

May 2022 Electrical Apparatus
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In the May 2022 EA!
Plant Life
10 Robot workers for rent
Companies are now offering robot rentals for cheaper than a full-blown commitment
By Leah Zitter, EA Contributing Writer
Conventions & Trade Shows
16 Midwestern homecoming
This June’s convention of the Electrical Apparatus Service Association returns to the association’s home city
By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
20 Archers, at the ready!
EASA to meet in a revitalized St. Louis
By Charlie Barks, EA Associate Editor
Training & Education
30 Earn while you learn
An IBEW apprenticeship provides entry into the trade
By Emily Halnon, EA Contributing Writer
Electric Avenue
32 EV tech continues to innovate
Just when we think we’ve heard it all about electric vehicles, the technology behind EVs keeps developing
By Carol Brzozowski, EA Contributing Writer
Energy
34 An ‘energy transition for all’
How companies nationwide are responding to an initiative sweeping the energy industry
By Charlie Barks, EA Associate Editor
Service Shops & Electrical Departments
37 Work on the Ether-EDGE
Shreveport-based service business Etheredge Industrial Services is filled with workers who put their all into their work
By Selena Cotte, EA Managing Editor
Motors and Generators
43 ‘Are you sure about that?’
Separating the true motor maxims from the false ones With trilingual summary
By Richard L. Nailen, EA Engineering Editor
48 Designed and built for severe duty
How IEEE Standard 841 came to be
By John Malinowski, EA Special Correspondent
More Than Accounting
50 The economy post-Covid
What can we expect in a slow but steady economic recovery?
By William H. Wiersema, CPA
Safety & Health
54 This ‘UL’ stands for ‘umlaut’
A safety certification body with a new-world, hands-on approach By Charlie Barks, EA Associate Editor
By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
​Pump It Up
58 The sustainability race
All of the major pump manufacturers practice what they call ‘sustainability,’ but just what does the word mean?
By Kevin Jones, EA Senior
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Also --
Comment - An electrical past and future
Let's Solve Your Problem - Of service factor, winding supplies, and boiler room boilerplate
Plant happenings - Heavy-truck plant comes to Texas, Intel opens in Oregon
Know your industry - The American Nuclear Society promotes safe nuclear practices
Associations- NEMA outlines opportunities in the Infrastructure Act
Calendar - Upcoming events on clean power, manufacturing, automation
Names & faces - Personnel changes at Turntide, Bluon, and Manhattan Mechanical
EA reader profile - Timothy Keck’s lifetime of learning and motors
Letters- Questions about early grid legislation ’
Business - A Tampa Armature acquisition and WEG’s big hydrogenerator
Speaking of - Paw-ternity leave’: progressive idea or a harbinger of madness?
Product showcase - What’s new from Siemens, WEG, Grundfos, and Platinum Tools
Utilities - Fire safety audit finds California utilities are falling short
Classified advertising - Your monthly marketplace for equipment, businesses, and more
Cy’s Super Service - The electrical service industry’s most prominent curmudgeon
EA puzzle - A crossword puzzle based on EA’s March and April issues
Moe, Genny & friends - The surreal world of an anthropomorphized motor and generator
Direct & current ‘ - Manufacturing employment rises, and the first Amazon union
Advertising index - Who’s who—and who’s where—in this issue of Electrical Apparatus
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