GEG5634

Maintenance engineering

Not offered in 1998

R Krause

6 points
* 78 hours
* Second semester
* Gippsland/distance

Objectives The student is expected to develop an understanding of some of the engineering and management skills required for the selection, installation and maintenance of industrial plant and equipment.

Synopsis Plant layouts: production and workshop plant layouts; installation and commissioning of plant; installation and commissioning procedures; vibration and shock isolation, methods of machine mounting and alignment; corrosion and corrosion control; selection of corrosion resistant materials; boiler water treatment; principles of materials handling; containers, conveyors, cranes and hoists, pumps and piping, design and selection. Energy management and control. Specialist corrective maintenance techniques.

Assessment Examination: 50%
* Assignments: 50%

Prescribed texts

Australian Pump Manufacturers Association Australian pump technical handbook 3rd edn, APMA, 1987

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