This manual presents 16 chapters packed with ideas, checklists, guides, maintenance procedures, and concepts that will enable you to improve your operation and get the maximum for every dollar spent.

Provided are proven ideas and techniques that can double, triple, or quadruple profits - resulted from implementing a moderate, cost-effective equipment maintenance program. Practical answers offer the best thinking of 21 experts in the field, people who have been faced with the same problems you confront and found workable, manageable solutions. Collectively, the cost-saving, equipment-saving, manpower-saving examples have boosted the bottom line of actual companies by hundreds of millions of dollars.

For virtually all the systems and equipment in your building, the Desk Book delivers: a complete preventive maintenance program for better performance and longer life; test for diagnosing causes of malfunctions; troubleshooting checklists for solving malfunctions; step-by-step guidelines for performing necessary repairs; methods of upgrading operating efficiency; and ready-to-use charts and tables that show you how to correct any problem fast; and much more!