Electrical Apparatus February 2004
Featured articles  

  • Shop Equipment Showcase, featured in February 2004 Electrical Apparatus Shop Equipment - Shop Equipment Showcase:  A section devoted to equipment and materials used in apparatus service By the EA staff
     
     
     
     
  • Plant Show Preview - p. 9 of the February 2004 Electrical ApparatusTrade Shows - Safety and Efficiency focus of Plant Show:  Visitors to National Manufacturing Week in Chicago will learn of these and other issues currently confronting facility managers. By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor  
     
     
     
  • When isn't vibration bad?  page 19 of the February 2004 Electrical Apparatus Motor Performance - When isn't vibration bad?  Is there a reason to suppose a properly repaired motor is less reliable than a new machine? When Motor Vibration is Needed to “Shake Things Up”—Electrical and maintenance engineers are conditioned to view vibration as a detriment to motor performance and life. But in many industries (cement, petrochemicals, mining, pharmaceuticals, foundries), “vibrator motor” or “shaker” applications are used to provide the continuous agitation needed to move or sift materials, and avoid clumps and clogs, during production. This feature will look at the special operating features of this type of equipment, and at the repair/maintenance considerations required to keep it working at optimal performance levels.  Read an online summary By Richard L. Nailen, PE., EA Engineering Editor
  • Jenkins Electric Company, Charlotte, North Carolia, featured in February 2004 Electrical Apparatus Service Shops - High technology helps a family business survive  'A motor shop is just a motor shop, and we need to go beyond that', says Scott Mahoney, President of Jenkins Electric Company in Charlotte, North Carolina Positioning a “Service Shop” for the Next 100 Years—Auto racing, gas appliances, fiber optic cable, lithium batteries for military electronics, the search for a salt substitute. Do these sound like typical applications for a traditional electrical service shop? For the North Carolina company featured in the February EA, they now are. We provide an on-the-spot report on how this family-run firm, which traces its roots to a winding company founded in 1907, has partnered with a Texas-based technology company to spin off a fast-growing systems integration arm that develops automated equipment for a wide variety of industrial testing and analysis applications. By Richard L. Nailen, PE., EA Engineering Editor
  • European vs. U. S. efficiency, from page 35 of the February 2004 Electrical Apparatus Codes & Standards - Choosing motor efficiency:  Europe versus U.S.  The same goal, but different approaches  By Richard L. Nailen, PE., EA Engineering Editor  
     
     
     
     
  • Safety and Health  -   Toxic mold, a growing problem: It could become the next asbestos. By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor
  • Accounting  -  Getting profitable by careful cost management: Management performance evaluations and incentive compensation are key   By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

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  • Editor's Comment What has been done since the Northeast blackout?  ... How the economy is doing ... Visit us at the Plant Show - Electrical Apparatus Booth 129 at the National Plant Engineering & Facilities Management Show and Conference, National Manufacturing Week, McCormick Place, Chicago, February 23-26, 2004 ..  by Horace B. Barks, Editor and Publisher
  • Let's Solve Your Problem What limits utility voltage unbalance? ... What's the meaning of Design H ... To maintain power factor, watch those capacitors ... D-C drives can also have power factor problems .. Add more belts to increase belt life ... Why doesn't ampacity go up as fast as wire size?  ... Are renewable-link fuses a good idea? ... Dealing with unbalance plus high or low voltage
  • Letters  Disagreeing with our answer to converting induction generators in the January EA Let's Solve Your Problem, from Brian DelBarba, P.E., Project Manager - Supplier Implementation, FreeMarkets,Inc., Pittsburgh, PA ... Objection to the words "premium efficient", in the January EA article, "Is a repaired motor less reliable," from Doug Bauer, The Moir Co., Inc., Denmark, Maine ... Finding a rotor bar fracture, from Charles J. Sorce, Quality Assurance Technician, Amtrak Wilmington Shops, Wilmington, Delaware ... Finding redesign advice in Guatemala, from Aaron H. Stoner, Owner/Technician, Taller Buenos Aires, Questzaltenago, Guatemala...
  • Say It Right  Avoid flare-ups over the word  flammable - confusion over the meaning of the word inflammable has created the need for the word non-flammable ...    by Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor 
  • Calendar In every issue and updated on the web. See our Calendar page for current offerings.
  • Business Briefs Innovative Paper Technologies buys Quin-T Corp. assets ... Fastener maker EFC International creates Mexico sales team ... Industrial Vibration Consultants buy The Modal Shop ... Ground fault specialist IPC Resistors, Inc., forms new business associations with IMAC Electric Inc., Procomm Electric and Power Services Canada ... Klein Tools extends Andretti team sponsorship ... Mess Frankfut had more than 100 fairs in '03... Mixing equipment maker Philadelphia Mixers changes name to Philadelphia Mixing Solutions ... G. E. Supply opens branch in Palm Desert, California .. Megger and Wall Colmonoy are certified to ISO 9001:2000 standards.    ...Edited by Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
  • Deaths  Richard C. Wareham, who founded and directed Special Electric Co., West Allis, Wisconsin, pioneered water-based varnishes for electric motors, and was involved in the formation of several companies.  Retiring in 1988, he devoted himself to philanthropic work, designing water distillation units for underdeveloped countries.  He invented the SunStove, a solar energy unit used in many African underdeveloped countries. 
  • Associations,  societies and government activities   The Baldridge "Quest for Excellence" awards ... the Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Association seeks papers .. The National Association of Electrical Distributors receives a donation from Elliott Electric Supply in memory of Nelda "Micky" Elliot ... The Refrigeration Service Engineers Society meets for its 67th annual conference ...    Edited by Joseph Hoff 
  • Randall Crothers (left) and Larry Gellert of Holophane, featured in the February 2004 Electrical Apparatus Streeter Turnerof the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society, Des Plaines, Illinois , in the February 2004 Electrical ApparatusNames and Faces David Watters of Monarch Electric Service Co., Cleveland ... Randall Crothers (left) and Larry Gellert of Holophane, Newark, Ohio ... Kirk Hachigian of Cooper Industries, Houston ... Anna Abell of John C. Dolph Co., Monmouth Junction, N.J. ...  Streeter Turner (right) of the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society, Des Plaines, Illinois ... Joe Nitiss and Andy Pluister of Genesis Cable Systems LLC ... Rayond Mach of the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute ... Manfred Hahn of Bosch Rexroth Corpo, Hoffman Estates, Illinois ... Dan Tamblun of Cooper Wiring Devices, Long Island, NT ... Nora Fay of Cooper Industries, Houston ...   Edited by Joseph Hoff
  • Trilingual summary Motorschwingungen als Leistungziel ... Lorsque l'objectif de performance concerne les vibrations du moteur ... Cuando las Vibraciones de un Motor son la Meta del Rendimiento. Read an English summary.
  • Standards briefs   ...In this issue: World Summit on the Information Society's meeting, December 2003 ... National Electrical Manufacturers Association retains control of switchgear standard ... UPS standard allows performance verification ... UL Explorsion-proof motor standard reissued ... New and revised standards adopted by American National Standards Institute ... Edited by the Electrical Apparatus staff. 
  • Automation briefs  - the latest in products for electronics and systems applications ...In this issue:  micro-pneumatic crimping tools from Tyco Electronics, www.tycoelectronics.com   ... wire feeder for automated applications from Lincoln Electric, www.lincolnelectric.com  .. brushless d-c servo from animatics Corp. of Santa Clara, www.animatics.com  ... stepping motor from Lin Engineering, www.linengineering.com  ... Modular encoder from Renco Encoders, www.renco.com  ... add-on PLC boad from Omron Electronics, www.info.omron.com  ... real time extension for general automation applications and installation guide from Profibus Trade Organization, www.us.profibus.com  ... What's ahead -- new products in the motion, motion control and drives categories, lowering the costs of machine motion, and increasing awareness of safety Edited by David P. Tryling 
  • Literature Hands-free lighting products brochure from Eye Max Div of Waters Industries ... synthetic elastomeric molded parts guide and catalog from IER Industries, Inc. .. handtools and power tool accessories catalog from Bahco North America, Inc. ... 2004 welding and cutting equipment catalog from Lincoln Electric ..   Edited by the EA staff
  • Product briefs Small capacitor-start motors for jet, centrifugal, booster and lawn sprinkler pumps from Emerson Motor Technologies .. Measuring equipment from Magtrol, B&K Precision Corp, and AEMC Instruments ... Safety lightning protection system from Erico, Inc. ... battery database management software rom ProActiv ... Switching devices from Electroswitch, Tyco Electronics, NKK Switches, and EAO Switch Corp ... Test instruments from E.C. Kitzel and Sons, Megger, and Fluke Corp ... Tools from Gardner Bender, American Saw and Mfg. Co., Penn-Union Corp, Xuron Corp., Ideal Industries, and Burlington Safety Laboratory ... Controls from Cooper Power Systems (www.cooperpower.com/regulatorcontrol )  Edited by the EA Staff.
  • Braintrainers   Readers who correctly submitted the correct answer to the "Weighing in" puzzle that appeared on page 42 of the December EA. J. Tim Barnhart, S&W Electric, LaPorte, Ind. Russell Brooks, IPSCO Steel, Inc., Muscatine, Iowa Mark Chase, Electric Motor Servicenter, Dover, N.H. Cope Clark, Pierce Utilities, Pierce, Neb. Tony Daigle, GE Service Center, Charlotte, N.C. Ken Fleming, Sealed Air Corp., Hodgkins, 111. Timothy Hensley Sr., Mills Electric Co., Hammond, Ind. Hermann Huegli, Kilred Winding Industries Ltd., Thunder Bay, Ontario Jerry Imus, Loop Power Dist, Cedar Rapids, Neb. Daniel Johnson, Custer Public Power Dis­trict, Broken Bow, Neb. Ross Lenington, Ross Industrial Services, York Haven, Pa. Alan Lewis, Lewis Electric Motor, Inc., Eureka, Mo. Burt Long Jr., Long's Electric Motor Ser­vice, Inc., El Dorado, Kan. Bruce Meyer, The Quality Castings Co., Orrville, Ohio Sarah Murphy, Cheyenne Electric Motors, Las Vegas, Nev. Jack Nachtman, Energetics Industrial Dis­tributors, Inc., Dubuque, Iowa Jay Nelson, HMI Electric, Memphis, Term. John Ostrander, Schenectady International, Inc., Schenectady, N.Y. Don Salk, Safe-Way Electric Motor Co., Inc., Providence, R.I. Homer Snow, Snow Electric Co., Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C. Jim Spears, Melton Electric, Peoria, 111. John Warden, Warden Electric Co., Paducah, Ky. Joel Wineberg, Industrial Market Place, Skokie, 111. Larry Witmer, Witmer Automation, York, Pa. Bill Woolford, Houston Armature Works, Baton Rouge, La. Puzzles created by Lillian Nielsen
  • Direct and Current The AARP and Social Security ... IRS looking at corporate tax deductions for executive pay ... Charitable and political contributions ... Commerce Department report re: U.S. manufacturing ...Hydrogen fuel cel vehicles ... by the Editors 
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