- Editor's Comment
Perspective on current and upcoming issues, by Horace B. Barks, Editor and Publisher This month - The best
of times in the worst of times ... In Canada: matching the
shop to its customers ... the 2002 EMBR ... puzzle time
again ... Coming up
in the next issues ...
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- 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:
Does burnout affect motor core metallurgy ... How to
interpret motor current readings ... Where to locate
retrofit heat sensors ... The cut-down mounting bolt - is
it a bad choice ... What does inverter duty really
mean? ... Is rotor lamination shorting a
problem? ... and more
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- Letters
This month, letters from John Day, D&D Electric
Motor Service ... Ernest Wood, California Electric ...
James Wainwright, Hartford Steam Boiler ... Ross Taylor,
Avista Utilities ...
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- Trade
associations and professional societies News of non-profit
organizations serving the electrical mechanical industries.
This month - EPRI opens Belgian office, signs
agreement with EC ... US Housing Department chooses NFPA
standards ... Improve environment and quality of life ...
AFF chapter returrns to paper ...NEMA guide to equipment
importing and exporting .. PEARL recognizes members who
passed site inspection ... Civil engineers honor Hoover
Dam ... Association people ... coming meetings and more
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- Business
Briefs Business news and announcements, including
financial briefs, certification achievements, and
distribution news. This month - Grand opening for
West Virginia facility ... Producers of magnetics
technolog merge ... Rockwell Automation in university
partnership ... Tool donation to NY Fire Department ...
Wisconsin firm acquires mechanical drive line .. RTD
Co bought by management team ...Financial briefs ...
Volland certified as Reliance service provider ...
Distributor briefs ... and more
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- Training
Briefs Announcements of workshops, seminars and
instructional materials, and our Training Index, listing
program topics featured in Training Briefs in the past
year - This month: Plant management ... electrical safety
... refrigeration service ... digital multimeters ...
power quality ... ... and more
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- Accounting
for management This month - Planning cash flow when cash
is short - Steps to take to prepare for the times when
payrolls and accounts payable won't wait. By
Wiliam H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor.
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- Safety
and health in the workplace This month - Minimize
workplace skin disorders -- contact dermatitis accounts
for a fifth of all workplace injuries .. By Richard B. Elsberry, EA
Contributing Editor.
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- 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.
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- Standards
briefs This month -Lightning restrikes with reopened
discussion by the National Fire Protection Association ...
NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association)
issues Adjustable Speed Drive Systems application guide
... American National Standards Institute seeks
public comment on several standards proposals ...
Underwriters Laboratories launches performance
verification mark ... Edited
by the Electrical Apparatus staff.
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- Names
and Faces This month - Craig VanDerveer ... Gregg
Zimmerman .. Mike Jefferson ... Jerry James ... Steve
DiArchangel ... Greg Vahsoltz .. Ron Gibson ... Brian
Searle .. Dominic DiPalma .. Carlos Poventud ... Pedro
Curcell ...Walter Kaihatu .. John LaMontagne .. Tom
Adelman .. James Gust .. Richard Brown .. Christopher
Bailey .. ...Edited by Kevin Jones.
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- Calendar
Briefs - Upcoming trade shows, symposia, and events, from
July 2001 through June 2002 ... Edited
by Kevin Jones.
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- Literature
Announcements of guides, catalogs, brochures, product
specifications and other literature. This issue -The
Operator's Guide to Electrical Product Safety Testing .. Industrial
and commercial a-c motors ... industrial / heavy
maintenance hand tools ... electrical products and
accessories ... and more
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- Product
briefs Announcements of Measuring equipment ... Controls ... interconnections
... power quality .. switching devices .. software ...
power transmission ... test instruments .. and more
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- Trilingual
summary For our international readers, each month one
featured topic is presented in French, Spanish and German.
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- Puzzles
Puzzles you and your colleagues can
solve for fun and, if your answers are correct, for
recognition in Electrical Apparatus. by Lillian Nielsen, Special
Correspondent This month includes a listing
of recent contest winners: Tony Daigle, Gary Fuerhoff,
Douglas McClung, Jim McFarlane, Ralph Rundell, Tyler
Stanley, Dan Schapenkahn, Ben Steck, Rod Vellenoweth,
Chris Waak.
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- Cy's
Super Service, Motorhead
and Generatorhead Comic strips featuring characters from
our favorite cartoonists.
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- Direct
and Current Breaking news of interest to the industry,
from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus. This issue -
The social security wage base rises ... IRS warnings ...
Foreign regulations ... Americans working longer than ever
... Nevada leads in solar power systems ...
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- Advertising
Index An easy to use reference to the advertisements in
Electrical Apparatus magazine.
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- Say
It Right By Richard L. Nailen, P.E.,
Contributing Editor.
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- Utility
Briefs - News of utility and power companies.
Edited by Kevin Jones, EA
Senior Editor
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- Electrical
manager A potpourri of news and features, selected
and edited for maintenance and service managers.
This month: Lending your ear to employees ...
watching out for suspicious mail ... For busy
entrepreneurs, a "get a life" test ... Laying
off workers in an economic recession ... How to manage in
a national crisis ... and more
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- EMBR
update - changes to the Electromechanical
Bench Reference 2001, the annual buyers' guide that
readers received with their December 2000 Electrical
Apparatus. Since the directory was published,
corrections and additions appear in subsequent issues of the
magazine.
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- Shop
Equipment Showcase - A special section devoted to
equipment and materials used in apparatus service and repair
- See July issue
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