February 2003 

Below are listed featured articles from the February 2003 issue, Vol. 56, no. 2 © 2003 Barks Publications, Inc. ... see also February 2003 departments and columns.

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• Predictive maintenance on agenda at Plant Show - Educational sessions at next month's National Manufacturing Week will examine prevention of industrial machinery problems By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor & Stacy Whitman, EA Associate Editor .. includes "Plant Show Preview" photographs 

• Electromechanical maintenance for a 'city within a city' -How the 'world's largest hotel' when it was built in 1927 has moved into the 21st century  By Joseph Hoff  .. includes "Keeping Hilton Chicago up to date" photographs

• Which rotor design: copper ... or aluminum?  Read a summary. Whichever is used, the machine must perform within industry standards and user specifications  With trilingual summary. By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor ... includes "Copper or aluminum rotors?" photographs

• Saving energy could leave you in the dark - Reducing input when a lamp's only purpose is to provide light.   By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

• Safe drinking water critical to employee health - The most overlooked thirst quencher in the workplace is, more often than not, plain old H2O ...   By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor

Accounting

• Quoting the right price - Price a job too high and you won't get the business; price it too low and you won't make a profit  By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

See also February 2003's Departments, columns