Maximizing Machinery Uptime

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Heinz P. Bloch (Consulting Engineer, Montgomery, TX, USA) Fred K. Geitner (Professional Engineer, Ontario, Canada)

Maximizing Machinery Uptime

Heinz P. Bloch (Consulting Engineer, Montgomery, TX, USA), Fred K. Geitner (Professional Engineer, Ontario, Canada)

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Gulf Publishing
10 October 2006

Production & quality control management; Steam engines; Engineering skills & trades; Other vocational technologies & trades

Series: Practical Machinery Management for Process Plants

The authors use their decades of experience and draw upon real-world examples to demonstrate that the application of their techniques provides a basis for equipment management, uptime maximization, and reduced maintenance costs.

The text explores reliability assessment techniques such as Failure Mode, Effect Analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis of commonly encountered rotating machinery.

These are all highly effective techniques that the engineer can apply to maximize uptime and thereby maximize production and profitability.

By: Heinz P. Bloch (Consulting Engineer Montgomery TX USA), Fred K. Geitner (Professional Engineer, Ontario, Canada)
Imprint: Gulf Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: v. 5
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 1.180kg
ISBN: 9780750677257
ISBN 10: 0750677252
Series: Practical Machinery Management for Process Plants
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 10 October 2006
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maximizing Machinery UptimeContentsAcknowledgementPreface1 Introduction2 Definitions: Reliability and Uptime Or: The meaning of reliability3 Uptime as probability of success4 Estimating machinery reliability5 Is there a universal approach to predicting machinery uptime?6 Predicting uptime of turbomachinery7 Failure mode and effect analysis8 Fault tree analysis9 Machinery risk and hazard assessment10 Machinery system availability analysis11 Practical field uptime assessment12 Life cycle analysis13 Start with good specifications14 Good installation makes a difference15 Proper operation is key to machinery uptime16 Good maintenance is important17 Continuous improvement-a key to machinery uptime18 Review of mechanical structures and piping for machinery

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. 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.