Plant and machinery failure prevention

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hattangadi, A. A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill , 2005
Series:McGraw-Hill mechanical engineering series
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. How to attain zero failure performance
  • 3. General feature of failures
  • 4. Investigation of failures
  • 5. Degradation processes (mechanical)
  • 6. Degradation processes (electrical)
  • 7. Split pin and cotter failures
  • 8. Threaded fastener failures
  • 9. Shaft or axle failures
  • 10. Ball and roller bearing failures
  • 11. Sleeve bearing failures
  • 12. Failures of white metal bearings of electric locomotives
  • 13. Flat belt failures
  • 14. Vee-belt failures
  • 15. Pulley failures
  • 16. Gear failures
  • 17. Steel wire rope failures
  • 18. Spring failures
  • 19. Gasket failures
  • 20. O-ring and U-ring failures
  • 21. Rubber hose pipe failures
  • 22. Pipe and tube failures
  • 23. Compressed air valve failures
  • 24. Failures of compressed air operated equipment
  • 25. Fluid filter failures
  • 26. Compressed air motor failures
  • 27. Air compressor failures
  • 28. Vacuum brake failures on DC EMUS
  • 29. Fan and blower failures
  • 30. Thermal cracks on motor coach tyres
  • 31. Structural member failures
  • 32. Crimped socket failures
  • 33. Wire and cable failures
  • 34. Insulated wire failures
  • 35. Auxiliary motor cable failures
  • 36. Multicore coupler failures
  • 37. Knife switch failures
  • 38. Parallel clamp failures
  • 39. Terminal board failures
  • 40. Capacitor failures
  • 41. Resistor failures
  • 42. Potentiometer failures
  • 43. Contact failures
  • 44. Relays failures
  • 45. Failures of fuses and miniature circuit breakers
  • 46. Bus-bar failures
  • 47. Failures of lead acid batteries
  • 48. Failures of incandescent lamps
  • 49. Insulator failures
  • 50. Solenoid failures
  • 51. Failures of carbon brushes and commutators
  • 52. Commutator connection failures
  • 53. Commutator failures
  • 54. Failures of rotor or armature coils in dc machines
  • 55. Failures of stator coils in rotating machines
  • 56. Starting resistor failures
  • 57. Tapchanger connection failures
  • 58. Electrical machine failures due to ventilation problems
  • 59. Power transformer explosions
  • 60. Failures of OHE regulating equipment
  • 61. Minimum oil circuit-breaker failures
  • 62. Line breaker failures
  • 63. Squirrel cage failures in asynchronous motors
  • 64. Failures of mush wound stator windings
  • 65. Pantograph OHE entanglements
  • 66. Failures and accidents in chemical plant