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This is a practical guide for those who do the work of...

This is a practical guide for those who do the work of maintaining and improving the reliability of mechanical machinery. It is for engineers and skilled trades personnel who want to understand how failures happen and how the physical causes of the great majority can be readily diagnosed in the...

BOOST PROFITS AND REDUCE COSTS BY EFFICIENTLY DELIVERING SUPERIOR MRO SERVICES Lean...

BOOST PROFITS AND REDUCE COSTS BY EFFICIENTLY DELIVERING SUPERIOR MRO SERVICES Lean Maintenance Repair and Overhaul describes how MRO organizations can achieve significant improvement in financial performance by applying the Theory of Constraints (TOC) to guide the implementation of Lean manufacturing tools. This Lean/TOC approach facilitates a growth strategy by providing...

Thoroughly revised and updated, this best selling book presents a logical, step-by-step...

Thoroughly revised and updated, this best selling book presents a logical, step-by-step methodology that will enable any company to conduct a cost-effective benchmarking effort. It presents an overview of the benchmarking process, a detailed form for surveying and "grading" maintenance management, and a database of the results of more than...

Is it Too Late to Resurrect the Last, True Competitive Advantage? Are...

Is it Too Late to Resurrect the Last, True Competitive Advantage? Are we facing the death of reliability? Some believe this is the case, particularly when it comes to reliability leadership. Without qualified leaders, there can be no true reliability, and as such, companies are losing out on the one...

If you missed the educational sessions at Reliable Plant 2017, you can...

If you missed the educational sessions at Reliable Plant 2017, you can still get the conference proceedings on CD-ROM. It includes the papers and some presentations in PDF format from nearly every learning session. The real-world case-studies at Reliable Plant 2017 were chock-full of practical, experience-based information and tools for...

Benefit from improved safety, performance, and product deliveries to your customers. Achieve...

Benefit from improved safety, performance, and product deliveries to your customers. Achieve a higher rate of equipment availability, performance, product quality, and reliability. Integrated Reliability: Condition Monitoring and Maintenance of Equipment incorporates reliable engineering and mathematical modeling to help you move toward sustainable development in reliability condition monitoring and maintenance....

Operators trained in lubrication basics are critical to lubrication excellence. Whether they...

Operators trained in lubrication basics are critical to lubrication excellence. Whether they are checking oil levels and topping off sumps, cleaning and inspecting machinery, or conducting routine inspections … when performed with best practice procedures, you’ll reduce unscheduled downtime, improve safety and boost reliability. Includes an online Student Workbook for...

Squeezing maximum life out of lubricants and extending machine life starts with...

Squeezing maximum life out of lubricants and extending machine life starts with putting a healthy, clean lubricant into the machine. In this training video, you'll learn the very best practices for ensuring this essential piece of lubrication excellence is in place. Best Practices for Lubricant Storage and Handling provides procedures you can...

Instructor: Jeremy Wright Course Length: 60 mins License: 1 seat x 365...

Instructor: Jeremy Wright Course Length: 60 mins License: 1 seat x 365 days* Lubrication programs are most effective when key performance indicators are identified, defined, tracked and used as the central reference for prioritizing tasks and maintenance. Jeremy Wright of Noria Corporation describes the most critical lubrication program metrics to...

Written by experts with more than 100 combined years of industry experience...

Written by experts with more than 100 combined years of industry experience in machinery failure avoidance, Compressors: How to Achieve High Reliability & Availability offers proven solutions to a pervasive and expensive problem in modern industry - compressor failure. This succinct, on-the-job guide addresses elusive causes of compressor failure and...

Part of developing a plan for improvement is gaining an understanding of...

Part of developing a plan for improvement is gaining an understanding of where you are in your maintenance process. Most plants don't realize how far behind they are in maintenance effectiveness. This paper reviews a chart of plant and maintenance characteristics and habits. You'll develop a clear understanding on how...

How do we define a best practice or excellence in maintenance and...

How do we define a best practice or excellence in maintenance and reliability? What are the elements of a best practice? What and how are we going to implement best practices in our facilities? What obstacles including cultural issues do we need to overcome to implement them successfully? What metrics...

This is a challenging, innovative, and timely new look at implementing Total...

This is a challenging, innovative, and timely new look at implementing Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) by one of the field's leading trainers and authors. The book takes into account the economic upheavals of recent years and demonstrates that TPM is less about moving maintenance tasks to operations than moving accountability...

This compact and unique reference provides those who deal with industrial machines...

This compact and unique reference provides those who deal with industrial machines a handy guide for assessing the potential risk of failure and offers a solid basis for reliable and safe machinery operation. Combining the most commonly used assessment tools into one source, it is meant to be taken into...

If you missed the educational sessions at Reliable Plant 2011, you can...

If you missed the educational sessions at Reliable Plant 2011, you can still get the conference proceedings on CD-ROM. It includes the presentations in PDF format from nearly every learning session in each of the three co-located conferences: Lubrication Excellence 2011, Reliability World 2011 and Lean Manufacturing 2011. The real-world...

If you missed the educational sessions at Reliable Plant 2013, you can...

If you missed the educational sessions at Reliable Plant 2013, you can still get the conference proceedings on CD-ROM. It includes the papers and some presentations in PDF format from nearly every learning session. The real-world case-studies at Reliable Plant 2013 were chock-full of practical, experience-based information and tools for...

Basics of Fleet Maintenance is designed for anyone who is involved with...

Basics of Fleet Maintenance is designed for anyone who is involved with operating or maintaining mobile equipment. This book is written in a clear, straight forward style as it identifies important issues for managing Fleet Maintenance in today's environment. In addition to providing strategies and techniques for Fleet Maintenance management,...

In Don't Just Fix It, Improve It! A Journey to the Precision...

In Don't Just Fix It, Improve It! A Journey to the Precision Domain you will learn: Strategies and tools for organizational evolution How to stop spending money fixing failures and losing production How defects affect bottom line results How to use the Hero's Journey to build a learning organization Don't...

This reference is a powerful tool to strengthen vital in-house competency on...

This reference is a powerful tool to strengthen vital in-house competency on the subject for professionals in a variety of fields. After presenting governing fundamental principles and background on modern measurement, computational tools, and troubleshooting methods, the author provides practical instruction and demonstration on how to diagnose vibration problems and...

DETAILS Format: Four books, soft cover Pages: 517 total Illustrations: 774 color...

DETAILS Format: Four books, soft cover Pages: 517 total Illustrations: 774 color photos and illustrations (approx.) Who Will Benefit: • Maintenance Professionals • Craftsmen and Millwrights • Operators • PM and PdM Technicians • Planners/Schedulers • Trainers Multiple Uses: • Inspection routes • Work order systems • Task training •...

A complete, up-to-date, and immensely useful survey of the maintenance field by...

A complete, up-to-date, and immensely useful survey of the maintenance field by one of its leading educators. The goal of this significantly expanded and updated second edition remains unchanged: to provide a succinct, accessible review of all the major areas in the management of the maintenance function. Whatever the topic,...

Preventive Maintenance, begins by detailing the importance of preventive maintenance to an...

Preventive Maintenance, begins by detailing the importance of preventive maintenance to an overall maintenance strategy. The text clearly illustrates how the components of any maintenance strategy are interlinked with dependencies and the performance measures necessary to properly manage the preventive maintenance program. A process flow diagram details the steps of...

Focusing on predictive maintenance, this book is a convenient guide to best...

Focusing on predictive maintenance, this book is a convenient guide to best practices for maintaining machinery and systems assets. It is a handy collection of graphs, charts, calculations, tables, curves, and basic rules of thumb that any engineer working with equipment will need. The authors share a wealth of professional...

Completely revised and updated, this tenth edition of a bestseller covers both...

Completely revised and updated, this tenth edition of a bestseller covers both management and technical strategies for slashing energy costs by as much as 40 percent in industrial facilities. It discusses cogeneration, gas distributed generation technologies, steam system optimization, geothermal heat pumps, energy outsourcing, electricity purchasing strategies, and power quality...

A highly-illustrated (over 400 illustrations and photos) failure analysis guide for automotive...

A highly-illustrated (over 400 illustrations and photos) failure analysis guide for automotive and off-road vehicle parts. Lots of pictures and descriptions of common machine parts failures. Main topics include: Pistons, Rings, Cylinder Liners, Gaskets, Journal Bearings, Valve Gear Train, Turbochargers, Gears, Shafts, Axles, Spindles, Universal Joints, Hydrostatic Transmissions, Anti-Friction Bearings,...

Presenting the best practices of the best manufacturing companies in the world,...

Presenting the best practices of the best manufacturing companies in the world, this book presents proven models for achieving world-class performance. Using a fictional company called Beta International, the book illustrates the success and failures of the world's premier manufacturers, illustrating a stable path of growth for almost any manufacturing...

Increase the productivity and efficiency of your maintenance organization. Written by a...

Increase the productivity and efficiency of your maintenance organization. Written by a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) with more than three decades of experience, this thoroughly revised resource provides proven planning and scheduling strategies that will take any maintenance organization to the next level of performance. The book covers...