Root Cause Failure Analysis (Plant Engineering Series)

Root Cause Failure Analysis provides the concepts needed to effectively perform industrial troubleshooting investigations. It describes the methodology to perform Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), one of the hottest topics currently in maintenance engineering. It also includes detailed equipment design and troubleshooting guidelines, which are needed to perform RCFA on machinery found in most production facilities. This is the latest book in a new series published by Butterworth-Heinemann in association with PLANT ENGINEERING magazine. PLANT ENGINEERING fills a unique information need for the men and women who operate and maintain industrial plants. It bridges the information gap between engineering education and practical application. As technology advances at increasingly faster rates, this information service is becoming more and more important. Since its first issue in 1947, PLANT ENGINEERING has stood as the leading problem-solving information source for America's industrial plant engineers, and this book series will effectively contribute to that resource and reputation. Provides information essential to industrial troubleshooting investigations Describes the methods of root cause failure analysis, a hot topic in maintenance engineering Includes detailed equipment-design guidelines Root Cause Failure Analysis provides the concepts needed to effectively perform industrial troubleshooting investigations. It describes the methodology to perform Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), one of the hottest topics currently in maintenance engineering. It also includes detailed equipment design and troubleshooting guidelines, which are needed to perform RCFA on machinery found in most production facilities.

This is the latest book in a new series published by Butterworth-Heinemann in association with PLANT ENGINEERING magazine. PLANT ENGINEERING fills a unique information need for the men and women who operate and maintain industrial plants. It bridges the information gap between engineering education and practical application. As technology advances at increasingly faster rates, this information service is becoming more and more important. Since its first issue in 1947, PLANT ENGINEERING has stood as the leading problem-solving information source for America's industrial plant engineers, and this book series will effectively contribute to that resource and reputation.




Provides information essential to industrial troubleshooting investigations
Describes the methods of root cause failure analysis, a hot topic in maintenance engineering
Includes detailed equipment-design guidelines Part I THEORY: INTRODUCTION TO VIBRATION ANALYSIS 8 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 9 Chapter 2 VIBRATION ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS 10 Chapter 3 VIBRATION ANALYSIS OVERVIEW 13 Chapter 4 VIBRATION SOURCES 20 Chapter 5 VIBRATION THEORY 24 Chapter 6 MACHINE DYNAMICS 33 Chapter 7 VIBRATION DATA TYPES AND FORMATS 49 Chapter 8 DATA ACQUISITION 56 Chapter 9 ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES 67 Part II FREQUENCY-DOMAIN VIBRATION ANALYSIS 72 Chapter 10 OVERVIEW 73 Chapter 11 MACHINE-TRAIN MONITORING PARAMETERS 78 Chapter 12 DATABASE DEVELOPMENT 104 Chapter 13 VIBRATION DATA ACQUISITION 119 Chapter 14 TRENDING ANALYSIS 132 Chapter 15 FAILURE-MODE ANALYSIS 145 Chapter 16 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS 188 Chapter 17 ROOT-CAUSE ANALYSIS 196 Part III RESONANCE AND CRITICAL SPEED ANALYSIS 207 Chapter 18 INTRODUCTION 208 Chapter 19 TYPES OF RESONANCE 209 Chapter 20 EXAMPLES OF RESONANCE 215 Chapter 21 TESTING FOR RESONANCE 220 Chapter 22 MODE SHAPE 229 Part IV REAL-TIME ANALYSIS 231 Chapter 23 OVERVIEW 232 Chapter 24 APPLICATIONS 237 Chapter 25 DATA ACQUISITION 242 Chapter 26 ANALYSIS SETUP 253 Chapter 27 TRANSIENT (WATERFALL) ANALYSIS 262 Chapter 28 SYNCHRONOUS TIME AVERAGING 266 Chapter 29 ZOOM ANALYSIS 272 Chapter 30 TORSIONAL ANALYSIS 274 GLOSSARY 293 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 298 INDEX 300 Referex "Root Cause Failure Analysis provides the concepts needed to effectively perform industrial troubleshooting investigations. It describes the methodology to perform Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), one of the hottest topics currently in maintenance engineering. It also includes detailed equipment design and troubleshooting guidelines, which are needed to perform RCFA analysis on machinery found in most production facilities. This information will therefore be invaluable to maintenance and plant managers wanting to increase their own knowledge, plan or provide training (and use this book in doing so), and to operators needing to improve their skills."--BOOK JACKET Root Cause Failure Analysis provides the concepts for performing industrial troubleshooting investigations. It describes the methodology to perform Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), a topic in maintenance engineering. It also includes equipment design and troubleshooting guidelines, which are used to perform RCFA on machinery found in most production facilities Presents the concepts needed to effectively perform industrial troubleshooting investigations and describes the methodology to perform Root Cause Failure Analysis. Also included are equipment design and troubleshooting guidelines to perform RCFA on machinery found in most production facilities.