Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting: Practical Machinery Management for Process Plants : Practical Machinery Management for Process Plants

Heinz P Bloch

ISBN 10: 0123860458 / ISBN 13: 9780123860453

Published by BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN, 2012

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Neu Neuware, Importqualität, auf Lager, Sofortversand - Solve the machinery failure problems costing you time and money with this classic, comprehensive guide to analysis and troubleshooting Provides detailed, complete and accurate information on anticipating risk of component failure and avoiding equipment downtime Includes numerous photographs of failed parts to ensure you are familiar with the visual evidence you need to recognize Covers proven approaches to failure definition and offers failure identification and analysis methods that can be applied to virtually all problem situations Demonstrates with examples how the progress and results of failure analysis and troubleshooting efforts can be documented and monitored Failures of machinery in a plant setting can have wide-ranging consequences and in order to stay competitive, corporations across all industries must optimize the efficiency and reliability of their machinery. Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting is a trusted, established reference in the field, authored by two well-known authorities on failure and reliability. Structured to teach failure identification and analysis methods that can be applied to almost all problem situations, this eagerly awaited update takes in the wealth of technological advances and changes in approach seen since the last edition published more than a decade ago. Covering both the engineering detail and management theory, Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting provides a robust go-to reference and training resource for all engineers and managers working in manufacturing and process plants. Provides detailed, complete and accurate information on anticipating risk of component failure and avoiding equipment downtime Presents documented failure case studies and analyzes the procedures employed to define events that led to component or systems failure Includes numerous photographs of failed parts to ensure readers are familiar with the visual evidence they need to recognize. Seller Inventory # INF1000425021

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Title: Machinery Failure Analysis and ...

Publisher: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Gebundene Ausgabe

Condition: Neu

Edition: 4th Edition

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Synopsis:

Solve the machinery failure problems costing you time and money with this classic, comprehensive guide to analysis and troubleshooting

• Provides detailed, complete and accurate information on anticipating risk of component failure and avoiding equipment downtime
• Includes numerous photographs of failed parts to ensure you are familiar with the visual evidence you need to recognize
• Covers proven approaches to failure definition and offers failure identification and analysis methods that can be applied to virtually all problem situations
• Demonstrates with examples how the progress and results of failure analysis and troubleshooting efforts can be documented and monitored

Failures of machinery in a plant setting can have wide-ranging consequences and in order to stay competitive, corporations across all industries must optimize the efficiency and reliability of their machinery.

Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting is a trusted, established reference in the field, authored by two well-known authorities on failure and reliability. Structured to teach failure identification and analysis methods that can be applied to almost all problem situations, this eagerly awaited update takes in the wealth of technological advances and changes in approach seen since the last edition published more than a decade ago.

Covering both the engineering detail and management theory, Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting provides a robust go-to reference and training resource for all engineers and managers working in manufacturing and process plants.

• Provides detailed, complete and accurate information on anticipating risk of component failure and avoiding equipment downtime
• Presents documented failure case studies and analyzes the procedures employed to define events that led to component or systems failure
• Includes numerous photographs of failed parts to ensure readers are familiar with the visual evidence they need to recognize

About the Authors:

A consulting engineer residing in Montgomery, texas, Heinz. P. Bloch has held machinery-oriented staff and line positions with Exxon affiliates in the United States, Italy, Spain, England, The Netherlands, and Japan. His career spanned several decades prior to his 1986 retirement as Exxon Chemical's regional machinery specialist for the USA. Since his retirement from Exxon, he has been in demand throughout the world as a consultant and trainer in the areas of failure avoidance, root cause failure identification, and reliability improvement. Mr. Bloch is the author/co-author of thirteen books and over 200 other publications on subjects related to machinery reliability and failure avoidance. He is the Reliability and Equipment Editor of Hydrocarbon Processing magazine and has served as chair of the annual conference program for Hydrocarbon Processing's Process Plant Reliability Conference for a number of years.

Fred K. Geitner is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada, engaged in process machinery consulting. He retired from Imperial Oil with 20 years of service as an engineer.