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Message From The Editor
Redefining intelligence
With another school year underway, it's timely to talk about learning, knowledge and intelligence. Here, we wonder about relationships being created among the Internet of Things, which develops its own intelligence, autonomous vehicles that we also hope to be intelligent, and smart highways. A whole future ahead of us. Also in this issue, my colleague, a historian by training, introduces us to a perhaps less well-known aspect of the origin of electric motors. There's even more in this issue. Good reading!
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- OPG Announces Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek Micro Grid Project Now Online
Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (KZA)/Gull Bay First Nation (GBFN) and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) have co-developed a community micro grid that uses solar, battery storage and automated control technology to help reduce diesel use at KZA in northwestern Ontario. This groundbreaking Indigenous-led micro grid project utilizes ground-mounted solar panels, lithium-ion batteries, and a sophisticated control system to help the community offset its diesel usage…
- Mazak Introduces Dynamics 365 Field Service for Faster, Better Service
To simplify the service experience for customers and service professionals alike, Mazak Corporation has introduced Dynamics 365 (D365) Field Service, an electronic service management system. Designed to speed up the process and get your manufacturing equipment back up and running as fast as possible…
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- HELUKABEL Canada Inc. Joins EFC as a Manufacturer Member
HELUKABEL is a German-based manufacturer and supplier of cables, wires and accessories. A product portfolio of over 33,000 in-stock line items, along with their custom cable solutions, allows them to supply state-of-the-art connectivity systems for industrial, infrastructure and office applications…
- Over 100 Blue Bird Electric School Buses Plugging into Districts
Across North America, some students going back to school this fall will ride electric school buses. More than 100 electric school buses, powered by a Cummins fully electric drivetrain, have been ordered to date from Blue Bird Corporation. Blue Bird electric buses are already operating in California, North Dakota and Washington…
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- Schneider LayoutFAST 6.0 Now with Canadian Content
LayoutFAST is the newly updated electrical design tool from Schneider Electric. You can seamlessly integrate electrical products - including a library of Canadian products - from the cloud into your design. Reduce design time from minutes to seconds…
- Webinar: How to Choose the Right Power Supply for My Applications?
Traco Power and their Partner Distrelec are hosting a webinar on selecting the right power supply on Thursday, September 5th at 2pm GMT. Power is a very general but meaningful word in our everyday lives. By integrating DC/DC Converters into your developing new designs, you embed possibilities for many needed and useful elements…
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International News
- Emerson Global STEM Survey Shows Growing Interest in STEM Careers but Lack of Encouragement, Especially for Women
As the world faces a skilled workforce gap, the fifth annual STEM (Science, Technology, Education, and Math) survey by Emerson found that 6 out of 10 Americans are interested in pursuing STEM careers - but fewer than 4 in 10 (39%) have felt encouraged to do so. The disparity is even more pronounced among women: 2 out of 3 U.S. women say they were not encouraged to pursue a career in STEM…
- Visit HPS at Solar Power International
HPS is exhibiting at Solar Power International (SPI), in Salt Lake City, UT, September 23-26th, 2019. SPI continues to be the largest and fastest growing solar energy show in North America that attracts industry experts across the globe. This will be the fifth consecutive year HPS has exhibited at the show…
- NEMA Electroindustry Awards Commemorate Medical Imaging, Engineering, and Business Achievements
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) announced its annual award winners to recognize both individual and company contributions to the electrical and medical imaging industry. The award winners will be honoured at the gala reception and dinner that concludes the NEMA Annual Meeting on November 7, 2019, at the Naples Grande Beach Resort in Naples, Florida…
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Internet of Things
IOT Technology Will Connect Highways, Street Lights and Vehicles. Cars Have Gotten Smart. Can Roads Catch Up?
By Kathy Pretz
As more and more intelligent cars and autonomous vehicles hit the road, some engineers are thinking about what can be done to smarten up the streets on which they travel. Doing so could allow smart cars and trucks to exchange information with other vehicles, traffic-management centres, and private companies about traffic congestion, accidents, and weather conditions. The key to making it happen is an Internet of Things system that includes sensors embedded in the roadway and on traffic lights.
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Peers & Profiles
Disrupting the Power Sector with Spark Power Co-Founder and Co-CEO Jason Sparaga
By Blake Marchand
Spark Power Corp. is one of North America's leading independent providers of integrated electrical power services and solutions. They serve over 6,500 industrial, commercial, institutional, renewable and agricultural customers, as well as utility markets including municipalities, universities, schools, and hospitals across North America. Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Jason Sparaga took some time to discuss Spark Power's progression as a company, as well as his own progression from investment banking to the electrical industry.
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Electric Motors
Looking Back at Electric Motor Use in Factories, Advancements in 1889
By Owen Hurst
The other day I came across an interesting article that takes us back to some early innovations regarding the use of electric motors in manufacturing facilities. The article titled "The Electric Motor in Factories", and was published in Science by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1889. The article follows a group of individuals from the New York Electric Society and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers as they tour the factory of the C. & C. Electric Motor Company.
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Opinion
Do You See Killer Spiders Around Every Corner?
By Keith Sones
In the early 1980s, the Canadian economy took a hard kick to the stomach. Interest rates were sky high, jobs were hard to come by and regular families were losing their homes. Fresh out of university, I decided to expand my horizons and spend what little money I had on a trip to Australia. Perhaps not the wisest use of my dwindled savings but "Hey, why not," I told myself. Kangaroos on every street, a land of nothing but beaches and palm trees and cute Koala bears that will eat from the palm of your hand. All of this seemed very enticing to a young man at the front end of life.
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Survey Says
Pay by Experience Level for Lighting Designer
Pay increases with years of experience until a certain point. See the point at which pay starts to decrease.
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Popular Skills for Electrical Engineers
This graph shows popular skills for electrical engineers and their correlation to average salary. Project management correlates most among those earning the highest salaries. See which skill correlates with the lowest salaries.
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Product Focus
PLC/HMI Starter Kits from IDEC
Thinking of upgrading your current system? Trying to keep your costs low? IDEC has the answers you're looking for. IDEC PLC Starter Kits include components built to work together to give you the most for your money. IDEC brought some of the first micro-programmable logic controllers to the market, and has been meeting your changing control automation needs for decades.
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Altivar Machine ATV340: Variable Speed Drives for High Performance Machines
Altivar Machine ATV340 is a variable speed drive designed for original equipment manufacturers that engineer high performance applications for 3 phase motors with or without sensor from 0.75 to 75 kW (1 to 100Hp). Designed for optimized installation, the Altivar Machine ATV340 drive offers cutting edge application control and advanced, easy to integrate automation capabilities. Its innovative features make it the drive of choice for OEMs entering the smart machine era.
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New VLM Servo Motors for Value Conscious Applications
Kollmorgen has launched the VLM servo motor series to fill the gap between stepper and high-performance servo motors. The new VLM series synchronous servo motors offer OEMs, machine builders and end-users, an excellent price-performance proposition in the torque range of 0.5 to 4.5 Nm continuous and 16 Nm peak, with speeds of up to 6000 rpm.
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