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Electrical Apparatus
Featured articles February 2012

  • Foremost Electric Motor Repair, Peoria, IL, featured in the February 2012 Electrical ApparatusService and Sales Companies - 'Fourscore and seven years ago'... Foremost Electric Motor Repair in the Land of Lincoln observes 87 years of change and expansion    
    By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor


  • Conduit systems, featured in the February 2012 Electrical ApparatusWire and Cable   -  Conduit systems: essentials in electrical distribution: The never-ending quest for safe raceway for electrical wiring  (Read an online summary)
     By the EA staff


  • Dealing with hazardous fumes, featured in the February 2012 Electrical ApparatusSafety & Health - What’s that smell? Protecting workers against the dangers of fumes
    By Joseph S. Hoff, EA Associate Editor


  • Accounting - Critical steps in selling your business: Seven things every business seller should do
    By William H. Wieresma, CPA, EA Contributing Editor
  • Leipold Group, featured in the February 2012 Electrical ApparatusBusiness Briefs - featuring business stories, including ongoing growth at Leipold Group...




Departments and Columns

  • Editor's Comment  Comparisons may be odious, but we’re going to be bold: 2012 is starting out well ... Preparing to sell your business ... The EMBR update ...   by Horace B. Barks, Editor and Publisher
  • Let's Solve Your Problem  Another variation in drive terminology ... Will an older motor have lower power factor?... How high a voltage is allowable between coils?... Partial discharge/corona behavior is not clear... Does capacitance vary with voltage or not? ... How best to measure motor surface temperature? ... Must all terminal bolt holes be used? ... Edited by the EA staff
  • Letters Readers respond to article on fan design - letters from Peter Sutherland, Integrated Power Services LLC, Thornton, Ill. and from Dan Timberlake, Riley Power, Inc., Worcester, Mass.
  • Associations, societies & government activities  Safety pioneer Lanny Floyd to deliver keynote address at the Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League (PEARL) 2012 Electrical Safety, Reliability, and Sustainability Conference & Exhibition, Pittsburgh, May 5-7.... New control systems reference is published by the International Society of Automation of Research ... India is seen as a Smart Grid incubator ... Electrical Apparatus Service Association offers safety resources ...Society of Women Engineers of Chicago  joins the Automation Federation of Research  ... Shermco Industries is a 2012 Terawatt Sponsor of the American Wind Energy Association   Edited by Kevin Jones  
  • WEG's new pulp-and-paper plant, featured in the February 2012 Electrical ApparatusBusiness briefs Encoder Products awarded Baldor contract ...  Mersen buys laminated busbars  manufacturer Eldre... New generator firm Newington Electric Co is founded in Connecticut  ...Capital Safety of Red Wing, Minn. is acquired by New York-based investment firm KKR for $1.12 billion ... Construction’s Green Outlook 2011 ... Wood Group expands on two continents ... SKF opens marine service centers ... Test equipment maker Chroma Systems Solutions, Inc., of Lake Forest, Calif., acquires QuadTech, Inc.... Emerson gives $1 million to family museum The Magic House ...  Darby Electric sees increased sales volume  ... Strong growth for German parts supplier Leipold Group  ....Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Calendar In every issue and updated on the web. See our Calendar page for current offerings.
  • Ken Cooper of Ohio Electric Motors,featured in the February 2012 Electrical ApparatusReader Profile Ken Cooper, of Ohio Electric Motors, is one of the company’s Lean Six Sigma Black Belts.
    By Joseph S. Hoff  



  • Utilities  American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio, settles legal actions brought against its John W. Turk Jr. power plant ... Southern Co. (founded in 1912 under the name Alabama Traction, Light & Power) observes its hundredth anniversary... Exelon-Constellation merger clears hurdle with Justice Department ... Pepco wins $11 million energy performance contract... Vermont wind project is approved by regulators   Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Product Briefs  Adhesives and sealants from Master Bond ... Drives and inverters from ABB, Nord Drivesystems, Bison Gear & Engineering Corp., and Dunkermotoren USA.... Enclosures  from Altech Corp. and Adalet... combination USB charger  from Cooper Wiring Devices...  low-voltage dry-type distribution transformers  from Bridgeport Magnetics Group, Inc... Tools from Hilti, Inc. Edited by the EA staff
  • Robroy Industries' Michael O’Bryan.featured in the February 2012 Electrical ApparatusStahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures' Chris Wood .featured in the February 2012 Electrical ApparatusJeff Walker of Galvan Electrical Products, featured in the February 2012 Electrical Apparatus
  • Names and Faces  Regal Beloit Corp's Mark Gliebe ... Robroy Industries' Michael O’Bryan (pictured, left)  and Kimberly Slaton (center) ... Magnetek, Inc.'s John Holland ... Jeff Walker (right) of  Galvan Electrical Products
    Edited by Bill O’Leary  

  • Barbara Fox, owner of Fox Brothers Electric, remembered in the February 2012 Electrical ApparatusRobert J. Rapa, founder of Rapa Electric, Inc, remembered in the February 2012 Electrical ApparatusCarl H. Wojahn, co-founder of W&W Electric Motors, remembered in the February 2012 Electrical Apparatus
  • Deaths  Barbara Fox, owner of Fox Brothers Electric in Murfreesboro, Tenn.,  (left) ... Robert J. Rapa, founder of Rapa Electric, Inc. in Allegan, Mich (center) ... Carl H. Wojahn, co-founder of W&W Electric Motors of Oshkosh, Wis., and past owner of W.W. Electric Motors in Waupun, Wis. (right)
    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 -  Shermco Industries offers a two-day course titled “Fundamentals of Variable Frequency (A-C) Drives” - (888) 743- 7626; www.shermco.com/training  .... Also from Shermco, a three-day course titled “Motor Maintenance and Testing” (888) 743- 7626; www.shermco.com/training  
    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 technology orders double over year …Business conditions stabilized in September….Electricity inflation index rose in September … Manufacturing expands yet again…Manufacturing jobs continue to go begging… ...from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus.

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