AFE-St. Louis's July Meeting/Tour
| St. Louis Chapter 26 would like to express a special Thank You
to Rick
Oertli - CEO of Guarantee Electrical Co.
Terry
Bremer - Gen. Mgr. of Guarantee Electrical Co.'s
Maintenance Division
Don
Brown - of Guarantee Electrical Co.
along with all the great folks at Guarantee
Electrical Co., for hosting our meeting and giving us a powerful
presentation.
Thanks to all those members who showed their support by attending. We
look forward to seeing you again next month on the green. To all our
guests, we hope
this event empowered you with the knowledge. This is just one of the many benefits of belonging to
our organization. We will enjoy seeing you at the next meeting as member
of the Association for Facilities Engineering!
Frank Kastl
President-AFE St. Louis
(Chapter 26) |
The Meeting:

Guarantee
was ready for the large
showing with food and drinks for all. We filled their auditorium with many new faces. Our gracious host started out with a very interesting history of
their completely remodeled buildings and a little about themselves. Did you know
that there are times when they have over 800 Electricians and Engineers employed. (They've been around since the beginning. :>)

Terry Bremer is the General Manager of Guarantee Electrical Co.'s Maintenance
Division. More importantly (to us anyway:>), he is a fellow AFE member
and our speaker. That's Terry in the corner with the TV behind him.
Terry's presentation was on Electrical
Preventive Maintenance and Harmonics.
The TV set
in the room, was an infrared camera, which made the night even more interesting.
Terry spoke about Infrared and Ultrasound tools, explaining the right
tool for the right job.
We
also watched a video on harmonics, and their damaging effects. Terry further
explained the differences between annoying verses destructive harmonics.
We found out Frank's building has dual risers, which puts his system at less risk of a
high voltage failure.
(Redundancy) As Frank (our AFE chapter president) would say, "It's
a beautiful thing".
Terry's tips:
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Everyone should have an
inexpensive handheld infrared
thermometer.
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Use ultrasound devices to check
for high voltage loose connections.
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Some Electrical Preventive
Maintenance is better than none, do what you can afford.
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While drawing transformer oil, if
no oil comes out of the drain, stop and call a professional or the results
could be catastrophic.
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High voltage should be your high
priority in your EPM program.
Our dinner break
consisted of another fancy meal catered in; Guarantee Electrical Co.'s generosity
did not stop with
dinner. We would like to thank Terry for donating the power
point presentation to our web site. In addition, we would like to thank Rick for the
great pictures he donated. You can see more in the scrapbook.
We found out the "Guarantee" in their company name is short for ...
guaranteed to have a good time. :>)
Was
the crowd at the door to get in; or get out? The crowds gather at the doors to
get in! It was difficult to say goodbye while having such a good
time. Thanks Guarantee Electrical Co.!
Hope to see more of you in our engineering ranks at our golf outing in August, as
AFE members. :>)
Please see our scrapbook
for more pictures.
Thanks Again Guarantee
Electrical Co., for the great time!
AFE Members:
We exist because of the continued support of our
Sponsors. When you have needs, please show your appreciation by contacting
them.
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3405
Bent Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63116
314-772-8824
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Frank, Terry and Don recommend Maintenance
Technology magazine. Check out MT-online.com's
articles related to this months meeting ...
Infrared
Thermography--How to Get Started
Cost/Benefit
Analysis of Infrared Programs
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