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Arc Flash U: Selective Coordination, June 5
 
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  !Plant Engineering, Aberdeen sponsor EAM survey
While asset management has been traditionally viewed as a cost center, Best-in-Class companies are using these initiatives to gain a competitive edge in the market place and increase shareholder value. Plant Engineering has partnered with Aberdeen Group's Manufacturing practice on a new research report, “Enterprise Asset Management: Optimizing Asset and Real Time Interoperability.”
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In this white paper from Spraying Systems Company, readers will learn how to achieve precision coating with minimal waste by using pulse-width-modulated flow control. The technique uses a dedicated spray controller to switch electrically actuated spray nozzles on and off quickly to control the flow rate. Click here to register and view the white paper.
 
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  !Do you think outside the box? Send us your best Tips & Tricks
The best solutions to manufacturing problems don’t always come from inside a box. They come from the experience of the plant floor workers who use their knowledge to solve thorny problems with guile – and occasionally some other tools around the plant.
  !Manufacturing Summit videos online
Were you unable to attend Plant Engineering’s 2008 Manufacturing Summit in Chicago last March? Were you an attendee that would like to revisit some of the information shared during the proceedings? If either of these is the case, here’s your chance to get in on the discussion. Video highlights of the Manufacturing Summit are now online at PlantEngineering.com.
 
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Plant Engineering's Arc Flash University is accepting new applicants!

All aspects of Arc Flash will be examined during a series of free 30-minute Webcasts on the first Thursday of the month. Regular participants will receive CEU credit. Register Today!

  !NAM promotes Keith Smith
The National Association of Manufacturers this week named Keith Smith director, employment and labor policy. He succeeds Jason Straczewski.
  !DOE Save Energy Now reaches milestone
Since 2006, teams from DOE's Save Energy Now program have analyzed the efficiency of pumps, fans, compressed air systems, and heating and steam systems at 500 of the nation's most energy-intensive industrial facilities.
 
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Plant Engineering Webcasts
Upcoming Live Webcasts
Schedule by date and topic:
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
PlantMail headerArc Flash University continues on June 5th with Selective Coordination. 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 from now through November.
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PlantMail headerArc Flash Prevention
Originally aired: Thursday, May 8, 2008
How do you prevent arc flash? Great equipment, great maintenance, great training. It also requires monitoring the critical aspects of your plant, looking for clues that could help prevent a tragedy. We’ll talk with industry leaders on the best ways to prevent arc flash.


PlantMail headerArc Flash Training
Originally aired: April 3, 2008
The biggest variable in achieving arc flash safety isn’t your equipment; it’s your people. Making sure they are aware at all times of the dangers of electrical equipment and work to maintain their safety and the integrity of the equipment is vital. Industry experts give you a step-by-step training regimen for arc flash training.


Power Quality: Understanding Harmonics
Originally aired: June 28, 2007
Join Plant Engineering editors and expert panelists for a Webcast on Understanding Harmonics. You will come away from this event with a better understanding of the following:

-Power Quality
-Nature of harmonics
-Sources of harmonics
-Strategies to minimize harmonics
-End-user benefits to harmonic mitigation
   
Click HERE for a complete list of our upcoming live and archived on demand webcasts.
  Upcoming Events
 
May 28-30 Lightfair International Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV.
(888) 886-7931		 www.lightfair.com
June 1-2 A Passion for Manufacturing: 2008 Annual Meeting & Interactive "Unconference." Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center,
Detroit.
(313) 271-1500		 www.sme.org
June 2-6 NFPA World Safety Conference and Exposition Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Las Vegas, NV
(617) 770-3000		 www.nfpa.org
June 8-13 51st Annual POWID Symposium and 18th Annual ISA POWID/EPRI Controls and Instrumentation Conference Hilton Scottsdale Resort
Scottsdale, AZ.
(480) 948-7750		 www.isa.org/powersymp
June 9-11 Sensors Expo Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Rosemont, IL
(877) 232-0132		 www.sensorsexpo.com
Aug. 5-7 NI Week Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX
(888) 564-9335		 www.ni.com/niweek

 
   
 
 

 
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