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This is a combination set of both the CD-ROM & the large print edition book verion of the Machinery Handbook.

The book is the metalworking industry's reference work. It contains useful, practical and hard-to-find information on many manufacturing processes. It has a wealth of information on basic maths, mechanics, tooling, machining, fasteners, threads, gearing, bearings and engineering and shop standards.

The 28th Edition by Oberg, Jones, Horton & Ryffel, McCauley, Heald & Hussain

Celebrating nearly 100 years as "The Bible of the Mechanical Industries", the 28th edition brings together volumes of knowledge, information and data gathered, revised and improved upon from experts throughout the mechanical industries. Extraordinarily comprehensive yet easy to use since it premiered, Machinery's Handbook provides mechanical and manufacturing engineers, designers, draftsmen, toolmakers, and machinists with a broad range of material, from the very basic to the more advanced. It has always, and continues to provide industry fundamentals and standards while it moves into the 21st century with material reflecting technological advances and offering vast editorial improvements, making the 28th edition the best tool ever!

New features

• New sections on: CNC Numerical Controls (written by Peter Smidauthor of CNC Programming Handbook), Manufacturing Data Analysis, Fluid Mechanics, Distinguishing Bolts from Screws, Helical Coil Screw Thread Inserts, Calculating Thread Dimensions, Lubrication, Ball and Acme Leadscrews, and Shaft Alignment
• Revised material on: Properties, Treatment, and Testing of Materials; Dimensioning; Gaging, and Measuring; Tool and Toolmaking; Manufacturing Processes
• A very user-friendly format - readers will never have to search outside of an area for information on the topic they are exploring
• Broad math coverage - from the basic to the advanced, you'll find fractions, positive and negative numbers, derivatives and integrals, analytical geometry, circular segments, matrices and engineering economics
• Updated Standards
• Individual indices for standards, materials, and interactive equations

The text is written in easy to understand language with specific recommendations for most manufacturing processes.

Contains a host of information for the engineer and machinist.

Contents include:

• Mathematics
• Mechanics
• Strength of Materials
• Properties
• Treatment and testing of materials
• Plastics
• Dimensioning
• Gaging and Measuring
• Tooling and Toolmaking
• Machining Operations
• Manufacturing Processes
• Fasteners
• Threads and Threading
• Gears
• Splines
• Cams
• Bearings and other machine elements
• Measuring Units and more.

The CD-ROM version adds state-of-the-art electronic features to the complete text of "The Bible of the Mechanical Industries".

It provides:

• Boolean and proximity searches
• complete text search
• extensive support for book marking, journaling and annotation
• interlinks leading to related topics and examples
• zoom features for detailed viewing of figures and graphs
• cut and paste capabilities for inserting text and figures into other documents and programs
• and an expandable table of contents providing instant access to text, tables and illustrations.

Besides the complete 27th edition, this CD-ROM also contains important material from earlier editions of Machinery's Handbook. Extensive cross-referencing between CD-ROM and Handbook make them ideal components.

Recommended minimum system requirements:

486 PC or compatible, Microsoft Windows 3.1/95/NT, 8 MB RAM, 9 MB HD space, 2x CD-ROM drive, VGA monitor).

Code No. 009224, ISBN 9780831129057