WMEA Conference 2019
The next WMEA conference will be held:
May 21, 22, 23, 2019
Grand Hyatt Denver
1750 Welton St.
Denver, Co 80202
Telephone: 303-295-1234
Click here for Hotel Reservation
May 21 Tuesday
9:00 – 12:00 Dragline Training
Rick Scherer – Flanders
9:00 – 12:00 Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 Dragline Training
Rick Scherer – Flanders
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Board Meeting
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Hospitality Room
Full attendance at this meeting and an additional time after the meeting can qualify for an electrical greencard refresher class.(continuing education)
MAY 22 Wednesday
7:00 am – 8:00 am Registration
8:00 am – 8:15 am Opening remarks
8:15 am – 8:45 am Group Discussions
8:45 am – 9:15 am Detecting a Broken Pilot
David Whitt – Becker
9:15 an – 10:00 am Break
10:00 am – 11:00 am X-Y Plotting
Rob Marnell – DCS
11:00 am – 11:15 am Break
11:15 am – 11:45 am Motor Control / Soft Starters
Tom Truxell – Benshaw
11:45 am – 12:45 pm Lunch
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm Transformer Maintenance / Troubleshooting
Dave Durocher – Eaton
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm Break
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Digital Transformation
Jennifer Wright – WESCO
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm IR Window / Switchgear Safety and Reliability
Tim Rohrer – Exiscan
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Break
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Vibration Monitoring on Draglines
Dale Thompson – Mosaic
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Hospitality room
May 23 Thursday
8:00 am – 9:30 am Summary of Group Discussions
9:30 am – 9:45 am Break
9:45 am – 10:45 am Megger Insulation Testing
Randy Keener – Torq
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break
11:00 am – 11:45 am Mine Cable Safety
Pat Roybal / Murray Duncan – Amercable
11:45 am – 12:00 pm Closing
12:00 am – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Steering Committee Meeting
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Required additional training for MSHA
Electrical Refresher (Green Card)
Start date: 05/21/2019
End date: 05/23/2019