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in manufacturing, process, or service industry, no matter how large
or small. Contributors to the book are maintenance experts with
both academic and industrial backgrounds, who are able to offer
a comprehensive analysis of the subject matter, including both
quantitative treatment and discussion of management issues.
This handbook features both fundamental and applied works from
across the whole maintenance spectrum. It will provide professionals
with the solutions and management skills needed to evaluate and to
continuously improve maintenance systems. This handbook will also
be an invaluable resource for researchers and graduate students
working in this area.
14. Maintenance and Reliability Best
Practices
Ramesh Gulati and Ricky Smith
2009 420pp $100
To truly realize a best practice requires learning, relearning,
benchmarking and implementing better
ways of ensuring high reliability and availability of
equipment and systems.
Maintenance & Reliability Best Practices is designed to support
that learning process. Written by professionals with 60 plus years
of shop floor and management experience in a variety of industries,
this practical resource will help seasoned professionals and novices
understand the basic principles of maintenance and reliability. Written
in an easy-to-read format, each chapter discusses the concepts with
specific questions and answers. Each topic answers the what, why or
how of the topic being presented. Understanding and implementing
M&R practices in a cost-effective way is essential. This is the perfect
book for all in the work force of an organization who need to have a solid
understanding of M&R. Many years experience packed into one book.
Useful to both the novice and seasoned professionals. Topics include
Best Practices; Culture and Leadership; Understanding Maintenance;
Work Management, Planning and Scheduling; Inventory Management;
Measuring and Design for Reliability and Maintainability; Role of
Operations; PM Optimization; Managing Performance; Workforce
Management; M & R Analysis Tools,
15. Handbook of Maintenance
Management 2nd Edition
Joel Levitt
2009 455pp $110
Now in its second edition and written by a highly
acclaimed maintenance professional, this
comprehensive and easy-to-understand resource
provides a short review of all the major discussions
going on in the management of the maintenance
function. This revision of a classic has been thoroughly updated to
include advances in technology and thinking and is sure to be found
useful by maintenance professionals everywhere. It’s the perfect
reference for any maintenance professional that needs a quick update
on any specific area within the subject.
• Contains five entirely new chapters, including Dealing with
Contracts, 5S, Lean Maintenance, PM Optimizing, and Fire Fighting.
• Offers a complete survey of the field, an introduction to maintenance
and a review of maintenance management.
* Provides a manual for cost reduction & a primer for the stockroom.
• Includes a training regime for new supervisors, managers, planners.
16. Mining Equipment Reliability,
Maintainability and Safety
Balbir S Dhillon
2008 201pp $210
The mining industry makes use of various types of
complex and sophisticated equipment, for which
reliability, maintainability and safety has become
an important issue. Mining Equipment Reliability,
Maintainability, and Safety is the first book to
cover these three topics in a single volume.
Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety will be
useful to a range of individuals from administrators and engineering
professionals working in the mining industry to students, researchers
and instructors in mining engineering, as well as design engineers
and safety professionals. All topics covered in the book are treated
in such a manner that the reader requires no previous knowledge to
understand the contents. Examples, solutions and test problems are
also included to aid reader comprehension.
17. Maintenance Engineering
Handbook 7 th Edition
L.R. Higgins, K. Mobley and D.J. Wikoff
2008 1200pp $290
A valuable source of information for Maintenance
Engineers, Managers, Plant Engineers, Supervisors
and Maintenance technicians. The most
comprehensive resource of its kind, Maintenance
Engineering Handbook has long been a staple
for engineers, managers, and technicians seeking current advice on
everything from tools and techniques to planning and scheduling. This
brand-new edition brings you up to date on the most pertinent aspects
of identifying and repairing faulty equipment.
Maintenance Engineering Handbook has been advising plant and
facility professionals for more than 50 years. Whether you’re new
to the profession or a practiced veteran, this updated edition is an
absolute necessity.
18. Corrosion Inspection and Monitoring
Pierre R Roberge and R. Winston Revie
2007 383pp $180
The comprehensive reference on modern
techniques and methods for monitoring and
inspecting corrosion:
• The impact of corrosion on the economy and the
safe operation of systems in diverse operational
environments
• The various forms of corrosion, with a focus on the detectability of
corrosion damage in the real world
• The principles of risk-based inspection and various risk assessment
methodologies (HAZOP, FMECA, FTA, and ETA), with examples
from industry
• The monitoring of microbiologically induced corrosion (MIC),
cathodic protection (CP) systems, and atmospheric corrosion
• Non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques, including visual,
ultrasonic, radiogr., electromagnetic, & thermographic inspection
• Roadmaps used by various industries and organizations for
carrying out complex inspection and monitoring schedules
19. Rules of Thumb for Maintenance &
Reliability Engineers
Ricky Smith and R Keith Mobley
2007 336pp $160
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.
20. Asset Management and
Maintenance - The CD
Nicholas A Hastings
2007 Edition
Over 2000 PPT slides $195
50
Asset Management and Asset Management
Overview; Life Cycle Costing; Maintenance
Organisation & Control; Spares & Consumables Management; Failure
Mode and Effects Analysis; Risk Analysis and Risk Management;
Reliability Data Analysis; Age Based Replacement Policy Analysis;
Availability and Maintainability; Measuring Maintenance Effectiveness;
Reliability of Systems; Condition Monitoring: Job and Shutdown
Planning: Continuous Improvement: Financial Analysis: Forecasting:
Budgeting and Planning: Strategic Asset Management: Team Plan
Method: Cost benefit Analysis: Exercises: References: Form and
Spreadsheet Templates .
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