Electrical Apparatus
Featured articles February 2010

  • Say It Right - ‘More than’ what, and by how much? We hear it all the time, but rarely is ‘more’ defined
    By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor      
     

  • Hunter and engineer Donald Juozaitis of Schulz Electric in New Haven, CT, featured in the February 2010 Electrical ApparatusElectrical Maintenance Departments  - Safety, reliability key concerns in a steel finishing plant: How USS-POSCO Industries' California plant achieves efficiency and self-sufficiency
    By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

     
     
     
  • Five year index of Electrical Apparatus articles, in the February 2010 Electrical ApparatusTransformers - When voltages don’t match: buck-boost transformers. A close look at apparatus used for converting one voltage to another With trilingual summary.  (Read an online summary)
    By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

     
  • Accounting  -  Are your financial statements reliable? Irregularities could be evidence of deliberate fraud
    By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor 

Departments and Columns

  • Editor's Comment  Modern technology in an aging facility… Converting one voltage to another: a buck-boost unit… Is the economy finally beginning to turn around?...... by Horace B. Barks, Editor and Publisher
  • Let's Solve Your Problem Machined grooves in rotor O. D. - Why? ... Is dusty insulation proof that there's corona? ... To operate at 208 volts, can motor be oversized? ... What causes upward shift in vertical rotor cage? … Avoid excessive air pressure for cleaning … Standard thicknesses for modern motor laminations? … Rebar corrosion can distort a motor base … What’s the right ‘D’ in ‘D2L’? ...Edited by the EA staff 
  • Letters  Man with hammer: What’s he doing? - from Pat Wiitala Bay Electric Hancock, M ... Looking for info about carbon brushes  - from Dan Mahoney Auburn, MA.
  • Trade associations, professional societies and government activities  Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League plans April conference … The Electrical Apparatus Service Association conducts Operating Performance Survey … Hydraulic Institute to hold annual meeting … The American Society of Safety Engineers receives $35,000 grant from the UPS Foundation … ASTM International offers new certification services … IEEE’s digital library goes mobile .. ... Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Bosch Rexroth opens new mobile hydraulics components lab in Dallas, featured in the February 2010 Electrical ApparatusShermco Industries announces expansion of its Austin, Tex., operations, featured in the February 2010 Electrical ApparatusBusiness and financial briefs Bosch Rexroth opens new mobile hydraulics components lab in Dallas (pictured, left - Bosch Rexroth photo) ...EIS completes purchase of Fay Electric Wire …MISCOR sells Montreal rail service AMP-Montreal …Motion Industries acquires BC Bearing… Wood Group acquires Shanahan Engineering…Waukesha Bearings buys Inpro/Seal Co… Nordex USA, Inc. to make cold-climate wind turbines for Wisconsin… Shermco Industries announces expansion of its Austin, Tex., operations (pictured right – Shermco photo.)....Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Calendar In every issue and updated on the web. See our Calendar page for current offerings.
  • Commtest Inc's Tim Whitacre, featured in the February 2010 Electrical ApparatusEA reader profile  ... Commtest, Inc.’s Tim Whitacre discusses marketing and branding.  By Joseph Hoff
     
     
     
     
  • Trilingual summary "When voltages don't quite match: Buck-boost transformers"  - Wenn Spannungen nicht zusammenpassen: Buck-Boost Spannungswandler ....Quand les tensions ne correspondent pas exactement: le transformateur survolteur-dévolteur... Cuando los voltajes no se corresponden precisamente: los transformadores reductores-elevadores (read an online English summary)
  • International trade shows ...  PCIM Europe, in Nuremberg, Germany… ELECTRIX-Sydney, Australia… Power Industry & Electrical Engineering and Energetika & Elektrotechnika, St. Petersburg, Russia … Asian Elenex Hong Kong … Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, Guangzhou, China … Motion Engineering Japan, Power Supply Japan, EMC Japan, Connector & Cable Technology and Clean Engineering, all simultaneously in Tokyo... Edited by the Electrical Apparatus staff. 
  • Standards Magnet wire and arc welding news from National Electrical Manufacturers Association … Pump and piping standards issued by The Hydraulic Institute … new and revised standards from The American National Standards Institute
  • Energy-monitoring software introduced, page 18 in the February 2010 Electrical ApparatusUtility Briefs  ITC Midwest brings wind generators online … TransAlta Corp. of Calgary enters 25-year wind power deal … Federal tax credits for ZBB Energy Corp. and Waukesha Electric Systems, Inc. … Software for utility efficiency   Edited by the EA staff 
     
     
  • Shermco Industries’ Marc Burns, in the February 2010 issue of Electrical ApparatusEast Penn Manufacturing Co.’s Chuck Mathias, in the February 2010 issue of Electrical ApparatusNames and Faces ... Shermco Industries’ Marc Burns … Kathleen Neal of A.O. Smith Corp. … East Penn Manufacturing Co.’s Chuck Mathias … Satco Products, Inc.’s Phil Alexander ...Edited by Bill O'Leary  
     
     
     
  • Thomas Schreck, mechanic and business partner in H.A. Schreck, Inc., remembered in the February 2010 issue of Electrical ApparatusJudy Neel Murphy, former executive director of the American Society of Safety Engineers, remembered in the February 2010 issue of Electrical ApparatusDeaths  - Obituaries of industry people. In this issue - Thomas Schreck, mechanic and business partner in H.A. Schreck, Inc. … Judy Neel Murphy, former executive director of the American Society of Safety Engineers
     
     
     
  • Product Briefs Adhesives and sealants from Master Bond and Epoxies, Inc. …Drives and inverters from ABB Automation Products and BEI Industrial Encoders… Measuring equipment from Extech Instruments and Ludeca, Inc. … Safety DBI-SALA Saflok toggle anchor from Capital Safety …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 - Principles of Large A-C Motors from the Electrical Apparatus Service Association … Motor Design Training from Advanced MotorTech LLC ...Fall protection training for the wind energy industry from Capital Safety ... Edited by Bill O'Leary
    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 survey suggests rebound "imminent" ... Midwest Business Index jumped in December ... Confidence Index shows "modest deterioration" ... EU commits 1.5 Billion Euros to energy projects ... GE is bringing the smart grid to China. ... from The Editors of Electrical Apparatus.

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