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July
2002 Columns and Departments
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Items
in columns and departments from the July 2002 issue, Vol.
55, no. 7, © 2002 Barks
Publications, Inc. See also July
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 - In the
rockies, labors of love ... USPS strikes again, postage
rises 11.5% ... about Web briefs, where we help readers
expedite searches in the electrical and electromechanical
fields...
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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:
Wiring can interfere with temperature readings ...
Infrared scanning: thermometer vs. imaging ... Is
unbalance the biggest vibration problem there is? ...
What's the reason for contactor overheating? ... Are surge
capacitor failures a problem? ... What voltage is
acceptable for plug-stopping a motor? ... The chalk line:
a good way to check V-belts? ... Major faults can shorten
circuit breaker life ... 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 -
Painting bus bars? from Jerry Parnell, City Water, Light
and Power, Springfield, Illinois ...Seeking VPI
references, from Bryan W. Klontz, Principal Engineer,
Motor Services, Rockwell Automation Power Services,
Shanghai, China ... What is ambient temperature? from Al
Havens, U.S. Gypsum, Chicago ..
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, professional societies and government
activities News of non-profit government,
and other organizations serving the electrical mechanical industries.
This month's items include news from the Electrical
Manufacturing & Coil Winding Association ... the
Electrical Insulation Conference ... the National
Electrical Manufacturers Association ... the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers ... the Appliance
Design and Technology Expo .. the Automated Manufacturing
Exposition and Conference ... the National Lighting Bureau
... the Hydraulic Institute ... the Submersible Wastewater
Pumps Association ... the Custom Electronic Design and
Installation Association .. the Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration Institute's ARI website, http://www.coolcareers.org/,
listing 1300 heating, cooling, refrigeration and
ventilation training schools ...Coming
meetings: Meetings sponsored by the Electric Power
Research Institute... the Motor/Generator Rewind Seminar
... the Electric Motor Predictive Maintenance Conference
.. the Instrument Systems and Automation Society ... The
North American Marketing Conference ... ...Association
People: Paul K. Whitcraft's award from the American Society
of Testing Materials ... Irving Mande's award from
the National Fire Protection Association ... and more...
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 - P.D. George Co. to
buy Guardian Resin ... Bussmann-equipped solar car wins
honors .. Cooper cuts 10% of Milwaukee workers ...
Nebraska service firm opens Lincoln shop ... Mr. Electric
expanding into Eastern Canada ... Insulation maker Powell
Corp of Haverhill, Massachusetts, donates polyester for
Dolls for Dolls International ... Eurotherm consolidates
sales and marketing activities of four business units ...
A.O. Smith plant reaches safety milestone ... Commercial
Body Corp announces the addition of Bronto Skylift
products to its line ... Knaack Manufacturing Company
forms partnership with Prime Design ... and more. Facility Briefs
Inpro/Seal Co moves to Milan, Illnois ... Financial Briefs
Baldor Electric Company reports sales figures ... Certification
Briefs Lincoln Electric Company has its welding
consumables manufacturing facility in Mentor, Ohio,
certified to ISO 14001 ... New sales representatives
Extrusion Technology, Inc., signs on O'Donnell
Associates North for California sales representation ... Edited by Kevin Jones, EA
Senior Editor
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- Say
It Right ... The popular column about language in
the workplace. This month - Who decides what's
"right"? Choosing the right word means
going along with a consensus by Richard L.
Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor
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- Standards
briefs Edited
by the Electrical Apparatus staff.
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- Electrical
Manager ...A potpourri of news and features, selected
and edited for maintenance and service managers.
This month - IRS audits ... How to write product
releases ... Resolving to be a better manager every
day....
"Electrical
Manager" is a copyrighted feature of Electrical
Apparatus. Any kind of reproduction, including
electronic transmission, without permission of Barks
Publications is illegal and is prohibited.
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- Electropix
Photographs of people, places, equipment and more
...This month - Geothermal energy extracted from the
earth in Soultz Sou Forêts,
France ... Certified big screen video in Yankee
Stadium ... Multi-service electric vehicle in Paris
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- Calendar
Briefs - Upcoming trade shows, symposia, and events, from July
2002 through August 2003 ... Edited
by Stacy L. 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
Electrical Print Reading ... Motors and Generators ...
Electrical testing ... Motors and Drives ... Safety ...
Power Quality ... Industrial Maintenance ... Power
transmission ... Infrared thermography .... 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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- Trilingual
summary For our international readers, each month one
featured topic is presented in French, Spanish and German.
This month: "'Finding fault': locating cable
defects" Fehlerfindung bei defekten
Kabeln ... Recherche des pannes - Comment rechercher les
défauts de câble ... Buscafaltas - Encontrando Defectos
en los Cables
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- Accounting
for management Financing in today's economy - Ways to
approach the bank; watch out for juice guys. 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 - Thomas M. Hupp of Klein Tools ...
Eddie Cannon, Mike Lyles, and Vernon Hunter of Darby
Electric Co., inc. ... Glenn M. Grunewald, Dirk Cline and
Greg Pannell of OnLine Power Supply, Inc ... Dennis Roth
of ELT Semko Americas ... Bob Kuniega of CMC Torque
Systems ... Bob Young of General Machine Products
Co. . Edited by Stacy Whitman.
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- Literature
Announcements of guides, catalogs, brochures, product
specifications and other literature. This month -
catalogs from Ogden Manufacturing Company, United Electric
Controls, Leviton Mfg. Co., Littelfuse, Inc., Baldor
ELectric, Lincoln Electric, and Cooper Bussmann ...
bulletins and brochures from Ferraz-Shawmut Inc., Cooper
Power Systems, and Minco Products .. and a "three
step relay selection guide" poster from
HBControls... 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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- Product
briefs Announcements of controls ... drives and inverters
... interconnections ... measuring equipment .. motors and
gearmotors ... test instruments ... power quality ... and more
... Edited by the EA Staff.
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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. The
last puzzle, "The Handcuffed Prisoners" brainteaser,
ran in the June issue. by Lillian Nielsen, Special
Correspondent
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- Safety
and health in the workplace This month - When the mercury
soars, don't lose your cool - Heat and humidity not
only affect productivity, but create worker irritability
that can cause accidents By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing
Editor
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- Direct
and Current Breaking news of interest to the industry,
from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus. This issue -
An employer can refuse to hire a disabled person ... Older
smokers keep on puffing ... Junk email is being restricted
... the new NEMA Premium Efficiency Motor Standard program
... Air conditioner and heat pump shipments ... increasing
counterfeit electrical products ...
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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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- Utility
Briefs - News of utility and power companies....This
month - CES International buys Enermetrix ... PacificCorp
Power Marketing Inc. wins awards from the American Wind
Energy Association .. .Caterpillar, Inc., and FuelCell
Energy, Inc. form power system venture ... ARB, Inc. and
Power Measurement receive an award from Oncor for a
jointly developed metering system... ... Edited by Kevin Jones, EA
Senior Editor
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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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