Electrical Apparatus April 2003
Featured articles  

  • Conventions and Trade Shows - National Plant Show in print: Photos and a brief summary of last month's big manufacturing and maintenance expo in Chicago ... By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
     
  • Service Shops - Modern service in an ancient setting: In a country full of reminders of the past, the Larbert Scotland branch of Dowding and Mills looks to the future ...By Stacy L. Whitman, EA Special Correspondent
  • Conductors - The why and how of transposed conductors: Care must be taken to maintain the integrity of all insulation. (Read a summary) By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor
  • Safety and Health  -   Back injuries: major workplace hazard ...but repair of spinal fractures now possible   By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor
  • Accounting  -  Staying afloat when cash is tight: Ways to turn cash flow from negative to positive  By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

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  • Editor's Comment  War or not, trade shows offer opportunities ... the Dowding & Mills shop in Larbert, Scotland  ... Coming next month ....  by Horace B. Barks, Editor and Publisher
  • Let's Solve Your Problem Motor and load determine drive acceleration time ... Three-phase service for submersible pump? ... Are pacemaker wearers at risk around large motors? ... How to size a generator in order to supply an ASD ... Determining horsepower of motor replacing engine ... How to keep controls' semiconductors cool ... New V-belts need their initial tension re-checked ... Vibration readings on the fan end of a motor ... Inverter duty wire: Is it a complete cure? ... Step up or down, does the transformer care? ... Why ground the load as well as the motor?  ...  Edited by the EA staff 
  • Letters  About copper vs. aluminum rotor design (EA February 2003), from Dale Hamil, Illinois Electric Works, Granite City, IL ... Energy conservation (EA February 2003) from Gersil N. Kay, Conservation Lighting International Lts., Philadelphia, PA, and John Atkins, Plant Engineer, Craig Adhesives, Verits, DMS, Newark, NJ ... Russian electrical code, from L.W. Brittian, Instructor, Texas State Technical College, Lott, TX
  • Trade associations,  professional societies and government activities  The Power Transmission Distributors Association's Power Transmission Handbook now in its third edition ... Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA) convention in San Francisco ... Record attendance for AHR Expo 2003 ... SMMA 2003 Management conference to focus on Strategic Directions for the Motors & Drives Industry ... ASTM International confers Gary M. Kralik Distinguished Service Award on Richard F. Lynch, president of Lynch and Associates, Inc. .... UCLA faculty Tatsuo Itoh, Henry Samueli and Eli Yablonovitch elected to National Academy of Engineering ... Edited by Joseph Hoff 
  • Business Briefs Saftronics and ABB in d-c drive alliance ... Motion Industries opens repair shop in Maine ... New headquarters for GE Supply Logistics ... Toronto HVAC supplier wins top honors ... Baldor buying Wisconsin generator maker ... Minarik in two distribution alliances ... Canadian resistor maker IPC Resistors, Inc., names Rondar Engineering and Technical Services integrator and JR Schmidt and Associates rep
  • Certification Briefs Solidstate Controls, Inc. certified to ISO 9001:2000 ... Distributor Briefs Alignment Supplies Inc. of Toledo named US representative for Damalini SE of Sweden .. Fleming Supply and Kilowatt Classroom LLC are distributors for Test Products International ... E.S.R. Corp (Rock Hill, SC) and Independent Electric (KansasCity) distributors for Emerson Motor Technologies ...  Edited by Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
  • Training Briefs  Announcements of workshops, seminars and instructional materials, in every issue and updated on the web. See our Training page for current offerings.  Solidstate Controls, Inc - Maintenance of UPS systems ... Emerson Climate Technologies and Refrigeration Service Engineers Society - compressor and motor troubleshooting ... Basler Electric Relay Application School - power system protection ... Kilowatt Classroom LLC - electrical training seminaars ... The Motion Institute - motion control, fluid power, electrical equipment troubleshooting, PLC's and bearings ... Baldor Electric Co - motors and drives workshops ... Solidstate Controls Inc. - battery management training and UPS power protection systems ... Joliet Junior College - industrial maintenance technology ... EASA - motor maintenance and business management ... AVO International Training Instutitute ... courses in electrical maintenance, safety, and telecommunications ... Academy of Infrared Training - infrared thermography ... ... Edited by Joseph Hoff 
  • EMBR update    Changes to the Electromechanical Bench Reference 2002, the annual buyers' guide that readers received with their December 2001 Electrical Apparatus. 
  • Electrical Manager The Mom Test for company dress codes ... Requirements for hiring immigrants ... How do you handle difficult, volatile employees?
  • Standards briefs  This month: SI unit guidelines issued by the American Socity of Testing and Materials ... IEEE, NEMA push for electronic balloting ... NEMA revises fuse standard ... National Fire Protection Association seeks public proposals on revision of NFPA 79 ... IEEE approves test standards ... ANSI approves AFCI revision ...   Edited by the Electrical Apparatus staff. 
  • Calendar In every issue and updated on the web. See our Calendar page for current offerings.
  • Names and Faces Kevin Judd of Staco-Switch ... Donald Poland of SKF Service Division ... Ariel Nicolaci of Wall Colmonoy ... James Laraia and Carl Gruenberg of Wieland Electric Inc. ... Robert Williams of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. ... Todd Hendrix of Artesyn Technologies ... Jeff Faubion of Johnstone Supply ... George Ardonlino and Peter Benson of Solidstate Controls, Inc. ... Wei Zeng of General Machine Products Co., Inc. ... Christopher Seguin of LAPP Insulator Co. ... David Roark, Dennis Chardac and Andree Charisson of Cooper Wiring Division ... Craig Bauer and Frank Newburn of Omron Electronics, LLC ... John DiCarlo of Quin-T Group ...  Edited by Joseph Hoff
  • Automation briefs   Recently featuring ... programmable logic controllers from KB Electronics ... power system monitor from Eaton Corp ... Programmable cam encoder from Baumer Electric ... Substation controller from GE Energy Services ... Digital panel meter from Automatic Timing and Controls ... I/O mounting board relays from Omron Electronics LLC ... Serial communications card from CyberResearch, Inc. ... linear variable differential transformer sensors from Sentech, Inc ...  ... Edited by David P. Tryling Product briefs Photos and announcements  - Free and useful MotorMaster software from www.oit.doe.gov ...  drives and invers from Rockwell Automation, AC Technology Corp, Minarik Corp, and WED Electric Motors Corp ... .and more  ... Edited by the EA Staff.
  • Braintrainers  Puzzles you and your colleagues can solve for fun and, if your answers are correct, for recognition in Electrical Apparatus.   April's puzzle is "What did he buy?"  The issue also features answers to the February puzzle, "Numerical Digits Sequence,"  and a list of featured winners:  John Bonk (Industrial Motor Service Corp, Montgomery, IL) ... Clarke Lewis McGee (McGee-Gamboa Enterprises, Donna TX) ... and sixty nine additional readers!   by Lillian Nielsen, Special Correspondent 
  • Direct and Current  Reversing the decline in safety enforcement ... Until now OSHA fines had declined ... Imports of Japanese High-voltage insulators ... Key economic issues ... Confusing worker disability claims ... Worldwide personal computer demand ...  by the Editors
  • Trilingual summary Gekreuzte Stromleiter - wie und warum? ... Conducteurs transposés - Pourquoi et comment? ... Los Conductores Transpuestos - ¿Por Qué y Como?... (read an English summary)
  • Utility Briefs Texis-New Mexico Power co bought by Sempra Energy ... Wisconsin Public Power buys Pratt & Whitney turbine ... Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Web briefs  www.leviton.com  ... www.weldinginnovation.com  ... www.imi-sensors.com  ... www.powellelectric.com  ... www.payneng.com  ... www.carlon.com  ... www.winsmith.com  ... www.tricomfg.com  ... www.westernelectric.com.au  ... www.powerquality.copper.org    ... www.phoenixcon.com  ...  Edited by the Electrical Apparatus staff. 
  • Say It Right  Does certified imply something special?  Most likely not, and here's why ...   by Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor 
  • Classified Advertising Equipment, jobs, businesses, business opportunities and services.
  • Cy's Super Service, Motorhead and Generatorhead Comic strips
  • Advertising Index
 

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