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Improving Machinery
Practical Machinery Management for Process Plants: Volume 1: Improving Machinery Reliability, 3rd edition Volume 2: Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting,3rd edition Volume 3: Machinery Component Maintenance and Repair, 2nd edition Volume 4: Major Process Equipment Maintenance and Repair, 2nd edition
Other Machinery EngineeringTexts from the Same Author: Introduction to Machinery Reliability Assessment, 2nd edition Reciprocating Compressors: Operation and Maintenance
I Practical Machinery Management for Process Plants I
Improving Machinery Reliability
Heinz P. Bloch
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