Authors:Heinz P. Bloch, Fred K. Geitner,
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Keywords: machinery, management, process, plants, practical, volume, component, maintenance, repair, third
Number of Pages: 650
Published: 2004-11-17
List price: $126.00
ISBN-10: 0750677260
ISBN-13: 9780750677264

The names Bloch and Geitner are synonymous with machinery maintenance and reliability for process plants. They save companies like Dow and Equilon millions of dollars a year by extending the life of rotating machinery in their plants. Extending the life of existing machinery is the name of the game in the process industries, not designing new machinery. This series by Bloch and Geitner was the first and is still the best, most comprehensive source for doing just that. This classic text on reliability has been revised to include all new material on risk management, pre-grouted bases, laser alig

Authors:Heinz P. Bloch, Fred K. Geitner,
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Keywords: machinery, failure, analysis, troubleshooting, third, plants, management, process, practical, volume
Number of Pages: 700
Published: 1997-09-25
List price: $143.00
ISBN-10: 0884156621
ISBN-13: 9780884156628

This newly expanded edition discusses proven approaches to defining causes of machinery failure as well as methods for analyzing and troubleshooting failures.

Authors:Heinz P. Bloch, Fred K. Geitner,
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Keywords: process, equipment, major, maintenance, repair, second, volume, machinery, management, plants, practical
Number of Pages: 700
Published: 1997-01-24
List price: $143.00
ISBN-10: 088415663X
ISBN-13: 9780884156635

This updated edition is an invaluable source of practical cost-effective maintenance, repair, installation, and field verification procedures for machinery engineers. It is filled with step-by-step instructions and quick-reference checklists that describe preventive and predictive maintenance for major process units such as vertical, horizontal, reciprocating, and liquid ring vacuum pumps, fans and blowers, compressors, turboexpanders, turbines, and more. Also included are sections on machinery protection, storage, lubrication, and periodic monitoring. A new section examines centrifugal pumps

Authors:Heinz P. Bloch, Fred K. Geitner,
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Keywords: machinery, process, plants, management, volume, uptime, maximizing, practical
Number of Pages: 672
Published: 2006-03-03
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0750677252
ISBN-13: 9780750677257

The authors use their decades of experience and draw upon real-world examples to demonstrate that the application of their techniques provides a basis for equipment management, uptime maximization, and reduced maintenance costs. The text explores reliability assessment techniques such as Failure Mode, Effect Analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis of commonly encountered rotating machinery. These are all highly effective techniques that the engineer can apply to maximize uptime and thereby maximize production and profitability. *Provides the tools to drastical

Authors:Fred Abrahams, Eric Stover, Carroll Bogert, Fred Abra
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: kosovo, crimes, war, destroyed, village
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2002-07
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0520233034
ISBN-13: 9780520233034

On a warm spring morning in 1999, in the midst of NATO’s air campaign against Yugoslavia, Serbian security and paramilitary forces descended on the small village of Cuska, near the western Kosovo city of Pec. Soldiers with painted faces and masks rounded up the population and forced them to assemble in the center of the village. The women, children, and elderly were separated from any men who had not managed to flee. The villagers were threatened and robbed of their money, jewelry, and identification papers. Twenty-nine men were divided into three groups and taken into three separate hou

Author: Fred Wilbur Powell Fred A. Cleveland
Publisher: BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research)
Keywords: finance, railroad
Number of Pages: 482
Published: 2009-05-28
List price: $28.99
ISBN-10: 1110815026
ISBN-13: 9781110815029

The Shelf2Life Trains & Railroads Collection provides a unique opportunity for researchers and railroad enthusiasts to easily access and explore pre-1923 titles focusing on the history, culture and experience of railroading. From the revolution of the ste

Authors:Fred Tanner, Stephen John Stedman, Fred Tanner, Steph
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: human, suffering, abuse, politics, manipulation, war, refugee
Number of Pages: 202
Published: 2003-06
List price: $20.95
ISBN-10: 0815780915
ISBN-13: 9780815780915

Since World War II, refugee organizations have faced a recurrent challenge: the manipulation of refugees by warring parties to further their own aims. Some armies in civil wars, facing military defeat, use refugees as assets to establish the international legitimacy of their cause, treat refugee camps as sanctuaries and recruitment pools, and limit access to refugees to ensure that they will not repatriate. Focusing on the geopolitical security environment surrounding militarized camps and the response of humanitarian agencies, the contributors to this volume examine the ways armed gr