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May
2002 Columns and Departments
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Items
in columns and departments from the May 2002 issue, Vol.
55, no. 5, © 2002 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 -
Conventions: more than just fun in the sun ... What's coming in
the next issues of EA, including: belt pulleys, EASA Show
II, and Shop Equipment Showcase ... A different kind of
plant maintenance . . .
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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:
Confusion about hipot test voltage ... Too low a current
can cause contact problems ... Gearing service factor not
the same as for motors... Keeping electronic gear clean
can be difficult ... What's needed to comply with IEEE
Standard 519 ... Harmonics can be troublesome of fuses ...
Why a lower ampacity for bare conductors? ..
Variation in RTD readings not unusual ...Two out of three
not the same as two-thirds and more
Edited by the EA staff
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are invited to send questions to this department. Your
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- Letters
- In this issue, letters about -
Squeaky grease, from Reid C. Allen, P.E., Roberts &
Schaefer, Salt Lake City, Utah ... Early warning system?
from Derry Sheehan Technical Director, Avonmore Electrical
Col., Ltd., Roskeen, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland.
Electrical
Apparatus invites letters, 250 words maximum. All letters,
including e-mail, must include name, company, title or
position, phone number, city, state or province, and country.
We may edit your letter for clarity and space.— Editor
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- Trade
associations and professional societies News of non-profit
organizations serving the electrical mechanical industries.
This month -A warning about ground fault circuit
interrupters from the National Electrical Safety
Foundation and the U. S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission ... a survey by the National Association of Manufacturers
...Irrigation control systems guidelines from the American
Society of Irrigation Consultants ...A new refrigeration
service technicai Coming
meetings: Meetings sponsored by the National Fire
Protection Association ... The Coil Winding/Insulation and
Electrical Manufacturing Exhibition .... The Adhesive and
Sealant Council ... The Electric Power Research Institute
... The National Association of Electrical Distributors...Association
People: James M. Shannon of the National Fire
Protection Association ... Gordon C. Baker of the American
Society of Testing Materials
Note: the 2002
EMBR lists contact information for more than 140 associations ...
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- Business
Briefs Business news and announcements, including facility
briefs, financial briefs, certification achievements, and
distribution news. This month - K. J. Electric/Grand
Eagle, Inc. ... GE Supply of Shelton, Conn .... PD George
Co and Epoxylite/Ripley Corp. ... EnerSys, Inc., of
Reading PA ... United Electric Controls ... Artisan
Technologies ... Darby Electric Co. ... Waukesha Electric
... 3M ... Graybar Electric ... John C. Dolph Co.,
Interface Solutions/Special Electric Co ...and more.
Edited by Kevin Jones, EA
Senior Editor
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- Utility
Briefs - News of utility and power companies. This
month: Sempra Energy Trading
. . KeySpan Energy Development drops Arthur Andersen ... Edited by Kevin Jones, EA
Senior Editor
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- Calendar
Briefs - Upcoming trade shows, symposia, and events, from
May through October 2002 ... Edited
by Stacy Whitman.
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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: seminars and training materials on
Motors and Generators ... Disaster preparedness ... Motors
and drives ... Power quality . . . Plant management . . .Electrical
safety . . . Industrial maintenance . . . and more ...
Producers
of workshops, seminars, and instructional materials are
encouraged to mail announcements to Training Briefs
Editor, Electrical Apparatus. There is no charge.
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- Electropix
Photographs of people, places, equipment and more
...This month - Learning the fundamentals in Austin,
Texas —A training program of National Instruments and
the University of Texas teaches robotics and engineering
to K-12 students … Finding the switch in The Hague,
the Netherlands - a luminescent highlighter made by Beele
Engineering… Looking deep down in San
Diego California - a small remote operated vehicle by
SeaBotix, Inc.
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- Trilingual
summary For our international readers, each month one
featured topic is presented in French, Spanish and German.
This month: Heat Pump Technology in the new century
...Heizpumpen-Technologie im neuen Jahrhundert ... La
technologie des pompes à chaleur au début de ce siècle ...
La Tecnología de la Bomba Calorifica en el Nuevo Siglo
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- Accounting
for management Improving production to cut costs - Look to
scrap, salvaging of used materials, reducing downtime, and
component planning to improve profitibility By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA
Contributing Editor and
author of the newly published book, Steps
to a Successful Service Shop.
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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, including our latest new book, Steps
to a Successful Service Shop.
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- Names
and Faces This month - Bud Pritchard of Leeson Electric
Corp ... Miguel Rivera of Staco Energy Product Co ...
Thomas Bishop of the Electrical Apparatus Service
Association ... Jack Hasson of the Dolph Co., ... Tom
Hubregsen of GE Supply ... Pascal Sulot of Quin-T Group
... Ted Naylor of Wieland Electric ... Bill Trotman of
Ferraz Shawmut, Inc., Jerry Meisenheimer of
Interconnect Devices, Inc. Edited by Stacy Whitman.
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- Deaths
William L. Kaska, retired president of Chicago
Electric Company.
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- Say
It Right ... The popular column about language in
the workplace. This month - The Quality of Quantity
- the ups and down of linear measurements by Richard L.
Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor
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- Literature
Announcements of guides, catalogs, brochures, product
specifications and other literature. This month - Brochure
describing the Magnetic Shield Corp's electromagnetic
interference shielding capabilities . . .Kingsbury,
Inc's General Guide to the Principles, Operation and
Troubleshooting of Hydrodynamic Bearings ... Stahlin
NonMetallic Enclosures' booklet of Diamond Shield
non-metallic electrical enclosures ....
Edited by the EA staff
Mail
announcements of new products and literature to Editorial
Department, Electrical Apparatus (page 2). No faxes, e-mail,
or follow-up calls, please. There is no charge for
publication, which does not constitute endorsement, nor can we
verify product claims.
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- EMBR
update - changes to the Electromechanical
Bench Reference 2002, the annual buyers' guide that
readers received with their December 2001 Electrical
Apparatus. Since the directory was published,
corrections and additions appear in subsequent issues of the
magazine.
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- Product
briefs Announcements of circuit interrupters ... power
transmission ... tools .... and more
... Edited by the EA Staff.
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- Standards
briefs ... This month -
the American
National Standards Institute launches its own speedup process ... Voltage standards upheld in California ...
National Fire Protection Association committees solicit
proposals … International Electrotechnical
Commission releases impulse test along with grounding
drafts ... Call for public comment from ANSI on fuel cells
...Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
issues update of serial bus standard ... and more. Edited
by the Electrical Apparatus staff.
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- Safety
and health in the workplace This month - Getting a better
grip on hand protection - There are thousands of types of
gloves, for every workplace use. By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing
Editor
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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
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- Direct
and Current Breaking news of interest to the industry,
from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus. This issue -
The controversial OSHA Ergonomic rules .. OSHA still plans
actions against industries with high industry rates ... U.
S. Census Bureau conducts export regulations seminars. ..
The broadband Semiconductor market is expected to grow
...A slowdown in replacement of comfort cooling chillers
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- Cy's
Super Service, Motorhead
and Generatorhead Comic strips featuring characters from
our favorite cartoonists.
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- Advertising
Index An easy to use reference to the advertisements in
Electrical Apparatus magazine.
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