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Plant Engineering - August 01, 1998
Cost Trends
PLANT ENGINEERING COST INDEX*
Plant Operating Cost Trends
Costs decrease in June
SHIPMENTS
Shipments drop, but overall still strong
Editorial
Who owns your brain?
Human Side
How do you deal with a senior who clings to his job?
Can a worker's seniority be taken away?
Are laid-off workers entitled to holiday pay?
Using tests to determine promotion? Take care
How flexible should you make a flexible work policy?
People bored? Try job switching
Troubled employee? Handle with care
Coping with the nay-sayer
Work overload for female engineer: Any recourse?
Demoting a recently promoted employee? Take care
Saturday holiday: Do you have to pay?
Human Side of Engineering
Can you reject an applicant because she's pregnant?
New Literature
Power transformers
Surge protection
Audible signal devices
Diaphragm pumps
Safety supplies
I/O products
Brass fittings
Fan blades
Micro drives
Shaft alignment
Pallet truck
Paperless recorder
Material handling
Motion drive products
Test equipment
Welding equipment
Sprockets and gears
Welding products
Hydraulic tools
Spray nozzles
Conveyors
Test instruments
Level transmitter
Lift trucks
Linear guides
Rotary blowers
Thermocouples
Pressure switches
Power quality
Safeguarding
HVAC
Water cleaning
Outdoor sweeper
Surge protection
Lift trucks
Epoxy floor systems
Transformer fluid
Fan bearings
MIG welders
Plastic conveyor belting
Measurement & control
New Products
Receptacle operates in hazardous locations
HID lighting system dims 50% when unoccupied
Metal halide light increases output 40%
Nonelectric steam condensate pump used in hazardous locations
Pressure-sensitive safety mat detects light loads
Probe detects electric causes of bearing failure
Pump design provides long service life
Door system easily reinserts panels
Floor coatings use no primers or sealers
Compressed air dryers reduce operating costs
Water treatment maximizes cooling tower efficiency
Vehicle transports and elevates worker and tools
Voltage monitor has auto range selection
AC inverters use plain English to communicate
Anti-fatigue mats provide safety, comfort
Compressed air dryer doesn't use energy
Onsite kit tests health of petroleum fluids
Bronze steam regulators have long life
Bar code label printer not sensitive to air pressure changes
Makeup air units save energy two ways
Condition monitoring covers many machine situations
Modem operates in industrial networks
Double-acting epoxy bonds rust to metal
System removes condensate automatically
Pressure intensifiers available in four sizes
Handheld thermometers have laser sighting
Dryer provides instant response using thermal mass
Power recorder provides permanent monitoring
Pumps handle high temperature without cooling water
Ratchet wrench has variable speeds
Monitor measures five combustion gases
Handheld radio is small and tough
Dike contains spills on rough surfaces
Fiberscope has two-way articulation
News & Comment
ECONOMY
Final first quarter GDP estimate shows 5.4% growth
In a heated economy, profits start to droop
Plant Management & Technology
Computer/Control Systems
Optimizing building automation system performance
Managing multiple sites with a single BAS
Will your BAS be working in the year 2000?
Using a BAS for process control
Building automation system manufacturers
Suggestions & Solutions
Do your bearings have the shakes?
Find motors and drives
Getting ready for the next 100 yr
Make it a safe lift
File this away
Getting the picture
Calculating heat loss and cost
Preventing corrosion
Make a sign, any sign
Learn by doing
Have you tried switching?
Adjusting adjustable speed drives
Finding the safe way
Reeling in the big one
Accessing government regulations
Fork and weigh it
Door design data
Don't get caught with your UPS down
Put butterflies in the line
Two upgrades, one new
Key to security
Clear eyes read MSDS sheets
Have guard, will save
Get shafted in the nick of time
Track and maintain
Bearings handle heat and chill
Accumulating knowledge
Have a ball with these valves
Sock it to the socket
Web Update
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First things first
Let us know what you think
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