SMMA sponsors a Spring Management Conference and a Fall Technical Conference open to members and prospective members.

October 15-17: Fall Technical Conference

Energy Efficiency and Inflation -
The Motor Design Challenge

SMMA Fall Technical Conference Chair, David E. Beth, vice president engineering, Emerson Tool Company, recently announced the Conference theme, “Energy Efficiency and Inflation – The Motor Design Challenge.” Scheduled for October 15-17, 2008, SMMA members and prospective members will meet at the Sheraton Westport Hotel in St. Louis. Presentations will focus on knowledge and resources necessary for motor design engineers faced with an increased demand for efficiency and the rising cost of materials.

SMMA has arranged special group rates of $152 at the Sheraton Westport Hotel in St. Louis. Reservations are available by calling 314.434.5010 or online at www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/SMMA. For additional information about the hotel, visit www.sheratonwestport.com.

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May 7-9: SMMA 2008 Spring Management Conference. See what you missed. Read the attendees' evaluations.

May 6-8: SMMA 2009 Spring Management Conference. Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego

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 - “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

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EMERF, The Electric Motor Education and Research Foundation was founded by SMMA in 1995. Its 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.

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