Electrical Apparatus October 2006
Featured articles  

  • Insulation tests, from p. 23 the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus Insulation  - Understanding Overpotential testing Apply and observe - Carefully With trilingual summary. (Read an online summary ) By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor   
      
      
      
  • Insulation - The differences between insulations 'systems' and insulation 'materials'   When materials are exposed to differing conditions, they may perform different functions  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor
  • EASA show photos, p 29 of the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus Trade Shows  - Old and new on display in Las Vegas More pictures from the recent convention of the Electrical Apparatus Service Association. By the EA Staff (Photographs by Elizabeth Van Ness)
     
     
     
  • Insulation materials vs. systems, p. 34 in October Electrical Apparatus Equipment  - Plant and Shop Equipment:  A special section devoted to equipment and materials used in apparatus service. By the EA Staff
     
     
     
     
  • Safety and Health  -   An important safety rule to follow:  Hazardous universal wastes are a constant threat to every place and to everyone By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor
  • Accounting  -  The need to budget : Why small companies stand to benefit from the practice just as large companies do. By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

Departments and Columns (for additional information or to submit material, see the Departments and Columns page.)

  • Editor's Comment Perspective on current and upcoming issues... by Horace B. Barks, Executive Editor In this issue: We want to cover trade shows and you can help ... Rising costs of publishing, including advertising... Now there's an easy way to check 2007 EMBR listings...Exhibitors at EASA 2006 ...
  • Let's Solve Your Problem Why the non-ferrous coil support rings? ... How to calculate losses from efficiency?...Major failure cause: bearings or insulation? ... What's the cost of unbalanced voltage? ... How do you define 'swinging ground'? ... Extra damper bars in synchronous rotor ... Dealing with forces on motor hold-down bolts ... Dropping a motor: what damage to look for ...
  • Letters  Comments and questions from readers of Electrical Apparatus In this issue - Kind words from Elmer Rolloff Jr., Rolloffs Electric, New Ulm, Minnesota ... Interconnecting CT's from Dean Lassiter, State Farm Insurance Companies, Bloomington, Illinois ... Skin Effect from N. E. Nilsson, Columbiana, Ohio
  • Associations, societies and government activities  News of non-profit government, and other organizations serving the electrical mechanical industries. this issue - NEMA publishes paper on arc flash analysis ... ANSI Ok's revisions in EASA standards ... UL launches a fire and security newsletter ... Global advances for motors and drives featured at the Motor and Motion Association ... National Fluid Power Association and Fluid Power Distributors Association endorse the Product Price and Information Format standard of the Power Transmission Distributors Association ... All day seminar on HVAC/R offered by the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society ... California distributor members of the National Association of Electrical Distributors donate to the endowment fund for the NAED Education and Research Foundation ... American Society of Safety Engineers will hold annual Health Week in May 2007 ... Adhesive/Sealant Council fall meeting opens in October ... National Association of Electrical Distributors has a new online version of its advanced inside sales course ... Atlanta Belting Co., Kirby Risk Electrical Supply and Redondo Electric join the Power Transmission Distributors Association ... Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League publishes a booklet of PEARL reconditioning standards ... Edited by the EA staff In
  • Gary Gooding, National Electric Coil, featured in the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus Gary Gooding, National Electric Coil, featured in the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus Gary Gooding, National Electric Coil, featured in the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus
  • EA reader at ease  ... Stories featuring unusual or interesting avocational interests of our readers. In this issue - Gary Gooding, design and manufacturing engineer for National Electric Coil, loves to ride bikes. By Joseph S. Hoff, EA Special Features Editor
  • American Sensor Technologies of Mount Olive NJ is one of its states 50 fastest growing technology companies - featured in the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus Business and financial briefs News of expansions, relocations, annual reports, and more, about companies serving the electrical mechanical industries In this issue --Acutant Corp acquires Actown Electrocoil .. Johnstone Supply reaches $1billion milestone .. Safety recognition for two A. O. Smith plants ... Baldor completes one plant, expands another .. Heyco expands distribution into India .. Fluid control maker opens Netherlands plant .. GE and partner buy GELcore LLC of Cleveland ... Alternative energy center on Long Island is established at Stony Brook University ... A.O. Smith reports big increases in second-quarter earnings ... Regal Beloit Corp reports 81% increase in sales for second quarter...American Sensor Technologies of Mount Olive NJ is one of its states 50 fastest growing technology companies (pictured, right) ... Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Web briefs  Selected websites for the electromechanical specialist, annotated with details of especially valuable content. In this issue - Maintenance resources - www.maintenanceresources.com  ... Arc Advisor - www.arcadvisor.com  ... American Gear Manufacturers' Association - www.agma.org  ... Danaher Motion - www.danahermotion.com  ... Iris Power Engineering - www.irispower.com  ... Hawaiian Electric Co - www.heco.com  ... Dura Magnetics - www.duramag.com  ... Transtector Systems, Inc. - www.transtector.com  ... Smart Power Systems - www.smartpowersystemsinc.com  ... ELH Communications Ltd. - www.epanorama.net  ... Farad.net - www.farad.net  ... Automation Solutions - www.auto-sol.com  ... Ohio Semitronics - www.ohisemitronics.com  .. Clarage Fan Co - www.clarage.com  ... Edited by the Electrical Apparatus staff. 
  • Calendar In every issue and updated on the web. See our Calendar page for current offerings.
  • 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: Thermal operation in electric motors, from The Motor and Motion Association, www.smma.org  ... Motor Diagnostics, from All-Test Pro LLC, www.alltestpro.com  ...  Batteries and UPS's from Ametek Solidstate Controls, www.solidstatecontrolsinc.com  ...Pump maintenance from Pumping Machinery LLC, www.pumpingmachinery.com  ... Servomotors, from Quality Solutions Co., www.motor-solutions.com ... Motor/generator maintenance, from Jarsco Engineering Corp, EPRI Power Generation and TECO-Westinghouse, and Iris Power Engineering, www.irispower.com ... Corrosion testing, from ASTM International, www.astm.org  ... Power Quality, from PowerCET Corp, www.powercet.com/download/courscat.pdf  ... Motor & drive application, from Baldor Electric, www.baldor.com  ... Motor service and repair, from the Electrical Apparatus Service Association, www.easa.com  ... Drives and Controls, from Bosch Rexroth Corp., www.boschrexroth-us.com  ... High voltage maintenance, from Ox Creek Energy, www.corona-technology-course.com  ... Professional certification from the Association for Facilities Engineering, www.afe.org  ... Infrared thermography, from the Electrical Apparatus Service Association, www.easa.org  .. Edited by the EA staff 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.
  • Trilingual summary For our international readers, each month one featured topic is presented in French, Spanish and German. In this issue -Understanding Overpotential Testing - Apply and observe - carefully! (read an online English summary)
  • Electric Relays: Principles and Applications, reviewed in the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus The Electronics Handbook, reviewed in the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus Energy Efficient Electric Motors, reviewed in the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus
  • New Books  - Recently published books, reviewed by our editors. See our Book Review webpage, In this issue - Electric Relays: Principles and Applications, by S. Dr. V. Gurevich, CRC Press ... The Electronics Handbook, by J. C. Whitaker, CRC Press... and Energy Efficient Electric Motors, by Ali Emadi, CRC Press
  • Standards briefs National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NIMA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) struggle with EU metric labeling directive ... National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) revises electrical maintenance standard ... American National Standards Institute (ANSI) adopts ANSI/IEEE 1010-2006 "Guide for control of hydroelectric power plants" ... Edited by the Electrical Apparatus staff. 
  • Students gather for Shalin's enclosure technology "boot camp" - in the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus Literature In this issue, a general catalog from Extech Instruments ... Increase safety terminal enclosures and systems from Adalet .. Adhesives and protective coatings from Devcon and Permatex .. welding wire products and the GMAW Welding Guide from Lincoln Electric ... a tape selection swatchbook from DeWAL Industries ... enclosure technology training program from Stahlin Non-Metalic Enclosures (pictured: Stahlin's enclosure technology "Boot Camp")... Replacement parts for Cummins CT/CTA/CTTA engines from Interstate-McBee, LLC .. protective gloves and accessories from KleenGuard ... industrial electric motors from Leeson Electric... Edited by the EA Staff
  • Electronics In this issue, new products - Controllers from QuickSilver Controls ... Sensors from Saelig Co and American Sensor Technologies ... Motion control from Cyber Research ... Software from K-Sun Corp ... Edited by David P. Tryling
  • Thomas Montgomery of Guarantee Electrical Company, in the October '06 Electrical Apparatus Paul Jones of Regal Beloit, in the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus Stephen Colvin of Ferraz Shawmut, in the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus Ann Sicard of Ferraz Shamut, in the October 2006 Electrical Apparatus 
  • Names and Faces Thomas Montgomery of Guarantee Electrical Co (left) ... Art Anderson, George Stratton, and Kevin Miller of the Electrical Apparatus Service Association ... Paul Jones (second from left) and Terry Colvin of Regal Beloit ... Daniel Beaudet of ABB Automation Products ... Stephen Colvin (second from right), Kent Walker and Ann Sicard (right) of Ferraz Shawmut ... Jim Adcox of Johnstone Supply, Inc. .. Rick Busch of John C. Dolph Co ... Laurence Gration of the Association for Facilities Engineering ...Edited by the EA Staff
  • Larry Watford, owner of South Carolina's Central Electric and Rewinding, remembered in the October 2006 Electrical ApparatusDeaths Larry Watford, owner of South Carolina's Central Electric and Rewinding.  
     
     
     
     
  • Product Briefs  Adhesives & sealants from Epoxies, Etc. ... Circuit Interrupters from Cooper Bussman ... Drives & inverters from ABB Inc and ElectroStatic Technology ... Enclosures from Vortec/ITW and Stahlin ... Lighting from EYE Lighting International of North America, Inc. ... Interconnections from Thomas & Betts, EFC International, and Pulizzi Engineering ... Measuring equipment from Mikron Infrared, Flir and Falcon Electcric ... a desoldering braid dispensing gun from Xuron Corp .. control transformers from Foster Transformer .. paperless electronic chart recorder from Chromalox .. bird repellant compound from BirdX .. Diesel fueled gensets from Caterpillar ... Motors & Gearmotors from Baldor ... Power quality analyzer from Falcon Electric .. Safety products from Meltric, Magid Glove and Safety and Klaxon ... Software from BJM Corp and Magsoft Corp .. Switching devices from Tyco, Electroswitch, and Contrinex ... Tools from the Eraser Co., Klein Tools, LEDtronics, Ridge, Bondhus, Wera Tools, Streamlight, Eagelville, Nakita U.S.A., Wright Tool, Xuron Corp., and Bondus Corp...Edited by the EA Staff.
  • Cy's Super Service, Motorhead and Generatorhead  Comic strips featuring characters from our favorite cartoonists
  • Direct and Current In this issue - Postal service ends year in the black ... labor costs rise but efficiency's down ... the largest electronics recall ... trade show revenues grow ...America's love affair with television continues ... Are high school graduates ready to work? By the Editors
  • Classified Advertising Equipment, jobs, businesses, business opportunities and services.
  • Advertising Index An easy to use reference to the advertisements in Electrical Apparatus magazine.

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