Industrial Maintenance

This book would obviously be of interest to the Executives and Managers of the Industrial units, as the book gives the norms/indices pertaining to the breakdown percentage, stock of spare parts, repair cost, depreciation etc. The book also explains in detail how to organise the maintenance work in an industry so as to achieve maximum results with the minimum strength of maintenance personnel, and thus avoiding any possibility of overstaffing.

The book is in two parts. The first part deals with the repair technology of the machines, common troubles, their possible causes and repair methods.

The second part deals with planned maintenance and gives the basic conception of the new approach to maintenance and describes in details the complexity of the equipment, determination of maintenance cycle and durations, work details, rational staffing and norms in respect of the basic requirements of maintenance.

For the Students of B. Tech., M. Tech. and also useful for Management Courses.

The main features of the book are as follows:

1. Guidelines for repairing different types of machine tools and equipments.

2. Technology for manufacturing various machine components.

3. Equipment Management and Preventive Maintenance Planning.

4. Reference for proper planning and implementing preventive maintenance system.

1. Introduction to Industrial Maintenance
2. Material for Machine Parts and Heat Treatment of Steel
3. Interchangeability of Machine Parts
4. Guide Surfaces
5. Repair of Guide Surfaces of Typical Machines
6. Gear Transmission
7. Bush Bearings
8. Rolling Bearings, their Shank and Housing
9. Key Joint
10. Spline Joint
11. Couples and Clutches
12. Lead Screw and Nut
13. Machine Spindle
14. Flexible Transmission
15. Machine Hydraulics
16. Repair of Tail Stock and Chucks
17. Recovery of Machine Elements
18. Threads and Threaded Joints
19. Seals and Packing
20. Special Features of Repair of Cranes, Power Presses/Shears, Hammers and Furnaces
21. Maintenance Tools, Instruments and Appliances
22. Typical Manufacture and Machining Norms
23. Equipment Management
24. Preventive Maintenance Planning
25. Establishing Repair Cycle
26. Scope of PM Work
27. Complete Overhaul of Typical Lathe Machine
28. Lubrication
29. Planning of Materials and Standard Spares
30. Accuracy and Technological Test Charts
31. Organisation of Maintenance Department