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Family-owned shop. —Electrical Apparatus photo by Kevin Jones
Service Shops – A lesson in longevity: How an Indiana service company has thrived for nearly 100 years across five generations of ownership By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
Recovering from storms —FEMA photo
Fast Forward – Weathering the storm: Natural disasters can cause water and wind damage to motors By Bill O’Leary, EA Associate Editor
Manufacturing meeting — Electrical Apparatus photo by Joseph S. Hoff
Conferences – Manufacturing meeting in Milwaukee: Coil winding expo will showcase methods and materials used in electrical manufacturing By Charlie Barks, EA Assistant Editor, Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor, and Joseph S. Hoff, EA Associate Editor
– Taking stock of maintainability: Attendees at maintainability and reliability conference pause to reflect on how far the discipline has come By Jane Powell Campbell, EA Special Correspondent
Safety & Health – Keep it down! How to protect against noise exposure By Joseph S. Hoff, EA Associate EditorAccounting – Pricing today: Arriving at a price for a product or service requires more than tallying the costs of its constituent parts By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing EditorSay it Right – Be careful with size comparisons: A few common errors in expressing increases and decreases in magnitude By Richard L. Nailen, EA Engineering Editor
IEEE color books — Electrical Apparatus file photo
Codes & Standards- What’s become of the Color Books? How production of a series of references has become bogged down By Richard L. Nailen, EA Engineering Editor
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Chelsea Becker
Associations, societies & government activities In this issue: Baldor‘s Chelsea Becker announced as one of 130 award winners of Women in Manufacturing STEP Awards from The Manufacturing Institute; others include Jezabel Cardenas and Teri Blumenthal of Rockwell Automation, Shelley Ryan Carlson of Danfoss, Zoe Jin of Johnson Controls Power Solutions, and Lauryn King of Eaton Corp.… EASA reports results of safety survey, explained by Jan Schmidlkofer of K&N Electric Motors, Inc.; visit www.easa.com … PTDA is now accepting award nominations for Wendy B. McDonald Award; download nomination form here… American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation (Park Ridge, Ill.) grants scholarship to Iowa student… NECA guide to temporary power is
Wendy McDonald
now available at NECA Store… Edited by Kevin Jones
Camillus, N.Y.
Last year’s Battcon show took place at the Hilton Bonnet Creek in Orlando. The event featured presentations by users and manufacturers of batteries. Technical advances and industry concerns were also discussed. —Battcon photo
Calendar briefs In every issue and updated on the web. See our online calendar for current offerings.
Richard Nalley — Krauth Electric photo
EA Reader Profile In this issue: Building on a legacy: Richard Nalley, musician, competitive bridge player, and President of Krauth Electric, Louisville, KY… By Joseph S. Hoff, EA Associate Editor
Seven employees at Huntington Ingalls Industries were recognized
for achievements in STEM fi elds during the 30th annual Black Engineer
of the Year Award STEM Global Competitiveness Conference
in February. —Huntington Ingalls Industries photo
Training briefs In this issue: Flowserve latest to be approved in Hydraulic Institute‘s pump lab test program… Seven from Huntington Ingalls Industries honored with Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA): William Cherry, Lonnie Dixon, John German, Russell Moore, Leander “Skip” Taylor, Marion Thomas, Christopher Ware…Edited by Bill O’Leary
Florida Power & Light Co. engineers work
at the Power Delivery Diagnostic Center
at the company’s office in Jupiter, Fla. The
utility recently announced the launch of its
new high-tech Power Delivery Diagnostic
Center, which provides real-time data to the
company’s engineers in its diagnostic center
to measure and improve the performance of
the electric grid. —Doug Murray/FPL photo
Utilities In this issue: Southern Co. to acquire power products supplier PowerSecure International, Inc. of Wake Forest, N.C…. Florida Power & Light Co. says grid investment leads to customer savings… Duke Energy Progress receives approval from North Carolina Utilities Commission… FirstEnergy beefs up its philanthropic foundation, which includes Allegheny Energy… Edited by Kevin Jones
Dual-channel digital oscilloscope
Product Briefs In this issue: Dual-channel digital oscilloscope from B&K Precision… De-reeling system from ACE Equipment Co.… Precious metal slip rings from ATW Companies, Inc.… Edited by the EA staff
Jack Claxton
Names & Faces In this issue: Hydraulic Institute names Paul Ruzicka of Xylem Inc.- Applied Water Systems 2015 Member of the Year… William C. Livoti of WEG receives PSM Leadership Award… Jack Claxton of Toccoa, Ga.,-based Patterson Pump Co. receives Hydraulic Institute‘s Lifetime Achievement Award… NEMA‘s Tracy Cullen… Joseph Mitchell of UQM Technologies… Ideal Electric‘s Jeremy Corn and Andy Salemi… National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) announces Mark Kammerdeiner of Graves Winlectric as “NAED Learning Center Ultimate All-Star” winner… Palmer Wahl Instrumentation Group promotes Michael J. Blount to company vice president… Edited by Bill O’Leary
Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich delivers a campaign speech from the plant floor of Gorman-Rupp Pumps in Mansfield, Ohio.
Direct and Current In this issue: Dept. of Energy announces up to $25 million in available funding for energy-efficient electric motors through applied R&D… Ohio governor John Kasich
delivers campaign speech from plant floor at Gorman-Rupp Pumps… IEEE Power Electronics Society partners with Google for $1 million Little Box Challenge to make smaller inverters… Apprenticeships on pace after 20% reported increase… Washington, D.C. Metro rail system shut down for 28 hours… The Editors
