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CONFERENCES
SMMA
sponsors a Spring Management Conference and a Fall
Technical Conference open to members and prospective members.
MAY
7-9: SMMA 2008 Spring Management Conference, Come
hear our resident economist, Alan Beaulieu from the Institute
for Trend Research explain the current economic turbulence
and tell you what you should be doing about
it. PGA National Resort & Spa, Palm Beach Gardens,
Florida, www.pgaresort.com.
Overview
Schedule
Register
OCTOBER
15-17: SMMA 2008 Fall Technical Conference, Sheraton Westport
Hotel, St. Louis, www.sheratonwestport.com
To
review previous Conference programs,
click here.
Proceedings
from those Conferences are available on CD-ROM for $150 each.
Contact SMMA for details.
EDUCATION
The SMMA Motor
& Motion College offers a variety of motor and
drive courses in design, application and motor manufacturing.
Motor
& Motion College Courses are brought in house to your
company, tailored to meet the training needs of your employees.
Save
time! Save money!
In
addition, SMMA members have access, in the members only
area, to Technical Reference
materials, including a glossary of terms, descriptions of
basic motor parameters, design considerations for PMDC motors
and electric motors troubleshooting.
Motor
terminology have you confused? Look at the SMMA
"Motor Tree."
INDUSTRY
TRENDS
SMMA members have access, in the members only area,
to a quarterly report published by the Institute
for Trend Research (ITR). This report analyzes a number
of market indicators which impact the electric motion industry.
RESEARCH
A Consortium of SMMA member companies, founded to study
losses in lamination steels, paricularly at high frequencies
and non-sinusoidal wave forms, has recently been awarded
over $750,000 from the Department of Energy to accelerate
the research. The research is being conducted at Clarkson
University, Potsdam, New York, under the guidance of Dr. Pragassen
Pillay, Clarkson's Jean Newell Distinguished Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering. Participating in,
and financially supporting the work to date, are SMMA member
companies Advanced DC Motors, Black & Decker, Eaton Corp,
Lamination Specialties, Magnetic Instrumentation/KJS and Magsoft
Corp.
The
most recent update
on the work of the Consortium was given at the SMMA Fall
Technical Conference, in October, 2006 in St. Louis.
THE
EMERF LAMINATION STEELS THIRD EDITION CD-ROM IS NOW AVAILABLE
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“Every
20-30 years an attempt is made to collate and communicate
information on the state of magnetic materials development.
Steve Sprague and EMERF have done an exemplary job at updating
and presenting the total spectrum of soft magnetic steels
including numerous essential charts and tables. A more thorough
reference work is not to be found.”
- Steve
Constantinides, Director of Technology, Arnold Magnetic Technologies
Corporation
Click
here for content description and order form
EMERF,
The Electric Motor Education and Research
Foundation was founded by SMMA in 1995. It's mission is:
To
advance and promote the electric motor industry through education,
pre-competitive research and facilitation of technology transfer
within the industry and in cooperation with academic, private
research and governmental organizations.
MEMBER
NEWS
Bison
Gear & Engineering Announces Management Changes: Martin
Swarbrick named President and COO, John
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Dart
Controls Recognized in U.S. Senate Productivity Award
Essex Group Announces
Completion of European Magnet Wire Joint Venture
DMI
Technology Acquires Electrocraft
Dart
Controls in Top 100 in Quality Magazine Survey
Bondmaster
Epoxy Adhesives for Motors Now Available in Cartridge Sizes
01.08.08
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