Electrical Apparatus November 2003
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  • Maintaining a hockey rink, from p. 17, November 2003 Electrical ApparatusUtilities - Up early to repair the rink:  How the National Hockey League's Predators meet strict temperature and humidity requirements in Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center. A behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to keep the ice cold, the seats warm and everything else in top working order in the new arena used by the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League.  By Jane Powell Campbell, EA Special Correspondent  
  • Motors and hazardous areas, from p 20 of the November Electrical Apparatus Motors and Generators - Motors in hazardous areas: What are the rules?   Read a summary By Richard L. Nailen, PE., EA Engineering Editor  
     
     
     
     
  • Motors and Generators - When does electric motor repair become redesign? Does rewinding change performance? By Richard L. Nailen, PE., EA Engineering Editor
  • Motors and Generators - A NEMA document for premium motors How the specification is different.  By Richard L. Nailen, PE., EA Engineering Editor
  • 'Repair or redesign' from p 31 of the November 2003 Electrical Apparatus Digital Electronics - Industrial computing: PC's have demonstrated what they're capable of   By David P. Tryling, EA Electronics Editor
     
     
     
     
  • Foot safety - p. 34 of the November 2003 Electrical ApparatusSafety and Health  -   Preventing foot injuries: Wherever one works, whatever the job, feet are constantly exposed.   By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor 
     
     
      
     
  • Trade Shows  - Learning the latest in electrical manufacturing : News from the electrical insulation and manufacturing conference By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
  • Comparative financial results, indirect and direct foreign investment - from the October 2003 Electrical ApparatusAccounting  -  Operating a service business in tough times: Reductions in indirect labor, utilities, insurance and administrative costs can be a place to start.   By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor  
     
     
      

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  • Editor's Comment It's still the economy ... Annual directory time ... What's coming in December and January... by Horace B. Barks, Editor and Publisher
  • Let's Solve Your Problem One way to calibrate a grease gun .. How to get rotor bars tight in slots .. Do thrust bearings have to be in matched pairs?  ... Are 460 volt motors suited to 440 volt system? ... Avoiding resonance in a vertical pump motor ... Why grounding straps on damper bars? ... What test voltage for uncured stator coils? ...How many trips can a circuit breaker tolerate? ... Is there an easier way to check out a drive repair?
  • Electrical Manager Ways to save on this year's taxes
  • Letters Danger from vacuum units, from Alan Dartnell, P.E., Control Systems Supervisor, Chevron Texaco Global Power Generation, Asset Management, Bakersfield, California
  • Trade associations,  professional societies and government activities 2004 EASA Convention to be held in Washington, D.C.  ... IEEE 802.15.3 Millimeter Wave Interest Group to explore wireless personal networks - http://ieee802.org   ... NEMA's blackout solution: Is it workable? ... Adhesives foundation course on fundamentals  ...Edited by Joseph Hoff 
  • Standards briefs NEMA announces long-term strategic plan ... Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, American National Standards Institute and American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers adopt heat pump standards ... ANSI approves UL and NEMA standards ... Photovoltaic test standard adopted by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers .... Edited by the Electrical Apparatus staff. 
  • Business Briefs Guarantee Electrical Company acquires Kimsey Electrical Contracting, a division of Fischbach & Moore Electric ... KineticSystems Co., LLC buys data acquistion unit Gage Applied Technologies, Inc., from Tektronix ... General Electric turns further away from 'old line businesses' ... Western Distributor Platt Electric adds four branches ... ABB, Inc. modernizes controls in U.K. plant ... Call issued for GE Edison Award entries ..Financial Briefs  - A. O. Smith Corp ... Baldor Electric Co ... W.W. Grainger ... Sempra Energy  ..Edited by Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
  • Calendar In every issue and updated on the web. See our Calendar page for current offerings.
  • 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: Electronics and Drives from Drive Systems, Inc. - www.drivesys.net  or www.electricaltrainingUSA.com  ... Motion control, fluid power, electrical equipment troubleshooting, PLC's and bearings from The Motion Institute  ....EASA Spring 2004 seminars  - www.easa.com  ... Motors and drives from Baldor Electric ... www.baldor.com/support  ... Inverter, vector, servo and d-c drive basics seminar from Michigan Industrial Controls, Inc ... Electrical safety from Cooper Bussman ... Electrical maintenance, safety and telecommunications from AVO International Training Institute  ... Electronic thermal design web handling and converting, from Sensor Products, Inc.  - www.sensorprod.com  Edited by Joseph Hoff 
  • Question of the month - This month:  Are you seeing signs of recovery in electrical manufacturing? Answered by visitors to the manufacturing conference Xavier Vircondelet, Sarcel, Inc.  ... Loren Raschke, Kurz-Kasch ... Andreas Kress, Schuler ... Sabir Azizi, General Electric ... David Johnson, Regal-Beloit ... Jeffrey Hager, Martindale Electric  ... Ted Johnstone, Cogent ... Ramjit Harrilal, Rexel Mader Electric  ... Joe Schank, Shank Electronic Marketing
  • Automation briefs  This month in controllers - a graphical user interface programming environment from Z-World ... mini-PLC's from ABB SSAC .. industrial PC's  - industrial luggable programmable controller and panel PC from CyberResearch ... motion control moves ahead  - Python Motor Controller from Data Device Corp ... MagRes Magnetic Absolue Muli-turn Encoder from Baumer Electric ... multi-axis programmable controller from Nyden Corp ... ... data acquisition - from IOtech - thermocouple for up to 32 isolated digital I/O channels and 56-channel thermocouple input module ... New in customer education - the Profibus interface center will hold seminars to educated users and support vendors who are developing Profinet interface products (www.profibus.com  ) ... Edited by David P. Tryling 
  • Literature Thread treatment stick brochure from Henkel Loctite Corp ... plastic and insulated metal staples from Gardner Bender ... Application guide for Raychem wiring harnessing and protection products from Tyco Electonics ... Process calibrators and test/measurement instruments from Transcat, Inc. ... Three-phase pad-mounted recloser from Cooper Power Systems ... grounding products and system brochure from Erico...  Edited by the EA staff
  • Names and Faces ... In this issue: Dale E. Roethemeyer of Fasco Motors ... Vinod Kapoor and Leo Landers of Lincoln Electric Holdings ... Jim DeSmet of A-1 Servomotor Repair ...Carlo Lonardi of Harrington Hoists ... James J. Davis of Bicron Electronics ... Bob Freedman, Mike Miller, Gary Kajander of Elcon ... Gary D. Flick of Ametek Specialty Metal Products ... Scott Fuller of Post Glover ... JohnJ. McDevitt of Klein Tools ..Wayne Christic of Darby Electric ... Paula Pogge and Daniel Kent Parker - winners of scholarships from the Clifford H. "Ted" Rees Jr. Scholarship Foundation  Edited by Joseph Hoff
  • Product briefs Photos and announcements of new products ... In this issue, Circuit interurupters - A class J time delay fuse from Cooper Bussmann ... Adhesives & Sealants - semi-solid stick form threadlockers from Henkel Loctite Corp and flexible polyurethane potting compound from Epoxies Etc. ... Enclorsures - tube enclosure cooler from Vortex ... flange-mounted stainless-steel disconnect enclosures and  explosion-proof instrument housings from Adalet ... Lubricants - lubricants and penetrants from WD-40 Co ... ultrasonic grease lubrication monitor from UVLM, Inc. ... Power quality - CleanSource battery-free UPS system from Active Power, Inc.  Edited by the EA Staff.
  • EA reader at ease  Tom Hannon, chairman of the Hannon Electric Co, and his antique carriages
  • Braintrainers   Puzzles you and your colleagues can solve for fun and, if your answers are correct, for recognition in Electrical Apparatus.  by Lillian Nielsen, Special Correspondent 
  • Direct and Current Breaking news of interest to the industry, from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus. In this issue: Industrial controls rose slightly in the 2nd quarter ... Women earn les then men ... Square D. and Allen-Bradley celebrate their 100th birthdays ... Britain publicizes a UK Commercial Research Firm ... NAM's "The Facts About Modern Manufacturing" . by the Editors
  • Trilingual summary Regeln über den Einsatz von Motoren in Gefahrenbereichen ... Utilisation des moteurs dans les endroits dangereus - Quelles sont les regles? ... La Utilización de los Motores en Sitios Pelgrosos. ¿Cuales son las Reglas? (Read an English summary.)
  • Classified Advertising Equipment, jobs, businesses, business opportunities and services.
  • Cy's Super Service, Motorhead and Generatorhead
  • Advertising Index

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