Various arguments exist around SF6 Gas Insulated (GIS) and Air Insulated (AIS) medium voltage switchgear. Recently we had to change a GIS design to AI...

These lifts were first built in 1884 by J. E. Hall and called a paternoster ("Our Father", the first two words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin) due to its...

This post is quick introduction and overview to different railway electrification voltages used in answer to a question sent in via email. While there...

Fire resistant and fire retardant cable sheaths are design to resist combustion and limit the propagation of flames. Low smokes cables have a sheath designed...

One of the comments on my Motor Starting Series was asking for something on duty cycles. Here it is. As a purchaser of a motor, you have responsibility...

Motor starting and its associated problems are well-known to many people who have worked on large industrial processes. However, these things are, of course...

Often document control is dictated by project requirements, for example a particular organisation may have an existing numbering system. Existing company...

Tapping your forearm or hand with a finger could soon be the way you interact with gadgets. A new technology created by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon ...

Coils of wire on the rotor carry a d.c. current which generates a magnetic field. A stator magnetic field is created using either permanent magnets or...

Years ago I was told that you should always try to write the best report you can.  Many years later I still think on this as one of the better pieces of...