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August 2005 Columns and Departments
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58, no. 8, © 2005 Barks
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- Editor's Comment
Perspective on current and upcoming issues... by Horace
B. Barks, Executive Editor
In this issue: EASA Show report: bigger and
better, this year's EASA convention in Nashville featured an
improved quality of program, a broader variety of products
and services exhibited, and the global focus of the
worldwide group of delegates who attended ... EA
expands its show coverage ... Correction re: error in map
accompanying our July article about the Traction Motor
Service company ...
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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.
Edited by the EA staff
In this issue: Do motor starters generate overvoltages?
... What's worse: shaft voltage or current? ... What's the
best escape from resonant frequency? ... How much does
current reduce bearing life? ... Why does coolant affect
transformer efficiency? ... How does overload of motor
affect bearings? ... Could nonlinear loads cause phase
unbalance? ... How useful is the turns ratio test?
You
are invited to send questions to this department. Your
identity will be kept confidential, but we ask that you
include your name, affiliation, postal (not e-mail) address,
and telephone number. If you'd like a pre-publication reply,
enclose a stamped envelope and we'll try to respond promptly.
We cannot provide personal consultation or supply winding
data.
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Business and financial briefs News of expansions,
relocations, annual reports, and more, about companies
serving the electrical mechanical industries ...Edited by Kevin Jones
In this issue: new AW
Dynamometer, Inc and Jenkins Electric Company venture ...
IPC Power Resistors and Post Glover merge ... Fluke Corp
buys LEM Instruments ... Pennsylvania Electric Coil Ltd.
installs $1.6 million automated electric form coil process
... Powell Industries buys Switchgear & Instrumentation Ltd.
... ABB announces profit warning and job cuts ... Guarantee
Electrical Contracting of Denver merges with Cache Valley
Electric ... General Electric reorganizes into six business
units ... A.O. Smith plant reaches safety milestone - one
million hours without a lost-time accident ... Financial
briefs
for Baldor Electric Co and Magnatech ... Mitchell
& Associates is new sales representative for Peerless
Electric and Ohio Electric Motors, Inc.
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 EA reader at ease
... Stories featuring unusual or interesting avocational
interests of our readers.
In this issue -
Lust for Life Glen Brown,
general manager at Shenandoah Apparatus Service in Newnan,
Georgia, loves to dance.
By Joseph S. Hoff, EA Special Features Editor
Do you know someone working in the electrical
aftermarket with a hobby or interest that could be featured
in "EA reader at ease"? Tell us who they are, what they do,
and how we can contact them to find out more about their
special passions. Send your suggestions to Electrical
Apparatus, 400 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 900, Chicago, III.
60611; (312) 321-9440; Fax (312) 321-1288; e-mail
eamagazine@barks.com
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Trade
associations, professional societies and government
activities News of non-profit government,
and other organizations serving the electrical mechanical
industries. Edited
by the EA staff
In this
issue - Stuart Irby, Edwin Kanner, Francis Piscitelli and
David Crum honored by the National Association of Electrical
Distributors ... Germany says its challenges are like those
of the United States re: outsourcing and job losses ... the
Refrigeration Service Engineers Society announces sessions
for its annual convention (see
www.rses.org ) ... The U.S. Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration Institute signs a memorandum of understanding
with the China Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Association ... Schneider Electric makes a $25,000 donation
to the Electrical Safety Foundation International ... the
InterNational Electrical Testing Association seeks papers
for its annual technical conference ... Concerned scientists
urge increased use of renewable energy sources ... the
Independent Infrared Conference will be held in Sarasota
Florida in January (see
www.snellinfrared.com)
... National Association of Electrical Manufacturers and the
American Hospital Association release a new agreement
concerning the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act.
Edited by the EA Staff
Note: the
2005
EMBR lists contact information for more than 140 associations ... Update or add
your listing to the 2006
EMBR.
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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
...
Edited
by the EA staff
In this issue: Power Quality, from PowerCET Corp.,
www.powercet.com/download/courscat.pdf ... Electrical
safety testing from Associated Research ... Electrical grounding, from Luncole XIT Grounding,
www.lyncole.com ... Maintenance management, from
the New Standard Institute (
www.newstandardinstitute.com ) ... Industrial truck safety,
from Vast Consulting and Marketing ... Drives and controls,
from Bosch Rexroth Corp (
www.boschrexroth-us.com ) ... Servomotor training,
from Quality Solutions Company (
www.motor-solutions.com ) ... High voltage maintenance,
from Ox Creek Energy (
www.corona-technology-course.com ) ... Professional
certification, from The Association for Facilities
Engineering, www.afe.org 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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- Standards
briefs updates of standards and related
information... In this issue: European directive
alarms the American Society of Testing & Materials ...
International Electrotechnical Commission publishes
Photovoltaic standards outside the U.S. ... U.S.
agencies continue 'national adoptions ' ... Canada
recognizes Factory Mutual approvals ... The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC)'s "Order 2003" and "Rule 2006"
... Edited by the Electrical Apparatus staff.
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- Calendar
Briefs - Upcoming trade shows, symposia, and events... Edited by
the EA staff
In this issue - conferences, meetings, conventions and
more, from September 2005 through June 2006 ...
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 New
Books Recently published books, reviewed by our editors. In this
issue - Rating of Electric Power Cables in Unfavorable
Thermal Environment, by G. J. Anders, John Wiley & Sons,
Inc. In this book, Dr. Anders gives electrical system
engineers some tools to forestall overheating of
transmission and distribution circuits at 100 to 400 kV. Reviewed by RLN.
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- Accounting
for management Business financial planning, tips,
information and best accounting practices ...By William H. Wiersema,
CPA, EA Contributing Editor and author of Steps
to a Successful Service Shop.
In this issue - Standards for service quality - How to
establish benchmarks in an electromechanical service
setting.
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 Safety
and health in the workplace By Richard B.
Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor
In this issue - When it gets too hot to work - Minimizing
the effect of summer's heat on employee productivity.
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Names
and Faces
... News and photos of industry people on the move and in
the news...Edited by the EA Staff
In this issue - Scott Sanders of Longo
Electrical-Mechanical, Inc., .. Greg Zook (pictured) of
Brooks Utility Products Group .. Jack Dobson, Jr. of
Simplicity Manufacturing .. Littlefuse, Inc's Paul Dickinson
... Gerry McCarthy of Volland Electric Equipment Corp. ...
Tom Scheck of Eurotherm ... Dan Bender of Power Control
Products ... Mike Hadank (pictured) and Dennis French
(pictured) of Leviton Manufacturing ... Patrick McSalley
(pictured) of Guarantee Electrical Co ... Dana
Roschnafsky of The P.D. George Co. ... Traction Motor
Service's Tom King ... Bill Elliott (pictured), John Duda
(pictured), Peter de Steiger, Bruce Leff and Tammy Miller of
the National Association of Electrical Distributors ...
Nicholas Brown, Michael Green, Richard Grigg, Karen Knutson,
and Susan Tierney, new board members for the Electric Power
Research Institute ... Mike Owens of ProTradeNet LLC ...
Stephen Norris, Alan Frakes, David Inman, Keith Bovee, and
Mark Klein of Klein Tools ... Jason Sherrill of Cooper
Wiring Devices ... - Edited by
the EA Staff
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 Deaths - Obituaries of industry
people. In this issue -Frederrick McBroom, co-founder
of the Service Electric Co in Indianapolis which became the
current family-owned McBroom Electric Co.
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Say It Right ... The popular column about language in
the workplace ...In this issue - What's an 'embedded'
temperature sensor? Be careful - the term applies to
only one kind of device by Richard L. Nailen, P.E.,
EA Engineering Editor
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- Product
briefs Photos and announcements of new products. In this
issue - Electronics (Motor control, sensors, control
components) ... Circuit Interrupters ... Measuring Equipment
... Motors and Gearmotors ... Enclosures ...Edited by the EA Staff.
Mail
announcements of new products and literature to Editorial
Department, Electrical Apparatus (page 2). No faxes, e-mail,
electronic submissions (CD-ROM's, etc.) 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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Cy's Super Service, Motorhead and Generatorhead Comic
strips featuring characters from our favorite cartoonists.
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Direct
and Current Breaking news of interest to the industry,
from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus.
In this issue: 3- year treasury bonds ... Email troubles
... Identity theft ... Profit growths reported by the
National Association of Electrical Distributors ...
Telephone IRS filing ... Trade show budgets ... Nigerian
email fraud arrests... .
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International
Briefs -Edited by
the EA Staff
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Engineering Education By Josh Hoff
A glimpse into today's engineering
classroom in a quarterly feature which reports on college
and university courses relevant to expanding
electromechanical activities, as well as pre-college
programs.
Engineers in
the US number
more than two million, and job openings for electrical
engineers are expected to increase 21%-35% by 2006.
This trend is inspiring new and diverse engineering
education programs across the country, from pre-engineering
to nanotechnology. Send information about engineering
education programs and events to Electrical Apparatus, 400
N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 900, Chicago, III. 60611; (312)
321-9440; Fax (312) 321-1288; e-mail
eamagazine@barks.com
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- Literature
Announcements of guides, catalogs, brochures, product
specifications and other literature. ... Edited by the EA staff
Mail
announcements of new products and literature to Editorial
Department, Electrical Apparatus (page 2). No faxes, e-mail,
electronic submissions (CD-ROM's, etc.) 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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- Electrical
Manager ...A
potpourri of news and features, selected and edited for
maintenance and service managers.
"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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Electronics (Automation briefs) -
the latest in products for electronics and systems
applications
Edited by David P. Tryling
To submit
products for "Automation Briefs" include a photo and website
URL to a page where our readers can learn more about your product over the web (URLS are published in
the magazine.) Fax or conventionally mail press
releases or announcements to Electrical Apparatus, 400 N.
Michigan Avenue, Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60611; Telephone
(312) 321-9440; Fax (312) 321-1288; or email
eamagazine@barks.com .
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EMBR
update - changes to the
Electromechanical Bench Reference 2005, the annual
buyers' guide that readers received with their December 2004 Electrical
Apparatus. Following publication of the directory,
corrections and additions appear in subsequent issues of the
magazine.
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Certification
briefs Updates on certification Edited by Kevin Jones
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- Utility
Briefs News of the utility industry .. Edited by
Kevin Jones
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Braintrainers 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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- Letters
Comments and questions from readers of Electrical Apparatus
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 August edit your letter for clarity and space.— Editor
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Index An easy to use reference to the advertisements in
Electrical Apparatus magazine.
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