Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook

by Neil Sclater

2,501 mechanisms and mechanical devices – at your fingertips! A one-of-a-kind pictorial directory, Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook, Third Edition, gives you drawings and descriptions of time-tested components, mechanisms, and devices. A carefully compiled index lets you quickly find a specific component which may very well be the exact problem-solving answer you've been seeking. You can count on this guide to help
* Recycle successful mechanical inventions into new products, with or without modifications
* Design basic mechanisms from scratch with a chapter of tutorial text and formulas
* Save time researching patents
* Get a refresher on the design and function of bearings, belts, brakes, clutches, couplings, cranks, feeders, gears, genevas, joints, latches, linkages, pumps, screws, springs, and switches
Stay on top of present and future trends in mechanical engineering and machine design, with up-to-date treatments of motion control systems; 2D and 3D CAD software; industrial robots and rapid prototyping (RP) systems; recent research and spinoffs of MEMS technology

Genres: Engineering, Nonfiction, Technical, Science

500 pages, Hardcover

First published December 11, 2006

Reviews

[Yates Buckley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good resource to remind yourself of mechanisms on all scales. Book is a bit dated, missing some novel additions but still useful reference text.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is gold. Pretty much every class of mechanism is covered in pretty good detail with lots of examples to look at (I have the 5th edition).