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October 2005 

Below are listed featured articles from the October 2005 issue, Vol. 58, no. 10 © 2005 Barks Publications, Inc. ... see also October 2005 departments and columns and Previous issues.

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• One service center management's retirement plan: employee ownership   The owners at Holland Industrial, Henderson, N.C., would soon be ready to leave, and didn't want to sell out.   This previously family-owned company specializes in the sale of industrial power transmission products and the sale and rebuilding of AC and DC Electric Motors. Our article reports on how the company's new Employee Stock Ownership Program is working, and how similar programs might work for other service centers.
  Featuring photos and shop layouts.
   

  
  By Richard L. Nailen, P. E.,  EA Engineering Editor

• 'Catching the wave' in a-c machines
  Our technical article "Wave windings in a-c machines" defines "wave winding" and explains its limitations and advantages.
   (Read an online summary.)

  
  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

• What are the right temperatures for drying windings?
  Taking time now may save trouble later.

  
  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

• New developments in insulation and manufacturing
  A preview of some of the products and services to be featured at the Electrical Insulation Conference/Electrical Manufacturing Expo '05–being held in Indianapolis this month. Our October issue – the second of three issues featuring EIC/EME - showcases products to be exhibited in Indianapolis.

By the EA Staff

• Managing Hazardous Wastes   What we need to know about managing and disposing toxic chemicals, and  OSHA's "hazmat" (hazardous materials) regulations.
  
  By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor

• Accounting for shrinkage How a process called 'backflushing' can uncover items and materials that disappear unaccountably

  By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

See also October 2005's Departments, columns