Maintenance engineering handbook / Lindley R. Higgins, editor in chief ; Dale P. Brautigam, associate editor, R. Keith Mobley, associate editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors Preface Reference Tables Sect. 1 Organization and Management of the Maintenance Function Ch. 1 Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Maintenance / Lindley R. Higgins Ch. 2 Operating Policies by which Maintenance Should Be Guided / Charles E. Knight Ch. 3 Operating Policies to Reduce Maintenance Work / James D. Quinn Ch. 4 Reports from Maintenance / Ernest S. Beachley Ch. 5 Area and Centralized Maintenance Control / Joseph McGuen Ch. 6 Incentive Payment of Maintenance Workers / W. Colebrook Cooling Sect. 2 Establishing the Costs and Controls of Maintenance Ch. 1 Work Measurement / W. Colebrook Cooling Ch. 2 Rating and Evaluating Maintenance Workers / Frank Halchin Ch. 3 Work Simplification in Maintenance / Raymond I. Reul Ch. 4 Estimating Repair and Maintenance Costs / Nicholas Fostar Ch. 5 Small-Plant Maintenance Control / W. Colebrook Cooling Ch. 6 Maintenance Stores and Inventory Control / John C. Martin Ch. 7 Maintenance Stores / John C. Martin Sect. 3 The Horizons of Maintenance Management Ch. 1 Corrective Maintenance / R. Keith Mobley Ch. 2 Predictive Maintenance / R. Keith Mobley Ch. 3 An Introduction to the Computer in Maintenance / Craig S. Atwater Ch. 4 Computerized Planning and Scheduling / Richard Davies Ch. 5 New Horizons of Maintenance Stores and Inventory Control / Ann Voll Ch. 6 A Directory of Computer Terminology / Joseph A. MacDonald Sect. 4 Maintenance of Plant Facilities Ch. 1 Low-Sloped Membrane Roofs / Donald R. Mapes, Dennis J. McNeil Ch. 2 Concrete Industrial Floor Surfaces: Design, Installation, Repair, and Maintenance / Robert F. Ytterberg Ch. 3 Painting and Protective Coatings / Bryant (Web) Chandler Ch. 4 Maintenance and Cleaning of Brick Masonry Structures / Brian E. Trimble Ch. 5 Maintenance of Elevators and Special Lifts / Jerry Robertson Sect. 5 Sanitation and Housekeeping Ch. 1 Organizing the Sanitation-Housekeeping Personnel / Mohe H. Solworth, Carl L. Hagan Ch. 2 Maintaining Plant Sanitation and Housekeeping / Mohe H. Solworth, Carl L. Hagan Ch. 3 Industrial Housekeeping / Carl L. Hagan Ch. 4 Cleaning Industrial Plant Offices / Gorman Sterzinger, Carl L. Hagan Sect. 6 Maintenance of Mechanical Equipment Ch. 1 Plain Bearings / William A. Yahraus, George R. Kingsbury Ch. 2 Rolling Bearings / Daniel R. Snyder Ch. 3 Flexible Couplings for Power Transmission / Donald B. Cutler Ch. 4 Chains for Power Transmission / Frank B. Kempf Ch. 5 Cranes: Overhead and Gantry / William S. Chapin Ch. 6 Chain Hoists / R. C. Dearstyne Ch. 7 Belt Drives / Tom Lovin Ch. 8 Mechanical Variable-Speed Drives / Edward F. Crome, Jr. Ch. 9 Gear Drives and Speed Reducers / Robert G. Smith Sect. 7 Maintenance of Electrical Equipment Ch. 1 Electric Motors / A. F. Ohnacker, James S. Bowers, Frank W. Ceney Ch. 2 Maintenance of Motor Control Components / Kenneth L. Paape Ch. 3 Maintenance of Industrial Batteries / Richard L. Kreutzfeldt Ch. 4 Illumination Philips Lighting Company / Berlon C. Cooper Sect. 8 Maintenance of Service Equipment Ch. 1 Air-Conditioning Equipment / Martin A. Scicchitano Ch. 2 Ventilating Fans and Exhaust Systems / Richard P. Wojcik Ch. 3 Dust-Collecting and Air-Cleaning Equipment / Lee Twombly, Samuel G. Dunkle Ch. 4 Reciprocating Air Compressors / M. F. Baecker Ch. 5 Valves / Joseph J. Haddad Ch. 6 Piping / Tyler G. Hicks Ch. 7 Scaffolds and Ladders / Colin P. Bennett Sect. 9 Lubrication Ch. 1 Science and Technology of Lubrication / Dale P. Brautigam Ch. 2 Organization and Management of Lubrication / F. Alverson, T. C. Mead, W. H. Stein, A. C. White Ch. 3 Basic Functions, Types, and Terminology of Lubrication / Dale P. Brautigam Ch. 4 The Science and Technology of Lubrication / F. Alverson, T. C. Mead, W. H. Stein, A. C. White Ch. 5 Lubricating Devices and Systems / Duane C. Allen, Dale P. Brautigam Ch. 6 Additional Lubricants / Dale P. Brautigam Sect. 10 Instruments and Vibration Ch. 1 Mechanical Instruments for Measuring Vibration / R. Keith Mobley Ch. 2 Electrical Instruments for Measuring, Servicing, and Testing / R. Keith Mobley Ch. 3 Vibration: Its Analysis and Correction / R. Keith Mobley Sect. 11 Maintenance Welding Ch. 1 Arc Welding in Maintenance / J. E. Hinkel Ch. 2 Gas Welding in Maintenance Engineers of L-TEC Welding and Cutting Systems Sect. 12 Chemical Corrosion Control and Cleaning Ch. 1 Corrosion Control / Denny Bardoliwalla, Klaus Wittel Ch. 2 Industrial Chemical Cleaning / Robert Haydu, W. Emerson Brantley III, Jerry Casenheiser Index