Static transfer switch helps keep NASA in space
Jul 1, 1998, By Marleen Kruse, Associate Editor
For more than 50 years, Tensolite, St. Augustine, Fla., has been the world leader in the design and manufacture of custom high-tech wire. NASA, Boeing,...
Device measures substation ground impedance on-line
Jun 1, 1998, By EC&M Staff
Substation owners can now receive information to confirm system design specifications, while ensuring safety, with the new digital version of the Smart...
Don't Let Your Portable Cord Tie You Up
May 1, 1998, Martin E. Cooper, Linda Riggs
How do you choose a portable cord, and what do all those letters mean?If your facility is like most, you work around various chemicals and oils. You use...
Torque Wrenches: Critical Tools For Critical Connections
Apr 1, 1998,
Critical bolt connections require you to use a torque wrench, and non-critical connections work better/last longer when you use one. Selecting, using,...
Power distribution
Nov 1, 1996,
Power distribution technology is creating specialized products for specialized applications, and many of these products are automated for energy management...
Instruments and test equipment
Nov 1, 1996,
Harmonics and power quality are arguably the most important topics in the electrical construction industry today. And you can see the result of this in...
Motors and controllers
Nov 1, 1996,
Energy efficiency has taken a quantum leap, aided by federal legislation, and the revolution continues as an evolution. The impetus behind this is the...
Wire management
Nov 1, 1996,
New materials, configurations, and features are greatly expanding the use of traditional wire management systems and their components.Communications interfaces...
Specialty equipment and engineering software
Nov 1, 1996,
When selecting a protective device for a new installation, be it a fuse, circuit breaker, or protective relay, it's good practice to become familiar with...
Conductors
Nov 1, 1996,
New jacketing compounds and configurations, coupled with advances in manufacturing methods, open up an even greater array of applications for wire, cords,...
Wiring devices
Nov 1, 1996,
The ubiquitos wiring device is seeing the results of innovative design and engineering, as additional labor-saving and performance features are unveiled.Product...
Protective devices
Nov 1, 1996,
New and patented circuit protection innovations are the result of improved manufacturing technologies, which lower costs and increase quality.Protective...
Connectors and terminations
Nov 1, 1996,
The newest connector/termination products now on the market provide unprecedented versatility and include features such as watertight constructions, wide...
Facility management equipment
Nov 1, 1996,
With advancements in traditional equipment performance and new product technologies, facility management capabilities seem endless.Today's time switches...
Controls
Nov 1, 1996,
New advances in control technology allow the ubiquitous PC to play a larger role in process interface and control.As programmable logic controllers (PLCs)...
