Practical Plant Failure Analysis: A Guide to Understanding Machinery Deterioration and Improving Equipment Reliability (Dekker Mechanical Engineering)

Illustrated with hundreds of diagrams and photographs, this book examines…

· When and how to conduct a physical failure analysis

· Basic material properties including heat treating mechanisms, work hardening, and the effects of temperature changes on material properties

· The differences in appearance between ductile overload, brittle overload, and fatigue failures

· High cycle fatigue and how to differentiate between high stress concentrations and high operating stresses

· Low cycle fatigue and unusual fatigue situations

· Lubrication and its influence on the three basic bearing designs

· Ball and roller bearings, gears, fasteners, V-belts, and synchronous belts

Taking a detailed and systematic approach, Practical Plant Failure Analysis thoroughly explains the four major failure mechanisms—wear, corrosion, overload, and fatigue—as well as how to identify them. The author clearly identifies how these mechanisms appear in various components and supplies convenient charts that demonstrate how to identify the specific causes of failure.

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Good Development of Failure Analysis, 2008-10-25
This book provides a well-rounded introduction to failure analysis.The book does this by introducing a failure mechanism, explaining what you look for, and how the failure may be prevented from happening.
What makes book unique is that the author does not make assumptions as to what you know.


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Good choose for Failure Analysis work background, 2007-09-17
I work with practical cases of Failure Analysis and training and I brought this book to help me in this field. I think this book is an excellent reference of information and I recommend strongly for who need guide lines and detailed information about Failure Analysis for specific industrial equipment like bears, belt drives, and another part machines.

The author usually worked as third-person contracted to investigate Failure Analysis in several industrial plants, them his vision (outdoor plant) in this book have to be considered. Day-by-day problems (maintenance problems, for example) are not necessary cover by this book as are cover uncommon problems.

Good brought choose as well.


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A core addition, 2007-07-08
"Practical Plant Failure Analysis: A Guide To Understanding Machinery Deterioration And Improving Equipment Reliability" provides students of mechanical engineering with an interdisciplinary approach to the concept that component failures result from a combination of factors that involve materials science, mechanics, thermodynamics, corrosion, and tribology. Author Neville W. Sachs draws upon his more than thirty years of experience and expertise to provide the reader with a practical, informative, guide to improving machinery maintenance and reliability. "Practical Plant Failure Analysis" presents practical guidance on failure mechanism, including what leads to these failures and how to avoid them, as well as featuring 'user friendly' charts to logically diagnose a failure and take the appropriate correction action. "Practical Plant Failure Analysis" offers a clear and detailed explanation of the differences between through- and case-hardened gear teeth, while its informed and informative text is enhanced with more than 300 photographs and illustrations to develop competence and confidence in visually diagnosing machinery failures. An essential reference and comprehensive instructional guide to diagnosing and dealing with machinery failure, "Practical Plant Failure Analysis" is a core addition to academic, trade school, and professional reference library collections.

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