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Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers

  • 1st Edition - October 1, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Ricky Smith, R. Keith Mobley
  • Language: English

Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers will give the engineer the “have to have” information. It will help instill knowledge on a daily basis, to do his or her… Read more

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Description

Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers will give the engineer the “have to have” information. It will help instill knowledge on a daily basis, to do his or her job and to maintain and assure reliable equipment to help reduce costs. This book will be an easy reference for engineers and managers needing immediate solutions to everyday problems. Most civil, mechanical, and electrical engineers will face issues relating to maintenance and reliability, at some point in their jobs. This will become their “go to” book. Not an oversized handbook or a theoretical treatise, but a handy collection of graphs, charts, calculations, tables, curves, and explanations, basic “rules of thumb” that any engineer working with equipment will need for basic maintenance and reliability of that equipment.

Key features

  • Access to quick information which will help in day to day and long term engineering solutions in reliability and maintenance
  • Listing of short articles to help assist engineers in resolving problems they face
  • Written by two of the top experts in the country

Readership

Industrial Engineers, Maintenance and Reliability Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Technicians, Maintenance Managers, Field Engineers, Corporate Maintenance and Reliability Managers

Table of contents

Introduction – Recommended First StepChapter 1 – Understanding Maintenance and Reliability1.1 Maintenance and Reliability Function1.2 Maintenance/Reliability Assessment1.3 Change Management in Reliability1.4 Position Descriptions1.5 Maintenance Responsibilities 1.6 Return on Investment1.7 Planning and SchedulingChapter 2 – Reliability Engineering Position DescriptionChapter 3 – Preventive MaintenanceChapter 4 – Predictive Maintenance 4.1 Predictive Maintenance Overview4.2 Vibration Analysis4.3 Thermography4.4 Tribology4.5 UltrasonicsChapter 5 – Reliability Processes5.1 Reliability Software5.2 Reliability Centered Maintenance5.3 Failure Modes and Effect Analysis5.4 Equipment Criticality Ranking5.5 Root Cause Failure Analysis5.6 Developing a Business Case for a Reliability InitiativeChapter 6 – Key Performance Indicators6.1 – Developing Key Performance Indicators6.2 – Key Performance Indicator Dashboards6.3 – Article: Developing KPIs by Ron Thomas, Dofasco SteelChapter 7 – Total Production Maintenance7.1 – TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)7.2 – Article: Lean ReliabilityChapter 8 – Mechanical Equipment8.1 – Bearings 8.2 – Chain Drives8.3 – Belt Drives8.4 – Hydraulics8.5 – Gears8.6 – Maintenance Welding8.7 – Compressors8.8 – Packing Seals8.9 – PumpsChapter 9 - Electrical9.1 Electric Motors9.2 Motor Controls9.3 Motor MaintenanceChapter 10 – Reliability Articles10.1 – Top five reasons why companies don't measure reliability10.2 – Creating a Culture Change with Reliability10.3 – Exterminate Lube Problems10.4 – Using KPIs to Spot Problems10.5 – What it takes to Climb out of Reactive to RCM10.6 – Put a Plant Wide Focus on Functional Failures10.7 – Reliability is Worth a Second Look10.8 – When Preventive Maintenance Does not Work10.9 – The Top 4 Reasons Why PdM FailsChapter 11 - MTBF Users GuideWork Flow ProcessesReliability Survey ResultsPlanning and Scheduling Survey Results

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 1, 2007
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Ricky Smith

Ricky has over 30 years in maintenance and reliability as a maintenance manager, maintenance supervisor, maintenance training specialist, field engineer, maintenance mechanic, maintenance consultant and is a well known published author. Ricky has worked with maintenance organizations in hundreds of facilities, industrial plants, ships, etc, world wide in developing reliability, maintenance and technical training strategies.

Prior to joining Allied Reliability in 2008, Ricky worked as a professional maintenance employee for Exxon Company USA, Alumax (this plant was rated the best in the world for over 18 years), Kendall Company, and Hercules Chemical providing the foundation for his reliability and maintenance experience.

Ricky is the co-author of “Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers”, “Lean Maintenance” and “Industrial Repair, Best Maintenance Repair Practices”. Ricky also writes for different magazines during the past 20 years on technical, reliability and maintenance subjects.

Ricky holds certification as Certified Plant Maintenance Manager from the Association of Facilities Engineering as well as a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional from the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals.

Ricky lives in Charleston, SC with his wife. Aside form spending time with his 3 children and 3 grandchildren, Ricky enjoys kayaking, fishing, hiking and archaeology.

Affiliations and expertise
CMRP,Reliability Strategy Leader Ivara Corporation

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R. Keith Mobley

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.
Affiliations and expertise
Integrated Systems Inc., Knoxville, TN, USA

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