Gary Weidner
Articles
Interactive training: Is it in your future?
Training is moving up on almost everyone's priority list. The rapid changes in technologies used in plants, plus a tight labor market, are major reasons, but it goes deeper than that.
Maintenance paints and coatings
Since ancient times, paint has been used to protect, decorate, and identify surfaces. It is also the number-one method of combating corrosion. The term coating is often used interchangeably with the word paint.
Simple solutions to common maintenance problems
Most short cuts are based on skillful application of common sense, so a typical reaction to a new tip is "Why didn't I think of that?" Ideas for faster, easier, less expensive (and perhaps better) ways to deal with maintenance tasks deserve to be shared. That's why Plant Engineering magazine publishes "Tips & Tricks" and "Simple Solutions." If you have one or more tips that you are willing to share with fellow professionals, see "How to submit suggestions" at the end of this article. All submissions received during the year will first be considered for Plant Engineering's annual September "Tips & Tricks" presentation, where entries voted tops by readers receive substantial cash awards. Whether they win a prize or not, ideas deemed useful will be published in "Tips & Tricks" or "Simple Solutions." It's important to note that simplicity and widespread applicability are two criteria for suggestions.
Update: Handheld multimeters
The five core functions of handheld multimeters have always been to measure ac and dc voltage and current, and resistance.
The Motor Challenge
The DOE Motor Challenge is a program offering resources that promote energy efficiency in industrial motor systems. The program supplies unbiased information about motor system design, purchase, and operation from experts who have practical experience.
Motor efficiency standards create new challenges
Big brother or helpful partner? The federal government's Department of Energy (DOE) has been working hard to change the old stereotype of government as a heavy-handed regulator.