- Introduction
- Machinery Assessment Steps
- Data Collection Tips
- Vibration Severity Guidelines
- Basic Vibration Analysis Part I & Part II
- Allowable Pulsation Levels
- Dynamics
- Machinery Rules of Thumb
- Temperature Limits-Bearings
- Compressors
- Piping Vibration and Strain-Lubrication
- AC Electric Motors
- Appendix A-Useful conversions and equations
- Appendix B-Glossary of Conditions Monitoring Terms
Handy Guide Offers Practical Answers
Are you responsible for your plant's industrial machines? Is My Machine OK? is a very compact and handy reference on the potential risks of machine failure and safe machinery operation. Authors Robert Perez and Andre Conkey provide 225 pages in this hardcover guide. It foms a solid basis for reliable and safe machine operations. The authors employ their extensive background to combine the most commonly used assessment tools in a single source.
Developed specifically to be taken into the field by machine operators, plant supervisors and maintenance technicians, the guide will also help reliability professionals make informed decisions about factory and process equipment. The handy and compact guide offers 12 chapters and two appendices (use the TOC button, above, to view).
Robert X Perez has more than 30 years of rotating equipment experience in the petrochemical industry and holds a BSME from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; an MSME degree from the University of Texas, Austin, and is a licensed P.E. in the state of Texas. He is a co-founder of PumpCalcs.com, a web-based site for pump-related calculations, and is the author of Operator's Guide to Centrifugal Pumps.
Andrew P. Conkey is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He has been a member of the Vibration Institute for over 15 years and has conducted research on the application of fiber optic interferometers for machinery rresponse measurements. He earned a BSME degree from Texas A&I University, and MSME and Ph.D. degrees from Texas A&M.