Practical Machinery Management for Process Plants: Volume 3
Machinery Component Maintenance and Repair
- 2nd Edition - October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- Authors: Heinz P. Bloch, Fred K. Geitner
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 8 7 2 0 1 - 7 8 1 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 1 0 5 7 - 6
Includes information on pump baseplate installation and grouting, repair and maintenance of mechanical seals, metal stitching, and managing rotor repairs at outside… Read more
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Includes information on pump baseplate installation and grouting, repair and maintenance of mechanical seals, metal stitching, and managing rotor repairs at outside shops.
Background to process machinery maintenance programming. Machinery maintenance: An overview. Maintenance organization and control for multi-plant corporations. Machinery foundations and grouting. Process machinery piping. Alignment and balancing. Machinery alignment. Balancing of machinery components. Maintenance and repair of machinery components. Ball bearing maintenance and replacement. Repair and maintenance of mechanical seals and rotating equipment components. Centrifugal compressor rotor repair. Protecting machinery parts against loss of surface. Index.
- Edition: 2
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- Language: English
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Heinz P. Bloch
A consulting engineer residing in Montgomery, texas, Heinz. P. Bloch has held machinery-oriented staff and line positions with Exxon affiliates in the United States, Italy, Spain, England, The Netherlands, and Japan. His career spanned several decades prior to his 1986 retirement as Exxon Chemical's regional machinery specialist for the USA. Since his retirement from Exxon, he has been in demand throughout the world as a consultant and trainer in the areas of failure avoidance, root cause failure identification, and reliability improvement. Mr. Bloch is the author/co-author of thirteen books and over 200 other publications on subjects related to machinery reliability and failure avoidance. He is the Reliability and Equipment Editor of Hydrocarbon Processing magazine and has served as chair of the annual conference program for Hydrocarbon Processing's Process Plant Reliability Conference for a number of years.
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Consulting Engineer, Montgomery, TX, USAFG
Fred K. Geitner
Fred K. Geitner is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada, engaged in process machinery consulting. He retired from Imperial Oil with 20 years of service as an engineer.
Affiliations and expertise
Professional Engineer, Ontario, CanadaRead Practical Machinery Management for Process Plants: Volume 3 on ScienceDirect