Process Machinery: Safety and Reliability (IMechE Guides for the Process Industries) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860580467 ISBN 13: 9781860580468

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1996

Synopsis

This guide is an invaluable ready reference for day–to–day work. With its liberal use of real examples and cases, it provides a basic understanding of the issues involved in and the techniques available to improve safety and reliability.

Process Machinery – Safety and Reliability, an IMechE Guide for the Process Industries, provides a general interpretation of the Machinery Directive and other related legislation. The main objective is to ensure a common approach to health and safety. This is accomplished by identifying safety measures and outlining a procedure for the assessment of machine safety and reliability

COMPLETE CONTENTS:

• Acknowledgements
• Foreword: How to use the guide
• Scope
• Introduction
• Legal requirements
• Hazard assessment
• Reliability assessment
• Control of hazards
• Operations and maintenance
• References
• Appendices
• Definitions
• Materials safety sheet
• Health and safety compliance checklist
• CE data sheet
• CE nameplate
• The technical file index and documentation relating to a fire water pump.

About this title

Synopsis

Manufacturers, or their authorized representatives, are now required to meet prescribed legislations relating to health and safety, fire precautions, safeguarding of moving parts, control of dangerous substances, and the like. This guide provides a general interpretation of the Machinery Directive and other related legislation. Using real examples and cases, the book provides a basic understanding of the issues involved and the techniques now available to improve safety and reliability. The book is aimed at plant managers, maintenance engineers, loss prevention engineers, construction engineers, and all those involved in engineering design.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860580467
• ISBN 13: 9781860580468
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150
• Editor: Wong William