Browsing by Author "Forsthoffer, Michael"

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    • Machinery Best Practices 
      Forsthoffer, William; Forsthoffer, Michael (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
      Based on W. E. Forsthoffer’s Text “Forsthoffer’s Best Practice Handbook for Rotating Machinery” published by Elsevier in 2011, Michael and William Forsthoffer will present 20 Machinery Best Practices (17 specifically ...
    • METS2 Discussion Group 2 
      Forsthoffer, William; Forsthoffer, Michael; Al-Baloshi, Hussain; Holt, Chris (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
    • METS2 Short Course 1 
      Forsthoffer, William; Forsthoffer, Michael (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
    • Seal Condition Monitoring Principles 
      Forsthoffer, Michael (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2011)
      As many of you have experienced throughout your career, Mechanical Seals are the number 1 failed component within pumps. So, how do we fix that? In this tutorial, we will discuss why seals are the # 1 failed component, but ...
    • T2 - Auxiliary Lubrication & Fluid Seal Systems - Design, Component Selection & Predictive Maintenance Guidelines 
      Fordthoffer, William; Forsthoffer, Michael (Turbomachinery Laboratory; Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station; Texas A & M University. Libraries, [2019])
      Although the majority of Fluid Seal Systems today are Dry Gas Seal Systems, most Refinery and Chemical Plants still have Oil based seal systems. Approximately 60-70% of unscheduled critical (unspared) equipment shutdowns ...
    • Turbomachinery Operation and Maintenance 
      Forsthoffer, William; Forsthoffer, Michael; Al-Baloshi, Hussain; Holt, Christopher (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)