Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers [Paperback]

Ricky Smith (Author), R. Keith Mobley President and CEO of Integrated Systems Inc. (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0750678623 | ISBN-13: 978-0750678629 | Publication Date: October 15, 2007 | Edition: 1

Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers will give the engineer the "have to have" information. It will help instill knowledge on a daily basis, to do his or her job and to maintain and assure reliable equipment to help reduce costs. This book will be an easy reference for engineers and managers needing immediate solutions to everyday problems. Most civil, mechanical, and electrical engineers will face issues relating to maintenance and reliability, at some point in their jobs. This will become their "go to" book.

Not an oversized handbook or a theoretical treatise, but a handy collection of graphs, charts, calculations, tables, curves, and explanations, basic "rules of thumb" that any engineer working with equipment will need for basic maintenance and reliability of that equipment.

. Access to quick information which will help in day to day and long term engineering solutions in reliability and maintenance
. Listing of short articles to help assist engineers in resolving problems they face
. Written by two of the top experts in the country

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Ricky has over 30 years in maintenance and reliability as a maintenance manager, maintenance supervisor, maintenance training specialist, field engineer, maintenance mechanic, maintenance consultant and is a well known published author. Ricky has worked with maintenance organizations in hundreds of facilities, industrial plants, ships, etc, world wide in developing reliability, maintenance and technical training strategies. Prior to joining Allied Reliability in 2008, Ricky worked as a professional maintenance employee for Exxon Company USA, Alumax (this plant was rated the best in the world for over 18 years), Kendall Company, and Hercules Chemical providing the foundation for his reliability and maintenance experience. Ricky is the co-author of "Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers", "Lean Maintenance" and "Industrial Repair, Best Maintenance Repair Practices". Ricky also writes for different magazines during the past 20 years on technical, reliability and maintenance subjects. Ricky holds certification as Certified Plant Maintenance Manager from the Association of Facilities Engineering as well as a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional from the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals. Ricky lives in Charleston, SC with his wife. Aside form spending time with his 3 children and 3 grandchildren, Ricky enjoys kayaking, fishing, hiking and archaeology.

Mr. Mobley is president and CEO of Integrated Systems Inc. of Knoxville, Tenn. He has written numerous publications on such topics as plant performance, maintenance engineering, maintenance management, and predictive maintenance. He is also a contributing editor for Plant Services magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1 edition (October 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750678623
• ISBN-13: 978-0750678629
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ricky has over 30 years in maintenance as a maintenance manager, maintenance supervisor, maintenance engineer, maintenance training specialist, maintenance consultant and is a well known published author. Ricky has worked with maintenance organizations in hundreds of facilities, industrial plants, etc, world wide in developing reliability, maintenance and technical training strategies. Ricky is the current Chairman on the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Special Interest Group.

Prior to joining Allied Reliability in 2008, Ricky worked as a professional maintenance employee for Exxon Company USA, Alumax (this plant was rated the best in the world for over 18 years), Kendall Company, and Hercules Chemical providing the foundation for his reliability and maintenance experience.

In 2003 - 2005 Ricky was activated as a US Army Reserve Officer Commanding a Direct Support Maintenance Company in Iraq and Kuwait and most recently was activated as the investigating officer for Walter Reed, Building 18 inadequate housing of Wounded Warriors where he worked for the Secretary of Defense and his findings and recommendations were reported to Congress and accepted and implement by the US Army.

Ricky is the co-author of "Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers", "Lean Maintenance" and "Industrial Repair, Best Maintenance Repair Practices". Ricky also writes for different magazines during the past 20 years on technical, reliability and maintenance subjects.

Ricky holds certification as Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional from the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals as well as a Certified Plant Maintenance Manager from the Association of Facilities Engineering.

Ricky lives in Charleston, SC with his wife. Aside form spending time with his 3 children and 3 grandchildren, Ricky enjoys kayaking, fishing, hiking and archaeology.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 8 books in 1, May 10, 2008

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Terrence O'Hanlon "Reliabilityweb and Uptime ... (Ft Myers, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers (Paperback)

Buckle your seat belt and hang on - Ricky and Keith have packed at least 8 books in 1 with Rules of Thumb. If you want a wide angle view of what elements you need to build a reliability based maintenance program, this book will be a great resource for you. Highlights include a very good section on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and a long list of which indicators are lagging (looking in the rear view mirror) and which ones are leading (seeing out the windshield) so you can select the measures that will meet your needs.

The second half of the book includes great information on industrial machinery repair that make a great reference guide for bearings, chains, hydraulics, motors, compressors, gearboxes and more.

If that is not enough to get you to buy this book - the appendix is filled with checklists like a CMMS data collection form, a Lean Maintenance audit checklist, a Failure Modes and Effects (FMEA) worksheet with a comprehensive FMEA how-to guide and a Mean Time between Failure (MTBF) User Guide.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, April 28, 2008

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Kim Hunt (Espanola, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers (Paperback)

I highly recommend this book. Lots of great practical information on maintenance/reliability processes, KPI's and equipment processes. Also includes an excellent selection of forms and checklists. Easy to read and apply!

5.0 out of 5 stars Read From Experts, May 26, 2009

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Sultan Alkhuraissi (Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers (Paperback)

When ever you ask an advice of how to improve your knowledge in any particular subject, and to become professional on it, the first thing they will tell you: learn from experts, read from the leaders on their filed.

I red many books in Reliability and Maintenance engineering, nothing is like this book, Ricky Smith, and Keith Mobley, include all the information we need as a Maintenance and Reliability professionals on this book.

It contains the information you need about maintenance management, preventive maintenance, condition monitoring, KPI, industrial machinery, and check lists. It is not a theoretical but it's something practical use can bring it into practice easily.

I never let that book out of my desk, I always refer to it, and I used it as a reference on my papers, presentations and business cases.

I recommend every maintenance and reliability professional to get that book.