Machinery failure analysis and troubleshooting : practical machinery management for process plants
Solve the machinery failure problems costing you time and money with this classic, comprehensive guide to analysis and troubleshooting Provides detailed, complete and accurate information on anticipating risk of component failure and avoiding equipment downtime Includes numerous photographs of faile...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Oxford :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
2012.
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| Edition | 4th edition |
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780123860453 0123860458 9780123860460 0123860466 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xi, 726 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting: Practical Machinery Management for Process Plants; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1
- The Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting System; Troubleshooting as an Extension of Failure Analysis; Causes of Machinery Failures; Root Causes of Machinery Failure; References; Chapter 2
- Metallurgical Failure Analysis; Types of Failures; Metallurgical Failure Analysis Methodology; Failure Analysis of Bolted Joints; Shaft Failures; The Case of the Boiler Fan Turbine; flink6; Analysis of Surface-Change Failures.
- Analyzing Wear Failures∗∗Adapted by permission from course material published by the American Society of Metals, Metals Par ...Preventive Action Planning Avoids Corrosion Failure∗; Case Studies; Summary; References; Chapter 3
- Machinery Component Failure Analysis; Bearings in Distress; Rolling-Element Bearing Failures and Their Causes∗; Patterns of Load Paths and Their Meaning in Bearing Damage; Troubleshooting Bearings; Journal and Tilt-Pad Thrust Bearings∗; Gear Failure Analysis; Preliminary Considerations∗; Analytical Evaluation of Gear Theoretical Capability; Metallurgical Evaluation.
- General Mechanical DesignLubrication; Defects Induced by Other Train Components; Wear; Scoring; Surface Fatigue; Failures from the Manufacturing Process; Breakage; Lubricated Flexible/Coupling Failure Analysis; Gear-Coupling Failure Analysis; Gear-Coupling Failure Mechanisms; Determining the Cause of Mechanical Seal Distress; Troubleshooting and Seal-Failure Analysis; Summary of Mechanical Seal Failure Analysis; Avoiding Common Causes of O-ring Failures∗; Failure Without Visible Evidence on Seal; Compression Set; Lubricant Considerations; Lubrication Failure Analysis.
- Why Lube Oil Should Be PurifiedSix Lube-Oil Analyses Are Required; Periodic Sampling and Conditioning Routines Implemented; Calculated Benefit-to-Cost Ratio; Wear-Particle Analysis∗; Grease Failure Analysis; Magnetism in Turbomachinery∗; References; Chapter 4
- Machinery Troubleshooting; Competing Approaches; The Professional Problem Solver's (PPS) Approach; The Matrix Approach to Machinery Troubleshooting; Troubleshooting Pumps; Making Good Choices; Troubleshooting Centrifugal Compressors, Blowers, and Fans; Troubleshooting Reciprocating Compressors; Troubleshooting Engines.
- Troubleshooting Steam TurbinesTroubleshooting Gas Turbines; Troubleshooting Electric Motors; Electrical Motor Bearing Failures∗; Troubleshooting the Process; Apply Proven Machinery Problem Solving Strategies; References; Chapter 5
- Vibration Analysis; Machine History; Machine Characteristics; Interpretation of Collected Data; Aerodynamic Flow-Induced Vibrations; Establishing Safe Operating Limits for Machinery; Appendix; Formulas; References; Chapter 6
- Generalized Machinery Problem-Solving Sequence; Situation Analysis; Cause Analysis; Action Planning and Generation; Planning for Change.