Designers at all levels of experience need a handy, comprehensive reference that helps them get the job done faster… and better. Machine Designers Reference by J. Marrs fulfills the need, and then some. This hardcover 716-page volume benefits from the author’s 20 years of experience as a working mechanical designer. The result is 12 chapters organized in a very practical way (click the TOC button, above). This popular work is packed with essential charts and tables.
The author’s pragmatic intention with Machine Designers Reference is a volume that supports and compliments today’s software programs and the Internet links most commonly relied upon by mechanical designers in the field. At the same time, the book is exceptionally useful to mechanical engineering students and fresh graduates seeking to excel at the curriculum or advance their career in design. Machine Designers Reference complements the coverage offered by standard textbooks in the field. It serves effectively as a bridge between the academic experience and practical design employment in the industry.
Features
One-of-a-kind tool speeds mechanical design work
Selection, sizing and tolerances for mechanical parts and assemblies
Concise best practices for mechanical design, supported by charts and tables
U.S. and metric units are presented for reader convenience
Thorough representation of metric hardware
Jennifer Marrs, P.E., is a mechanical design engineer. Jennifer holds a BSME from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an MSME from Northeastern University, and volunteers with the mechanical engineering programs at both WPI and Dartmouth College. Her focus has been the design and analysis of high-speed assembly machines and related systems. She also worked as a product designer, manufacturing engineer and forensic engineer.
When Jennifer approached Industrial Press with her extraordinary idea for Machine Designers Reference, she said: “I have an idea for a companion to Machinery’s Handbook…. a toolbox that contains items I’ve… squirreled away over my years of machine design. These are items that the working machine designer uses just about every day.”
While now partially retired, she has enjoyed a successful consulting practice and is a licensed Professional Engineer throughout New England. She is also a registered U.S. patent agent. Her past employers and clients have included include Gillette, Millipore, FujiFilm Dimatix, and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. She has served on the Executive Committee of her local ASME subsection, holds an international patent, and is a key engineering consultant and contributor to the Machinery’s Handbook.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Design and Analysis
Design of Machinery Units
Equations
Chapter 2: Erogonomics and Machine Safety (Co-written with E. Smith Reed PE)
Ergonomics
Machine Safety
Machine Safeguarding
Other Safety Issues
Recommended Resources
Chapter 3: Dimensions & Tolerances
Limits, Fits, and Tolerance Grades
Tolerances on Drawings
Tolerance Stack-Ups (Written by Charles Gillis PE)
Chapter 4: Precision Locating Techniques (Written by Charles Gillis PE)
Chapter 5: Pins, Keys, and Retaining Rings
Chapter 6: Pipe Threads, Threaded Fasteners, and Washers