Scheduled June 8-11, the 2009 National Fire Protection Assn. (NFPA) Conference and Expo will bring fire and life safety professionals from around the globe to Chicago’s McCormick Place for educational sessions, product demonstrations, and other learning opportunities. The exposition component of the event will showcase products and technologies from 300 leading industry vendors. In addition, [...]

The Design Engineering show is a feature of National Manufacturing Week. This design engineering event provides an opportunity to connect you with the systems, products, and solutions for your entire manufacturing enterprise. At National Manufacturing Week 2008, you can meet more than 2,000 suppliers delivering the products and services you need to stay at the [...]

The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) has as its goal to help academia and industry to work together to bring the highest quality and most innovative forms of continuing education to the industry. Its initial focus was the electronics industry, however today it has broadened its scope to include the entire information industry. The IEC’s On-Line education [...]

I attended the “NEC Requirements for Generators” webcast on Thursday (12/6/2007) hosted by CSE magazine and sponsored by Generac.  The presentation gave an overview of applicable codes and standards, explained that generator cabling is defined as a “feeder” and not a “service”, and provided some guidelines for generator sizing and start-up times.  Disconnect and grounding requirements were [...]