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9780070288119

Maintenance Engineering Handbook

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  • ISBN13:

    9780070288119

  • ISBN10:

    0070288119

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1994-08-01
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill

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Summary

Generations of engineers and managers have turned to this popular handbook for expert guidance on maintenance for all types of facilities, including industrial plants, power generating stations, refineries, schools, hospitals, and office buildings. Now revised and updated with 40% new material, the Fifth Edition offers you detailed information on every aspect of maintenance engineering - from new technical advances to maintaining the latest machinery. You'll find practical advice from 55 specialists on the organization and management of the maintenance function ... establishing costs and controls ... maintenance of plant facilities ... sanitation and housekeeping ... maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment ... and maintenance of service equipment. The Fifth Edition also discusses new ways of using computers to manage maintenance procedures for machinery, physical plant, and fixed support service - and presents all-new material on lubrication, instruments and vibration, and chemical corrosion control and cleaning. Whether you're a plant engineer, facilities manager, or maintenance engineer, this updated handbook will give you the on-the-job information and skills needed to solve virtually any maintenance problem!

Table of Contents

Organization and Management of the Maintenance Function
Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Maintenance
Operating Policies of Effective Maintenance
Area and Centralized Maintenance Control
Operating Practices to Reduce Maintenance Work
Incentive Payment of Maintenance Workers
Reports from Maintenance
Maintenance Skills Training
The Horizons of Maintenance Management
Corrective Maintenance
Components of Effective Preventive Maintenance
Predictive Maintenance
Maintenance Work Order Planning
An Introduction to the Computer in Maintenance
Computerized Planning and Scheduling
Maintenance Stores and Inventory Control
Maintenance Storerooms
Internet for Maintenance and Engineering
Establishing Costs and Control
Economics of Preventive Maintenance
Work Measurement
Rating and Evaluating Maintenance Workers
Work Simplification in Maintenance
Estimating Repair and Maintenance Costs
Maintenance of Plant Facilities
Maintenance of Low-Sloped Membrane Roofs
Concrete Industrial Floor Surfaces: Design, Installation, Repair, and Maintenance
Painting and Protective Coatings
Maintenance and Cleaning of Brick Masonry Structures
Maintenance of Elevators and Special Lifts
Air-Conditioning Equipment
Ventilating Fans and Exhaust Systems
Dust-Collecting and Air-Cleaning Equipment
Piping
Scaffolds and Ladders
Maintenance of Mechanical Equipment
Plain Bearings
Rolling-Element Bearings
Flexible Couplings for Power Transmission
Chains for Power Transmission
Cranes: Overhead and Gantry
Chain Hoists
Belt Drives
Mechanical Variable-Speed Drives
Gear Drives and Speed Reducers
Reciprocating Air Compressors
Valves
Pumps: Centrifugal and Positive Displacement
Maintenance of Electrical Equipment
Electric Motors
Maintenance of Motor Control Components
Maintenance of Industrial Batteries (Lead-Acid, Nickel-Cadmium, Nickel-Iron)
Illumination
Sanitation and Housekeeping
Organizing the Sanitation-Housekeeping Personnel
Maintaining Plant Sanitation and Housekeeping
Industrial Housekeeping
Cleaning Industrial Plant Offices
Instruments and Reliability Tools
Mechanical Instruments for Measuring Process Variables
Electrical Instruments for Measuring, Servicing, and Testing
Vibration: Its Analysis and Correction
An Introduction to Thermography
Tribology
Lubrication
The Organization and Management of Lubrication
Lubricating Devices and Systems
Planning and Implementing a Good Lubrication Program
Maintenance Welding
Arc Welding in Maintenance
Gas Welding in Maintenance
Chemical Corrosion Control and Cleaning
Corrosion Control
Industrial Chemical Cleaning Methods
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