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February 15, 2008

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!PTDA reports growth for power transmission/motion control industry in 2007
The Power Transmission Distributors Association released this week year-end sales data for distributors and manufacturers of power transmission/motion control products, reporting that distributors and manufacturers in North America experienced overall growth in sales in 2007.

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!Manufacturing Summit to feature knowledge, networking
Join Plant Engineering at the Plant Engineering Manufacturing Summit March 30 to April 1 in Chicago for two days of knowledge exchange and networking. Manufacturing leaders from around the country will gather to look at the future of manufacturing and honor last year’s outstanding Product of the Year and Top Plant achievements.

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!Onboard intelligence provides condition monitoring for process pumps
The i-FRAME provides operations personnel, maintenance managers, and reliability engineers with early warning of trouble so that changes to the process or machine can be made before failure occurs.

!Tips: Knowledge of best practices, oil analysis maximize productivity
A frequently cited study from M.I.T. estimates that approximately $240 billion – 6 to 7% of the United States’ gross national product – is lost due to downtime, repairs and damaged equipment caused by poor lubrication.

!Coming soon to your inbox from Plant Engineering: Sustainable Manufacturing
Sustainability is the farthest-reaching trend to hit manufacturing in years, and this latest E-newsletter from Plant Engineering will help you sort out how it will affect your organization and how you can best use it as a strategy for good business and a better bottom line.

!ABB names Aleithe vice president and general manager
Aaron Aleithe has been named vice president and general manager of Low-Voltage Drives at ABB Inc., Automation Products.

Products

:Gripping component
The Smart Gripper is designed to deliver precise gripping capabilities and can be integrated with various robots.

:Electrical connectors
EMT fittings and couplings are suitable for use in varying applications and come in eight colors.

:Flow transmitter
The DFT series flow transmitter uses a segmented wedge differential producer to measure flow rates as related to pressure to monitor process fluids, providing a restriction for sensing flow as related to pressure differential.

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Plant Engineering Webcasts

Upcoming Live Webcasts

Schedule by date and topic:
3/6/08: Arc Flash Analysis
4/3/08: Arc Flash Training
5/8/08: Arc Flash Prevention
6/5/08: Selective Coordination
7/10/08: Arc Flash PPE
9/4/08: Arc Flash Liability and Insurance
10/2/08: Arc Flash Research & Development
11/6/08: The CSI of Arc Flash

Arc Flash overview
Arc Flash University commences March 6, 2008! Enroll today and receive CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for attending six of the eight events! View the Arc Flash webcasts on the first Thursday of the month starting in March and continuing in April, May, June, July, September, October and November.

Thursday, March 6, 2008
2:00pm EST
1:00pm CST
11:00am PST

Arc Flash Analysis
Identifying your plant floor’s arc flash risk is the first step toward keeping your employees safe. This means making sure your equipment is functioning properly and that you’ve mitigated all the risk. Experts will talk about the proper way to analyze your risk factors.

Register today! If you’re busy that day, register anyway and view the webcast on-demand.

Thursday, March 27, 2008
2:00pm EST
1:00pm CST
11:00am PST

Electrical Safety Webcast: You've Completed an Arc Flash Study, Now What?
You've completed an arc flash study. Now what?

You realize the safety concern, business risk and cost of an arc flash incident. You've taken some steps to address it and you've discovered several potential areas in your facility where the hazards are great. But have you evaluated the solutions? Are you aware that you have many options to mitigate high risk areas? An arc flash safety program is more than just compliance to OSHA mandates. It should be a pro-active program that integrates a wide range of solutions into a comprehensive plan to minimize the personnel safety and business risks posed by Arc Flash incidents.

This webcast will provide the framework for a new way of looking at the problem from a broader perspective. We will feature arc flash mitigating techniques ranging from equipment labeling and personnel training, through solutions that reduce the available fault current, shorten fault clearing time, move people away from the arc, redirect the arc fault and even prevent the fault from occurring in the first place. We will also give you a look at the problem from a federal/regulatory viewpoint and we will offer some insights from people at the plant level who grapple with this issue every day.

Register today! If you're busy that day, register anyway and view the webcast on-demand.

Available now - on demand

Class Zero
Process manufacturers, their suppliers and federal agencies are always looking for the tightest safeguards to maintain the balance between safety and productivity. The use of food-grade lubricants is one solution, but eliminating oil from the process is an even higher goal.

The air compressor industry is meeting international testing requirements to eliminate any oil contamination in the process industries – not just food, but petrochemical, semiconductor and pharmaceutical manufacturing as well. Meeting the Class Zero designation from testing agency TUV is an important step in assuring non contamination in these critical manufacturing processes.
Watch this Webcast Now!

Click HERE for a complete list of our upcoming live and archived on demand webcasts.

Upcoming Events

March
4-6

NFM&T

Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore.
(877) 809-6444

www.nfmt.com

March 16-19

IIAR 2008 Ammonia Refrigeration Conference & Exhibition

The Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, CO.
(703) 312-4200

www.iiar.org/conference

March 24-27

2008 WBF North American Conference

Dolce Valley Forge, King of Prussia, PA.

www.wbf.org

March 31-
April 1

PLANT ENGINEERING Manufacturing Summit

Hotel Sofitel, Chicago
(847) 288-8779

www.plantengineering.com

March 31-
April 3

WESTEC 2008 Exposition & Conference

Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles
(800) 733-4763

www.sme.org/westec

April
21-24

NA 2008

I-X Center, Cleveland. (800) 345-1815

www.nashow.com