Machinery Vibration: Balancing, Special Reprint Edition [Paperback]

Victor Wowk (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0071348611 | ISBN-13: 978-0071348614 | Edition: 1

DOUBLE MACHINERY LIFE and SLASH MAINTENANCE COSTS! Vibration: it stunts machinery life, forces expensive downtime, boosts energy costs, and triggers dangerous breakdowns. The solution? The unmatched balancing expertise in Victor Wowk's Machinery Vibration: Balancing--the one tool you need to measure, isolate, and reduce virtually any rotating component's vibration, resonance, or misalignment problem. Use it to: Balance everything from ceiling fans to turbine engines--even nonrotating parts like engine pistons; Select and apply balancing sensors and systems for single-plane and two-plane balancing, 4-rin method without phase, static-couple method, and overhung and flexible-rotor balancing; Balance in the shop and out on site--even when disassemble isn't an option; Get top results from such vibration transducers as accelerometers, velocity pickups and proximity probes; Reduce vibration even when balancing doesn't work.

Editorial Reviews

Review

``...intended as a companion text for students, technicians, and engineers involved in a vibration workshop. The author, Victor Wowk, achieves his goal and more. ...this book is well organized and easy to read; for someone seeking a good grounding in the basics of modern vibration measurement and analysis, this is well worth a week of after-hours reading.'' (The Conduit ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From the Back Cover

If you're responsible for the production, installation, or maintenance of equipment, this practical, how-to guide offers proven methods for balancing machinery in order to reduce production loss, maintenance costs, and expensive downtime due to machinery failure. From the fundamentals of balancing to the latest advanced techniques, the book explains the full range of mass balancing methods in use today, including balancing with no instruments...single-plane balancing...the four-run method without phase...two-plane balancing...the static-couple method...flexible rotor balancing...and balancing nonrotating parts. Machinery Vibration: Balancing shows you how to implement simple methods to mass balance without expensive instruments, and explores such topics as the vestor mathematics of balancing, mass centering, index balancing, and designs for balance weights. Featuring hundreds of illustrations, real-world case studies, and worked-out problems, this essential on-the-job reference will give you the information and know-how required to solve any balancing problem on any piece of equipment.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071348611
• ISBN-13: 978-0071348614
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #686,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good reference, but requires supplementary volumes, August 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Machinery Vibration: Measurement and Analysis (Hardcover)

This is a good book to get started with machinery analysis, but be careful since it leaves many of the detailed analyses and remediation techniques to Mr. Wowk's other books. For example, the Amazon publisher's review erroneously indicates that this book contains the procedure for strobe-less 4-trial balancing. It does NOT - that procedure is in Mr. Wowk's follow-on book on Balancing. But as a SET of books Mr. Wowk's texts seem very thorough and up-to-date.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well written with a focus on the fundmentals., April 29, 1999

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This review is from: Machinery Vibration: Measurement and Analysis (Hardcover)

A great book for anyone interested in basic vibration analysis. Good coverage of vibration theory and application. Included are case histories that help demonstrate how to apply vibration techniques. If you want a better understanding of machinery vibration with a focus on real world application this is a best buy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall Best Vibration Book Yet, October 4, 2000

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Barry T. Cease (Charleston, SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Machinery Vibration: Measurement and Analysis (Hardcover)

As a practicing mechanical engineer and vibration analyst for over eight years, I have found Mr.Wowk's book the best yet. In particular, I have found this book to have a good index and sensibly ordered so information can be obtained quickly. Also, Mr.Wowk has smartly avoided extensive mathmatical discussions in his book and focused the content towards common problems and solutions. To improve his book I would recommend more case histories and more extensive content on topics such as electrical problems and bearing faults. Overall it is the best book of its type I have read yet.