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1. 1. Hydrocarbon Processing Feature Article: 1/99 Use equipment failure statistics properly

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   Published on: 1/1/1999   Last Visited: 5/17/2001

   H. P. Bloch , Process Machinery Consulting , Montgomery , Texas and F. K. Geitner , Consultant , Bright's Grove , Ontario , Canada
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   Heinz P. Bloch is a registered consulting engineer in Montgomery , Texas , engaged in process machinery consulting. He holds BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering and five U.S. patents. Mr. Bloch has authored over 170 technical papers and 11 books on machinery. He was an Exxon Chemical Co. machinery specialist and held positions worldwide before retiring after 24 years of service. Mr. Bloch is also a contributing editor to Hydrocarbon Processing.

2. 2. Hydrocarbon Processing FEATURES: 1/02 Looking for RCFA databases? Consider failure statistics

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   Published on: 1/1/2002   Last Visited: 1/30/2002

   H. P. Bloch, HP staff
   
   lease assist us in finding the best root cause failure analysis (RCFA) database suitable for our use or an RCFA database that's being used by world-class companies." This is not the first such request we have received and we can't blame maintenance-technical individuals for harboring the hope that relevant data are out there, somewhere.
   
   Sometimes we're not exactly sure what the person is asking for, but we suspect it's a listing of what goes wrong and why in equipment, machines and components. Such listings are available. In one source the reader will find projected life expectancies of machine components, as compiled by a Canadian nuclear energy regulatory body and other authors.1 Understandably, these listings cover life expectancy ranges.
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   Heinz B. Bloch is HP's Reliability / Equipment Editor and a registered consulting engineer with BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering. Mr. Bloch holds five U.S. patents and has authored more than 170 technical papers and 11 books on machinery. He was an Exxon Chemical Co. machinery specialist and held positions worldwide before retiring in 1986 after 24 years with Exxon. He teaches reliability improvement and maintenance cost reduction to process facilities and power plants worldwide and can be reached at hpbloch@juno.com.
   
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