Forsthoffer's Proven Guidelines for Rotating Machinery Excellence

President of Forsthoffer and Associates USA. Bill has authored 6 successful books at Elsevier, including Machinery Best Practices in 2011. He has 60 years’ experience in the Rotating Machinery Industry as a rotating machinery designer, project leader and trouble-shooter and has visited over 500 Plants Globally. Bill has had the opportunity to be involved with all types of rotating machinery: pumps, compressors, gears, mixers, extruders, melt pumps, steam turbines gas turbines, centrifuges, spin dryers and their associated components (Rotors, Bearings, Seals and Support Systems). His involvement has consisted of total component and system centrifugal compressor design for De Laval (Siemens), specification writing for ExxonMobil, selection of all types of rotating equipment for all major vendors, design audits, shop testing, start-up and troubleshooting for all major gas processing chemical and refining companies world-wide.

• 1 Assessment and Improvement of Your Rotating Machinery Knowledge Base2 Assessment of Rotating Machinery Condition on Site3 Eliminating and Correcting Bad Actor Costly Safety, Environmental and Reliability Issues4 Pump Key Safety, Environmental and Reliability Issues 5 Compressor Key Safety, Environmental and Reliability Issues6 Coupling and Gear Safety and Reliability Issues7 Steam Turbine Safety and Reliability Issues8 Gas Turbine Safety and Reliability Issues9 Lube and Seal Oil System Safety and Reliability Issues10 Pump Mechanical Seal Safety and Reliability Issues11 Dry Gas Seal Safety and Reliability Guidelines12 Postshipment Precommissioning PM, PDM, Condition Monitoring Safety and Reliability Issues 13 “Troubleshooting” Root Cause Analysis “RCA” and Root Cause Failure Analysis “RCFA” Guidelines to Eliminate Costly Critical Machinery Failures