Over 2000 drawings make this sourcebook a gold mine of information for learning and innovating in mechanical design!

Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook, Fourth edition covers the past, present, and future of mechanisms and mechanical devices. Among the thousands of proven mechanisms illustrated and described are many suitable for recycling into new mechanical, electromechanical, or mechatronic products and systems.

Overviews of robotics, rapid prototyping, MEMS, and nanotechnology will get you up-to-speed on these cutting-edge technologies. Easy-to-read tutorial chapters on the basics of mechanisms and motion control will introduce those subjects to you or refresh your knowledge of them.

Features:

• Comprehensive index to speed your search for topics of interest
• Glossaries of terms for gears, cams, mechanisms, and robotics
• New industrial robot specifications and applications
• Mobile robots for exploration, scientific research, and defense

Contents

1. Basics of Mechanisms
2. Motion Control Systems
3. Industrial Robots
4. Mobile Scientific, Military, and Research Robots
5. Linkages: Drives and Mechanisms
6. Gears, Devices, Drives, andMechanisms
7. Cam, Geneva, and Ratchet Drives and Mechanisms
8. Clutches and Brakes
9. Latching, Fastening, and Clamping Devices and Mechanisms
10. Chain and Belt Devices and Mechanisms
11. Spring and Screw Devices and Mechanisms Chapter 12: Shaft Couplings and Connections
12. Motion-Specific Devices, Mechanisms, and Machines
13. Packaging, Conveying, Handling, and Safety Mechanisms and Machines
14. Torque, Speed, Tension, and Limit Control Systems
15. Instruments and Controls: Pneumatic, Hydraulic, Electric, and Electronic
16. Computer-Aided Design Concepts
17. Rapid Prototyping
18. New Directions in Mechanical Engineering

Index

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