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Acknowledgements

The best practices contained in this book and the lessons learned Trice. All have contributed to the supporting material in this
that produced them are the result of interactions with many book.
experienced and dedicated operators, millwrights, engineers Special thanks go to all of the global machinery vendors who
and mentors from end users, contractors and suppliers. I would have allowed me to use their material in the ‘Supporting Ma-
not be able to write this book if it were not for their un- terial’ sections of this book.
selfishness in sharing their knowledge. Last but certainly not least; my career would not have been
I consider myself to be very fortunate to have been associ- possible without the support, encouragement and assistance
ated with the ‘best of the best’ mentors, business associates and from my wife Doris and our children Jennifer, Brian, Eric, Mi-
dear friends throughout my career; most especially, in chro- chael and Dara. A special note of thanks to Michael who helped
nological order, Dick Salzmann, Bob Aimone, Merle Crane, with the metric units for this publication and who has decided to
Walt Neibel, the late Murray Rost, Mike Sweeney and Jimmy pursue a career in rotating machinery.

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