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The German original of this Handbook of Loss Prevention was compiled during the course of many years' work by the engineers of the Department for Engineering Insurances, the scientists of the Allianz Centre for Technology and representatives of industry. It is based on the loss experience and practical loss research studies of the Allianz over a period of more than five decades. The Handbook of Loss Prevention is a supplement to the technical literature from the field of engineering in the form of a collective work comprising examples of damage to machinery and technical plant and pertinent pointers on loss prevention. It hus ranks among the recognised handbooks for engineers in the filds of planning, design, manufacture and operation. The great interest and wide acclaim according the German edition of this handbook by industry in 1972 confirm the traditional aims of the Allianz in placing loss prevention in technical plants in the foreground of their service to clients. The English edition of the handbook under review here enables this valuable engineering know-how to be made available at international level, with the object of preventing losses by the exchange of ideas and experience. The literature references have been taken over from the German edition in unchanged form, in order to bring to the atten tion of English-speaking experts a bibliography, which is little known outside Germany.
List of contents
1. Aims and Possibilities of Loss Prevention.- Loss Prevention by Allianz.- Basis and Methods of Loss Prevention.- General Recommendations for Loss Prevention.- 2. Electrical Machines, Power Cables and Supervisory Installations.- Turbo-Generators.- Three-Phase Motors.- Salient-Pole Machines.- Direct-Current Machines.- Three-Phase Transformers.- High-Power Cables.- Equipment for Protection, Measurement, Regulation and Control.- 3. Electronic Data-Processing (EDP) Equipment.- Prevention of Damage to EDP Equipment by the Manufacturer.- Prevention of Damage to EDP Equipment by the User.- 4. Steam Generators.- Water-Tube Boilers.- Furnaces.- High-Speed Steam Generators.- Large-Water-Space Boilers.- Steam-Carrying Pipelines.- 5. Fluid-Flow Machines.- Steam Turbines.- Condensing Plant.- Centrifugal Pumps.- Turbo Compressors and Blowers.- Gas Turbines.- Water Turbines.- 6. Selected Lifting and Loading Equipment.- Slewing Cranes and Loading Bridges.- Tower Cranes.- 7. Industrial Furnaces.- General Concepts and Damage Survey.- Planning, Design, Manufacture and Assembly of Industrial Furnaces.- Commissioning of Industrial Furnaces.- Operation of Industrial Furnaces.- Guidelines for Shut-downs and Revisions.- 8. Selected Components and Machines.- Threaded Fasteners.- Shafts and Axles.- Plain and Rolling Bearings.- Couplings.- Stationary Gearing.- Oil-Supply Systems for Machine Installations.- Diesel Engines.- Printing Machines.- Frame Saws.- Chipboard Presses.
Summary
The German original of this Handbook of Loss Prevention was compiled during the course of many years' work by the engineers of the Department for Engineering Insurances, the scientists of the Allianz Centre for Technology and representatives of industry. It is based on the loss experience and practical loss research studies of the Allianz over a period of more than five decades. The Handbook of Loss Prevention is a supplement to the technical literature from the field of engineering in the form of a collective work comprising examples of damage to machinery and technical plant and pertinent pointers on loss prevention. It hus ranks among the recognised handbooks for engineers in the filds of planning, design, manufacture and operation. The great interest and wide acclaim according the German edition of this handbook by industry in 1972 confirm the traditional aims of the Allianz in placing loss prevention in technical plants in the foreground of their service to clients. The English edition of the handbook under review here enables this valuable engineering know-how to be made available at international level, with the object of preventing losses by the exchange of ideas and experience. The literature references have been taken over from the German edition in unchanged form, in order to bring to the atten tion of English-speaking experts a bibliography, which is little known outside Germany.
