Maintenance Fundamentals
2nd Edition
Published on 11. August 2004
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-0-7506-7798-1 (ISBN)
Description
No matter which industry a company is a part of, its profitability, like its products, is driven by the reliability and performance of its plant(s). The fundamentals for maintenance found in this volume are applicable to a multitude of industries: power, process, materials, manufacturing, transportation, communication, and many others. This book shows the engineer how to select, install, maintain, and troubleshoot critical plant machinery, equipment, and systems.
NEW to this edition: New material includes a chapter on inspections, providing practical guidelines for effective visual inspections, the key to effective preventive maintenance. Also included in the revision will be multiple chapters on equipment, such as pumps, compressors, and fans.
NEW to this edition: New material includes a chapter on inspections, providing practical guidelines for effective visual inspections, the key to effective preventive maintenance. Also included in the revision will be multiple chapters on equipment, such as pumps, compressors, and fans.
Reviews / Votes
"...a practical collection of information intended for those individuals who operate and maintain plant equipment. It contains the information needed to allow engineers and technicians to apply their education to the work of keeping plants running. The main audience for this book is the people who actually plan and do plant maintenance. Libraries serving technical colleges and universities with engineering programs should also find this book useful." --E-Streams, Volume 8, Number 4, April 2005"This text would interest the plant engineer or mechanical engineer who needs to maintain machinery or plant equipment or to those who want to learn how to adjust machinery." --IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, October 2005
More details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Mechanical engineers, Plant engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Process Engineers, Industrial Operators
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
799 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-7798-1 (9780750677981)
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Additional editions
Inc. Mobley President and CEO of Integrated Systems
Maintenance Fundamentals
E-Book
03/2011
2nd Edition
Butterworth-Heinemann
€85.95
Available for download
Person
Mr. Mobley is president and CEO of Integrated Systems Inc. of Knoxville, Tenn. He has written numerous publications on such topics as plant performance, maintenance engineering, maintenance management, and predictive maintenance. He is also a contributing editor for Plant Services magazine.
Content
Shaft Alignment; Rotor Balancing; Lubrication; Bearings; Couplings and Clutches; Packing and Seals; Flexible Intermediate Drives; Gears and Gear Drives; Centrifugal Pumps; Positive-Displacement Pumps; Centrifugal Fans; Centrifugal Compressors; Positive-Displacement Compressors; Mixers and Agitators