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February 2006 Columns and Departments
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- Editor's Comment
Perspective on current and upcoming issues... by Horace
B. Barks, Executive Editor
In this issue: More and more, small business is
getting like big ... Supporting a worthy cause: Jim Keck and
Joliet Electric Motor Co launch an endowment fund ... Steve
Darby of Darby Electric ... Delivery of December
EA/ElectroMechanical Bench Reference to Canada. (Note -
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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: Testing a synchronous rotor winding
safely ... What's the right d-c hipot voltage? ... Right or
left: Which is the 'right' hand? ... Are de-energized cables
truly safe? ... How important is brazing allow conductivity?
... A close look at arc flash 'exposure' ... Operating a 230
V drive at 208 volts ...
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- Letters
Comments and questions from readers of Electrical Apparatus
In this issue: Bearing damage, from Ralph T.
Buscarello, Update International, Inc., Denver, Colorado ...
Electrical
Apparatus invites letters, 250 words maximum. All letters,
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Business and financial briefs News of expansions,
relocations, annual reports, and more, about companies
serving the electrical mechanical industries In
this issue -ITT Pentair create new motor manufacturer ...
Littelfuse selling fuse switch unit ... A.O. Smith to open
new lab in China ... General Cable buys Mexican auto
supplier ... PacifiCorp in Utah power purchase ... Schenck
offers new balancing certification ... Leviton in alliance
with Texas Instruments ... Tyco paid $1.6 million to
Abramoff ... Recently acquired Schneider unit renamed ...
Emerson and Ametek on Forbes
"400
Best Big Companies" list Financial briefs
- Phelps Dodge Corp's fourth quarter earnings
projections ..Anniversaries -
The Eraser Co observes its 95th year in business ...Edited by Kevin Jones
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 EA reader at ease
... Stories featuring unusual or interesting avocational
interests of our readers.
In this issue -
Paul
Bush, CEO of Lubbock Electric, Lubbock Texas, has an antique
car collection which he keeps in a showroom.
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
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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
In this issue: Motor and generator maintenance,
from Jarsco Engineering Corp ... Servomoto application
and service, from Quality Solutions Co.,
www.motor-solutions.com ... Corrosion testing, from ASTM
International, www.astm.org
... Maintenance Management, from New Standard Institute ...
Power Quality, from PowerCET Corp.,
www.powercet.com/download/courscat.pdf ... Motor
& drive application, from Baldor Electric ... Motor service and repair, from
the Electrical Apparatus Service Association, www.easa.org
... Drives and controls, from Bosch Rexroth Corp ...
www.boschrexroth-us.com ..
Edited
by the EA staff
Producers
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encouraged to mail announcements to Training Briefs
Editor, Electrical Apparatus. There is no charge.
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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 February 2006 through October 2006 ...
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Accounting
for management In this issue - Sarbanes-Oxley:
Beyond public companies - If you think it will never apply
to private companies, think again.
By William H. Wiersema,
CPA, EA Contributing Editor and author of Steps
to a Successful Service Shop.
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Electronics (Automation briefs) - the latest in
products for electronics and systems applications
In this issue -- Motion controls, from QuickSilver Controls
and Nyden Corp ... Control modules, from B&B Electcronics
and Automation Systems Interconnect, Inc. ... Test equipment
from Saelig Co, Flir Systems and ASI ... Personal computers
from CyberResearch ... Metering and measurement from
Ametek and Yaskawa ... Terminals and splices from Sta-Kon of
Thomas & Betts.
Edited by David P. Tryling
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Names
and Faces
... News and photos of industry people on the move and in the
news. In this issue - Dan Gray, president of
Independent Electric Supply (above) ... Dan Arnet, Sales
representative for Helwig Carbon Products (right) ... Andy
Gravitt of Schneider Electric North American Operating
Division ... Karen Bock of Interconnect Devices, Inc. ...
Albert Medice of A.O. Smith Corp ... Jim Amicon of Ametek
Solidstate Controls ... Sylvia Rascon of John C. Dolph Co. ...Edited by the EA Staff
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Deaths - Obituaries of industry people. In this issue:
Raymond Dahman, owner of Schulz Electric, SEC, Inc.,
Reliable Electric Motors, Maine Industrial Repairs, Stultz
Electric Motor Control and Accurate Calibrations
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- Product
briefs Photos and announcements of new products. In this
issue - Interconnections from Appleton, Bryant Electric and
Thomas & Betts Corp ... Switching Devices from Electroswitch
and Brooks Utility Products Group
... Edited by the EA Staff.
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- Literature
Announcements of guides, catalogs, brochures, product
specifications and other literature.
Edited by the EA staff
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Engineering Education
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.
By Josh Hoff
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
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Electrical
Manager ...A
potpourri of news and features, selected and edited for
maintenance and service managers.
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EMBR
update - changes to the
Electromechanical Bench Reference 2006, the annual
buyers' guide that readers received with their December 2005 Electrical
Apparatus. Following publication of the directory,
corrections and additions appear in subsequent issues of the
magazine.
Product
Index
Add the following to the Product Index:
Phase converters
1-Rotary
2-Static
Advanced Power & Controls, LLC - 1, 2
ARCO Electric Products - 1
Boostek - 1, 2
Cedarberg Industries, Inc. - 1, 2
Electric Motor Products - 1
Lewus Electric Co., Inc. - 1, 2
Martin Phase Converters, Inc. - 1, 2
Maxiphase - 1
Phase-A-Matic, Inc. - 1, 2
Precise Power Corp. - 1
Ronk Electrical Industries, Inc. - 1, 2
Smith Electric Motors/GWM - 1, 2
Steelman Industries, Inc. - 1, 2
T-P Electric and Manufacturing Corp. - 1, 2
Ward Leonard Electric Company, Inc. - 1
Phase insulation
Active Industries, Inc.
Albany International
Bedford Materials Co., Inc.
CHEMFAB Corp.
Cottrell Paper Co., Inc.
Du Pont Co.
Glastic Corp.
Innovative Paper Technologies, LLC
Insulating Materials, Inc.
MM&M Electrical Supply
Pittsburgh Electrical Insulation, Inc.
WS Hampshire Co.
Phase sequence indicators
A. W. Sperry Instruments, Inc.
ABB Inc.
Brunelle Instruments, Inc.
Extech Instruments Corp.
Furnas Electric Co.
Time Mark Corporation
Distributors
The correct email and
website addresses for Dykman Electrical (p. 90, 93, 100, and
102) are sales@dykman.com and www.dykman.com.
The Avana-GN Electric listing (p. 93) should be updated with
new name and contact information as follows:
Avana Electrotek
1445 Brummel Ave.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
www.electroteksales.com
847-439-7200
FAX 847-439-3950
Manufacturers Finder
Note: Where products appear, you should update the Product
Index as well as the Manufacturers Finder.
The listing for Bison Gear and Engineering. (p. 40) should
be updated to includethese product categories: Fractional HP
Motors; Permanent Magnet Motors
The correct street address for CEG, NA (p. 41) is:
1605 Argentia Road
The listing for Dart Controls (p. 43) should be updated as
follows:
Dart Controls
500 W 106th Street
Zionsville, IN 46077
sales@dartcontrols.com www.dartcontrols.com
317-873-5211
FAX 317-873-1105
Controls; Drives; Drives - Adjustable speed, Drives -
variable frequency; Inverters; Potentiometers; Sensors;
Speed Sensors; Tachometers
The Web site address for Ströter Gmbh. (p. 67) is
www.stroter.com
These companies should be added:
Abby Manufacturing Company
510 County Road 115
Walnut, MS 38683
general@abbymfg.com
www.abbymfg.com
662-252-1953 ext 136
FAX 662-252-5386
Motor mounts/bases/rails
Boostek, Inc.
3415 MJB Road, P. O. Box 440 Casper, Wyoming 82602-0440
307-234-2366; 877-266-7823
FAX 307- 234-6738
info@boostek.com
www.boostek.com
Phase converters
This company should be deleted : Steelcraft (p. 66)
Special Services
On p. 118, California Fine Wire Co. should be deleted from
the Platinum Plating category.
On p. 125, the company below should be added to the
Transformer Service/Rebuilding category:
Transformer Testing & Repairs, Inc.
P. O. Box 2219
Suisun City, CA 94585
707-421-9398
FAX 707-421-9662
thebest@transformerservices.com
www.transformerservices.com
Standards Organizations
These organizations should be added:
BSTI
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
Maan Bhaban
116/A, Tejgaon Industrial Area
Dhaka-1208
Bangladesh
8821462
bsti@bangla.net
www.bstibd.org
BSN (Badan Standardisasi Nasional)
National Standardization Agency of Indonesia
Godung Manggala Wanababti
Blok IV Iantal 3-4
Jl. Gatot Subroto
Sanayan, Jakarta 10270
Indonesia
+62 21 574 7043
bsn@bsn.or.id
www.bsn.or.id
JBS
Bureau of Standards Jamaica
6 Winchester Road, P.O. Box 113
Kingston 10
Jamaica
(876) 926-3140-5
info@jbs.org.jm
www.jbs.org.jm
KEBS
Kenya Bureau of Standards
P.O.Box 00200 54974
Nairobi, Kenya
(+254 02) 605490
info@kebs.org
www.kebs.org
KEA
Korea Electric Association
11-4 Supyo-Dong Chung-Ko
100-230 Korea (KEA Bldg.)
Republic of Korea
82-2-2274-1661-5
webmaster@electricity.or.kr
www.electricity.or.kr
PSQCA
Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority
Block 77, Pakistan Secretariat
Karachi, Pakistan 74400
+92 21 920 6260
psqcadg@super.net.pk
www.psqca.com.pk
PKN (Polski Komitet Normalizacyjny)
Polish Committee for Standardization
ul. Swietokczycka 14, 00-050
Warsaw, Poland
+48 (0-22) 867 755
oinsekr@pkn.pl
http://english.pkn.pl
SLSI
Sri Lanka Standards Institution
17 Victoria Place
Elvitigala Mawatha
Colombo 08, Sri Lanka
+94 11 267 1567
slsi@slsi.slt.sk www.nsf.ac.lk/sisin
Edited by the EA staff
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