• Provides much of the information needed to organize a reliability program at a company or in a plant that does not currently have one.
  
• Features a simple description of a number of reliability subjects and techniques in a mannerthat readers can easily understand.
  
• Describes the data that must be collected and the analysis that should be done at each phase during the lifecycle of a physical asset.
  
• Starts the user down the path of collecting data, mapping failures to causes and implementing the elements of a comprehensive reliability program in an order that best...

• Provides the reader with a concise yet informative description of all the various forms of maintenance.
  
• Highlights the important elements of each of the various forms of maintenance and how to go about organizing those elements in his plant or facility.
  
• Offers the reader with the tools needed to integrate initiatives leading to improved reliability with each kind of maintenance.
  
• Provides the reader with tools needed to enhance effectiveness and efficiency in each kind of maintenance.
  
• Gives both new and more experienced plant and shop personnel with a tool...

Designed to be easy to read and perfect for busy people who have little time, this unique book provides an introduction to the new concept of Failure Mapping by comparing typical functions in an organization which benefits from Failure Mapping to one without. Through examples it shows how individuals in different roles can have their effectiveness enhanced by having access to historical Failure Maps describing past failures. While few of the individual concepts are new, the approach described ties established concepts together in a new and comprehensive manner. This resource describes the...

Addressing the elements of reliability using a new and creative approach for the first time in one source, this book is intended to simplify the assessment of reliability by first identifying the current expectations then assessing the current practices to determine if expectations are realistic or if they are not supported by programs and practices. It combines the most effective and efficient of those approaches into a single activity that shows managers what they have a right to expect and what they do not. Most often, this discovery comes as the result of painful failures and...

None of the few Design for Reliability (DFR) books currently available addresses the process from the owner's (or buyer's) perspective. Instead, they approach DFR strictly from the seller's (or manufacturer's) viewpoint. As a result, few assets are designed and developed with the intent to meet the future owner's specific needs for reliability, availability, and maintainability over the life of the asset. In this groundbreaking new book, Dan Daley intends to correct the imbalance in how DFR is often implemented by providing owners with the tools they need to ensure that their requirements...