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Troubleshooting rotating machinery : including centrifugal pumps and compressors, reciprocating pumps and compressors, fans, steam turbines, electric motors, and more /

Process machines are critical to the profitability of processes. Safe, efficient and reliable machines are required to maintain dependable manufacturing processes that can create saleable, on-spec product on time, and at the desired production rate. As the wards of process machinery, we wish to keep...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Perez, Robert X. (Author), Conkey, Andrew P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Salem, Massachusetts : Wiley ; Scrivener Publishing, 2016.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Troubleshooting for fun and profit
  • An insight in design : machines and their components serve a function
  • Machinery design issues and failure modes
  • Machinery in process services : the big picture
  • Causes versus symptoms
  • Approach field troubleshooting like a reputable news reporter
  • The 'what' questions
  • Who knows the most about the problem?
  • When do the symptoms show up?
  • Where do the symptoms show up?
  • Why is the problem occurring?
  • Analyze, test, act, and confirm (repeat as needed)
  • Real-world examples
  • The 'hourglass' approach to troubleshooting
  • Vibration analysis
  • Applying the 5Qs to rotordynamic investigations
  • Managing critical machinery vibration data
  • Closing remarks.