Over recent years there have been substantial changes in those industries which are concerned with the design, purchase and use of special purpose (ie critical, high-revenue) rotating equipment. Key personnel have been the victims of early retirement or have moved to other industries: contractors and end-users have reduced their technical staff and consequently have to learn complex material 'from scratch'. As a result, many companies are finding that they are devoting unnecessary man hours to the discovery and explanation of basic principles, and having to explain these to clients who should already be aware of them. In addition, the lack of understanding by contractors and users of equipment characteristics and operating systems often results in a 'wrong fit' and a costly reliability problem.
Forsthoffer's Rotating Equipment Handbooks: Reliability Optimization through Component Condition Monitoring and Root Cause Analysis details the effective method of component condition monitoring for use as both a predictive maintenance and root cause analysis tool. It also details the major failure causes, the author's proven root cause analysis procedure with exercises and case histories, installation, pre-commissioning planning, functional testing and commissioning, preventive maintenance strategies and more.
Forsthoffer's Rotating Equipment Handbooks: Reliability Optimization through Component Condition Monitoring and Root Cause Analysis is the last title in the five volume set. The volumes are: 1. Fundamentals of Rotaing Equipment; 2. Pumps; 3. Compressors; 4. Auxiliary Systems; 5. Reliability Optimization through Component Condition Monitoring and Root Cause Analysis'.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. Cover 3. Table of Contents - p. Cover 4. Copyright - p. Cover 5. Preface - p. Cover 6. Acknowledgements - p. x 7. About the author - p. xi 8. DEDICATION - p. xiii 9. Chapter 1: Reliability overview - p. xiv 10. Chapter 2: The major causes of machinery failure - p. 11 11. Chapter 3: How to prevent machinery failures - p. 37 12. Chapter 4: Optimizing CCM and PDM: (Component condition monitoring and predictive maintenance) - p. 47 13. Chapter 5: Effective predictive maintenance: (including root cause analysis techniques) - p. 60 14. Chapter 6: Root cause analysis example problem - p. 79 15. Chapter 7: Root cause analysis techniques: (Improving component function knowledge base) - p. 95 16. Chapter 8: Site reliability assessment - p. 251 17. Chapter 9: Preparing a site reliability optimization plan - p. 270 18. Chapter 10: Rotating equipment reliability assurance - p. 347 19. Chapter 11: Machinery installation guidelines - p. 386 20. Chapter 12: Pipe stress and soft foot effects on component failure - p. 420 21. Chapter 13: The effects of misalignment on reliability - p. 439 22. Chapter 14: Conversion to metric system - p. 464 23. Index - p. 476
Over recent years there have been substantial changes in those industries which are concerned with the design, purchase and use of special purpose (ie critical, high-revenue) rotating equipment. Key personnel have been the victims of early retirement or have moved to other industries: contractors and end-users have reduced their technical staff and consequently have to learn complex material 'from scratch'. As a result, many companies are finding that they are devoting unnecessary man hours to the discovery and explanation of basic principles, and having to explain these to clients who should already be aware of them. In addition, the lack of understanding by contractors and users of equipment characteristics and operating systems often results in a 'wrong fit' and a costly reliability problem.
Forsthoffer's Rotating Equipment Handbooks: Reliability Optimization through Component Condition Monitoring and Root Cause Analysis details the effective method of component condition monitoring for use as both a predictive maintenance and root cause analysis tool. It also details the major failure causes, the author's proven root cause analysis procedure with exercises and case histories, installation, pre-commissioning planning, functional testing and commissioning, preventive maintenance strategies and more.
Forsthoffer's Rotating Equipment Handbooks: Reliability Optimization through Component Condition Monitoring and Root Cause Analysis is the last title in the five volume set. The volumes are: 1. Fundamentals of Rotaing Equipment; 2. Pumps; 3. Compressors; 4. Auxiliary Systems; 5. Reliability Optimization through Component Condition Monitoring and Root Cause Analysis'.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. Cover 3. Table of Contents - p. Cover 4. Copyright - p. Cover 5. Preface - p. Cover 6. Acknowledgements - p. x 7. About the author - p. xi 8. DEDICATION - p. xiii 9. Chapter 1: Reliability overview - p. xiv 10. Chapter 2: The major causes of machinery failure - p. 11 11. Chapter 3: How to prevent machinery failures - p. 37 12. Chapter 4: Optimizing CCM and PDM: (Component condition monitoring and predictive maintenance) - p. 47 13. Chapter 5: Effective predictive maintenance: (including root cause analysis techniques) - p. 60 14. Chapter 6: Root cause analysis example problem - p. 79 15. Chapter 7: Root cause analysis techniques: (Improving component function knowledge base) - p. 95 16. Chapter 8: Site reliability assessment - p. 251 17. Chapter 9: Preparing a site reliability optimization plan - p. 270 18. Chapter 10: Rotating equipment reliability assurance - p. 347 19. Chapter 11: Machinery installation guidelines - p. 386 20. Chapter 12: Pipe stress and soft foot effects on component failure - p. 420 21. Chapter 13: The effects of misalignment on reliability - p. 439 22. Chapter 14: Conversion to metric system - p. 464 23. Index - p. 476
