Practical Machinery Management for Process Plants: Volume 2

Practical Machinery Management for Process Plants: Volume 2
Author: Heinz P. Bloch
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 681
Release: 1997-09-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080510582

This newly expanded edition discusses proven approaches to defining causes of machinery failure as well as methods for analyzing and troubleshooting failures.

Improving Machinery Reliability

Improving Machinery Reliability
Author: Heinz P. Bloch
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 705
Release: 1998-09-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080508545

This totally revised, updated and expanded edition provides proven techniques and procedures that extend machinery life, reduce maintenance costs, and achieve optimum machinery reliability. This essential text clearly describes the reliability improvement and failure avoidance steps practiced by best-of-class process plants in the U.S. and Europe.

Major Process Equipment Maintenance and Repair

Major Process Equipment Maintenance and Repair
Author: Heinz P. Bloch
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 718
Release: 1997-01-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080479006

This updated edition is an invaluable source of practical cost-effective maintenance, repair, installation, and field verification procedures for machinery engineers. It is filled with step-by-step instructions and quick-reference checklists that describe preventive and predictive maintenance for major process units such as vertical, horizontal, reciprocating, and liquid ring vacuum pumps, fans and blowers, compressors, turboexpanders, turbines, and more. Also included are sections on machinery protection, storage, lubrication, and periodic monitoring. A new section examines centrifugal pumps and explains how and why they continue to fail. More new information focuses on maintenance for aircraft derivative gas turbines. This revised edition gives special attention throughout to maintenance and repair procedures needed to ensure efficiency, performance, and long life.

Maximizing Machinery Uptime

Maximizing Machinery Uptime
Author: Heinz P. Bloch
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2006-02-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080465803

The authors use their decades of experience and draw upon real-world examples to demonstrate that the application of their techniques provides a basis for equipment management, uptime maximization, and reduced maintenance costs. The text explores reliability assessment techniques such as Failure Mode, Effect Analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis of commonly encountered rotating machinery. These are all highly effective techniques that the engineer can apply to maximize uptime and thereby maximize production and profitability. *Provides the tools to drastically improve machinery productivity and performance *Bridges the gap between the theory of "reliability engineering" and the practical day-to-day measures that lead to machinery uptime *Authoritative reference for maximizing the uptime of process equipment