EASA will soon be releasing a new Motor Stats feature for both the AC Motor Verification & Redesign and Motor Rewind Data software to assist with determining if the data is reasonable for the machine’s nameplate ratings and core size.

When handling motors, lifting devices are often needed, whether they be cranes, forklifts or otherwise. Given the risks inherent to lifting, EASA members must exercise caution and ensure our teams are well versed in proper rigging techniques.

Al manipular motores, a menudo se necesitan dispositivos de izaje, ya sean grúas, montacargas o de otro tipo. Dados los riesgos inherentes al izaje, los miembros de EASA debemos actuar con precaución y asegurarnos que nuestros empleados conozcan bien las técnicas de manipulación adecuadas.

EASA pronto lanzará una nueva función de Estadísticas de motor para el software AC Motor Verification & Redesign y Motor Rewind Data para ayudar a determinar si los datos son razonables para las clasificaciones de placa de identificación y el tamaño del núcleo de la máquina.

Learn how to effectively use EASA's live, ever-expanding online database of more than 250,000 windings.

This article explores the distinction between a controlled environment and a cleanroom, the requirements for both, and provides details to help you determine if you want to add a controlled environment or a cleanroom to your facility.

Aquí, exploraremos la diferencia entre un ambiente controlado y un cuarto limpio, los requisitos para ambos y proporcionaremos detalles para ayudarle a determinar si quiere añadir a sus instalaciones un ambiente controlado o un cuarto limpio.

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The importance of precise and accurate measurements is more critical today than ever. Our customers are increasingly demanding of best possible practices and outcomes when having their machinery serviced and repaired. The ideas and information presented here are applicable to other mechanical measuring devices such as inside micrometers, calipers, protractors, levels, depth gauges and such.

En este artículo trataremos los micrómetros exteriores. Sin embargo, las ideas y la información aplican a otros dispositivos de medición, tales como: Micrómetros de interiores, calibradores, transportadores, niveles, galgas de profundidad, etc.

There are plenty of generic mobile device policies floating around the web. Sadly, many of them focus heavily and narrowly on the disadvantages of team members having personal devices at their workstations. Too often organizations take the path of excluding mobile devices from the work area because it’s easy rather than reaping the benefits they offer.

Existen muchas políticas genéricas sobre el uso de los dispositivos móviles flotando en internet. Dependiendo del entorno particular y de las herramientas utilizadas, es razonable y responsable evaluar los riesgos potenciales para la seguridad y la protección. Sin embargo, con mucha frecuencia, las organizaciones toman el camino de excluir los dispositivos móviles del área de trabajo porque es una medida fácil, en lugar de aprovechar los beneficios que ofrecen.

It happens to just about every EASA service center. A machine shows up for repair; it has leads, and there’s a motor, but the machine is a pump. Most often, it’s a close-coupled pump or a submersible pump. If your response is, “We don’t work on those here,” because you’re thinking, “We don’t know anything about repairing pumps,” you may be turning your back on some very profitable work.

Esto sucede en casi todos los centros de servicio de EASA, aparece una máquina para reparación, con cables y un motor, pero es una bomba. A menudo es una bomba sumergible o de acoplamiento cerrado. Si su respuesta es: “Aquí no reparamos estos equipos” y está pensando: “Nosotros no sabemos nada sobre reparación de bombas” puede que le esté dando la espalda a un trabajo muy rentable.

In March of 2019, EASA conducted an in-depth survey to better understand how end users decide between repairing or replacing electric motors and to identify electric motor repair/replacement trends. Internet-enabled condition monitoring has been a hot topic recently and, as a result, questions related to this were added to the list of survey questions. The survey returned some very interesting results about internet-enabled condition monitoring.

Flooding in the aftermath of tropical storms (hurricanes, monsoons and cyclones) with heavy rainfall will often shut down hundreds of plants along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas and other places around the world. To get them up and running again, maintenance departments and motor repairers face the daunting task of cleaning muck and moisture from many thousands of electric motors and generators. The process in such situations can take weeks, if not months, and requires special clean-up procedures for motors contaminated by saltwater.

A menudo, las inundaciones producidas por las intensas lluvias de las tormentas tropicales (huracanes, monzones y ciclones) colapsan cientos de plantas industriales a todo lo largo de la costa del golfo de México, desde la Florida hasta Texas y en otros lugares del mundo. Para retomar las actividades productivas, los departamentos de mantenimiento y los reparadores enfrentan la difícil tarea de limpiar la suciedad y desalojar la humedad en miles de motores y generadores eléctricos. El proceso en tales situaciones puede tomar semanas o meses y requiere procedimientos especiales para limpiar los motores contaminados con agua salada.

​EASA’s Getting The Most From Your Electric Motors is a great marketing tool for service centers to provide to customers (end users). As such, this valuable 40-page booklet provides end users with information that will help them obtain the longest, most efficient and cost-effective operation from general and definite purpose electric motors.

Para los centros de servicio, el manual Obteniendo Lo Máximo De Su Motor Eléctrico de EASA es una gran herramienta de mercadeo que pueden suministrar a sus clientes (usuarios finales). Como tal, este valioso documento de 40 páginas, proporciona a los usuarios finales información que les ayudará a obtener una operación más durable, eficiente y rentable de motores trifásicos de propósito general y de propósito definido.

Standardize refers to identifying specifically what products, inventory, equipment and procedures we use to guarantee a consistently successful outcome for our customers. With proper standardization, we can ensure better product quality and workmanship, more effective training and onboarding programs for new associates, more consistent communications back to our customers and ultimately greater profitability.

But there are challenges, aren’t there? Don’t we feel like our customers are unique? And doesn’t it seem that every piece of their equipment is just a bit different? All those things generally are true. Part of our customer promise is the ability to customize and tailor solutions to meet their needs. However, there is much to be gained by standardizing as much of our processes as possible. And that doesn’t just apply to the repair shop!

This article looks at a few key areas where standardization will benefit your service center.

This is the second in the “5+1 S Series” of articles written by EASA’s Management Services Committee to provide “lean service” resources to members. The traditional “5S” program covers these goals:  sort, straighten, shine, standardize and sustain. We’ve added safety to make it the “5+1 S Series.”

Las nuevas funciones del programa AC Motor Verification and Redesign – Version 4 (ACRewind) de EASA mejoran la capacidad de los miembros de EASA para enviar datos originales de forma electrónica e incluirlos en la base de datos Motor Rewind Data – Version 4 (MotorDB).

The Version 4 software is a powerful set of tools for members to check the validity of winding data and to redesign windings from concentric-to-lap and for changes in motor performance. A key feature of this latest version of the program is the integration of the MotorDB with the ACRewind program. The availability of both program functions within a common user interface provides more than just convenience. The ability of the programs to share data resources creates new capabilities that the stand-alone version of the program could not.

Lean service is an approach to eliminating waste and disorganization with a goal of improving efficiency and productivity. This article focues on the first "S" of the "5S" program: Sort.

This recording will help you get organized using the “5+1 S Series.” Learn how each “S” can help you with a path to productivity by becoming more efficient, or lean.

Accuracy and precision of measuring & test equipment (M&TE) have been topics of previous Currents articles (November and December 2014). A related topic that was not covered in the previous articles is resolution. The Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology document JCGM 200:2012 defines resolution as “the smallest change in a quantity being measured that causes a perceptible change in the corresponding indication.” Simplified, it’s the smallest difference that can be measured by the subject equipment. The accuracy of the M&TE must be greater than (less accurate) or equal to the resolution. That is, the M&TE must be able to indicate the value that is compared to the standard during calibration.

Let's briefly revisit the importance of accuracy and precision.

La precisión y exactitud de los equipos de prueba & medida (M&TE) han sido tratadas en artículos previos de Currents (noviembre y diciembre de 2014). Un tema relacionado que no fue cubierto en dichos artículos es la resolución. Este artículo cubrirá ese tema.

This webinar demonstrates an easy-to-build temporary oven that can be constructed in the service center or in site.

As anyone who is familiar with insurance inspectors, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other regulatory bodies knows, there are rather unique dangers in the electromechanical repair industry. Balancing machines and test panels are high on the list. Both require easy access – and both pose significant risk to personnel. In most circumstances, unguarded rotating machinery and temporary electrical connections are cause for great concern.

Como cualquiera que esté familiarizado con inspectores de seguridad, la Administración de Salud y Seguridad Ocupacional de los Estados Unidos (OSHA) y otros entes reguladores conocidos, existen peligros únicos en la industria de reparación electro-mecánica. Las máquinas balanceadoras y los tableros de prueba ocupan un lugar destacado dentro de la lista.

Ambos requieren fácil acceso e implican un riesgo importante para el personal. En la mayoría de los casos, la maquinaria rotativa sin guardas de protección y las conexiones eléctricas temporales son motivo de gran preocupación.