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Engineering Maintenance: A Modern Approach - Hardcover

Dhillon, B.S.

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9781587161421: Engineering Maintenance: A Modern Approach
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1587161427 ISBN 13: 9781587161421
Publisher: CRC Press, 2002

Synopsis

Of the more than $300 billion spent on plant maintenance and operations, U.S. industry spends as much as 80 percent of this amount to correct chronic failures of machines, systems, and people. With machines and systems becoming increasingly complex, this problem can only worsen, and there is a clear and pressing need to establish comprehensive equipment management programs that incorporate the diverse considerations that are essential to effective maintenance.

Engineering Maintenance: A Modern Approach presents a cradle-to-grave strategy to preserve equipment function, avoid the consequences of failures, and ensure the productive capacity of equipment. Moving well beyond traditional approaches, this strategy incorporates quality and safety, human error, and software maintenance considerations along with costing, reliability, and maintainability. From specialized books and technical articles, the author has gathered and integrated the latest advances in engineering maintenance into practical, step-by-step plans designed to optimize maintenance activities, extend equipment life, and minimize failures.

The elimination of chronic failures through effective maintenance can reduce maintenance costs by 40 to 60 percent. Engineering Maintenance: A Modern Approach not only collects recent advances into a single volume, but also directs you on a path that can lead to a more successful, cost-effective maintenance program.

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About the Author

B.S. Dhillon has been teaching reliability, maintainability, and related subjects for more than 21 years and is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He has received many professional society awards, worked extensively in the industrial sector, and authored numerous articles and books on various aspects of system reliability, maintainability, safety, and design.

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Publisher
CRC Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1587161427
ISBN 13 
9781587161421
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
240
Rating
  • 3.88 out of 5 stars
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