This book is highly recommended for anyone involved with design, maintenance, and reliability of production machinery. Bloch and Geitner identify typical causes of machinery failure and include many well documented examples. Extensive coverage is given to problem solving and failure prevention methods. Charts, graphs and photographs of failed components add to the value of this book. Contents include: Ch. 1 - general troubleshooting, causes of failures, and root causes. Ch. 2 - general metallurgical failures related to stress, wear, and corrosion. Ch. 3 - machinery component failures - bearings, gears, couplings, seals, lubricant systems, magnetism in turbomachinery. Ch. 4 - organized approaches for machinery troubleshooting and with check lists. Many example check lists included. Ch. 5 - vibration analysis, find problems before failure occurs. Ch. 6 - generalized machinery problem-solving sequence: situation analysis, cause analysis, action generation, decision making, planning for change. Ch. 7 - statistical approaches. Ch. 8 - sneak analysis, an advanced trouble shooting method for hydraulic and electrical control circuitry. Ch. 9 - formalized failure analysis as a teaching tool. Ch. 10 - the "seven cause category approach" to root-cause failure analysis. Ch. 11 - cause analysis by pursuing the cause and effect relationship. Ch. 12 - knowledge based systems for machinery failure diagnosis. Ch. 13 - training and organizing for successful failure analysis and troubleshooting.
