Engineering Metrology (The Pergamon Materials Engineering Practice Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0080286828 ISBN 13: 9780080286822

Publisher: Pergamon, 1987

This handbook comprehensively covers metrology principles and modern inspection methods in all their forms, and offers practical guidance on the choice of options available for carrying out specific inspection tasks. A wide range of industrial applications is covered in depth, including the use of electronic and computer-aided measurement techniques. Significant emphasis is placed on assisting the practitioner to assess the cost-benefit implications when selecting the most efficient and economic method of measurement.

Review:

...The range, depth and price of the book is nicely attuned to the needs of its potential readership and it may well become required reading for students embarking on Engineering Technician Courses.
Production Engineer
...a very useful addition to any foundryman's library. It will enable them to build up a practical knowledge of the various inspection methods available, whilst the low cost of the flexicover edition should put it in the price range affordable by cast metals technology and patternmaking students.
The Foundryman
Many of the techniques described are applicable to a foundry's modern inspection department and the book will make a very useful addition to any foundryman's library.
The Foundryman
A clear concise book from which all who are involved in measurement could benefit.
Metal Construction
This is a very practical handbook on the principles of inspection of engineering products and covers all methods currently available for all forms of engineering measurement.
ASLIB
The printing is bold and good and makes for easy reading...The book is in fact a stimulant to the user to study other advanced texts...In all, this book will come in handy for production shop managers to select quickly the type of instrument they are looking for in quality control.
Indian Journal of Technology