A Textbook of Reliability and Maintenance Engineering

This is a comprehensive textbook on reliability and maintenance engineering.

This book covers: - The concept, importance, and function of maintenance engineering.
- Organisational setup and record keeping.
- Corrosion.
- Safety.
- Hazards and fault tree analysis.
- Housekeeping practice.
- Incentive payments.
- Reliability and availability of engineering systems.
- Computerized maintenance information systems.
- Total productive maintenance.
- Lubrication.
- Inspection and testing in maintenance engineering.
- Assets management; lean maintenance and application of different techniques in maintenance.
- Manpower planning and training.
- Fault diagnosis and condition monitoring.
- Spare parts management and quality control.
- Budgets.
- Maintenance effectiveness, performance evolution and audit.
- Maintenance of mechanical, electrical, process and service equipment.
- Machine failure, development of a preventive maintenance schedule, breakdown time distribution and trouble shooting.