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PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The complete, modern guide to Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing. Master the language of precision engineering. GD&T is the symbolic language that defines how much a manufactured part may vary and still work - and this handbook teaches all of it, from first principles to advanced application, in one rigorous, richly illustrated volume built around ASME Y14.5-2018 with ISO GPS comparisons throughout. Whether you are an engineering student, a practicing mechanical or manufacturing engineer, a machinist, a quality inspector, or a designer, this book takes you from why a round tolerance zone accepts more good parts than a square one all the way to composite position, profile, runout, tolerance stack-up, and functional gauge design - with every equation derived, every worked example solved step by step, and every practice problem answered. Inside, you will learn to: read and write feature control frames, datums, and every geometric symbol; apply material condition modifiers (MMC, LMC, RFS) and compute bonus tolerance and virtual condition; build datum reference frames and use datum targets on castings, forgings, and non-rigid parts; master position, profile, orientation, form, and runout through fully worked examples; perform tolerance stack-up analysis (worst-case and statistical) and design functional gauges; and connect GD&T to limits & fits (ISO 286), surface texture, CAD / model-based definition, and inspection. What sets this handbook apart: 27 chapters, 170+ technical figures, roughly 100 fully worked examples, a comprehensive problem set with solutions, complete case studies that tolerance real parts end to end, and quick-reference appendices. A book to learn from and a reference to keep on the bench. Stop guessing what a drawing means. Speak the language of precision - clearly, correctly, and with confidence.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Ask ten engineers what caused an incident, and most will say 'human error.' In the industries where a mistake can cost lives, that answer is where the real work should begin - not where it ends. When something goes wrong at a process facility, the reflex is to blame the person at the panel, retrain them, and add one more line to a procedure, while the conditions that made the error likely remain in place, waiting for the next capable operator. The same class of incident returns under a new name, because its true cause was never touched. This handbook offers a better way to think about human performance, and a practical method to match. It treats human error as a symptom of how systems, jobs, and organizations are designed, and it equips you to find and remove the conditions that turn an ordinary slip into a catastrophe, so that safe, reliable operation becomes the outcome the design makes easy. Inside, you will be able to: - Understand why competent, well-trained people make predictable mistakes, and why 'trying harder' is the wrong fix- Analyze tasks and reason honestly about human reliability to find where error is most likely and most costly- Evaluate and improve control rooms, interfaces, and alarm systems so the signals that matter are not lost in noise- Write procedures people can follow under pressure, and judge where automation helps or quietly introduces new risks- Manage workload, fatigue, and shift patterns as measurable contributors to performance- Strengthen situation awareness, communication, and handover, and build the culture and competence that surface problems early Key topics: operator cognition and its limits; error taxonomies and mechanisms; human reliability analysis; task analysis; control-room, workstation, and interface design; alarm management; procedures; automation and function allocation; workload, fatigue, and shift work; situation awareness and decision-making; communication, handover, and teamwork; safety culture; the integration of human factors into process-safety management; and competence, training, and learning from experience. Every chapter includes worked examples, practice problems, and answer keys. Written for: Written for practicing engineers, operations and process-safety professionals, control-room and interface designers, plant and shift managers, and advanced students preparing to take responsibility for hazardous processes. It assumes familiarity with process operations but develops the human-factors science from first principles. Open this handbook and begin developing the knowledge to design out error, support the people at the center of the plant, and operate extraordinary hazards safely.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Two technicians put gauges on the same misbehaving system and reach opposite conclusions. The difference is almost never the tools.Refrigeration and air conditioning is usually taught in halves. One half is field procedure handed down without the physics that explains it, so a technician learns to look for ten degrees of subcooling without ever learning what subcooling reveals. The other half is thermodynamic theory taught away from the equipment, so a graduate can derive a cycle efficiency but has never watched a compressor short-cycle. Each half works until a system does something the procedure does not cover. Then one person is guessing and the other is sizing on paper, and the move toward lower-global-warming-potential working fluids is widening that gap rather than closing it.This handbook keeps theory and practice in the same hand. It builds the thermodynamics and heat transfer from first principles, then follows the working fluid through every component a technician actually touches, so the number on the gauge and the reason behind it arrive together. Inch-pound units lead, because that is how equipment is rated and field instruments are read, with metric equivalents alongside.Inside, you will be able to: Plot a real cycle from field measurements and calculate refrigerating effect, work of compression, heat of rejection, capacity, and coefficient of performanceSeparate the effects of superheat, subcooling, pressure drop, isentropic efficiency, and clearance volume, and quantify what each one costsWork moist-air problems on the chart and carry them through to cooling and heating load calculations for real buildingsAnalyze every component in the order the fluid meets it, and size ducts and lines to real friction, velocity, and oil-return limitsTest, evacuate, charge by superheat or subcooling, balance airflow, and commission a system with documentation that stands up laterDiagnose systematically using superheat and subcooling as primitives, checking compression ratio, non-condensables, approach, and split rather than working from a symptom list Key topics: the two laws and the overall heat-transfer coefficient; fluid classification, safety groups, environmental metrics, glide, and the current regulatory transition; ideal and actual cycles; psychrometrics; load calculation; compressors and capacity control; heat rejection and cooling towers; expansion valves, fixed restrictors, and defrost; duct design, fan laws, and balancing; line sizing and oil return; absorption and thermoelectric cooling; heat pumps, balance point, and seasonal performance; controls, motors, and variable-speed drives; installation and commissioning; troubleshooting and maintenance. Every chapter carries learning objectives, fully worked examples, practice problems, and an answer key, and six appendices, a glossary, a symbol list, and an index keep it useful as a bench reference.Written for apprentices and working service technicians who want the reasoning under the procedure, and students, instructors, and practicing engineers who want design methods traced to their physical basis. Comfortable algebra and a first exposure to physics are enough to begin. Because codes and regulations change, safety-critical values should be confirmed against the governing edition, and this book supports rather than replaces licensed professional judgment.Open this handbook and start reading the machine instead of guessing at it. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Two technicians put gauges on the same misbehaving system and reach opposite conclusions. The difference is almost never the tools.Refrigeration and air conditioning is usually taught in halves. One half is field procedure handed down without the physics that explains it, so a technician learns to look for ten degrees of subcooling without ever learning what subcooling reveals. The other half is thermodynamic theory taught away from the equipment, so a graduate can derive a cycle efficiency but has never watched a compressor short-cycle. Each half works until a system does something the procedure does not cover. Then one person is guessing and the other is sizing on paper, and the move toward lower-global-warming-potential working fluids is widening that gap rather than closing it.This handbook keeps theory and practice in the same hand. It builds the thermodynamics and heat transfer from first principles, then follows the working fluid through every component a technician actually touches, so the number on the gauge and the reason behind it arrive together. Inch-pound units lead, because that is how equipment is rated and field instruments are read, with metric equivalents alongside.Inside, you will be able to: Plot a real cycle from field measurements and calculate refrigerating effect, work of compression, heat of rejection, capacity, and coefficient of performanceSeparate the effects of superheat, subcooling, pressure drop, isentropic efficiency, and clearance volume, and quantify what each one costsWork moist-air problems on the chart and carry them through to cooling and heating load calculations for real buildingsAnalyze every component in the order the fluid meets it, and size ducts and lines to real friction, velocity, and oil-return limitsTest, evacuate, charge by superheat or subcooling, balance airflow, and commission a system with documentation that stands up laterDiagnose systematically using superheat and subcooling as primitives, checking compression ratio, non-condensables, approach, and split rather than working from a symptom list Key topics: the two laws and the overall heat-transfer coefficient; fluid classification, safety groups, environmental metrics, glide, and the current regulatory transition; ideal and actual cycles; psychrometrics; load calculation; compressors and capacity control; heat rejection and cooling towers; expansion valves, fixed restrictors, and defrost; duct design, fan laws, and balancing; line sizing and oil return; absorption and thermoelectric cooling; heat pumps, balance point, and seasonal performance; controls, motors, and variable-speed drives; installation and commissioning; troubleshooting and maintenance. Every chapter carries learning objectives, fully worked examples, practice problems, and an answer key, and six appendices, a glossary, a symbol list, and an index keep it useful as a bench reference.Written for apprentices and working service technicians who want the reasoning under the procedure, and students, instructors, and practicing engineers who want design methods traced to their physical basis. Comfortable algebra and a first exposure to physics are enough to begin. Because codes and regulations change, safety-critical values should be confirmed against the governing edition, and this book supports rather than replaces licensed professional judgment.Open this handbook and start reading the machine instead of guessing at it. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The inverter ductless mini-split has quietly become one of the most common pieces of equipment a service technician meets - and one of the most misunderstood.A technician trained on fixed-speed, single-phase air conditioning walks up to a variable-speed mini-split and finds almost none of the familiar landmarks: no locked-rotor inrush, no fixed metering orifice, no simple call for cool. Instead there is a variable-frequency drive, an electronically controlled expansion valve re-modulating many times a minute, a live data link between the boards, and a self-diagnostic routine that speaks in fault codes. The pressures drift on purpose and the current rises and falls with demand, so the old instincts can actively mislead - and the move to mildly flammable, low-GWP refrigerants raises the stakes on every recovery, brazing joint, and leak check.This handbook replaces guesswork with a clear model of how these systems think. It rebuilds your understanding from the physics up, then puts that physics to work in installation, charging, commissioning, diagnostics, and repair, so every reading is interpreted against what the machine is actually trying to do. Each chapter is built on worked examples that track every unit from start to a boxed answer.Inside, you will learn to: Weigh in a refrigerant charge to the nameplate method for any line-set length, and verify it with superheat and subcooling as a check, not a guess.Size and select equipment, run and flare the line set, and evacuate to a deep vacuum that holds.Commission a system to a recorded baseline you can diagnose against later.Enter service and monitor mode, read live parameters, and turn a fault code into a root cause.Diagnose the inverter-specific failure points - drive board, DC bus, and power module - and prove the bus dead before you touch it.Recognize normal modulation, defrost, and oil-return behavior instead of chasing faults that are not there.Recover, braze under flowing nitrogen, recharge, and handle mildly flammable refrigerants with the charge-limit and leak-detection precautions they now require. Coverage spans the vapor-compression cycle; variable-speed drives and compressor modulation; the electronic expansion valve, thermistors, and sensors; power electronics and the communication link; load sizing, line sets, evacuation, and weigh-in charging; commissioning; operating modes and defrost; fault-code, electrical, and refrigerant-side troubleshooting; component replacement; and preventive maintenance.It is written for apprentices learning the trade, practicing technicians crossing over from conventional equipment, and service engineers who want the theory beneath the procedure.Open the handbook and start turning unfamiliar variable-speed ductless service calls into routine ones - with method, confidence, and a firm command of the safety that modern refrigerants demand. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The complete, modern guide to Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing. Master the language of precision engineering. GD&T is the symbolic language that defines how much a manufactured part may vary and still work - and this handbook teaches all of it, from first principles to advanced application, in one rigorous, richly illustrated volume built around ASME Y14.5-2018 with ISO GPS comparisons throughout. Whether you are an engineering student, a practicing mechanical or manufacturing engineer, a machinist, a quality inspector, or a designer, this book takes you from why a round tolerance zone accepts more good parts than a square one all the way to composite position, profile, runout, tolerance stack-up, and functional gauge design - with every equation derived, every worked example solved step by step, and every practice problem answered. Inside, you will learn to: read and write feature control frames, datums, and every geometric symbol; apply material condition modifiers (MMC, LMC, RFS) and compute bonus tolerance and virtual condition; build datum reference frames and use datum targets on castings, forgings, and non-rigid parts; master position, profile, orientation, form, and runout through fully worked examples; perform tolerance stack-up analysis (worst-case and statistical) and design functional gauges; and connect GD&T to limits & fits (ISO 286), surface texture, CAD / model-based definition, and inspection. What sets this handbook apart: 27 chapters, 170+ technical figures, roughly 100 fully worked examples, a comprehensive problem set with solutions, complete case studies that tolerance real parts end to end, and quick-reference appendices. A book to learn from and a reference to keep on the bench. Stop guessing what a drawing means. Speak the language of precision - clearly, correctly, and with confidence. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Ask ten engineers what caused an incident, and most will say "human error." In the industries where a mistake can cost lives, that answer is where the real work should begin - not where it ends. When something goes wrong at a process facility, the reflex is to blame the person at the panel, retrain them, and add one more line to a procedure, while the conditions that made the error likely remain in place, waiting for the next capable operator. The same class of incident returns under a new name, because its true cause was never touched. This handbook offers a better way to think about human performance, and a practical method to match. It treats human error as a symptom of how systems, jobs, and organizations are designed, and it equips you to find and remove the conditions that turn an ordinary slip into a catastrophe, so that safe, reliable operation becomes the outcome the design makes easy. Inside, you will be able to: Understand why competent, well-trained people make predictable mistakes, and why "trying harder" is the wrong fixAnalyze tasks and reason honestly about human reliability to find where error is most likely and most costlyEvaluate and improve control rooms, interfaces, and alarm systems so the signals that matter are not lost in noiseWrite procedures people can follow under pressure, and judge where automation helps or quietly introduces new risksManage workload, fatigue, and shift patterns as measurable contributors to performanceStrengthen situation awareness, communication, and handover, and build the culture and competence that surface problems early Key topics: operator cognition and its limits; error taxonomies and mechanisms; human reliability analysis; task analysis; control-room, workstation, and interface design; alarm management; procedures; automation and function allocation; workload, fatigue, and shift work; situation awareness and decision-making; communication, handover, and teamwork; safety culture; the integration of human factors into process-safety management; and competence, training, and learning from experience. Every chapter includes worked examples, practice problems, and answer keys. Written for: Written for practicing engineers, operations and process-safety professionals, control-room and interface designers, plant and shift managers, and advanced students preparing to take responsibility for hazardous processes. It assumes familiarity with process operations but develops the human-factors science from first principles. Open this handbook and begin developing the knowledge to design out error, support the people at the center of the plant, and operate extraordinary hazards safely. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…