For undergraduate courses in Industrial Technology, Industrial Mechanics, and Basic Industrial Mechanics. An exceptionally readable training resource designed in a flexible stand-alone chapter format, this modern text gives future industrial technicians a solid foundation in basic theory coupled with a practical hands-on approach that includes exposure to real-life equipment used in the industry today. Using a direct and straightforward style of writing that has won praise from students and instructors alike, it focuses on the needs of industrial mechanics, technicians and engineers working with industrial mechanical and power transmission products, and integrates safety and troubleshooting components within each chapter to encourage diagnostic skill-building.