April 2004 

Below are listed featured articles from the April 2004 issue, Vol. 57, no. 4 © 2004 Barks Publications, Inc. ... see also April 2004 departments and columns and Previous issues.

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• Shop Equipment Showcase    A special section devoted to equipment and materials used in apparatus service  Edited by the EA Staff

• Quest for quality    DMS Electric Apparatus Service's new owner invites customers on a 'journey' Edited by the EA Staff

• The trouble with plugging   Phase reversal may produce excess stress  Read an online summary (trilingual summary appears in the magazine) By Richard L. Nailen, RE., EA Engineering Editor

• A smaller manufacturing show aims to help plant personnel work smarter Infrared thermography, power control and metering, and vibration analysis figure prominently at Chicago plant maintenance exhibits  By the EA Staff

• Is now the right time to buy a business?  Any time is right when both seller and buyer are willing.  By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

• Helping employees survive a heart attack.    A modest investment in an automated external defibrillator just might save a life.  By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor

• 'Engineers' - what's in a name.  A lot - almost too much not to be confusing.  Richard L. Nailen, RE., EA Engineering Editor

See also April 2004's Departments, columns