The Machinery's Handbook, 30th Edition, CD-ROM contains the
complete contents of the print edition, presented in Adobe PDF format.
This popular and well-known format allows viewing and printing of pages
that are identical to those of the printed book, includes the ability to
magnify the view of any page, and permits rapid searching of the entire
Machinery's Handbook. Navigation aids in the form of thousands of
clickable bookmarks, page cross references, and index entries take you
quickly to any page referenced.
In addition to the full print edition, the Machinery's Handbook
CD-ROM also includes almost 1,000 pages of additional data,
mostly material that was published in previous print editions but
subsequently removed due to space restrictions. This includes additional
indexes of the entire content, expanded tables of popular content,
original material on many topics from previous print editions, and the
entire contents of the companion book Machinery's Handbook, 30th
Edition, Guide.
New to the 30th Edition:
- Expanded metrology section, including v-blocks and micrometer,
vernier, and dial calipers.
- New fluid power section covering pneumatic, hydraulic, and vacuum
theory and applications.
- New powder metallurgy section, including additive manufacturing.
- Even more useful specs, including tap drill sizes for Unified threads,
reaming allowances for drilling, mesh and grit sizes, rules for
figuring tapers, and assembly with pins and studs.
- Recently added information on sheet metal and presses, keys and
keyways, shaft alignment, taps and tapping, helical coil screw thread
inserts, metric screw threads, miniature screws, fluid mechanics,
solid geometry, statistics, calculating hole coordinates and thread
dimensions, and distinguishing between bolts and screws.
Plus . . .
- Many thoroughly reworked and renovated sections throughout.
- Comprehensive tables of contents at the beginning of each section and
extensive indexing.
- Hundreds of new and thousands of refined and redone illustrations and
equations.
- Updated standards.
- Expanded metric content.
