The role of expert systems in condition monitoring --; Implementing a cost effective machinery condition monitoring program --; Interpreting contaminant analysis trends into a proactive and predictive maintenance strategy --; The effective integration of condition based maintenance into profit orientated business management --; Profitable condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management --; On-line diagnostic expert system for gas turbines --; Performance monitoring system for centrifugal compressors on Heimdal gas field --; Energy saving in pumping in the UK water industry --; Condition monitoring and fault diagnosis with applications to machine tool subsystems --; The deterministic chaos method application for a condition monitoring system --; The development of condition monitoring within the chemicals division of SmithKline Beecham --; Efficient power generation through predictive maintenance --; A new way of life --; Application of knowledge-based machinery diagnostic system in an Indian cement industry --; Vibration based predictive maintenance. The training requirement --; The human pilot and the automated aeroplane --; An engineer's view of human error --; Advanced methods of capturing and using maintenance data in the field --; Neural networks --; theory and practice --; Neural network solution to coolant system diagnostics --; Bearings --; condition monitoring, condition measurement and condition control --; Alternative methods of diagnosing gear box faults --; The development of a data collector for low-speed machinery --; Condition and trend monitoring of rotating machines --; Profitable condition monitoring: the role for contamination control --; The rise and fall, and rise again, of wear debris monitoring --; The measurement of wear debris quantity in mechanical machinery.
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This volume documents the latest advances in condition monitoring. Particular emphasis is given to the profitability issues which can be gained by introducing condition monitoring technology in manufacturing systems. The book will be essential reading for engineers and management involved in manufacturing and production.