Maximizing Machinery Uptime

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.

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.

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