Heinz Bloch, Equipment Reliability Expert and Contributor to the Equifactor® Troubleshooting and TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis System
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RIP Heinz Bloch
Heinz P. Bloch, equipment reliability expert, and contributor to the Equifactor® Troubleshooting and TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Systems, passed away on August 20, 2022, after a brief illness.
He spent a large fraction of his career as an equipment reliability expert at Exxon. I met him after he started his consulting career. Together we discussed equipment reliability and how troubleshooting equipment failures was a necessary part of finding the root causes of equipment failures. This discussion led to the development of the Equifactor® Troubleshooting Techniques and the Equifactor® Troubleshooting Course.
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Heinz was a prolific writer, passing on his great wealth of knowledge. By my last count, he published over 30 books and wrote over 800 papers and articles about various equipment topics.
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Also, Heinz was a frequent speaker at professional conferences. He spoke at several of the TapRooT® Summits and was scheduled to speak at the 2023 Global TapRooT® Summit.
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Heinz will be missed by all who knew him and the entire petrochemical industry.
RIP Heinz 🙏