Why Use Best Maintenance Repair Practices

This book addresses, in a simplistic manner, the proper principles and techniques in Best Maintenance Practices— Mechanical.  

If these principles and techniques are followed, they will result in a serious reduction in self-induced failures. This book is a tool that should be carried and referenced by all mechanical maintenance personnel. 

A number of surveys conducted in industries throughout the United States have found that 0 of equipment failures are self-induced. 

The potential cost savings can often be beyond the understanding or comprehension of management. Many managers are in a denial state regarding maintenance. The result is that they do not believe that repair practices directly Impact an organization s bottom line or profitability. 

More enlightened companies have demonstrated that, by reducing self-induced failures, they can increase production capacity by as much as 0  

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Chapter 1 Introduction Why Use Best Maintenance Repair Practices 1... 

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