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Industrial Machinery Repair: Best Maintenance Practices Pocket Guide Industrial Machinery Repair: Best Maintenance Practices Pocket Guide Ricky Smith and R. Keith Mobley Amsterdam Boston London NewYork Oxford Paris SanDiego SanFrancisco Singapore Sydney Tokyo Butterworth–HeinemannisanimprintofElsevierScience. Copyright©2003,ElsevierScience(USA).Allrightsreserved. Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,or transmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying, recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher. Recognizingtheimportanceofpreservingwhathasbeenwritten,Elsevier-Science printsitsbooksonacid-freepaperwheneverpossible. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Smith,Ricky. Industrialmachineryrepair:bestmaintenancepracticespocketguide/ RickySmithandKeithMobley. p.cm. ISBN0-7506-7621-3(pbk:alk.paper) 1.Machinery–Maintenanceandrepair.2.Industrialequipment–Maintenance andrepair. I.Mobley,Keith.II.Title. TJ153.S63552003 (cid:1) 621.816–dc21 2003040435 BritishLibraryCataloguing-in-PublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. Thepublisheroffersspecialdiscountsonbulkordersofthisbook. Forinformation,pleasecontact: ElsevierScience ManagerofSpecialSales 200WheelerRoad,6thFloor Burlington,MA01803 Tel:781-313-4700 Fax:781-313-4882 ForinformationonallButterworth–Heinemannpublicationsavailable,contactour WorldWideWebhomepageat:http://www.bh.com 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Contents Acknowledgments vii Chapter1 Introduction:WhyUseBestMaintenance RepairPractices? 1 Chapter2 FundamentalRequirementsofEffective Preventive/PredictiveMaintenance 10 Chapter3 MaintenanceSkillsAssessment 26 Chapter4 SafetyFirst,SafetyAlways 50 Chapter5 RotorBalancing 57 Chapter6 Bearings 71 Chapter7 ChainDrives 120 Chapter8 Compressors 133 Chapter9 ControlValves 180 Chapter10 Conveyors 203 Chapter11 Couplings 215 Chapter12 DustCollectors 245 Chapter13 Fans,Blowers,andFluidizers 261 Chapter14 GearsandGearboxes 283 Chapter15 Hydraulics 314 Chapter16 Lubrication 327 Chapter17 MachineryInstallation 348 Chapter18 MixersandAgitators 353 Chapter19 PackingandSeals 361 vi Contents Chapter20 PrecisionMeasurement 386 Chapter21 Pumps 395 Chapter22 SteamTraps 432 Chapter23 V-BeltDrives 441 Chapter24 MaintenanceWelding 460 AppendixA 539 Index 541 Acknowledgments Ricky Smith wants to offer his thanks to the following individuals who contributed to the writing of this book. Bruce Hawkins, Life Cycle Engi- neering;DarrylMeyers,formerU.S.ArmyWarrantOfﬁcer;SteveLindborg, Chemical Lime Company; Robby Smith (his brother), International Paper Corporation; and J.E. Hinkel, Lincoln Electric Company. Ricky also wants to thank Life Cycle Engineering, where he is currently employed, for the opportunity to write this book; Alumax–Mt. Holly—currently Alcoa– Mt.Holly—whereheworkedasamaintenancetechnician,forallthetraining andthechancetoexpandhisknowledge;andDr.JohnWilliams,whoalways believedinhim. Industrial Machinery Repair: Best Maintenance Practices Pocket Guide

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Industrial Machinery Repair provides a practical reference for practicing plant engineers, maintenance supervisors, physical plant supervisors and mechanical maintenance technicians. It focuses on the skills needed to select, install and maintain electro-mechanical equipment in a typical industrial