Electrical Apparatus November 2008
Featured articles  

  • Exhibitors at National Manufacturing Week - from the November 2008 Electrical Apparatus Trade Shows - Curtain falls on long-running manufacturing conference: National Manufacturing Week is absorbed into a larger trade show  By Elizabeth Van Ness
     
  • Overloaded motors, page 23 in the November 2008 issue of Electrical Apparatus magazine Power Systems - Circuit resistance: a not-so-simple property: Many more factors come into play than first meet the eye By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor (Read an online summary)
     
  • Digital electronics - from the November 2008 Electrical ApparatusDigital Electronics - Getting REAL: A technologist's guide to navigating choppy economic waters By David P. Tryling, EA Electronics Editor
     
     
  • Lockout/tagout requirements - featured on p. 30 of the November 2008 Electrical ApparatusSafety and Health  -  Lockout-tagout requirements re-emphasized by OSHA: A document intended to clarity a document that preceded it  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor
     
  • Safety and Health  -  Is epoxy resin the latest health hazard? There seems to be no proof one way or another - yet By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor
  • Accounting  -  By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

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  • Editor's Comment In this issue - Converting inventory into a "cash defensive" ... Paying for technology on tighter budgets ... Electrical Apparatus advertising rates stay in place for 2009 ... by Horace B. Barks, Editor and Publisher
  • Let's Solve Your Problem The longest-running and one of our most popular features, Let's Solve Your Problem answers real questions posed by people in plants and service shops around the U.S. and abroad. Selected Q&A's from this column are available in our popular Let's Solve Your Problem books.  In this issue - Let’s solve your problem How to protect motors on an unbalanced system...How much do screens reduce ventilation?...Critical speed: above or below normal RPM?...How much ‘off time’ will compensate for overload?...What voltage ranges are ‘medium’ and ‘high’?...Do mechanical problems affect motor efficiency?...Power supply connection: Does the motor really care?...How is motor current related to motor load? ...Edited by the EA staff  You are invited to send questions to this department. Your identity will be kept confidential, but we ask that you include your name, affiliation, postal (not e-mail) address, and telephone number. If you'd like a pre-publication reply, enclose a stamped envelope and we'll try to respond promptly. We cannot provide personal consultation or supply winding data.
  • Automation Federation of Research Triangle Park, NC, featured in the November 2008 Electrical Apparatus, p. 8Business and financial briefs   News of expansions, relocations, annual reports, and more, about companies serving the electrical mechanical industries  In this issue - Industrial services provider MISCOR Group Ltd. of South Bend, Ind. acquires Visalia Electric Motor Shop ... Megger buying Swedish instrument supplier Pax Diagnostics ... Delta Automation of Richmond, Va., is certified startup specialist and repair services provider for Dan Foss and Cutler-Hammer variable-frequency drives ... Cleveland-based Avtron Industrial Automation, Inc., acquires Admotec, Inc. ... Grainger opens Panama City branch... Polymer maker Ticona, of Florence, Ky., is building a Chinese facility ... Wood Group enters a joint venture with WG Amesa of Venezuela to provide wellhead equipment ... Swedish drive maker Emotron AB earns UL approval... A.O. Smith plans India heater headquarters... ... Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Letters  Comments and questions from readers of Electrical Apparatus. In this issue - Some down-to-earth talk about grounding, from Alan Gottlieb, Electrical Consultant, Con Edison, Great Neck, NY, and from Joseph Couturier, P.E., Electrical Engineering Manager, Orbital Technical Solutions, LLC, Toledo, Ohio
  • Electrical Apparatus invites letters, 250 words maximum. All letters, including e-mail, must include name, company, title or position, phone number, city, state or province, and country. We may edit your letter for clarity and space.— Editor
  • Gordon "Flash" McDaniel of McDaniel Electric Motor Repair, Farmingdale, NY, hits the open road - p. 11 of the November 2008 Electrical ApparatusEA reader profile Spotlighting the off-work activities and interests of members of the electromechanical industry. In this issue - Gordon "Flash" McDaniel of McDaniel Electric Motor Repair, Farmingdale, NY, is featured and describes his business. Send your suggestions for Profiles to Electrical Apparatus - see contact page for details.  
     
  • Calendar In every issue and updated on the web. See our Calendar page for current offerings.
  • Utility Briefs   News of the utility industry. In this issue - Federal agency U.S. Government Accountability Office doubts deregulation claims... New York State Gas and Electric Corp. awards Garlock Sealing Technologies a facility upgrade grant ... Duke Energy draws $1 billion from credit line... Ocean Power receives $2 million U.S. Dept. of Energy .. Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Trade associations, professional societies and government activities   News of non-profit government, and other organizations serving the electrical mechanical industries.  In this issue -  Philippines joins the Geneva-based International Electrotechnical Commission ... EASA Convention attendance up from previous year ... RSES: The HVACR Training Authority partners with Elsevier to produce online courses on heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration .... American Society of Safety Engineers sponsors poster contest .... Pumps Systems Matter of Parsippany, N.J welcomes four sponsors ... St. Louis-based National Association of Electrical Distributors and the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors offer combined health insurance program......Edited by the EA staff Note: the 2008 EMBR lists contact information for more than 140 associations ... Update or add your listing to the 2009 EMBR.
  • 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 - Arc flash, from American Trainco ... Fire systems, from Fire-Lite Alarms, www.firelite.com  ...Ultrasonics, from Branson Ultrasonics Corp. and Herrmann Ultrasonics, Inc. ... Relays and substations, from Megger ... Welding, from Lincoln Electric Co. ... Corrosion prevention, from Corrosion College ... Plant maintenance, from All-Test Pro LLC ... Drives and controls, from Bosch Rexroth Corp.... Servo motors, from Quality Solutions Co ... UPS’s and batteries, from Ametek Solidstate Controls ... Power quality, from PowerCET Corp. 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. Edited by Bill O'Leary
  • Standards briefs  Updates of standards and related information. In this issue - More international photovoltaic guidelines from International Electrotechnical Commission ... No more ‘trial use’ standards from The American National Standards Institute ( ANSI ) ... Wiring device dimensions retained by The National Electrical Manufacturers Association ( NEMA ) ... Underwriters Laboratories publishes first edition of the various standards for general-purpose machines, not for hazardous locations Edited by the Electrical Apparatus staff. 
  • Trilingual summary For our international readers, each month one featured topic is presented in French, Spanish and German. In this issue, Circuit resistance, a not so simple property: Stromkreiswiderstand: Die nicht ganz einfache Eigenschaft ... La résistance des circuits électriques: une propriété pas si simple ... La resistencia de los circuitos eléctricos–una característica no tan sencilla
  • Safety and health in the workplace How companies and their employees can guard and enhance their health and safety. In this issue - Lockout-tagout requirements re-emphasized by OSHA ... By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor
  • Literature Announcements of guides, catalogs, brochures, product specifications and other literature. In this issue - Test and measurement catalog from Protek Test & Measurement ... Catalog listing Baldor/Dodge Quantis Gold C-face energy-efficient gearmotors from Baldor Electric Co. ... Brochure from Hallmark Industries outlining an a-c and d-c motor product line and other offerings ... Enclosure program overview brochure from Fibox Enclosures ... Edited by the EA staff Mail announcements of new products and literature to Editorial Department, Electrical Apparatus. No faxes, e-mail, electronic submissions (CD-ROM's, etc.) or follow-up calls, please. There is no charge for publication, which does not constitute endorsement, nor can we verify product claims.

  • Ramzi Nassif of Leviton, p 36 of the November 2008 Electrical ApparatusShermco Industries executives discuss wind energy events - p. 15 of the November 2008 Electrical Apparatus Tim Hurley of Stellar Materials, Inc.-37 of the November 2008 Electrical Apparatus magazine

  • Names and Faces ... News and photos of industry people on the move and in the news. In this issue - Ramzi Nassif of Leviton (pictured, above left) ... Günter Retkowski, from EFC International ... Fire-Lite Alarms' David Pakech (pictured, above center).. from MISCOR Group Ltd., Mike White and Frank Larkin ... Jens Decker and Tim Hurley (pictured, above right) of Stellar Materials, Inc. ... Mary Maul of the Hydraulic Institute ... Michael Faulkner of Garlock Sealing Technologies ... Carlos Blum of the Wood Group ESP/ John Wood Group PLC, and Edmund-Hugo Lunde of John Wood Group PLC ... from Penn-Union Corp., Michael Smith ... Malcolm B. Kinnaird of A.O. Smith Corp. ... The International Electrical Testing Association and Power Systems Testing Co.'s David Huffman ...Edited by Bill O'Leary
  • Product briefs Photos and announcements of new products. In this issue - Drives & Inverters from Electro Static Technology and Bodine Electric Co. ... Enclosures from Fibox Enclosures ... Adhesives & Sealants from Master Bond and Epoxies, Etc. ... Miscellaneous flat pad for single-phase transformers from Highline Products ... removable brushholder system from Cutsforth Products, Inc. ... Transformer oil circulating pumps from Unifin International ... Protective enclosure for a-c plug-in transformers from Honeywell Power Products ... Synthetic labels from Badger Tag & Label Corp. ... Fused selective coordination panelboards from Ferraz Shawmut ... Motors & Gearmotors from Baldor Electric Co. and Bison Gear & Engineering Corp.... Power Quality from Raycap, Inc.....Edited by the EA Staff. Mail announcements of new products and literature to Editorial Department, Electrical Apparatus (page 2). No faxes, e-mail, electronic submissions (CD-ROM's, etc.) or follow-up calls, please. There is no charge for publication, which does not constitute endorsement, nor can we verify product claims.
  • 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. In this issue - Guidance on water-damaged equipment issued .... France second in European renewable .... GE and Google partner in grid management .... Power transmission sales retract slightly .... Europeans unaware of recycling regulations .... OSHA hearing on personal protective equipment from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus.

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