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1. Engineering
Principles for Maintainers and Operators.
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1.1.
How equipment is designed to work
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1.2.
Force transmission
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1.3.
Stress in materials
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1.4.
Clearance, fits and tolerances
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1.5.
Bending stress
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1.6.
Torque stress and combined loads
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1.7.
Metal fatigue failure
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1.8.
Lubrication
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1.9.
Vibration
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1.10.
Chemical
and material compatibility
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1.11.
Corrosion
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1.12.
Fluid
flow
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1.13.
Cavitation
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1.14.
Welding
metals
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1.15.
Welding
plastics
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1.16.
Heat
transfer
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1.17.
Bearing
isolation and protection
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1.18.
Electric
motors
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1.19.
Process
control and monitoring
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2. Equipment
Maintenance Best Practice.
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2.1.
Creative disassembly
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2.2.
Bolting and gaskets in flanged connections
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2.3.
Threaded connections
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2.4.
Chain and sprocket drives
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2.5.
Vee-belt and pulley drives
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2.6.
Mechanical seals
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2.7.
Soft-foot distortion
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2.8.
Shaft alignment
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2.9.
Pneumatic valve actuators
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2.10.
Process
control valves
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2.11.
Isolation
valves
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2.12.
Roller
bearings
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2.13.
Oil
cleanliness
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2.14.
O-ring
seals
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2.15.
Gear
box drives
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2.16.
Gland
packing
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2.17.
Vibration
control
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2.18.
Nondestructive
thickness checking and crack detection
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3. Maintenance
Philosophies and Methods.
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3.1.
Equipment Reliability
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3.2.
RCA (Root Cause Analysis)
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3.3.
RCM (Reliability Centred Maintenance)
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3.4.
5 Whys
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3.5.
5S
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3.6.
Watch keeping by operators
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4. Maintenance
Management and Asset Management.
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4.1.
Equipment criticality
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4.2.
Work planning and scheduling
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4.3.
Preventive maintenance
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4.4.
Work order instructions and history reporting
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5. Fault Finding and
Troubleshooting Check Lists
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5.1
Shafts breaking
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5.2
Bearings failing
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5.3
Mechanical seals failing
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5.4
Flanges leaking
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