EA August 2025
Innovation!
Explore innovation in the August Electrical Apparatus: additive manufacturing, EV chargers, AI, robotics, vacuum tech, finance tips, and more.
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ELECTRICAL APPARATUS | AUGUST 2025
Electrical Manager
14 Chatterboxes
AI chatbots are suddenly everywhere. How best to tame and use them?
By Bill O’Leary, EA Contributing Writer
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Electric Avenue
18 Dealer’s choice
Having EV chargers on site at auto dealerships demonstrates that the dealers stand behind the EVs they sell
By Maura Keller, EA Contributing Writer
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Energy
21 Energy round-up
What’s new in the energy industry as summer draws to a close
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor
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Conventions & Trade Shows
22 A North American debut
Coiltech North America’s premiere performance offered a glimpse of electrification’s future
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor
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26 Transformative talks
Presentations on transformers and motors figured prominently at CWIEME Berlin June 3-5
By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
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EA Reader Profile
29 En garde, prêts, allez . . .
‘Ready, set, go!’ is fencer Anthony Cuschieri’s approach to running his polyester film company
By Colin Gregory-Moores, EA Contributing Writer
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Training & Education
31 Amazon U.
Bakersfield College is partnering with Amazon for educational programs that offer employees a plethora of opportunities
By Avery Heeringa, EA Contributing Writer
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Manufacturing
33 3D printing comes of age
How 3D printing — once a novel manufacturing technology — has become firmly established in the industrial workplace
By Bill O’Leary, EA Contributing Writer
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Power Transmission & Distribution
39 Breaker breakout
Given the proliferation of massive data centers, demand for medium-voltage breaker switchgear appears boundless
By David Bredhold, EA Contributing Writer
Finance & The Workplace
44 ‘Insuring’ your business continues
Covering both property and people can be well worth the cost
By William H. Wiersema, EA Finance Editor
Pump It Up
48 Innovations in pump design and application
Improvements in materials and design are helping to push the limits of performance
By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
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ELECTRICAL APPARATUS | AUGUST 2025
Departments
04 The editor's comment
What’s new in innovation​
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05 Let's solve your problem
Answers to questions about motor windings and resistance
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06 Calendar
Upcoming events on metal fabrication, energy, and manufacturing
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08 Plant happenings
Plant openings and closures around the U.S.
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10 Business
IE6 motors and the path to further efficiency gains
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16 Know your industry
SAMPE: Advancing materials and industry at the same time
28 Associations
An association lays out an innovative energy plan
32 Names & faces
Personnel changes at AEMT, Hitachi Energy, and W.R. Meadows
46 Product Showcase
What’s new in automation, robotics, and EV technology
50 Standards
Report finds China taking the lead in standards development
51 Utilities
Mobile autonomous robots for safer substation inspections
53 Classified advertising
Your monthly marketplace for equipment, businesses, and more
53 Cy's Super Service
The electrical service industry’s most prominent curmudgeon
54 EA puzzle
A word search puzzle based on this month’s “Finance” article
55 Moe, Genny & friends
The surreal world of an anthropomorphized motor and generator
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56 Direct & current
Dealing with an overheated climate — and overheated motors
56 Advertising index
Who’s who—and who’s where—in this issue of Electrical Apparatus