EASA In The News 0109.02

The following articles by or about EASA have appeared in various industry publications. Links to the different items are provided below, so that you can read, download and print copies.

Take advantage of the educational and promotional value of this publicity by sharing the information with your employees and your customers customers. Your employees will appreciate the opportunity to learn more about their trade. Customers will appreciate the helpful information and recognize that your firm is providing value-added service. It's a great way to strengthen relationships with customers while reinforcing the image that your firm is professional, progressive and part of a respected industry organization.

Rightsizing Your Motor: A Simple Method	Optimize the Savings Generated by Energy-Efficient Motors	VFDs Can Cut Costs
Electric Motors: Repair or Replace? The Key Is to Plan Ahead	Vibration Analysis: What You Need To Know To Intrepret The Vibration Signature of Rotating Plant Equipment	Avoiding Efficiency Miscalculations
Rewinding Energy Efficient Motors	When Servicing Motors, More Is Certainly Better	Tips for Preventing DC Motor Problems
Vibration Analysis: What Does It Mean?

Vibration Analysis: What You Need to
Know to Interpret the Vibration Signature
of Rotating Plant Equipment

View and print this article from the June/July 2001 issue of MRO Today Written by EASA Technical Support Specialist Chuck Yung, it explains how to recognize misalignment, defective bearings, and bent or loose parts from a vibration signature. It's great material to share with your customers . . . and a great way to enhance your firm's professional image!

Tips for Preventing DC Motor Problems

View and print this article from the October 2000 issue of Plant Engineering. To find the article, click on Plant Engineering. Then search "All of Plant Engineering" for "DC motors". You can then print the article to share with customrers, or e-mail it to them directly from Plant Engineering's Web site!

DC motors require more maintenance than their AC counterparts. This article by EASA Technical Support Specialist Chuck Yung covers areas that can cause the most problems: brushes and commutators. It also describes and illustrates the most common commutator wear patterns, what they mean, and how to solve them.

Avoiding Efficiency Miscalculations

Click here to download, view and print this article from the November 30, 2000 issue of Motion Control, The magazine features the latest motion control technology and systems, new products and techniques. The article was written by EASA Technical Support Specialist Chuck Yung and explains how to project energy savings when upgrading from a standard motor to an energy efficient model.*

Electric Motors: Repair or Replace? The Key Is to Plan Ahead

Download, view and print this article from the January 2000 issue of Plant Services (search Archive with key word "repair"). Written by EASA Technical Support Specialist Chuck Yung, it contains loads of useful information on how to decide whether it's best to repair or replace a given motor. It's a great article to give customers to help them with the difficult decisions they often face. It's also a way you can assist them, providing value-added service as single-source motor system specialist!

Rewinding Energy Efficient Motors

Click here to download, view and print this article from the February 1999 issue of Maintenance Technology, the magazine of plant equipment reliability, maintenance, and asset management, published by Applied Technology Publications, Barrington, Illinois. The article, which was written by EASA Technical Support Specialist Chuck Yung, is filled with solid information about this important subject that you'll want to share with your customers!

To obtain a reprint, download a copy of Maintenance Technology's article index and order form in either MS Word or Acrobat pdf format.

Vibration Analysis: What Does It Mean?

Download, view and print this article from the July 1998 issue of Plant Services (search Archive with key word "vibration"). Written by EASA Technical Support Specialist Chuck Yung, it explains how to recognize misalignment, defective bearings, and bent or loose parts from a vibration signature. It's great material to share with your customers . . . and a great way to enhance your firm's professional image!

When Servicing Motors, More Is Certainly Better

Download, view and print this article from the March 19, 2001 issue of The Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration News. The article was written by staff writer Greg Mazurkiewicz and is based on his interview of EASA Technical Support Specialist Chuck Yung. It dispells some broad misconceptions about the energy efficiency of many older motors. It also stresses the critical role that service centers play in answering the biggest concern of most end users--reliability. Share the article with your customers!

Optimize the Savings Generated by
Energy-Efficient Motors

Avoiding Common Calculation Mistakes
Can Prevent Costly Surprise

Download, view and print this article from the May 2001 issue of Plant Services (search Archive with key word "motors"). The article was written by EASA Technical Support Specialist Chuck Yung. It describes how to assess the payback you customers might expect when they consider replacing a standard efficiency motor with an energy efficient model. It also shows that for some applications the energy efficient replacement is a worthwhile investment, while for others it may not be. Help your customers make wise decisions. Give them a copy of the article or direct them to it on the Web!

VFDs Can Cut Costs

Variable-frequency drives are beneficial, but you must
avoid voltage spikes that can cause winding failure.

Download, view and print this article from the February 2002 issue of Maintenance Technology. The article, which was written by EASA Technical Support Specialist Chuck Yung, provides tips your customers should know to avoid motor problems on VFD applications. Give them a copy of this article or direct them to it on the Web!

Rightsizing Your Motor: A Simple Method
A little extra horsepower wastes energy and money

Download, view and print this article by EASA Technical Support Specialist Chuck Yung in the June 27, 2002 issue of Plant Services. (To find this article and others by Chuch Yung, click the search button on the Plant Services' menu bar. Then search by the author's name, "Yung"). This article will be especially helpful to customers who think "bigger" is always better. Providing such useful information helps customers appreciate the value-added service they receive from their single-source motor system specialist.!!

Updated 1/2/09