MAINTENANCE BOOKS COMPARATIVE STATEMENT

Generally engineering/industrial maintenance books are written to cover some specific topics (group of topics).
There are few colleges/universities offering mechanical maintenance as a subject and mostly using tailored
information sheets according to local industrial requirement. All maintenance topics can be divided into different
groups as follows
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Management: Maintenance management, software , report writing, types of maintenance programs,

Maintenance Skills: Alignment, balancing, vibration analysis, condition monitoring,
Power Transmission: gears, belts, chains, couplings, cams,
Bearings: bearings, seals, lubrication,
Fluid handling: pumps, compressors, piping, valves, conveyors, fans, blowers, heat exchangers,
COMPARISON OF BOOKS FOR MET-213

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BOOK AVAILABLE
(CAN BE USED
AS TEXT BOOK)

Maintenance
Fundamentals,
2nd ed.
Industrial
machinery repair
guide
Engineering
maintenance- a
modern approach
Fundamentals of
preventive
maintenance
Introduction to
predictive
maintenance

Cond.
monitori
ng

Vib.
Analys
is

NAME OF MODULES BEING TAUGHT FOR MET213

Alignme Balanci Seals Pumps Valves Compress
nt
ng
ors
yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Gear
reduce
rs
yes

Machinery
component
maint. & repair
Preventive maint.
Essential care
and cond.
monitoring
Principles of
operation &
maintenance

COMPARISON OF BOOKS FOR MET-105

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BOOK
Maintenance
Fundamentals, 2nd
ed.
Industrial
machinery repair
guide
Engineering
maintenance- a
modern approach
Fundamentals of
preventive
maintenance
Introduction to

NAME OF MODULES BEING TAUGHT FOR MET105

predictive
maintenance
Machinery
component maint.
& repair
Preventive maint.
Essential care and
cond. monitoring
Principles of
operation &
maintenance