Clean, Green and Reliable

This is a book about common sense. It is also about doing the right thing. It s about making more with less and each of us doing our part to make our manufacturing companies more reliable, energy-efficient, cost-effective, and competitive. It is also about being a steward to God s earth, knowing that what we leave behind we leave to our children and to their children. This is a book about being smart, being responsible, and being successful. The book includes a comprehensive array of testing techniques and manufacturing systems that can be used by company owners, executives, managers, engineers, supervisors, technicians, mechanics, electricians, and operators. Chapters 1 and 2 are overviews of precision alignment/balancing and ultrasonic leak detection, respectively. Chapters 3 through 10 are discussions of reliability issues associated with the following specific systems: electric motors, HVAC/exhaust, air/gas conveyance, compressed air, refrigeration, hydraulic, electric power, and steam and condensates. Chapter 11 is a presentation of two actual case studies, and Chapter 12 is a description of the industry expert and leader in reliability engineering. The authors write about some common systems and technologies where if businesses focused some time and effort, they would see a quick return on investment and an improvement in reliability. Read, study, apply, and become more competitive. Reliability concepts work!

Clean, Green & Reliable is a very practical guide to improve your plant s green footprint. The guide walks you through 10 systems that most industrial plants have and gives best practices and means for detecting problems in each of these systems. The guides are very thorough and contains information on what to look for and how to look for defects that can be fixed to improve the energy efficiency and reduce the environmental effects as well as improving your cost. The topics covered are Precision Alignment And Balancing, Ultrasonic Leak Detection, Electric Motor Reliability, Air Handling Systems Reliability, Air/Gas Conveyance Systems, Compressed Air Systems, Refrigeration Systems, Hydraulic Systems, Electrical Power Distribution, and Steam and Condensate systems. In each of these chapters, Doug and Chris give very specific advice about where to look , how to look, what to look for, and why you should look for defects in these systems and what to do about them. They also cover several case studies to quantify the results you can achieve. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to make a quick improvement in the reliability at their plant. --Winston P. Ledet Coauthor of Don t Just Fix It, Improve It

Clean, Green & Reliable is a must read for anyone who thinks for a minute that there is no relationship between reliability and energy savings. The authors dispel that myth from the first page. When you read through the book and learn about the energy impact from mishandling our equipment it makes you stop, think, and hopefully take immediate action. There is a lot of money to be saved through energy cost reduction simply by implementing programs to identify and correct the equipment related energy loss . This book provides the details necessary to get started. --Steve Thomas President Stephen J. Thomas, LLC