Electrical Apparatus
Featured articles May 2010

  • Things to do and see in Orlando, featured in the May 2010 Electrical ApparatusTrade Shows - A stint in the sunshine state: Convention attendees in Orlando will find many unexpected diversions
    By Joseph S. Hoff, EA Associate Editor      

     
     
  • The EASA convention, featured in the May 2010 Electrical ApparatusTrade Shows - Talking shop in Orlando: Next month’s convention of the Electrical Apparatus Service Association will stick close to the association’s core mission
    By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor      

     
     
  • Counterfeit electrical products, featured in the May 2010 Electrical ApparatusForeign Trade - Counterfeit electrical products: a worldwide problem -  How manufacturers and regulators are fighting an unintended consequence of globalization With trilingual summary.  (Read an online summary)
    By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor      

     

  • Accounting - Taking credit for business research R&D: tax deductions aren’t just for the big guys
    By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor 

Departments and Columns

  • Editor's Comment  EASA’s convention takes center stage…Counterfeit products involve many nations… Business research may lead to tax credits … What’s coming in the June and August issues ... by Horace B. Barks, Editor and Publisher
  • Let's Solve Your Problem Clarifying diagram of buck-boost transformer… Why the loss of one phase doesn’t leave two …When is an insulation test ‘destructive’? … Why does IR go down, and then back up again? … What hipot testing for uncured insulation? … How does voltage unbalance affect a motor’s torque?...Edited by the EA staff 
  • New iPhone app from Baldor Electric, in the May 2010 issue of Electrical ApparatusOrange County Choppers and Siemens  custom electric chopper hits the road, in the May 2010 issue of Electrical ApparatusBusiness and financial briefs Regal Beloit acquires Australian motor maker CMG Engineering Group Pty. Ltd. … Volland Electric named a Dodge distributor … Volland Electric Equipment Corp. appointed a Full Line Dodge Products distributor … W.W. Grainger, Inc. receives top wholesaler ranking in Fortune magazine … New iPhone app from Baldor Electric (pictured, left)… Pace of orders accelerates for Emerson Electric Co. … Apex Electrical Sales of Phoenix and Electrotech, Inc., of Minneapolis are new sales reps for Cooper Power Systems … Cape Wind buying Siemens wind turbines … Promellis, Inc. is new Canadian sales rep for conduit maker Perma-Cote … U.S. manufacturing rebounded in March ... Orange County Choppers and Siemens  custom electric chopper hits the road (pictured, right)  
    Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Phillip R. Limbaugh, owner of Birmingham 3 Phase Electric Motor & Equipment, Inc., featured in the May 2010 Electrical ApparatusReader Profile   Phillip R. Limbaugh, owner of Birmingham 3 Phase Electric Motor & Equipment, Inc., says members of today’s workforce must perform multiple jobs for the purpose of maintaining and improving efficiency. “I am a mechanic, winder, and I sweep floors.”
    By Joseph Hoff., EA Special Features Editor  

  • EASA's Executive Committee, featured in the May 2010 Electrical ApparatusTrade associations, professional societies and government activities   American Wind Energy Association slams Westar utility subsidy plan … EASA Chairman David Griffin praises association volunteers...  Association for Facilities Engineering Facilities America conference to be held jointly with the Facilities Decisions Conference and Expo ... Society of Manufacturing Engineers gives $815,000 to 300 US middle schools ... National Association of Electrical Distributors to hold 2010 Women in Industry Forum... NAED Electrical Products Education Course Silver Level is now available online  ... Underwriters Laboratories Study finds CFL’s safer than first perceived ... EASA names executive committee for 2010-11 (pictured) ... Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Calendar In every issue and updated on the web. See our Calendar page for current offerings.
  • Standards  Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers to revise IEEE 112 … Insulation systems, magnet wire standards revisited … Safety and testing adoptions by ANSI …NEMA may adopt environment standard … NEMA publishes ICS 3.1-2009
  • Utilities American Electric trimming jobs by up to 10% … Georgia Power launches bill pay at Best Buy …Wind industry grew at record pace in 2009… Duke Energy says 900 accepted buyouts…Ohio State receives Smart Grid cash… Pepco Holdings receives federal job grant
  • Trilingual summary  Counterfeit electrical products: a worldwide problem  (read an online English summary) - Gefälschte Elektroprodukte: ein weltweites Problem ... La contrefaçon de produits électriques: un problème mondial ... Productos eléctricos falsificados: un problema mundial
  • Pete Pierret of ICM Controls, from the May 2010 issue of Electrical ApparatusELANTAS PDG’s Rene Castanos, from the May 2010 issue of Electrical ApparatusNames and Faces .ELANTAS PDG’s Rene Castanos (left) … Contrinex AG’s Friedrich Keglowich and Annette Heimlicher … Kaiser Electric’S Jerry Dorhauer Sr. … Pete Pierret (right) of ICM Controls … The National Association of Electrical Distributors’s awardees J. Michael Barker, Tammy Miller, Phil Barrios, William Genne, Tom Latanision, John McBride, Charles Steinerm Cutler-Hammer, and Eaton Corp... Drives LLC’s Barbara Ross ...Edited by Bill O'Leary
  • R. Stewart Bartlett, owner of Bartlett Industrial Rewinding and Electrical Motor Service, in the May 2010 Electrical ApparatusDeaths R. Stewart Bartlett, owner of Bartlett Industrial Rewinding and Electrical Motor Service, Leitches Creek, Nova Scotia.




  • Literature Switch-rated plugs, receptacles, and connectors catalog from Meltric Corp. … industrial cable catalog from Coleman Cable, Inc.
  • Product Briefs Tools from Makita U.S.A., Inc. and Wiha Quality Tools… Measuring equipment from Saelig Co., Inc. and AEMC Instruments
  • 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 - Permanent Magnet IPM/BLDC Motors from Advanced MotorTech, LLC  ... “Rewinding Tips for Premium-Efficient Motors” from the Electrical Apparatus Service Association  ...Motor and Generator Rewinding from EPRI, TECO-Westinghouse ...Three-day relay testing program in Oklahoma from ENOSERV... Edited by Bill O'Leary
    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 Breaking news of interest to the industry. ... from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus.

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