The Practical Vibration Primer, by Charles Jackson, was the first book on machinery vibrations written expressly for the user. It deals with the basics - alignment, balancing, and vibration of machines. Even though the book is over 25 years old, it contains material not presented in other publications and is therefore considered a classic. The Primer is filled with ideas on good machine practice that will help the user not only understand what is important, but what responses occur when trouble occurs.

The Practical Vibration Primer

by Charles Jackson

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Work alongside the author as he walks you through his step-by step method for applying Reliability Centered Maintenance, RCM Blitz, that focuses on manufacturing assets. RCM Blitz is a 5-part process, with an easy to follow flow diagram, that includes: 1.Up-Front Tasks - Those tasks required to ensure the success of the RCM Facilitators and Team. 2.Probability and Consequence - The steps needed to build the groundwork for understanding the importance of each individual failure mode and developing sound methods to prioritize RCM tasks. 3.Functions and Functional Failures - The to successful RCM analysis is understanding the importance of addressing maintenance at the functional failure level. 4.FMECA - The heart and soul of Reliability Centered Maintenance, this is where the work gets done, identifying failure modes, describing failure effects and developing tasks. 5.Follow-Up Tasks - These tasks are designed to help the team quickly move forward and drive the implementation of the RCM tasks. Follow-up is just as important as the analysis itself and like everything else it has a process.

Reliability Centered Maintenance using ... RCM Blitz

Douglas Plucknette

Time and attention are currently two of the world s scarcest resources and that, of course, applies particularly to Maintenance and Reliability professionals. This work by Ricky Smith and David A. Martin is written in a format that allows you to quickly read and absorb the lessons in a couple of hours. After the initial read, it automatically converts into a KPI reference manual you can use time and again as you work to improve performance. The authors move quickly and efficiently to define a series of metrics and, more importantly, instruct you in where and when to use them. They are both committed to helping you become a Reliability Performance Manager as you use this information to drive bottom line improvements at your organization. This book should certainly be read by everyone in your Maintenance department but our hope is that you would also acquire copies for all of your Operations Supervisors and Managers as well. You might even consider giving a copy to your Plant Manager.

Maintenance Reliability Metrics KPIs 101 - Keeping It Simple

Ricky Smith

David A. Martin

Ian Barnard's unique book, Engineering Asset Management an Insurance Perspective, is a compilation of experiences and observations in the fields of asset management, engineering consulting and insurance. He has been exposed to asset management systems from all parts of the world and from all types of industry. His book presents the best of the best in asset management systems and highlights common pitfalls which prevent these systems from achieving excellence. The underlying theme of the book is that it is not technology that defines an effective asset management system, but rather people. While this book presents an insurance perspective on engineering asset management systems, a central tenet of insurance is that if it saves the insurance company money, it will save the client money.

Engineering Asset Management an Insurance Perspective

Ian Barnard

In this first installment of the Heroic Change series, James Emery is struggling with balancing his various roles as husband, father, and plant manager for Modern Products Manufacturing. When an accident occurs at the plant, leaving people seriously injured, James feels responsible. He is faced with his own inner demons as the incident brings back memories of a devastating accident that haunts his past. The accident is the impetuous to drastic changes in both James’ personal life and also his career. He embarks on a difficult journey of Heroic Change, likening the journey to the Holmes poem he admires in which the chambered nautilus, in its silent toil as the spiral grows, leaves the past for the new. James faces a long road of mistakes and missteps while facing opposition from his subordinates and pressure from his superiors. In his relentless pursuit to create lasting change, James gathers allies by building a shadow network of employees who support his plan for change. James fights to gain respect for his out of the box thinking, while trying to hold his family together as he spends long hours at work. More importantly, he fights to create a safe place for employees to work while satisfying his superiors with improved performance. James’ struggle is not unlike the mysterious life and death of the nautilus. He uses the nautilus, as well as a shield, as symbols to provide him with inspiration for his own life and spiritual growth as he travels the path to lasting Heroic Change. Don't Just Fix It, Improve It is a very easy read because it is told as a story. It is also a good reminder of why you can't just focus on planning and scheduling. The really good performers eliminate the defects before they ever turn into work orders. Small problems are seldom left to turn into big failures and big problems rarely happen. The authors hit the nail on the head when they demonstrate through the story that improvement efforts which simply focus on driving the right maintenance work practices bog the organization down with too much work and seldom succeed. Only after building in the defect elimination culture and reducing the defects coming into the system can the organization achieve the best practice benchmarks. The small problems don't clog the CMMS system and the work processes can focus on the big issues. Small problems are taken care of immediately at the source.

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

Winston P. Ledet

Winston J. Ledet

Sherri M. Abshire

Lubrication accounts for a significant proportion of equipment failures. Improper lubrication practices are at the heart of many equipment reliability issues. Studies have shown that 70-85% of equipment failures are self induced, meaning that maintenance practices and processes are directly responsible for the failures. As such, it&#8217;s obvious that proper lubrication is vital to the success of reliability and, in turn, operational assurance and cost control. First and foremost: Discipline is the key to the success of any proactive maintenance program.This book will identify effective ways to bridge the gap between established and proven Best Practices and your current program. Combining the right lubrication activities with proper practices, a significant opportunity exists to use the lubrication function within maintenance to impact plant reliability. Buy a copy for every manager, supervisor, planner and scheduler!

Maintenance and Reliability Lubrication 101 - Keeping it Simple

The use of airborne ultrasound by a wide array of manufacturing has led many to dub ultrasound a predictive maintenance tool for the masses. It is a technology with mass appeal, a wide range of applications, and a cost entry point that makes it accessible to practically anyone. In this book, the authors guide you through the technology step by step, with each chapter dedicated to an application and how the technology applies to that application. You will learn how the inspection should be carried out, along with real-life examples of how these applications are currently being applied. Airborne and structure borne ultrasonic inspection provides industry with an efficient solution for all kinds of preventative and predictive maintenance functions.

Hear More A Guide to Using Ultrasound for Leak Detection and Condition Monitoring

Thomas J. Murphy

Allan A. Rienstra

Basic 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, this book is full of useful checklists, self assessments, real world case studies and a special list of 50 action items that you can use to rapidly direct your improvement efforts. 
 Topics range from Decision support, maintenance cost control, work standards, shop design, parts management, warranties, fuel management, tires, leasing and insurance. The latest information management strategies are also extensively covered. 
 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Fleet Issues in Today's Marketplace Chapter 3: Fleet Management Chapter 4: Lean Maintenance Chapter 5: Where Are You Today? Chapter 6: Basis for Making Decisions Chapter 7: Maintenance Costs Chapter 8: Preventive Maintenance Systems and Procedures Chapter 9: Measuring Worker Productivity Chapter 10: Work Standards Chapter 11: Staffing Chapter 12: Shop Design Chapter 13: Planning and Scheduling Chapter 14: MRO Inventory Chapter 15: Purchasing Maintenance Parts Chapter 16: Vendors Chapter 17: Warranties Chapter 18: Fundamental Questions About Fuel Chapter 19: Tire Management Chapter 20: Leasing Mobile Equipment Chapter 21: Loss Prevention and Fleet Safety Chapter 22: Ideas to Reduce Your Insurance Costs Chapter 23: Trading Vehicles Chapter 24: Vehicle and Equipment Specification Chapter 25: Case Study in Alternative Use Chapter 26: Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards Chapter 27: The Computer Generated Repair Order Chapter 28: Computerized Maintenance Management System Chapter 29: Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports Chapter 30: Using Statistics to Identify Problems Chapter 31: Fleet Key Performance Indicators Chapter 32: Routing Systems Chapter 33: Vehicle Locating Systems Chapter 34: Vehicle Identification Systems Chapter 35: Wireless Chapter 36: Fifty Notes to Take With You

Basics of Fleet Maintenance

Joel Levitt

Ricky Smith and Jerry Wilson have produced a second edition of this quick, easy read for any organization looking for a number of focused, easily implemented actions which can be expected to produce big improvements in effectiveness. They lay out those critical aspects of Planning and Scheduling without which any Planning and Scheduling system will fail to produce the desired results. Each chapter contains high-lighted Key Principles which quickly summarize important points. Buy a copy for every manager, supervisor, planner and scheduler.

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Made Simple - 2nd Edition

Jerry, Wilson

This book represents a significant step towards improving the knowledge of, and communications between, members of the Maintenance and Reliability Profession. With more than 3000 entries, the compilation reflects a virtual explosion of commonly practiced concepts, ideas, methodologies and various approaches to maintenance and reliability improvements. An additional directory of maintenance and reliability acronyms is included. Maintenance and reliability involves many different people in many different roles. If we are expected to work efficiently, productively, and harmoniously on tasks and projects, there is need for a common language for communication. It is the goal of The Professional's Guide to Maintenance and Reliability Terminology to provide this basis.Robert Baldwin, Ramesh Gulati, and Jerry Kahn, have served the maintenance and reliability profession in many capacities for decades. Together, they have over 100 years of experience working in this field.

The Professionals Guide To Maintenance And Reliability Terminology

Ramesh Gulati

Jerry Kahn

Robert Baldwin

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