Forsthoffer's Proven Guidelines for Rotating Machinery Excellence draws on Forsthoffer’s 60 years of industry experience to get new operatives up to speed fast. Each of the topics covered are selected based on hard-won knowledge of where problems with rotating machinery originate. This easy to use, highly-illustrated book is designed to elevate the competence of entry level personnel to enable them to immediately contribute to providing optimum rotating machinery reliability for their companies.
The first 3 chapters address practical personal rotating machinery awareness, detail how to optimize this awareness to identify "low hanging fruit" safety and reliability improvement opportunities and how to define and implement a cost-effective action plan. The remaining chapters focus on the function of key components in each type of rotating machinery and how to monitor and correct their condition before failure. The last chapter is an RCA (Root Cause Analysis) procedure chapter detailing effective Root Cause Identification before a Failure to prevent a costly failure and the need for a RCFA.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Dedication - p. iii 7. Preface - p. iii 8. Acknowledgments - p. iii 9. About the Author - p. iii 10. How to use this Book - p. iii 11. Key Fact Topic List - p. xvii 12. 1. Assessment and Improvement of Your Rotating Machinery Knowledge Base - p. 1 13. 2. Assessment of Rotating Machinery Condition on Site - p. 17 14. 3. Eliminating and Correcting Bad Actor Costly Safety, Environmental and Reliability Issues - p. 39 15. 4. Pump Key Safety, Environmental and Reliability Issues - p. 61 16. 5. Compressor Key Safety, Environmental and Reliability Issues - p. 119 17. 6. Coupling and Gear Key Safety and Reliability Issues - p. 211 18. 7. Steam Turbine Key Safety and Reliability Issues - p. 235 19. 8. Gas Turbine Key Safety and Reliability Issues - p. 272 20. 9. Lube and Seal Oil System Key Safety and Reliability Issues - p. 277 21. 10. Pump Mechanical Seal Key Safety and Reliability Issues - p. 335 22. 11. Dry Gas Seal Key Safety and Reliability Guidelines - p. 369 23. 12. Postshipment Precommissioning PM, PDM Condition Monitoring - p. 397 24. 13. Root Cause Analysis “RCA” and Root Cause Failure Analysis “RCFA” Guidelines - p. 423 25. Index - p. 433 26. QR Website Reference Index - p. 479
Forsthoffer's Proven Guidelines for Rotating Machinery Excellence draws on Forsthoffer’s 60 years of industry experience to get new operatives up to speed fast. Each of the topics covered are selected based on hard-won knowledge of where problems with rotating machinery originate. This easy to use, highly-illustrated book is designed to elevate the competence of entry level personnel to enable them to immediately contribute to providing optimum rotating machinery reliability for their companies.
The first 3 chapters address practical personal rotating machinery awareness, detail how to optimize this awareness to identify "low hanging fruit" safety and reliability improvement opportunities and how to define and implement a cost-effective action plan. The remaining chapters focus on the function of key components in each type of rotating machinery and how to monitor and correct their condition before failure. The last chapter is an RCA (Root Cause Analysis) procedure chapter detailing effective Root Cause Identification before a Failure to prevent a costly failure and the need for a RCFA.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Dedication - p. iii 7. Preface - p. iii 8. Acknowledgments - p. iii 9. About the Author - p. iii 10. How to use this Book - p. iii 11. Key Fact Topic List - p. xvii 12. 1. Assessment and Improvement of Your Rotating Machinery Knowledge Base - p. 1 13. 2. Assessment of Rotating Machinery Condition on Site - p. 17 14. 3. Eliminating and Correcting Bad Actor Costly Safety, Environmental and Reliability Issues - p. 39 15. 4. Pump Key Safety, Environmental and Reliability Issues - p. 61 16. 5. Compressor Key Safety, Environmental and Reliability Issues - p. 119 17. 6. Coupling and Gear Key Safety and Reliability Issues - p. 211 18. 7. Steam Turbine Key Safety and Reliability Issues - p. 235 19. 8. Gas Turbine Key Safety and Reliability Issues - p. 272 20. 9. Lube and Seal Oil System Key Safety and Reliability Issues - p. 277 21. 10. Pump Mechanical Seal Key Safety and Reliability Issues - p. 335 22. 11. Dry Gas Seal Key Safety and Reliability Guidelines - p. 369 23. 12. Postshipment Precommissioning PM, PDM Condition Monitoring - p. 397 24. 13. Root Cause Analysis “RCA” and Root Cause Failure Analysis “RCFA” Guidelines - p. 423 25. Index - p. 433 26. QR Website Reference Index - p. 479
