Operator's Guide to Rotating Equipment: An Introduction to Rotating Equipment Construction, Operating Principles, Troubleshooting, and Best Practices

Every operator who is responsible for monitoring critical rotating equipment will greatly benefit from this handy reference book. The goal of this book is to present proven techniques that will enable rookie and veteran operators alike to detect problems early and, we hope, eliminate major outages and/or maintenance costs. To achieve this goal we shall explain the basics of lubrication systems, bearings, drivers, seals and sealing systems, for centrifugal and positive displacement pumps as well as turbines, centrifugal compressors and reciprocating compressors. We will then present common sense inspection methods for centrifugal and positive displacement pumps, gear boxes, motors, heat exchangers, and turbines.

Mr. LeBleu has over 35 years of experience on rotating equipment of most every kind. He has written numerous procedures for the maintenance, operation, and overhaul of pumps, compressors and rotating equipment. Through his years of experience, Mr. LeBleu has organized predictive and preventative maintenance programs at major chemical plants, has conducted root cause analysis on equipment failures on steam turbines, compressors, pumps, motors, gear boxes, seals, couplings, bearings, heat exchangers, etc. and determined a solution to eliminate reoccurrences. Robert X. Perez has 30 years of rotating equipment experience in the petrochemical industry. He earned a BSME degree from Texas A&M University (College Station), a MSME degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas.