Forsthoffer's Rotating Equipment Handbooks
Published on 16. December 2005
Book
Mixed media product
978-1-85617-472-5 (ISBN)
Description
Over recent years there have been substantial changes in those industries which are concerned with the design, purchase and use of special purpose (ie critical, high-revenue) rotating equipment. Key personnel have been the victims of early retirement or have moved to other industries: contractors and end-users have reduced their technical staff and consequently have to learn complex material 'from scratch'. As a result, many companies are finding that they are devoting unnecessary man hours to the discovery and explanation of basic principles, and having to explain these to clients who should already be aware of them. In addition, the lack of understanding by contractors and users of equipment characteristics and operating systems often results in a 'wrong fit' and a costly reliability problem. The stakes can be high, and it against this background that Forsthoffer's Rotating Equipment Handbooks have been published. Each is the outcome of many years experience and is based on well-honed teaching material which is easily readable, understandable and actually enjoyable!The result is a set of books which will enhance rotating equipment reliability and safety throughout the many industries where such equipment is vital to a successful business.This is a five volume set. The volumes are:1: Fundamentals of Rotating Equipment2: Pumps3: Compressors4: Auxiliary Equipment5: Component Condition Monitoring/ Root Cause Analysis
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Any company employing maintenance engineers and technicians, especially gas, oil, water, mining, chemical and other process industries.
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
4710 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85617-472-5 (9781856174725)
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Person
President of Forsthoffer and Associates USA. Bill has authored 6 successful books at Elsevier, including Machinery Best Practices in 2011. He has 60 years' experience in the Rotating Machinery Industry as a rotating machinery designer, project leader and trouble-shooter and has visited over 500 Plants Globally. Bill has had the opportunity to be involved with all types of rotating machinery: pumps, compressors, gears, mixers, extruders, melt pumps, steam turbines gas turbines, centrifuges, spin dryers and their associated components (Rotors, Bearings, Seals and Support Systems). His involvement has consisted of total component and system centrifugal compressor design for De Laval (Siemens), specification writing for ExxonMobil, selection of all types of rotating equipment for all major vendors, design audits, shop testing, start-up and troubleshooting for all major gas processing chemical and refining companies world-wide.
Content
This is a five volume set. The volumes are:1: Fundamentals of Rotating Equipment2: Pumps3: Compressors4: Auxiliary Equipment5: Component Condition Monitoring/ Root Cause Analysis