September 2023 Electrical Apparatus
Innovation!
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In the September 2023 EA!
Conventions & Trade Shows
18 Batteries up!
There will be plenty to do during this year’s Battery Show in Novi, Mich. — including seeing a Detroit Tigers game
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor
Electric Avenue
21 New solar EVs on the horizon
Two companies are developing solar-powered electric vehicles that push the limits of range and efficiency
By Carol Brzozowski, EA Contributing Writer
Manufacturing
24 Where innovation is cropping up
At John Deere’s Harvester Works in East Moline, Ill., they’re embracing new ways of doing things across the operation
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor
Motors & Generators
29 When motors fail
Diagnose the problem correctly so you can choose the right replacement
By John Malinowski, EA Contributing Writer
Energy
33 Homegrown solar
With agrivoltaics, an energy sector innovation has taken off
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor
More Than Accounting
35 Taking control through accounting
When it comes to evaluating a business’s performance, evaluating numbers out of context can be misleading
By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor
Training & Education
37 Expanding opportunities in training
More and more training programs are incorporating automation and robotics
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor
Pump It Up
40 Update on pump innovations
We continue to see evolution, not revolution, in the development of industrial pump design
By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
Plant Life
42 Who has an idea?
Want to encourage innovation? Start on the factory floor
By the EA staff
Innovation
44 Epic fails
When one is striving for improvement, failure is, in fact, an option
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor
The Editor's Comment - The wide world of innovation
Let's Solve Your Problem - Answers to questions about motor application and service
Business - U.S. Treasury Dept. reports a manufacturing building boom
Associations - New members of NEMA display a spirit of innovation
Calendar - Events about batteries, manufacturing, contracting, and more
Know your industry - Building trust in the Industrial Internet of Things
Utilities - Mobile GIS: the latest innovation for electric utilities
Speaking of . . . Sulzer opens a new pump service center in Germany
​Deaths - Noah Hudgeons, senior vice president at Brandon & Clark
​Names & faces - ‘ A new president for AEMT, and honors for Laura Lyke
EA reader profile - Ken Pecho goes from bending metal to bending chords
Product showcase - What’s new from NewForge, Biele, LK Metrology, and Conta-Clip
Plant happenings - Pfizer recovers after a tornado, and new life for a GM plant
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 July and August issues
Moe, Genny & friends - The surreal world of an anthropomorphized motor and generator
Direct & current - Rural co-ops oppose an EPA rule, and NASA preps a Moon mission
Advertising index - Who’s who—and who’s where—in this issue of Electrical Apparatus
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