Preventive maintenance (PM) programs are used in manufacturing plants to help avoid or mitigate the impact of operational failures. This book discusses and evaluates current PM practices, and shows how the reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) method can provide for extremely cost-effective manufacturing. Included is an application of RCM to a swimming pool water treatment system that illustrates the seven basic steps employed in developing RCM-based PM tasks. Also presented is a series of real-world power plant applications that further demonstrate the utility and effectiveness of the methodology. Engineers and plant managers will find detailed instructions for implementing an RCM program in their own manufacturing facilities, plus helpful information on how RCM fits into Total Quality Management (TQM).

Reliability-Centered Maintenance

Business & Money

Smith, Anthony M.

Management & Leadership

McGraw=Hill

Reliability-Centered Maintenance provides valuable insights into current preventive maintenance practices and issues, while explaining how a transition from the current "preserve equipment" to "preserve function" mindset is the key ingredient in a maintenance optimization strategy. This book defines the four principal features of RCM and describes the nine essential steps to achieving a successful RCM program. There is an easy to follow example illustrating the Classical RCM systems analysis process using the water treatment system for a swimming pool. As well as the use of software in the system analysis process, making a specific recommendation on a software product to use. Additionally, this new edition possesses an appendix devoted to discussing an economic model that has been used successfully to decide the most cost effective use of maintenance. Top Level managers, engineers, and especially technicians who rely on PM programs in their plant operations can't afford to miss this inclusive guide to Reliability-Centered Maintenance.

RCM--Gateway to World Class Maintenance

Hinchcliffe, Glenn R.

Butterworth-Heinemann

Gangs Graffiti and Violence: A Realistic Guide to the Scope and Nature of Gangs in America

Politics & Social Sciences

Rush, George E.

Leet, Duane A.

Social Sciences

Copperhouse Pub. Co

A former hospice chaplain uses personal experience and true stories to illustrate the value of life and the importance of enabling people to die with dignity - as well as the reasons why we need to be concerned about the issues involved.

Euthanasia: A License to Kill

Kingsway Communications Ltd.

This text is uniquely realistic with comprehensive coverage that presents the problem in practical terms, and not in theoretical and/or causal explanations. All levels of students will be able to comprehend and relate to the material. Ethnic, prison, motorcycle, and skinhead gangs are covered in detail. The book concludes with a chapter on the future of prevention and intervention as a means to end the gang cycle of violence.

Gangs, Graffiti, and Violence: A Realistic Guide to the Scope and Nature of Gangs in America

Cengage Learning'

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