps)

236

(3)

Cutting external screw threads (use of dies)

239

(2)

Hand reamers and reaming

241

(1)

Tools used in assembly and dismantling

242

(6)

Preparation of hand tools

248

(1)

Making a link

249

(3)

Checking the link

252

(5)

Exercises

253

(4)

Drilling techniques and drilling machines

The twist drill

257

(2)

Twist drill cutting angles

259

(1)

Twist drill cutting speeds and feeds

260

(3)

Twist drill failures and faults

263

(2)

Blind hole drilling

265

(1)

Reamers and reaming

266

(2)

Miscellaneous operations

268

(2)

Toolholding

270

(2)

Workholding

272

(3)

The basic alignments of drilling machines

275

(1)

The bench (sensitive) drilling machine

276

(1)

The pillar drilling machine

277

(4)

Exercises

278

(3)

Centre lathe and turning techniques

The safe use of machine tools

281

(4)

Constructional features of the centre lathe

285

(4)

Main movements and alignments

289

(3)

Types of spindle nose

292

(2)

Starting up and closing down the machine

294

(1)

Workholding devices (centres)

295

(3)

Workholding devices (taper mandrel)

298

(2)

Workholding devices (self-centring chuck)

300

(2)

Workholding devices (collets)

302

(1)

Workholding devices (four-jaw, independent chuck)

303

(3)

Workholding devices (faceplate)

306

(1)

Use of steadies

307

(2)

Lathe tool profiles

309

(1)

Concentricity

309

(1)

Taper turning

310

(2)

Hole production

312

(3)

Parting off

315

(1)

Cutting screw threads

316

(2)

Knurling

318

(1)

Chip formation and the geometry of lathe tools

318

(4)

Cutting lubricants and coolants

322

(1)

Tool height

323

(2)

Relationship between depth of cut and feed rates as applied to turning operations

325

(3)

Cutting speeds as applied to turning operations

328

(2)

The production of some typical turned components

330

(12)

Exercises

335

(7)

Milling machines and milling techniques

Safety

342

(1)

The milling process

343

(3)

The horizontal spindle milling machine

346

(1)

The vertical spindle milling machine

347

(3)

Types of milling cutters and their applications

350

(2)

Cutter mounting (horizontal milling machine)

352

(3)

Cutter mounting (vertical milling machine)

355

(2)

Workholding

357

(5)

Cutting speeds and feeds

362

(3)

Squaring up a blank on a horizontal milling machine

365

(2)

Milling a step (horizontal milling machine)

367

(1)

Milling a step (vertical milling machine)

368

(1)

Milling a slot (horizontal milling machine)

368

(1)

Milling an angular surface

369

(7)

Exercises

371

(5)

Grinding machines and processes

Safety when grinding

376

(3)

Fundamental principles of grinding

379

(1)

Grinding wheel specification

380

(4)

Grinding wheel selection

384

(1)

Grinding wheel defects

385

(1)

Grinding wheel dressing and truing

386

(1)

Grinding wheel balancing

387

(2)

The double-ended off-hand grinding machine

389

(3)

Resharpening hand tools and single point cutting tools

392

(1)

Surface grinding machine

393

(2)

Workholding

395

(3)

Mounting a magnetic chuck on the worktable

398

(2)

Grinding a flat surface

400

(5)

Exercises

402

(3)

Index

405

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