Electrical Apparatus
The Magazine of Electrical &
Electronic Application & Maintenance

May 2001 Columns and Departments

Items in columns and departments from the May 2001 issue, Vol. 52, no. 2, (c) 2001 Barks Publications, Inc. See also May Table of Contents.

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• Editor's Comment Perspective on current and upcoming issues, by Horace B. Barks, Editor and Publisher This month - Using the web wisely: sites in the electromechanical industry that contain links leading to a wider range of useful information.

• Let's Solve Your Problem The longest-running and one of our most popular features, Let's Solve Your Problem answers real questions posed by people in plants and service shops around the U.S. and abroad. Selected Q&A's from this column are available in our popular Let's Solve Your Problem books. This month's problems include: Why is low IR no problem in a hot winding? ... Destructive versus non-destructive testing ... How tightly should a motor be bolted down? ..How does coil pitch differ from span ... Does power source affect compensating winding?  ... HOw does frequency change affect a transformer?  ... and more

• Letters Letters from Lowell R. Scott, Bradford Electric Co... Marianne Harmier, Puyallup, Washington ... Leo Schryburt, Centre de Reparation M. R. T., inc., ... John Atkins, Webcraft ... Donald Brithinee, Brithinee Electric ... James Nash, Schuler Tool & Die Company

• Trade associations and professional societies News of non-profit organizations serving the electrical mechanical industries.  This month  - The National Electrical Contractors Association and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ... The Electric Power Research Institute ... The Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute ... The National Electrical Manufacturers Association .. The International Institute of Connector and Interconnection Technology, Inc. ... The Distribution Education and Research Foundation of the National Association of Wholesale-Distributors ... The Electronic Components, Assemblies and Materials Association ... new titles for EASA officers ...  and more

• Business Briefs Business news and announcements, including financial briefs, certification achievements, and distribution news.  This month - Leeson Electric to market Ohio Gear reducers ... AVO International ...  Invensys .. Tyco Electronics .. Rockwell Automation ... Littelfuse ...  Schneider Electric .. Graybar ... Johnstone Supply, Kingsbury ... IMC Networks .. Warren Electric..and more

• Training Briefs Announcements of workshops, seminars and instructional materials - This month: Motor maintenance, power transmission, machine reliability, programmable logic controllers, appliance motors, motors and drives, infrared thermography, motor repair, service management, lighting design ... and more

• Accounting for management This month - Getting the best from your salespeople - For a sales incentive to be effective, it must be fair as well as generous.  By Wiliam H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor.

• Safety and health in the workplace This month - AED: a must for every company's first aid kit ...   By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor. 

• New Books Recently published books, reviewed by our editors.  See also Books for the Plant and Shop from Barks Books, including titles from the editors of Electrical Apparatus.

• Standards briefs This month - The Ecuador National Standards Institute and the National Fire Protection Association ... The American National Standards Institute ... Two new Underwriters Laboratories safety standards .... Edited by the Electrical Apparatus staff. 

• Names and Faces This month - Jerry Kochanski, Bob Carapella, Mark Eaton, Ben Hamilton, David Harrison, Richard Schul, Scott Telesz, David Baxter, Timothy Rooney, Larry Wollums, Joe Fox, Gerry Snowden, Toshio Sugiura, Steve Itoh, Alan Noia, Dan Leeser ...  Edited by Kevin Jones.

• Deaths  

• Say It Right  - This month - Speaking of precision, be precise!  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E.,  Contributing Editor.

• Calendar Briefs - Upcoming trade shows, symposia, and events, from May through November ... Edited by Kevin Jones.

• Electrical manager  A potpourri of news and features, selected and edited for maintenance and service managers. This issue - Software piracy and the law ... Excuses can drive managers up the wall ... Watch out for careless email mistakes

• Electropix This issue - photos from Venezuela and Chicago

• Literature Announcements of guides, catalogs, brochures, product specifications and other literature. This issue - the fall protection instructor set from the Construction Safety Council, Ferraz Shawmut's fuse and accessory North American Advisor, electrical enclosures and more from AD Products Co, Lincoln Motors' washdown duty motors, Minarik Corp's 2001 Motors and Drives Catalog, The Tri Lifter mobile crane ... and more

• Product briefs Announcements of new controls, drives & inverters, interconnections, measuring equipment, motors, gear motors, power transmission, safety equipment, test instruments, tools, and miscellaneous products. This month - Drives and inverters, interconnections, measuring equipment, motors and gearmotors, RTV silicone adhesive/sealants, and commercial/industrial gas-powered generator sets

• Trilingual summary For our international readers, each month one featured topic is presented in French, Spanish and German. This month's topic is "What's this? Salad oil for transformers?"  

• Puzzles  A new feature by Lillian Nielsen, Special Correspondent.  Puzzles you and your colleagues can solve for fun and, if your answers are correct, for recognition in Electrical Apparatus.   

• Classified Advertising Equipment, jobs, businesses, business opportunities and services.

• Cy's Super Service, Motorhead and Generatorhead Comic strips featuring characters from our favorite cartoonists. 

• Direct and Current Breaking news of interest to the industry, from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus. This issue - The Post Office's threats to stop Saturday deliveries, after the Seattle earthquake, the likelihood of rolling blackouts, hybrid gas/electric automobiles, the high-voltage switchgear market, and new reductions in export taxes. 

• Advertising Index  An easy to use reference to the advertisements in Electrical Apparatus magazine.