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Industrial Machinery Repair: Best Maintenance Practices Pocket Guide (Plant Engineering)

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I keep pouring over my new copy of Industrial Machinery Repair - Best Maintenance Practices Pocket Guide as each chapter is better than the last. This handbook is a must have for anyone involved in industrial maintenance and machinery repair. Ricky Smith and Keith Mobley speak in human voices that we can all understand and they offer information that can be put to immediate use. In addition, the handbook includes a very comprehensive maintenance skills assessment that is worth the the entire price. Buy a copy for every maintenance person at your plant. Terrence O'Hanlon, Reliabilityweb.com

"Industrial Machinery Repair is a must reading for all maintenance personnel and management. It clearly shows how to improve equipment reliability and performance. Ricky Smith does a wonderful job at making the complicated day-to-day maintenance issues very plain and simple. If you are serious about maintenance in your organization, then you must read Industrial Machinery Repair."

For a paperback, this is top quality information,for plant operators.However,this book may be too basic for some plant engineers.I think many shop operators will find this book ,an excellent resourse guide for machine repair.It helped me understand reduction of machine fatigue and obtaining peak reliabilty.The proper maintenance of machines,eliminates unnessary repair tasks and unwanted expenses on the balance sheet.Each chapter has a test and an answer key at the end of the book.The book helped me visualize procedures. Answered many questions about reading concise data for avoiding adverse conditions,spotting defects and reducing machine downtime.It's one of the best user-friendly guides for industrial machine repair.

We have recommended this book to all our maintenance personnel in the US and Europe as a "must have" in their locker.

I would have given this 5 stars however it does not cover pneumatic systems and vacuum pumps, but in a book of this scope, they cram a lot of good information into a small package. Good for entry level and intermediate maintenance mechanics and good reference for the seasoned veteran. The company I work for saw it and ordered three or four copies to use in training. Well written and easy to read.

This book has served me well, to identify sources of problems in new rotating machine design, in the lab. It is really for preventative maintenance programs, but that is sort of what we do in development of new machines. A handy reference to have.

This is an excellent well organized resource for those in the manufacturing business. Everyone liked it so much we bought three more at work!!