Plant and Machinery Failure Prevention introduces the general features and investigative methods at the design phase for determining failures in mechanical components such as: Flat Belt Failures, Vee-belt Failures, Pulley Failures, Gear Failures, Steel Wire Rope Failures, Spring Failures, and Gasket Failures.

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. How to Attain Zero Failure Performance
3. General Feature of Failures
4. Investigation of Failures
5. Degradation Processes (Mechanical)
6. Degradation Processes (Electrical)
7. Split Pin and Cotter Failures
8. Threaded Fastener Failures
9. Shaft or Axle Failures
10. Ball and Roller Bearing Failures
11. Sleeve Bearing Failures
12. Failures of White Metal Bearings of Electric Locomotives
13. Flat Belt Failures
14. Vee-belt Failures
15. Pulley Failures
16. Gear Failures
17. Steel Wire Rope Failures
18. Spring Failures
19. Gasket Failures
20. O-ring and U-ring Failures
21. Rubber Hose Pipe Failures
22. Pipe and Tube Failures
23. Compressed Air Valve Failures
24. Failures of Compressed Air Operated Equipment
25. Fluid Filter Failures
26. Compressed Air Motor Failures
27. Air Compressor Failures
28. Vacuum Brake Failures on DC EMUS
29. Fan and Blower Failures
30. Thermal Cracks on Motor Coach Tyres
31. Structural Member Failures
32. Crimped Socket Failures
33. Wire and Cable Failures
34. Insulated Wire Failures
35. Auxiliary Motor Cable Failures
36. Multicore Coupler Failures
37. Knife Switch Failures
38. Parallel Clamp Failures
39. Terminal Board Failures
40. Capacitor Failures
41. Resistor Failures
42. Potentiometer Failures
43. Contact Failures
44. Relays Failures
45. Failures of Fuses and Miniature Circuit Breakers
46. Bus-bar Failures
47. Failures of Lead Acid Batteries
48. Failures of Incandescent Lamps
49. Insulator Failures
50. Solenoid Failures
51. Failures of Carbon Brushes and Commutators
52. Commutator Connection Failures
53. Commutator Failures
54. Failures of Rotor or Armature Coils in dc Machines
55. Failures of Stator Coils in Rotating Machines
56. Starting Resistor Failures
57. Tapchanger Connection Failures
58. Electrical Machine Failures due to Ventilation Problems
59. Power Transformer Explosions
60. Failures of OHE Regulating Equipment
61. Minimum Oil Circuit-breaker Failures
62. Line Breaker Failures
63. Squirrel Cage Failures in Asynchronous Motors
64. Failures of Mush Wound Stator Windings
65. Pantograph OHE Entanglements
66. Failures and Accidents in Chemical Plant

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