Day: January 16, 2018

NFPA70E and Gloving Requirements

By Jim Hazelwood Everyone who must use PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for arc-flash and shock protection will gripe and complain.  Maybe that is a bit extreme, but follow me here.  Some will complain about heat of the coveralls, or worse, the moon suit.  How about the face shield?  All scratched up maybe?  Hearing?  Hard to…
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Engineering Co-op Program Examined

When we chose to implement an engineering co-op program several years ago, we knew from the beginning we wanted it to be structured and purposeful. That purpose was to create a pipeline of young engineering talent to replace the aging engineers who were retiring, giving electrical engineering students exposure to the real world of automation…
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