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Featured articles June 2010
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Say It Right - One (or more) of a kind . . . Keep in mind that there are no degrees of uniqueness
By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor
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Associations, Conventions & Trade
Shows - Products and services on view in Orlando What to look for at this month’s convention of the Electrical Apparatus Service Association
By the EA staff
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Service & Sales Companies
- How manufacturing sustains a Minnesota service center, T.E.C.
Industrial: Expertise in machining gives this shop a competitive edge.
By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor
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Energy legislation
- Small motor efficiency requirements: here at last? How rulemaking authorities have inched toward a consensus With trilingual summary. (Read an online summary)
By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor
- Accounting - Preparing for the coming economic recovery: It’s time to sell value, add complementary products, and consider buying struggling competitors
By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor
Departments and Columns
- Editor's Comment How T.E.C. Industrial in Rochester, Minn., has used its expertise in mechanical power transmission to develop new equipment sales that now account for 70% of its business... Preparing for recovery with best accounting and business practices... Small motor efficiency: are we there yet? ... by Horace B. Barks, Editor and Publisher
- Let's Solve Your Problem The 'glowing connection' problem; do AFCI’s help? …What temperature rise for Class H at service factor... Can stator RTD’s prevent rotor damage?... Rotation CW or CCW? Depends on viewpoint... How much spread should RTD readings exhibit? ...Why base hipot voltage only on motor nameplate? ...Edited by the EA staff
- Letters Correcting error in AFCI diagram, from Philip Doolittle, P.E., Climax Engineers, Valparaiso, Ind…. How to share data with shops and users?, from Wade Black, District Manager, Baldor Motors, Drives, Generators, and Sheaves, Clarksville, Ark.…Looking for info about generators, from Peter Martin, Green Bank Motors, New Holland, Pa.
Business and financial briefs
WEG Electric opens new U.S. headquarters in Duluth, Ga. (pictured) ...ABB to buy Ventyx... Canadian motor line Von Weise of Canada Co sold to Bison Gear... Certified Parts Corp. buys power transmission line from Hoffco/Comet... GE chief sees growth fueled by business... Quarterly sales and earnings perk up: promising reports from A.O. Smith, Regal Beloit, Rockwell Automation , Lincoln Electric Holdings, W.W. Grainger , Littelfuse, and Emerson Electric Co.
Edited by Kevin Jones- International Trade Shows The overseas Fall conference line-up lists events in Singapore, Slovakia, Russia, India, Hong Kong, Ukraine, and Germany.
By the EA Staff
- Trade associations, professional societies and government activities Electric Power Research Institute ( EPRI ) collaborates on efficiency study… Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League makes Inspect & Test Standards available to the public… Hydraulic Institute sets agenda for its Spring meeting … EASA Chair Sandi Howlett outlines benefits of the association’s Vo-Tech training manual … Power Transmission Distributors Association of Chicago opposes labor legislation… International Society of Automation launches 2010-11 Directory of Automation in a new online format… Refrigeration Service Engineers Society adds HVAC seminars to fall schedule… Electrical Generating Systems Association recently presented awards to two brothers who work for the same company … American Society of Safety Engineers to hold fall protection seminar in Baltimore … Edited by Kevin Jones
- Calendar Events from June 2010 through June 2011. See our Calendar page for current offerings.
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- Names and Faces Ohio Electric Motors' Ken Cooper... Bradleys' Inc.'s Randy Maddux (above left) and Tim Hartman (center)... Volland Electric Equipment Corp's John Coughlin... S&C Electric's Michael Edmonds (right)... Larry Weber of American Electric Power's Cook Nuclear Plant ...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 - Motor and
Generator Rewinding from EPRI, TECO-Westinghouse ...UL introduces new
photovoltaic certification...
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 Manufacturing output rose 1% in April... Shipments of industrial controls surge… Power transmission product sales grow... Congress advances energy efficiency legislation... Wisconsin governor signs energy efficiency bill... from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus.
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