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Improve Maintenance Effectiveness, 380; Machinery Turnaround
Planning, 394; Turnaround Scope Development through Reliability,
Availability, and Maintainability Analysis, 401 ; Effective Maintenance:
Preventive or Predictive?, 41 6; Preventive Versus Predictive
Maintenance for Typical Centrifugal Pumps, 421; How to Be a Better
Maintenance Engineer, 429; The Role of the Maintenance Engineer in
the Knowledge Age, 43 I; References, 432

11 Maintenance Cost Reduction ................... .434
Eliminating Cooling Water from General-Purpose Pumps and Drivers,
434; Economics of Dry-Sump Oil-Mist Lubrication for Anti-friction
Bearings, 440; Gear Couplings Versus Non-lubricated Couplings, 45 1 ;
Elastomeric Couplings, 457; Quantifying the Reliability Impact of
Laser Alignment Techniques, 461 ; Quantifying Impact, 470; Why and
How to Monitor Centrifugal Pump Condition, 477; References, 483
12 Lubrication and Reliability ...................... .485

Methods and Criteria for Lube-Oil Purification, 485; Cost Justification
and Latest Technology for the On-Stream Purification of
Turbomachinery Lube Oil, 49 1 ; Synthetic Lubricants and Reliability
Improvement, 503; Vibration Performance Improved with Synthetics,
5 15; Automatic Grease Lubrication as a Reliability Improvement
Strategy, 517; References, 525

13 Providing Safety and Reliability through Modern
Sealing Technology ............................ ,527

API Standard 682,528; Low-Emission Single Seal Design, 531; Dual
Seal Arrangements, 543; Compact Gas Seal Technology for Pumps,
550; The Reliability Impact of Special Seals for Non-Pump
Applications, 558; Specialty Seals for Non-Pump Applications, 565;
Dry Gas Compressor Seals, 58 1; Warding off Equipment Reliability
Setbacks: A Postscript, 593; References, 598
AppendixA ...................................... 600
Useful and Interesting Statistics

AppendixH ..................................... .609
Common Sense Reliability Models
Index ............................................ 668

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