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Unfortunately, data collection using API guidelines alone does not result in a
complete data package or in an adequate data format. Moreover, data collection in
itself does not automatically provide plant maintenance and technical personnel
ready access to all pertinent machinery data. This is where machinery data-file fold-
ers and their electronic equivalents fit in.
Machinery data-file folders, manual, as shown in Figure 1-25, or computer-based
as available from CMMS (Computerization Maintenance Management System) sup-
pliers, should contain nine key items:
1. Installation, operating-surveillance, and maintenance instructions. These could
be instruction manuals routinely available from equipment vendors, or instruc-
tion sheets and illustrations specially prepared for a given machine. All of this
information is generally intended to become part of the plant’s equipment refer-
ence data library. However, some specific instructions may also be required for
field posting.

MACHINERY DATA FILES
( ) 1. Installation, Operating, & Maintenance Manual
(Instruct ions)
( ) 2. Specification Sheet
( ) 3. Cross Sectional Drawings (if not included in
Mafntenance Manual) Outline (Dimensional), etc.
I ( ) 4. Bill of Materlal (complete parts list)
( ) 5. RPL (Required Parts List) - minimum to be stocked
by stores or local vendor
( ) 6. Performance Curve (if applicable)
( ) 7. Mechanical Seal Information (Drawings, etc.)
( ) 8. Design Change Data
( ) 9. Computer Input Form

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Figure 1-25. Machinery data files.