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Electrical Apparatus
Featured articles June 2013

  • Fast rides in Las Vegas, site of the June 2013 EASA Coil Show, featured in the June 2013 Electrical ApparatusConventions & Trade Shows - Products and services on display in Las Vegas: What to look for at this month’s convention of the Electrical Apparatus Service Association 
    By the Electrical Apparatus staff
    Manufacturing meeting in Milwaukee: Vendors catch up with customers at the Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Expo
     By Joseph S. Hoff, EA Associate Editor
  • Electrical maintenance at the Jack Daniel distillery, featured in the June 2013 Electrical ApparatusElectrical Maintenance Departments -  Saving energy with variable-speed drives: The Jack Daniel Distillery embraces the newest industrial technology
     By Jane Powell Campbell, EA Special Correspondent



  • Routine motor tests, featured in the June 2013 Electrical ApparatusTesting & Measuring - Routine motor tests: What do they tell us? No consensus exists as to what constitutes ‘routine,’ and the value of such tests may be questionable
    With trilingual summary (Read an online summary)
    By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor


  • Safety at trade shows, featured in the June 2013 Electrical ApparatusSafety & Health - The success of the event depends on your safety: Avoiding hazards at conventions
    By Joseph S. Hoff, EA Contributing Editor



  • Accounting  -  Saving taxes when selling or buying a business: It’s still possible to save, despite higher rates going into effect this year
    By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor
  • Fast Forward - A product of the times: New forms of multimedia are allowing companies to market their products in unique ways 
    By Bill O’Leary, EA Associate Editor

Departments and Columns

  • Publisher's Comment  In this issue: Our May issue set the pace, this June issue tops its space...
    - Elsie Dickson
  • Let's Solve Your Problem  In this issue:  How exact is a voltage change by ratioing? ... Different names for the same current? ... Why should a motor coast down before restarting? ... Be careful when bypassing an adjustable-speed drive ... What test voltage for uncured motor winding? ... Stray current isn’t always the problem ... Edited by the EA staff
  • WEG’s suburban Chicago warehouse, featured in the June 2013 Electrical ApparatusWEG’s suburban Chicago warehouse, featured in the June 2013 Electrical ApparatusBusiness briefs  In this issue:  Open house held for WEG’s new suburban Chicago warehouse (pictured) ... RAM Industrial Services is sold to Industrial Service Solutions and Bolder Capital... Integrated Power Services buys Texas shop Industrial Apparatus Services ...Baldor boosts investment in Québec plant... Legrand and Superior Essex establish cabling alliance for Ortronics connectivity products, Superior Essex data cable products and nCompass systems .... SKF uses the Cloud for diagnostic network... Graybar opens branch in Binghamton, N.Y.     Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Shoemaker Industrial Solutions, featured in the June 2013 Electrical ApparatusAnniversaries  In this issue: Shoemaker Industrial Solutions celebrates 75 years ...By Kristine Weller 




  • Associations, societies & government activities  In this issue: EASA town hall meeting will examine proposed accreditation for electromechanical repair ...Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute claims high energy efficiency compliance rates - www.ahridirectory.org lists performance information for one million products in 40 categories ... IEEE recognizes repair as essential to 'sustainability'.. Canadian Standards Association will use Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League (PEARL) reconditioning standards in its CSA Z463 Guideline on Maintenance of Electrical Systems... Copper Development Association recommends motor management plan - www.copper.org. ...Edited by Kevin Jones 
  • Letters In this issue:   why an A/C unit’s local electrical breaker doesn’t trip but the main breaker does , from Bruce Langele, Assistant Chief Plant Operating Engineer, University of Illinois at Chicago -The Editors
  • Professor Mo-Yuen Chow (right) and Ph.D. student Habiballah Rahimi Eichi , featured in the June 2013 Electrical ApparatusEngineering Education  In this issue:    (Pictured) Dr. Mo-Yuen Chow and other researchers from North Carolina State University determine the amount of charge in a battery ... GE makes $7.5 million advanced technology grant to support circuit breaker research, an endowed professorship, and graduate fellowships at the University of Connecticut... South Carolina professor Herbert L. Ginn is awarded a $700,000 naval research grant to investigate "Distributed Versus Centralized Control of Power Electronic Converters in a Naval Test System" ... -Joseph Hoff
  • Rhoda Haskins of Darby Electric Company, featured in the June 2013 Electrical Apparatus EA Reader at Ease In this issue:  Volunteer reading instructor Rhoda Haskins of Darby Electric Company ...  By Josh Hoff




  • Calendar In every issue and updated on the web. See our Calendar page for current offerings.
  • Say It Right In this issue:   What’s normally 'normal'? The only way to quantify the word is with numbers   - The Editors
  •  Diana LaRose of ELANTAS PDG, featured in the June 2013 Electrical ApparatusHelwig Carbon Products' Terry Vontobel, featured in the June 2013 Electrical ApparatusNames and Faces    In this issue: Diana LaRose of ELANTAS PDG, Inc. (pictured, left) ... Klein Tools' Greg Palese ... Schneider Electric's Emmanuel Lagarrigue, Andy Bennett, Marc Sherman, Aurelie Richard, Hanan Darwish, and Karen Miranda ... Helwig Carbon Products' Terry Vontobel (right) ... Medler Electric Co's Kelly Vliet
    Edited by Bill O’Leary  

  • Richard Nichols, remembered in the June 2013 Electrical ApparatusDeaths    In this issue:  Richard 'Dick' Nichols, founder of Quality Electric Motor Service and Precision Electric ...Edited by the EA staff




  • 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 -  .Motor & Generator Rewinding  - A three-and-a-half-day seminar on the subject of motor & generator rewinding. July 23-26, 2013, TECOWestinghouse facilities, Round Rock, Tex.  Offered by: EPRI, TECO-Westinghouse. Contact Jarsco Engineering, 18901 State St., Corona, Calif. 92881; (951) 735-5239. ...Fundamentals of Drives  - A three-day course titled “Fundamentals of Drives.” Recommended student skills or experience include a basic understanding of the construction and theory of operation of d-c brush-type motors and a-c three phase induction motors. June 20-22 and Aug. 26-28 in Fort Smith, Ark. Offered by Baldor Electric Co. , 5711 R.S. Boreham, Jr. St., P.O. Box 2400, Fort Smith, Ark. 72901; (479) 646-4711; www.baldor.com  ...Sizing & Applying Servo/Motion Products- A three-day course titled “Sizing & Applying Servo/Motion Products,” that is specifically designed to help attendees learn about servos. Recommended student skills or experience include a basic understanding of elementary physics, exposure to basic electricity, and basic math skills. June 20-22 and Aug. 26-28 in Fort Smith, Ark.  Offered by Baldor Electric Co. , 5711 R.S. Boreham, Jr. St., P.O. Box 2400, Fort Smith, Ark. 72901; (479) 646-4711; www.baldor.com....Induction Machine Design - A three-day course titled “Induction Machine Design: Taking Theory to Practice,” addresses key, advanced application-oriented design issues for induction machines. The course will use basic motor principles to increase understanding of choices available for induction machine design. July 17-19, at Hilton Garden Inn Chicago O’Hare in Des Plaines, IL. Offered by Advanced MotorTech, 4951 71st Ave. North, Pinellas Park, Fla. 33781- 4428; (727) 412-8200; www.advancedmotortech.com  ....Bearing in rotating machinery applications - course, “Bearing in rotating machinery applications (WE202),” focuses on the four most common types of rotating equipment: motors, fans, pumps, and gearboxes using a system approach to machinery life extension. Available locally and regionally. Alternatively, a customized program can be arranged at a client’s own site. Offered by SKF USA, Inc., Corporate Center, 890 Forty Foot Rd., P.O. Box 352, Lansdale, Pa. 19446; (267) 436-6000; www.skfusa.com . ... Also - National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED)’s Excellence in Training award given to Hunzicker Brothers and Eaton Corp.
  • Classified Advertising Equipment, jobs, businesses, business opportunities and services.
  • Cy's Super Service, Motorhead and Generatorhead Comic strips featuring characters from our favorite cartoonists. 
  • Direct and Current   In this issue: Leading economic index for the U.S. rises ... Electroindustry confidence continues improving... EU says energy efficiency can increase employment... PG&E faces record fine for pipeline rupture... Survey reveals how contractors use web sites... ... from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus.

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