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ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS I ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS PLANTE NGINEERINMGA INTENANCSEE RIES Vibration Fundamentals R. Keith Mobley Root Cause Failure Analysis R. Keith Mobley Maintenance Fundamentals R. Keith Mobley ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS R. Keith Mobley Newnes Boston Oxford Auckland Johannesburg Melbourne New Delhi Newnes is an imprint of Butterworth-Heinemann. a Copyright 0 1999 by Butterworth-Heinemann A member of the Reed Elsevier group All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, with- out the prior written permission of the publisher. @ Recognizing the importance of preserving what has been written, Butterworth-Heinemann prints its books on acid-free paper whenever possible. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationD ata Mobley, R. Keith, 1943- Root cause failure analysis / by R. Keith Mobley. p. cm. - (Plant engineering maintenance series) Includes index. ISBN 0-7506-7 158-0 (alk. paper) 1. Plant maintenance. 2. System failures (Engineering) I. Title. 11. Series. TS192.M625 1999 658.2’024~21 98-32097 CIP British Library Cataloguing-in-PublicationD ata A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The publisher offers special discounts on bulk orders of this book. For information, please contact: Manager of Special Sales Butterworth-Heinemann 225 Wildwood Avenue Woburn, MA 01801-2041 Tel: 78 1-904-2500 Fax: 78 1-904-2620 For information on all Newnes publications available, contact our World Wide Web home page at: http://www.newnespress.com IO9 8 7 6 5 4 3 Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS Part I Introduction to Root Cause Failure Analysis i Chapter 1 Introduction 3 Chapter 2 General Analysis Techniques 6 Chapter 3 Root Cause Failure Analysis Methodology 13 Chapter 4 Safety-Related Issues 58 Chapter 5 Regulatory Compliance Issues 67 Chapter 6 Process Performance 73 Part I1 Equipment Design Evaluation Guide 75 Chapter 7 Pumps 77 Chapter 8 Fans. Blowers, and Fluidizers 07 Chapter 9 Conveyors 112 Chapter 10 Compressors 173 Chapter I I Mixers and Agitators 137 Chapter 12 Dust Collectors 153 Chapter 13 Process Rolls 164 Chapter 14 GearboxesReducers 171 Chapter 15 Steam Traps 187 Chapter 16 Inverters 1 93 Chapter 17 Control Valves 302 Chapter 18 Seals and Packing ‘20 vi Contents Part III Equipment Troubleshooting Guide 237 Chapter 19 Pumps 239 Chapter 20 Fans, Blowers, and Fluidizers 246 Chapter 21 Conveyors 25 1 Chapter 22 Compressors 254 Chapter 23 Mixers and Agitators 264 Chapter 24 Dust Collectors 266 Chapter 25 Process Rolls 269 Chapter 26 Gearboxes or Reducers 27 1 Chapter 27 Steam Traps 276 Chapter 28 Inverters 278 Chapter 29 Control Valves 280 Chapter 30 Seals and Packing 282 Chapter 3 1 Others 285 List of Abbreviations 288 Glossary 29 1 References 305 Index 306 Part I INTRODUCTION TO ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS