Maintenance Engineering Handbook

by Higgins, Lindley R.; Brautigam, Dale P.; Mobley, R. Keith

• 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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