March 2003 

Below are listed featured articles from the March 2003 issue, Vol. 56, no. 3 © 2003 Barks Publications, Inc. ... see also March 2003 departments and columns.

To purchase copies of back issues using credit card or check, contact Barks Publications, 400 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60611-4104  (312) 321-9440 tel, (312) 321-1288 fax. Back issues are $5.00 each; Add postage and handling:  $1.25 for first copy, plus $.50 for each additional copy. You also may order back issues direct from our online webstore. 

We welcome your comments and inquiries re: subscriptions and advertising. Please include your name and contact information.  

• Shop equipment showcase - A section devoted to equipment and materials used in apparatus service...By the EA staff

• A clean slate - Moving from an old to a new building presents a company with an opportunity to arrange things just right...By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor

• Low-voltage busway - Flexibility, economy, and reliability has given this distribution system an increasing role in industrial production...With trilingual summary...By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

• Back to basics with stepper drive systems - Clearing up some misconceptions about industrial motion control    By David P. Tryling, EA Electronics Editor

• Which is better protection: fuses or breakers? Either can be effective; here are some points of comparison...By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

• Thirty million workers still ignoring sound advice - They won’t wear hearing protection and nothing happens—until later...   By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor

Accounting

• Becoming a more efficient distributor - In the new equipment business, warehouse layout can mean the difference between profit and loss By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

See also March 2003's Departments, columns