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Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers

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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.

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!

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.

This book is an excellent resource for new reliability engineers, experienced reliability engineers, and even maintenance managers. For the new reliability engineer, it gives good introductions into what reliability engineering is and general descriptions of how major pieces of equipment work and malfunction. For the experienced reliability engineer, it provides details on how to correctly perform Root Cause Analysis and FMEA, and to how to develop and track metrics. For the maintenance manager, it describes how reliability engineering fits into the maintenance organization and how an effective reliability program can reduce safety and environmental risk, increase run time, and save your company money. If your company is in need of a reliability program or has one that needs improvement, this is the book to get.