Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers
Description
Key Features
• Listing of short articles to help assist engineers in resolving problems they face
• Written by two of the top experts in the country
Readership
Table of Contents
- Introduction – Recommended First Step
Chapter 1 – Understanding Maintenance and Reliability
1.1 Maintenance and Reliability Function
1.2 Maintenance/Reliability Assessment
1.3 Change Management in Reliability
1.4 Position Descriptions
1.5 Maintenance Responsibilities
1.6 Return on Investment
1.7 Planning and Scheduling
Chapter 2 – Reliability Engineering Position Description
Chapter 3 – Preventive Maintenance
Chapter 4 – Predictive Maintenance
4.1 Predictive Maintenance Overview
4.2 Vibration Analysis
4.3 Thermography
4.4 Tribology
4.5 Ultrasonics
Chapter 5 – Reliability Processes
5.1 Reliability Software
5.2 Reliability Centered Maintenance
5.3 Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
5.4 Equipment Criticality Ranking
5.5 Root Cause Failure Analysis
5.6 Developing a Business Case for a Reliability Initiative
Chapter 6 – Key Performance Indicators
6.1 – Developing Key Performance Indicators
6.2 – Key Performance Indicator Dashboards
6.3 – Article: Developing KPIs by Ron Thomas, Dofasco Steel
Chapter 7 – Total Production Maintenance
7.1 – TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
7.2 – Article: Lean Reliability
Chapter 8 – Mechanical Equipment
8.1 – Bearings
8.2 – Chain Drives
8.3 – Belt Drives
8.4 – Hydraulics
8.5 – Gears
8.6 – Maintenance Welding
8.7 – Compressors
8.8 – Packing Seals
8.9 – Pumps
Chapter 9 - Electrical
9.1 Electric Motors
9.2 Motor Controls
9.3 Motor Maintenance
Chapter 10 – Reliability Articles
10.1 – Top five reasons why companies don't measure reliability
10.2 – Creating a Culture Change with Reliability
10.3 – Exterminate Lube Problems
10.4 – Using KPIs to Spot Problems
10.5 – What it takes to Climb out of Reactive to RCM
10.6 – Put a Plant Wide Focus on Functional Failures
10.7 – Reliability is Worth a Second Look
10.8 – When Preventive Maintenance Does not Work
10.9 – The Top 4 Reasons Why PdM Fails
Chapter 11 -
MTBF Users Guide
Work Flow Processes
Reliability Survey Results
Planning and Scheduling Survey Results
Product details
- No. of pages: 336
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2007
- Published: October 1, 2007
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Paperback ISBN: 9780750678629
- eBook ISBN: 9780080552071
About the Authors
Ricky Smith
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
R. Keith Mobley
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
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Pau H. Wed Mar 16 2022
Good
Good
Reza a. Mon Sep 09 2019
Lucrative book
I appreciate authors knowledge, book is really lucrative in the field of maintenance management and reliability studies.
RichardSmith Tue Jun 26 2018
Great resource for Known Best
Great resource for Known Best Practices