Join your fellow EASAns in the exhibit hall for the industry's leading trade show event!

While there, stop by the New Product Theater! Take this opportunity to see presentations and ask questions regarding the latest products to hit the market from a variety of vendors. The theater will be located on the exhibition floor. Make sure to check out the daily schedule of presentations.

Click here to view a list of this year's exhibitors

Highly rated by EASA members for his last presentation, this is an economist you don’t want to miss. What is his latest forecast? What leading economic indicators and key industries should you be concerned about in your short- and long-term business decision making? What about inflation? This session will give you insightful economic information to help manage your business.

Brian Beaulieu
Institute for Trend Research
Boscawen, NH

This session will cover:

• Explanation of partial discharge (PD)
• Description of damage mechanism
• PWM drive and PD
• How to evaluate PD
• Repair tips

Chuck Yung
EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist
St. Louis, MO

Need we say more? This and the Great Ideas Session that follows may be among the most enlightening of the convention! From going to cloud computing to focusing on market segmentation, hear from fellow members (representing small, medium and large firms) how they’ve increased their profitability. Each presentation will allow time for Q&A. The “Great Ideas” sessions will not be recorded, so be sure to join us!

Presenters
Art Anderson, Electrical Mechanical Services, St. Paul, MN; Gary Clark, Brandon & Clark, Inc., Lubbock, TX; Brian Larry, Larry Electric Motor Service, Ltd., Peterborough, ON Canada; Janet Schmidlkofer, K&N Electric Motors, Inc., Spokane Valley, WA; and Paul Stewart, Stewart’s Electric Motor Works, Inc., Orlando, FL

This session will cover:

• Implementing work instructions
• Documentation
• Calibration procedures
• QA tests
• Audit checklist

Jim Bryan EASA Technical Support Specialist St. Louis, MO

Bill Giede L&S Electric, Inc. Schofield, WI

This session will cover:

• Bearing isolators, increased winding wire area, ball-to-roller/roller-to-ball bearing conversions
• Preventive and predictive maintenance (PM & PdM) services: vibration analysis, condition monitoring, bearing lubrication, electrical testing (IR, amps, volts, kW)
• Motor management
• New premium efficient motors vs. repair and retrofitting of existing motors

Tom Bishop, P.E.
EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist
St. Louis, MO

Once again, this may be among the most enlightening sessions of the convention! Hear how some of your fellow members haven’t just survived but have grown during the challenges of the recession. One key nugget from this group could pay for your trip to Nashville multi-fold! Each presentation will allow time for Q&A. The “Great Ideas” sessions will not be recorded, so be sure to join us!

Presenters
David Griffin, CPM Engineering, Ltd., Manchester, UK; Dale Hamil, Illinois Electric Works, Inc., Granite City, IL; Kevin Krupp, York Repair, Inc., Bay City, MI; Joe Longo, Longo Electrical-Mechanical, Wharton, NJ; and Jimmie Williams, Jr., Bradleys’ Inc., Gregory, TX

Get a better understanding of the working principles of motor and drive measurements with test equipment, analysis tools and best practices. This session presents valuable services you can incorporate to increase services and profits. It also covers:

• Safety practices related to test equipment
• Overview of the system drive train covering measurement protocols for:
  •     Drive input and output
  •     Motor and drive
  •     Shaft voltage measurement and assessment

Not only is the measurement protocol explained but also the technology behind the systems under discussion, such as the inverter and motor. Measuring devices discussed will include:

• ScopeMeter
• Shaft voltage test kit
• Vibration analyzer
• Insulation tester
• Thermal imager

Adam Willwerth AEGIS, Electro Static Technology Mechanic Falls, ME

Remy F.G. Denker Fluke Industrial B.V. The Netherlands