New for 2010 – 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.

Today's presentations:

9:30 - 10:00 am | WorldWide Electric Corp. | "NEMA Premium^® Efficiency Motors from WorldWide Electric"
10:30 - 11:00 am | Siemens Industry, Inc. | "Copper Rotor Technology in IEC Motors: Innovation on Space, Efficiency and Flexibility"

This well-respected economist will not put you to sleep! His presentation will cover:

• The short- and long-term economic outlooks for many key industries, and how they may impact our industry and your company
• Which economic indicators you should watch and which you can safely ignore
• An update on and impacts of manufacturing production moving to lower-wage countries
• Does the stock market matter?

Gain confidence in navigating the economic waters that await with insightful economic information you can use to help manage your business.

Alan Beaulieu
Institute for Trend Research
Boscawen, NH

Based on surveys of members and others this spring, hear a “fresh take” on the current state of the EASA industry, including the competitive, legislative and market forces that are impacting it. Learn how the EASA service sector differs from other segments of the industrial/commercial economy–and how EASAns can learn from those sectors.

Michael Marks
Indian River Consulting Group
Melbourne, FL

Benchmarking is a cradle-to-grave, reliability-based maintenance approach to monitoring key motor performance parameters. This session will cover:

• How providing a “birth certificate” for critical motors and outlining a benchmarking program will deepen your relationship with your customers
• How the process reveals changes that provide advanced warning of failures and suggests the root cause of such conditions
• A methodology to implement a benchmarking program

Austin Bonnett
Austin Bonnett Engineering, LLC
Gallatin, MO

This session will answer common questions EASA receives from members who do not ordinarily repair synchronous machines. It will cover:

• Testing tips for rotating poles and the amortisseur cage
• Testing the rotating rectifier
• Rebarring the amortisseur cage
• Removing wedged rotor poles
• Recognizing the rotor connection
• Bracing the rotor pole jumpers
• Power factor and load
• Whether a synchronous generator can be operated as a synchronous motor

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

This program dives into the actions EASA members should consider in order to succeed in the “new normal.” The speaker is quite optimistic for those members who are willing to “meet the challenge” by seeking out new opportunities and markets to gain competitive advantage, rather than focusing solely on doing the same things better. How to assess new opportunities will be discussed.

Michael Marks
Indian River Consulting Group
Melbourne, FL

This is one of the most popular sessions at every convention. Bring your technical problems and questions and learn from EASA’s engineering team and your colleagues during this informal dialogue.

Discussion Leaders: EASA Education & Technology Consultant Austin Bonnett, Gallatin, MO; EASA Senior Technical Support Specialists Tom Bishop and Chuck Yung; and EASA Pump & Vibration Specialist Gene Vogel.