Electrical Apparatus
Featured articles January 2012

  • The NFPA’s 2012 electrical safety standard, featured in the January 2012 Electrical ApparatusCodes & Standards - The NFPA’s 2012 electrical safety standard: A fresh edition corrects oversights, resolves questions, seeks harmony with other standards, and provides greater clarity     (Read an online summary)
    By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor


  • Five Year Index of Articles, featured in the January 2012 Electrical ApparatusIndex of Articles   -  Annual five-year index of articles, covering 2007-2011: Listing major articles that have appeared in Electrical Apparatus over the past five years
     By the EA staff



  • Accounting  -  Accounting ideas for the New Year: Ring in the new with a financial house-cleaning
    By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor
  • Fighting the flu, featured in the January 2012 Electrical ApparatusSafety & Health - Managing the flu virus: How best to avoid this unique form of seasonal misery
    By Joseph S. Hoff, EA Associate Editor


  • Tony Alexander and Kevin Johnson, Industrial Electric Service Co., Aberdeen Washington, featured in the January 2012 Electrical ApparatusReader Profile - Tony Alexander (left) and Kevin Johnson (right) work on 1250 hp motor at Industrial Electric Service Co., Aberdeen, Washington




  • WEG's new pulp-and-paper plant, featured in the January 2012 Electrical ApparatusBusiness Briefs - featuring business stories, including the new pulp-and-paper plant in Brazil, outfitted by WEG ...




Departments and Columns

  • Editor's Comment  Bragging a bit about content ... our “Five Year Index of Articles”...The NFPA’s 2012 Electrical Safety Standard .. The EMBR update ...   by Horace B. Barks, Editor and Publisher
  • Let's Solve Your Problem  How ‘tight’ are NEMA inertia standards? ... Is corona treatment needed below 6,000 volts? ... Is insulation different for 230 or 460 volts? ... What does ‘SFA’ mean on a motor nameplate? ... What’s the source of motor life data? ... One more time: When is voltage ‘high’? Edited by the EA staff
  • Associations, societies & government activities  National Association of Electrical Distributors’ Education & Research Foundation launches study of current marketing practices ...National Electrical Manufacturers Association endorses energy legislation... ANSI board member Amy Marasco testifies before EU ...  EASA reports on awareness campaign  ... Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League  hones a ‘green’ message  ...  Society of Manufacturing Engineers joins the Automation Federation...  Power Transmission Distributors Association passes fundraising goal ... HVAC association chooses new board of directors... International Society of Automation forms new Building Automation Systems Division ... NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association) publishes 2012 standards guide ...Hydraulic Institute plans 2012 Annual Meeting for February ... Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute receives Super Nova of Energy Efficiency Award from the Alliance to Save Energy ... New leadership slates announced for Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute; National Electrical Manufacturers Association; and Power Transmission Distributors Association   Edited by Kevin Jones  
  • WEG's new pulp-and-paper plant, featured in the January 2012 Electrical ApparatusBusiness briefs Regal Beloit selling Richmond Gear ... ELANTAS offices in Italy are merging ... Lending squeeze in Europe affects solar panel demand  ... WEG outfitting Brazil pulp-and-paper plant (left) ... Grainger plans to close 25 plants ... Emerson sees strong global growth ...  Johnstone Supply reports ‘robust growth’ ... Rexnord reports record quarterly results ... ABB sees double-digit revenue increase   ....Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Calendar In every issue and updated on the web. See our Calendar page for current offerings.
  • Utilities  Siemens opens wind turbine project warehouse in Wichita, KS ... Dominion Virginia Power proposes solar project ...Boulder voters narrowly defeat Xcel Energy and will create a municipal utility ... Arizona utility sued over clean air laws Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Reader Profile Tony Alexander and Kevin Johnson, Industrial Electric Service Co., Aberdeen Washington, featured in the January 2012 Electrical ApparatusTony Alexander (left) and Kevin Johnson (right) work on 1250 hp motor at Industrial Electric Service Co., Aberdeen, Washington.  Kevin, Industrial's motor shop foreman, is the focus of this month's Profile.
    By Joseph S. Hoff      



  • Web Briefs Useful internet resources featured this month: Arizona Solar Center  —  www.azsolarcenter.org  ... Electric Power Research Institute — http://strayvoltage.epri.com/resources.asp  ... Powerstrut — http://powerstrut.com/technical.html ... Consumer Product Safety Com - mission — www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia03/os/electropt2.pdf  ... Telenet — http://users.telenet.be/worldstandards/electricity.htm  ... Synlube — www.synlube.com/glossary.htm  ... Peerless Pump Co. — www.peerlesspump.com  ... Transmission Lines Design & Electrical Engineering Hub — www.transmission-line.net  ... Thomas Publishing Co. — www.thomasnet.com  ... Edited by the EA staff
  • Graybar's Kathleen Mazzarella.featured in the January 2012 Electrical ApparatusJay Grizzle of Chroma Corp..featured in the January 2012 Electrical ApparatusStahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures' Chris Wood .featured in the January 2012 Electrical Apparatus
  • Names and Faces  Graybar's Kathleen Mazzarella (pictured, left), Robert A. Reynolds Jr. and Todd McDonough ... Jay Grizzle of Chroma Corp. (center) ... Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures' David Slivinski and Chris Wood (right) ... EGS Electrical Group's Ricardo Mejia
    Edited by Bill O’Leary  

  • Training Briefs Announcements of workshops, seminars and instructional materials, in every issue and updated on the web. See our Training page for current offerings.  In this issue -  Advanced MotorTech LLC, offers a two-and-a-half-day course, “Induction Machine Design—Taking Theory to Practice: www.advancedmotortech.com ...Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) offers four online training courses for energy managers - www.aeeprograms.com/realtime or, by telephone, (770) 925-9633.
    Producers of workshops, seminars, and instructional materials are encouraged to send announcements to Training Briefs Editor, Electrical Apparatus. See Contact Us page. Certain restrictions apply - contact the editors for details.
  • Cy's Super Service, Motorhead and Generatorhead Comic strips featuring characters from our favorite cartoonists. 
  • Classified Advertising Equipment, jobs, businesses, business opportunities and services.
  • Direct and Current Manufacturing technology orders double over year …Business conditions stabilized in September….Electricity inflation index rose in September … Manufacturing expands yet again…Manufacturing jobs continue to go begging… ...from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus.

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