Complete Guide to Predictive and Preventive Maintenance

Product Description: A culmination of 15 years of research, teaching, and consulting, The Complete Guide to Predictive and Preventive Maintenance shares the best practices, mistakes, victories, and essential steps for success which the author has gleaned from working with countless organizations. Unlike other books that only focus on the engineering issues (task lists) or management issues (CMMS), this in-depth resource is the first to give true emphasize to the four aspects of success in preventive maintenance systems-- engineering, management, economic, and psychological. This in turn will enable readers to have a balanced view and understanding of what is happening in their organizations. Blending concrete actionable steps and structures with the theory behind the steps, The Complete Guide to Predictive and Preventive Maintenance is sure to be valuable to maintenance directors, maintenance managers, maintenance engineers, planners, maintenance supervisors, PM group leaders, and PM mechanics. FEATURES o Includes check sheets, history of PM, stories, photographs, and case histories. o Contains a glossary of terms. o Provides sample task lists for a variety of equipment with some of the logic behind each task. o Offers templates for developing your own tasking. o Includes protocols for detailed economic analysis with examples.

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A culmination of 15 years of research, teaching, and consulting, The Complete Guide to Predictive and Preventive Maintenance shares the best practices, mistakes, victories, and essential steps for success which the author has gleaned from working with countless organizations. Unlike other books that only focus on the engineering issues (task lists) or management issues (CMMS), this in-depth resource is the first to give true emphasize to the four aspects of success in preventive maintenance systems-- engineering, management, economic, and psychological. This in turn will enable readers to have a balanced view and understanding of what is happening in their organizations. Blending concrete actionable steps and structures with the theory behind the steps, The Complete Guide to Predictive and Preventive Maintenance is sure to be valuable to maintenance directors, maintenance managers, maintenance engineers, planners, maintenance supervisors, PM group leaders, and PM mechanics.

FEATURES

o Includes check sheets, history of PM, stories, photographs, and case histories.

o Contains a glossary of terms. o Provides sample task lists for a variety of equipment with some of the logic behind each task.

o Offers templates for developing your own tasking.

o Includes protocols for detailed economic analysis with examples.

256 pages, Hardcover
Published December 2002
ISBN: 0831131543
ISBN-13: 9780831131548