Basic Pneumatics: An Introduction to Industrial Compressed Air Systems and Components

This book on basic pneumatics is written for students or for the person on the factory floor, be they mechanic, technician, or operator. It exposes them to the basic building blocks of pneumatics, so that they will be able to troubleshoot about 90% of the pneumatics problems that they will encounter.

Major topics include: identification of components; overview of technical terminology; basic circuits; the "water" problem; force, pressure, speed, and flow, as well as troubleshooting. The book is unique in that it avoids the math intensive focus of most pneumatic books. Instead, Hooper concentrates on topics that the average factory floor worker confronts every day.

Jay Hooper has taught for over 25 years in the North Carolina community college system and has worked in industry for 15 years. He has served as a consultant on various projects for over 30 years. He is currently involved with several endeavors with business and industry from his home base in Salisbury, NC through Freeu.