Manufacturing resource book released in 30th edition

Industrial Press Inc. has published the 30th edition of Machinery's Handbook, a comprehensive, practical book that presents the fundamental and essential aspects of manufacturing practices. The book is designed as a reference for mechanical, manufacturing, and industrial engineers; designers; draftsmen; toolmakers; machinists; engineering and technology students; and serious home hobbyists.

The new edition features:

• An expanded metrology section, including V-blocks and micrometer, vernier, and dial calipers.
• A new fluid power section covering pneumatic, hydraulic, and vacuum theory and applications.
• A new powder metallurgy section, including additive manufacturing.
• 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.
• 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.

Several sections have been reworked and renovated. Comprehensive tables of contents are included at the beginning of each section, along with extensive indexing. Hundreds of illustrations and equations have been added, standards have been updated, and metric content has been expanded.