croakus wrote:
"can't wait to see how chapters 6 and up look in Ed. 2."
The books are being a offered a section at a time every two weeks or so. which means it willl be awhile before all 23 sections are on the web.
Here is the Table of Contents to give an idea of what is presented in the same format as on the web site.
FLUID POWER CIRCUITS EXPLAINED
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1...............................................................ACCUMULATOR CIRCUITS
SECTION 2............................................................AIR LOGIC VALVE CIRCUITS
SECTION 3..............................................................................AIR-OIL CIRCUITS
SECTION 4.........................................................CARTRIDGE VALVE CIRCUITS
SECTION 5...........................................COUNTER BALANCE VALVE CIRCUITS
SECTION 6.........................................................................CYLINDER CIRCUITS
SECTION 7..........................................................DE-COMPRESSION CIRCUITS
SECTION 8....................................DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VALVE CIRCUITS
SECTION 9..............................................................................FILTER CIRCUITS
SECTION 10............................................................FLOW CONTROL CIRCUITS
SECTION 11...............................................................FLOW DIVIDER CIRCUITS
SECTION 12................................................................FLUID MOTOR CIRCUITS
SECTION 13..........,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,....................INTENSIFIER CIRCUITS
SECTION 14........,,,,,,,,,,,,,.........PROPORTIONAL CONTROL VALVE CIRCUITS
SECTION 15..............................................................................PUMP CIRCUITS
SECTION 16.........................................................REDUCING VALVE CIRCUITS
SECTION 17............................................................REGENERATION CIRCUITS
SECTION 18................................................................RELIEF VALVE CIRCUITS
SECTION 19.....................................................ROTARY ACTUATOR CIRCUITS
SECTION 20........................................................SEQUENCE VALVE CIRCUITS
SECTION 21.............................................SERVO CONTROL VALVE CIRCUITS
SECTION 22...........................................................SYNCHRONIZING CIRCUITS
SECTION 23...........................................................SAMPLE ACTUAL CIRCUITS
INDEX
You will notice it is in alphabetcal order since I could'nt think of any logical order for such an undertaking. The book was originally made to teach an advanced class in circut design for anyone who had completed the Basic class.
It was presented a section at a time in a slightly different manner than normal. The first class was a review of Fluid Power Symbols and components and an assignment to bring a schematic of one of the four typical Accumulator circuits to the class next week. The circuits did not have to be fantastic or even correct and could be from any source the student could find. At the beginning of the second session I collected the circuits for grading before next week. Then I passed out the books with the Accumulator Section and separators that had section titles.
A big plus for the class was I received some circuits from the untrained that were not at all typical and one was awesome. It is in the Flow Divider Section and shows a completely different way to design Regeneration circuits. It was from a Farmer/Maintenance Mechanic (Had to have a paying job to keep the farm running) and I first told him it would,nt work but had to eat crow after studying it between classes.
I said all that so you would know it will be awhile before the book is completed.