FEATURED VIDEO: Watch: Wind-turbine maintenance report NEWS: Avoid explosions with hot-work safety tips Hot work involving burning, welding or others capable of initiating fires puts workers at risk. Here are seven key lessons that deserve special attention. Get the 7 tips here... • Join PEM on Twiiter @PEMmag Lee Linear offers custom-machined precision rolled ball screws Lee Linear now offers fast turnaround of high quality end-machined precision rolled ball screws. View a product image and get details... Georgian College holds info session on maintenance management program Georgian College and PEMAC will hold an information session on professional and workforce development on Aug. 31, 2010, at the college's Barrie Campus. Get RSVP details here... Arc flash burns workers/student, owner fined A paper mill owner-operator has been fined $125,000 after two workers and a student were burned in a series of arc-flash events. Get event details and safety tips... Worker fatally injured during pumpjack maintenance While completing maintenance on a pumpjack in Alberta, a contractor was killed, according to a Safety Alert released last month by Enform. Find out the circumstances and recommended corrective actions...

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FEATURES: MOTION CONTROL

5 symptoms of motor/gearbox failure Five of the most common symptoms, or complaints, found with all motor or gearbox types involve lubrication, sludge, heat, energy and more. Get all the symptoms here... Beginning a Maintenance Strategy: Proactive Maintenance There are many organizations that reduced the size of their maintenance organization and focused strictly on a ''fix-it-when-it-breaks'' strategy during the recession. Read Terry's full column on how to move from reactive to proactive maintenance — and how to change a company's culture, too.

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PRODUCTS: MOTION CONTROL

Integrated stepper motors Applied Motion Products has expanded its line of integrated step motors to include CANopen and Ethernet. Link...	EPDM-molded notch V-belts Gates now constructs its entire molded notch V-belt line with EPDM. Link...	Upgraded gearmotors Bodine Electric has introduced its new WX gearhead in conjunction with its upgraded 34B-frame brushless DC motor. Link...

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UPCOMING ONLINE SPOTLIGHTS

Aug. 17: PdM Aug. 24: Oil & Lubrication Aug. 31: Welding Sept. 7: Salary survey results

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DIGITAL EDITION:

Get a Hold on Power: How to manage your plant's energy footprint Buying In: Sense of equipment ownership key to green success An Eye on Tension: Get accurate with belt-vibration measurement tools On All Floors: Choosing the right surface prep tools

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

ITC Canada Training Schedule, various dates across Canada

MainTrain Fort McMurray, Sept. 15 - 17, Fort McMurray, Alta.

Check out the Calendar of Events on the PEM website for more upcoming industry seminars, conferences, shows and training sessions.

Got an event you want us to include on the website? Please send an e-mail to editor André Voshart: avoshart@clbmedia.ca.