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EBooks, CDs, and Software

Introduction to AB PLC Cables and Drivers Video

Maintenance Policy and Procedures Manual  - 2nd Edition

Total Productive Maintenance - TPM PowerPoint

Reliability and Maintenance Management Training PowerPoint's

Enterprise Asset Management System Training PowerPoint's

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling PowerPoints

Employee Training and Development with SOPs - 2nd Edition

Free 25 RFID Case Studies EBook

PID Control Tutorial Download

Gas and Air Compressor Training CD

Electrical Troubleshooting Skills Series

Process Risk Management Ebook

System Engineering Reports, Project Management Reports and Business Management Reports

New RFID On-Line Course!

Fundamentals of Software Engineering Project Management E-Book

ViewTrainer - RSView HMI Training Software

DeviceNet Tutorial Software CBT

RFID CD Based Training

The Accuracy Controlled Enterprise white paper

Defect and Failure True Cost white paper

Japanese Path to Maintenance Excellence MP3 Audio Book

True Down Time Cost Analysis - 2nd Edition Ebook

Industrial Hydraulic Systems and Circuits Ebook

Operational Integrity Management (OIM) - All WIP Ebooks

Guide to Refinery Process Technologies (Second Edition)

Handbook for Machining Equipment Maintenance

Maintenance Work Order System White paper

An Organizational Change of Quality Management

Production Risk Management Using Equipment Criticality Analysis white paper

Business Strategy Management with KPI white paper

Employee Training and Development with SOP white paper

Hazardous Area Instrumentation Training CD

BIN95 "Indirect Addressing PLC Program example"

Emergency Diesel Electric Generators Ebook

Maintenance Management Powerpoint Presentation

ControlLogix ™ Training Software (CBT)

Industrial Asset Management and Equipment Reliability

Maintenance Policy and Procedures

RTOL Chemical Test Methods

The Submersible, Sump Pump and Bilge Guide

Guide to Refinery Process Technologies

PLC Training course with CBT -The PLC Trainer 2 CD set

Helical Rotor Pump - Progressive Cavity Pump Guide

Belt Bucket Elevator Design - The SECOND EDITION

Performance Safety: Lessons For Life

Process safety management - OSHA inspection compliance audit.

Risk assessment and process safety management book

The CMMS Selection KIT (downloadable version)

Operating Procedures for Process Plants e-Book

The CMMS Insider's Guide white paper

Risk Management with Fault Tree Analysis e-Book

Pumping Basics.

Bulk Materials Handling Introduction.

Asset Maintenance Systems & Methods.

Bearings & Lubrication Explained.

Process Control & Instrumentation Simplified.

CMMS Secrets.

Safety in the Work Place.

Process & Utilities Plant Hands-on.

Heat Transfer Equipment Elementary.

Pump Types Explained.

Rotating Machinery Long Life Basics.

Metallurgy & Welding in Maintenance Overview.

Plastics Application Fundamentals.

Belt Bucket Elevator Design, Use and Care.

Corrosion Control for Beginners.

Centrifugal Pump Problems & Answers.

Dust Control Equipment & Methods.

Electric Motors in Use.

How to SMASH Maintenance Advisor

Japanese Path To Maintenance Excellence

The True Cost of Downtime white paper.

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• Changing the service duty of a pump.

• Shaft sealing with a packed gland.

•   Get mechanical seals working properly.

• Effects of running centrifugal pumps on the right end of the pump curve.

• Net positive suction head.

• Sizing pipelines easily.

• Centrifugal pump cavitation.

• How fluid flows in pipes.

• Static electricity basics.

• Moving slurries about.

 

2 - Bulk Materials Handling Introduction white paper.

$12.50

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• Protecting bearings in dusty places.

• Open trickle chutes for wet and sticky products.

• Tracking large rotating equipment.

• Rotating tire and trunnion wear.

• Bridging in silos and hoppers.

• Bucket elevator experiences.

• Changing out dust collector bags.

• Pulse jet dust collectors.

• Static electricity basics.

• Hazardous areas for dusts and flammables.

• Reducing wear in abrasive conditions.

• Cyclone Separators - Low Cost Particle Removal.

• Dust control concepts.

• Belt conveyor tuning.

• Dust bag selection for bag houses.

• Tracking belts on elevators and conveyors.

 

3 - Asset Maintenance Systems & Methods white paper.

$15.00

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• Maintenance costs capital moneys.

• Some quality paradigms are expensive.

• Fault finding techniques.

• The continuous improvement of Thomas Edison.

• Can your spare parts be made locally?

• Failure analysis of gearbox, fan, bearing & shaft.

• Planning maintenance well.

• Performance reviews.

• Maintenance Planning and Scheduling.

• Preventive Maintenance (PM) stops breakdowns.

• Watch keeping - added value from operators.

• Components of an effective maintenance system.

• Predictive Maintenance (PdM) - the way of the future.

• How accounting policies affect maintenance costs.

• What is Life cycle costing?

• Tools to Focus on Plant Reliability.

• Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) - What is it?

• Creative disassembly.

• Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Answers Your Problems.

• Work within the design limits.

• The 5 Whys method of root cause analysis.

• The 5 S method of operation.

• Equipment criticality.

• Budgets - what to do and how to use them.

 

4 - Bearings & Lubrication Explained white paper.

$12.50

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• Protecting bearings from dust and water.

• Grease - use the right one for the job.

• Agitator shafts steady bearing problems.

• Angular contact bearing use.

• Spherical roller bearing use.

• Converting bearings from oil bath to greased lubrication.

• How O-rings work.

• Oil - How clean does it have to be?

• 6 Secrets of trouble-free lubrication success.

• Lubrication cleanliness & filtration.

 

5 - Process Control & Instrumentation Simplified white paper.

$15.00

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• Ultrasonic level detectors - Consider these experiences.

• How control valves operate.

• Isolation valves for different chemical services.

• Radar level detectors.

• Differential pressure transmitters.

• Magnetic flow meters.

• Control systems can trick operators.

• Pneumatic actuator experiences.

• Capacitance level probes.

• Temperature sensing elements.

• Plastic air pipelines for instruments and control valves.

• Water hammer and its control.

• Proximity switches.

• Using pH meters.

• Process Logic Controller (PLC) Basics.

• Using Liquid Manometers for Measuring Pressure.

• Electrical Motor Current Protection Saves Your Plant.

• Flow Meters - Don't ever believe what they tell you.

• Electric motor variable speed drives operation.

• Orifice plate flow meter measurement.

• Effect of process changes on electric motors.

• Conductivity meter operation & use.

• Mechanical level sensor types and use.

 

6 - CMMS Secrets white paper.

$12.50

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• Job types on work orders.

• Valuable secrets in every work order report.

• Job descriptions tell tradesmen what to do.

• Equipment identification tags save time.

• Use written work instructions.

• Use words on work orders instead of code numbers.

• Components of an effective maintenance system.

• The 9 great benefits of a CMMS.

 

7 - Safety in the Work Place white paper.

$12.50

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• Making stairs, walkways and platforms.

• Separation and segregation of dangerous goods.

• Confined space entry practices.

• Equipment and plant layout for improved maintenance.

• Have good valve decontamination practices.

• Safety shower installation.

• Job Safety on Hazardous & Dangerous Work.

 

8 - Process & Utilities Plant Hands-on white paper.

$12.50

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• Flange bolting-up practices.

• Bitumen roadway repairs.

• Pressure equipment inspections.

• Locating pressure relief valves.

• Vertical bulk liquid steel storage tanks.

• Cooling tower design, operation and use.

• Steam trap operation and selection.

• Sealing threaded connections properly.

• Air Compressor Operation & Care

• Holiday Detection in Above-ground Tank Bottom Lining Inspection.

• Is your wet scrubbing tower working?

• Plant Compressed air waste reduction.

• Fired Packaged Boiler Basics.

• Membrane and leaf filtration overview.

 

9 - Heat Transfer Equipment Elementary white paper.

$12.50

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• Heating liquids by steam sparging.

• Temperature sensing elements.

• Water hammer and its control.

• Cooling water tower design, operation and use.

• Steam trap operation and selection.

• Heat Exchanger Design & Use.

• Heat Transfer Basics.

• Fired Packaged Boiler Basics.

 

10 - Pump Types Explained white paper.

$12.50

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• Changing the service duty of a Centrifugal pump.

• Effects of running centrifugal pumps on the right end of the pump curve.

• Magnetic drive (mag drive) pump experiences.

• Problems with peristaltic (hose) pumps.

• Helical rotor pumps - benefits and limitations.

• Gear Pump operation and maintenance.

• Metering & Dosing pump Operation.

 

11 - Rotating Machinery Long Life Basics white paper.

$12.50

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• Protecting bearings from dust & water.

• Tracking large rotating equipment.

• Vibration and out-of-balance equipment.

• Get mechanical seals working properly.

• Vibration and its control.

• Keep gearboxes running.

• The importance of fit, tolerance and clearance.

• Agitator shafts steady bearing problems.

• Shaft alignment on pumps.

• Shaft coupling selection issues.

• Bronze - use the right one for the job.

• Converting bearings from oil bath to greased lubrication.

• Electric motor problems.

• Vee-belt drives.

• Chain drives.

• Oil - How clean does it have to be?

• Spread Forces through Equipment & Reduce Breakdowns.

• Electrical Motor Current Protection Saves Your Plant.

• Setup Tank Agitators Gearboxes for a Long-life at Low Cost.

• Rolling bearing vibration detection.

• Rotating shafts under bending stress.

• The Big Bang - Starting and stopping equipment under load.

• Lubrication cleanliness & filtration.

 

12 - Metallurgy & Welding in Maintenance Overview white paper. (27 pages)

$12.50

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• Rotating tire and trunnion wear.

• Preheat for welds and when to apply it.

• Making stairs, walkways and platforms.

• Stress in metals.

• Bronze - use the right one in the right place.

• Metal corrosion basics.

• Metal fatigue failure.

• Reducing wear in abrasive conditions.

• Spread Forces through Equipment & Reduce Breakdowns.

• Non-destructive testing of welds.

• Rotating shafts under bending stress.

 

13 - Plastics Application Fundamentals white paper.

$12.50

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• Polyethylene - its properties and uses.

• Welding plastics.

• Fiberglass construction and repairs.

• Gluing Plastic Pipes so You Can Trust Them.

 

14 - Belt Bucket Elevator Design, Use and Care white paper.

$15.00

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• Bucket Elevator Design Notes

• Protecting bearings from dust & water.

• Bucket elevator experiences.

• Hazardous areas for dusts and flammables.

• Electrical Motor Current Protection Saves Your Plant.

• Dust control concepts.

• Belt conveyor tuning.

• Tracking belts on elevators and conveyors.

 

15 - Corrosion Control for Beginners white paper.

$12.50

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• Chemical corrosion.

• Glued and applied coatings.

• Corrosion in agitated conditions.

• Polyethylene - its properties and uses.

• Fiberglass construction and repairs.

• Stress in metals.

• Metal corrosion basics.

• Reducing wear in abrasive conditions.

 

16 - Centrifugal Pump Problems & Answers white paper.

$15.00

Please click on chapter below to see abstract. [TOP] [Review]

• Changing the service duty of a pump.

• Flange bolting-up practices.

• Shaft sealing with a packed gland.

• Vibration and out-of-balance equipment.

• Get mechanical seals working properly.

• Effects of running centrifugal pumps on the right end of the pump curve.

• Net positive suction head.

• Vibration and its control.

• Corrosion in agitated conditions.

• The importance of fit, tolerance and clearance.

• Shaft alignment on pumps.

• Shaft coupling selection issues.

• Centrifugal pump cavitation.

• Centrifugal Pump Life Extension - The Volute.

• Effect of process changes on electric motors.

• Pump life extension - the impeller.

 

17 - Dust Control Equipment & Methods white paper.

$12.50

Please click on chapter below to see abstract. [TOP]

• Protecting bearings from dust.

• Bridging in silos and hoppers.

• Changing out dust collector bags.

• Pulse jet dust collectors.

• Static electricity basics.

• Hazardous areas for dusts and flammables.

• Reducing wear in abrasive conditions.

• Cyclone Separators - Low Cost Particle Removal.

• Dust control concepts.

• Dust bag selection for bag houses.

 

18 - Electric Motors in Use white paper.

$12.50

Please click on chapter below to see abstract. [TOP]

• Grease - use the right one for the job.

• Equipment and plant layout for improved maintenance.

• Electric motor problems.

• Vee-belt drives.

• Chain drives.

• Electrical Motor Current Protection Saves Your Plant.

• Electric motor variable speed drives operation.

• Rolling bearing vibration detection.

• 6 Secrets of trouble-free lubrication success.

• Effect of process changes on electric motors.

 

19 - The How to SMASH Maintenance Advisor e-book

$19.99

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• Engineering Principles for Maintainers and Operators.

• Equipment Maintenance Best Practice.

• Maintenance Philosophies and Methods.

• Maintenance Management and Asset Management.

• Fault Finding and Troubleshooting Check Lists

 

20 - The Japanese Path To Maintenance Excellence white paper.

$15.00

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• How they use quality system methods to get quality maintenance results.

• Where they apply condition monitoring to find problems before they occur.

• The continuous improvement process that improves the profitability of their plant's operation.

• How they combine CMMS and failure analysis to develop strategic plans.

• When they use historical maintenance data to focus their future improvement plans.

• Their 'tool kit' approach to selecting the maintenance methodology to use.

• The 'mind set' that guides their every decision in the war against maintenance.

 

21 - The True Cost of Downtime white paper.

$12.50

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• Main Categories

  • Equipment Constants

    • Categories

    • People

    • Product

    • Startup

    • Bottleneck

    • Sales-Expectation

  • Labor Constants

    • Labor-per-Product

    • QC

    • Maintenance

    • Engineering

    • Management

    • Overhead

  • Downtime Occurrence

    • Maintenance Time

    • Reduced Production

    • Scrap

    • Band-Aid

    • OEM

    • Tooling

    • Shipping

• OEE

• Data Standards

• Included Articles

  • What is TDC? (Overview)

  • Data Collection

  • Root Cause Analysis

  • Selecting CMMS

• Resources

• Savings Examples

• Glossary

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