Background The installation of electrical equipment in adverse environments containing corrosive gases, liquids, or dust can cause severe and rapid deterioration of the equipment. Historically, it has been recommended to customers to keep electrical equipment free of these contaminants through the use of special enclosures or separate rooms. Furthermore, the NEC (National Electrical Code) does ...

Electric power generation requires a great deal of production equipment, such as steam turbines, boilers, etc., how to insure the well-run condition of such equipment is the key for normal production. It is an efficient way to using computer modeling and simulation technology during the training of equipment application. First of all, build their plane model according to the equipment drawings,...

Background A large medical center in the southern United States experienced nuisance tripping of their equipment due to unexplained events on their electrical system. Realizing that nuisance tripping could be the result of any of a number of root causes, the facility contracted with S&C’s Power Systems Services Division to perform a complete power quality evaluation of their electrical system. ...

The equipment lists provided in this article are not intended to be proscriptive or definitive. They are simply an illustration of the logical application of equipment selection and packing principles according to the likely needs of the casualty. Although trained personnel with relatively little equipment can perform simple interventions, optimal care requires some advanced techniques and good...

The use of durable medical equipment in the home, while not a recent development, was formally recognized by the Congress with the passage of the original Medicare legislation. Since that time the statute has been amended to provide for a more workable, economical, and desirable interface among the administrative, supplier, and user communities. To assist in achieving this end, a research proje...

A simple mathematical model has been developed to identify and prioritize medical equipment in need of replacement. The model contains a total of ten attributes addressing four primary replacement issues: equipment service and support; equipment function; cost benefits; and clinical efficacy. Sensitivity to incomplete or subjective data is significantly reduced through the use of a "yes-no" (0,...

medical staples are one of the nitinol shape memory alloys applications which their pedicles have to be bent for suitable function with an appropriate angle at a specified temperature .it is achievable by shape memory effect. for this purpose, samples of nitinol super elastic alloys were bent in a steel mold with different angles & formed orthopedic staples. then shape memory effect was ind...