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[...]... powerful source of information allowing rapid and exact equipment and process diagnosis, failure analysis, corrective action mapping, and so forth It will turn the operator into a knowledge worker who will be supported by true expert systems 10 Maximizing machinery uptime Awareness of Availability Needs and Outage and Turnaround Planning Another prerequisite for maximizing machinery uptime is being aware... informal training) Machinery quality assessment and verification Thin-film evaporators Start-up advisory tasks Machinery optimization Machinery maintenance Plastics extruders Appraisal documentation update tasks Hyper compressor specifics 6 Fiber processing equipment Machinery design audits Machinery selection 7 Patent and publication matters Technical publications Machinery failure analysis 22 Maximizing. .. things, this allows meaningful performance appraisals The four CARE items represent rather fundamental principles of management Still, while empathy forms the foundation, it alone will not deliver full results for any organization The drive toward certain success 18 Maximizing machinery uptime starts with clear direction and support Clear direction must be put down in writing For example, and as was alluded... files 2 Pump and compressor design Machinery reliability appraisal techniques Gear design “Leading Expertise in ” Design specification consulting & support Machinery performance testing Start-up assistance, all-fluid machines Major refining processes 3 Machinery design audits Machinery piping Major chemical processes 4 Materials handling equipment Hyper compressors 5 Company standards updates General... operatorperformed tasks Modern process plants train their operating technicians to have a general understanding of the manufacturing processes, process safety, basic asset preservation, and even interpersonal skills Operator involvement in reliability efforts ensures the preservation of a plant’s assets Operator activities thus include the electronic collection of vibration and temperature data and spotting... to emphasize that the promise of machinery uptime begins at the drawing board, we would like to take our readers through the various life cycles of process machinery starting at specification and selection, then moving into the operational and maintenance environment and finally dwelling on continuous improvement efforts as one of the premier processes for uptime assurance We wish to acknowledge the... point out where the reader has an opportunity to improve Prerequisites for Capturing Future Uptime There are important prerequisites for achieving machinery uptime Much reliability-related work must be done – and is being done – by BOC companies before a plant is built Reliability audits and reviews are part Introduction 3 of this effort and must be adequately staffed The cost of these endeavors is part... typical RFI facility, the plant where there is “room for improvement,” there are gaps in planning functions and processmechanical coordinator (PMC) assignments There is also an apparent emphasis on cost and schedule that allows non-optimized equipment and process configurations to be installed and, sometimes, 14 Maximizing machinery uptime replicated At RFI plants, reliability-focused installation standards... that reliability improvement and machinery uptime are virtual synonyms To achieve uptime optimization, the machinery specification and actual design must be right The machine must be operated within its design envelope It must also be maintained correctly This harmonizes with the various editions of our text Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting (ISBN 0–884 15 662–1) where we emphasize that,... few, and we call them the BOC performers These leading plants are reliability-focused, whereas the “business as usual” plants are stuck in an outdated cycle of repeat failures We chose to label the latter as repair-focused In essence, it is our purpose to highlight the various issues that need to be addressed by plants that wish to achieve, optimize, and sustain machinery uptime To that end, this text . reliability 28 3 Uptime as probability of success 38 4 Estimating machinery uptime 45 5 Is there a universal approach to predicting machinery uptime? 78 6 Predicting uptime of turbomachinery 108 7. Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 13: 978-0- 750 6-77 25- 7 ISBN 10: 0- 750 6-77 25- 2 For information on all Gulf Professional Publishing publications. alt="" Maximizing Machinery Uptime This Page is Intentionally Left Blank Maximizing Machinery Uptime Fred K. Geitner and Heinz P. Bloch AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN