Practical Plant Failure Analysis; A Guide to Understanding Machinery Deterioration and Improving Equipment Reliability

Practical Plant Failure Analysis: A Guide to Understanding Machinery Deterioration and Improving Equipment Reliability, Second Edition 2nd Edition
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Practical Guide to Diagnosing and Preventing Mechanical Failures

This hands-on guide is designed for engineers and skilled trades personnel responsible for maintaining and enhancing the reliability of mechanical machinery. It provides a clear understanding of how failures occur and how to diagnose their physical causes in the field, without the need for complex laboratory analysis.

Key Highlights:

✔️ Covers the four major failure mechanisms—wear, corrosion, overload, and fatigue—using easy-to-read charts and real-world examples
✔️ Offers step-by-step logic trees for on-site failure diagnosis, addressing over 85% of mechanical failures
✔️ Explains the interplay of mechanics, corrosion, materials science, and tribology in machinery reliability
✔️ Features more than 150 newly redrawn charts and tables, along with nearly 250 actual failure photographs for accurate analysis
✔️ Includes updated content on couplings, universal joints, plain bearings, and the critical roles of corrosion and lubrication in failure prevention

With expanded failure examples and improved diagrams, this comprehensive reference is an invaluable tool for diagnosing and resolving mechanical failures efficiently.