Industrial Maintenance : Techniques, Stories, and Cases

This book explains the tools and processes that allow changes in the way maintenance works. It allows you to learn industrial maintenance and reliability concepts and how to improve the maintenance performance, so you can move from reactive maintenance to proactive maintenance.

This book includes real cases that exemplify concepts of maintenance and reliability. It presents a diagram with practical evidence and explains how to move from reactive to proactive maintenance. It's written in a storytelling style that keeps the attention of the reader and provides tools for young and experienced professionals.

This book is useful for anyone working in the maintenance and reliability fields, as well as plant engineers, and industrial engineers and managers in general.

Preface

Chapter 1 : The Sad Story of Antonio : Another Victim of the Reactive Maintenance Curse
Chapter 2 : Concepts and Definitions, "Let’s Call a Spade a Spade, Not a Gardening Tool"
Chapter 3 : How to Change the Situation (Without Having to Appeal to Black Magic)
Chapter 4 : Elementary! The Steps to Reach the Proactive Maintenance
Chapter 5 : Maintenance Basics : The Forgotten Cornerstone of a Solid Maintenance Foundation
Chapter 6 : Maintenance Professionals : The Stigmatized Heroes
Chapter 7 : Other Important Building Blocks of Maintenance Management
Chapter 8 : Epoligue

Index