By: Lindley R. Higgins, Dale P. Brautigam, R. Keith Mobley (Editor)
Hardcover
Published by: McGraw Hill Text
5th Edition
Publication Date: September 1994
Dimensions (in inches): 2.01 x 9.57 x 7.69
ISBN: 0070288119
Generations of engineers and managers have turned to this popular handbook for expert guidance on maintenance for all types of facilities, including industrial plants, power generating stations, refineries, schools, hospitals, and office buildings. Now revised and updated with 40% new material, the Fifth Edition offers you detailed information on every aspect of maintenance engineering - from new technical advances to maintaining the latest machinery. You'll find practical advice from 55 specialists on the organization and management of the maintenance function ... establishing costs and controls ... maintenance of plant facilities ... sanitation and housekeeping ... maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment ... and maintenance of service equipment. The Fifth Edition also discusses new ways of using computers to manage maintenance procedures for machinery, physical plant, and fixed support service - and presents all-new material on lubrication, instruments and vibration, and chemical corrosion control and cleaning. Whether you're a plant engineer, facilities manager, or maintenance engineer, this updated handbook will give you the on-the-job information and skills needed to solve virtually any maintenance problem!
Table of Contents
Contributors
Preface
Reference Tables
Sect. 1. Organization and Management of the Maintenance Function
Ch. 1. Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Maintenance
By Lindley R. Higgins
Ch. 2. Operating Policies by which Maintenance Should Be Guided
By Charles E. Knight
Ch. 3. Operating Policies to Reduce Maintenance Work
By James D. Quinn
Ch. 4. Reports from Maintenance
By Ernest S. Beachley
Ch. 5. Area and Centralized Maintenance Control
By Joseph McGuen
Ch. 6. Incentive Payment of Maintenance Workers
By W. Colebrook Cooling
Sect. 2. Establishing the Costs and Controls of Maintenance
Ch. 1. Work Measurement
By W. Colebrook Cooling
Ch. 2. Rating and Evaluating Maintenance Workers
By Frank Halchin
Ch. 3. Work Simplification in Maintenance
By Raymond I. Reul
Ch. 4. Estimating Repair and Maintenance Costs
By Nicholas Fostar
Ch. 5. Small-Plant Maintenance Control
By W. Colebrook Cooling
Ch. 6. Maintenance Stores and Inventory Control
By John C. Martin
Ch. 7. Maintenance Stores
By John C. Martin
Sect. 3. The Horizons of Maintenance Management
Ch. 1. Corrective Maintenance
By R. Keith Mobley
Ch. 2. Predictive Maintenance
By R. Keith Mobley
Ch. 3. An Introduction to the Computer in Maintenance
By Craig S. Atwater
Ch. 4. Computerized Planning and Scheduling
By Richard Davies
Ch. 5. New Horizons of Maintenance Stores and Inventory Control
