WMEA Conference
The next WMEA conference will be held:
May 29th – 31st, 2013
3801 Quebec Street, Denver, CO 80207
May 29th Wednesday
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Board Meeting
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Hospitality Room
May 30th Thursday
7:00 am – 8:00 am Registration
8:00 am – 8:15 am Opening remarks
8:15 am – 9:15 am Application & Maintenance of
Molded Case Circuit Breakers
EATON Electrical
Dave Durocher
9:15 am – 9:30 am Break
9:30 am – 10:15 am Arc Flash
ELECTRO SWITCH
Gus Nasrallah
10:15 am – 10:45 am Marion 8200 Electrical Upgrade
Prairie Mines & Royalty – Paintearth Mine
Lionel Weseen
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Maintenance Scheduling
MAGNA IV Engineering
John Bunton
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm Group Discussion
1:50 pm – 2:00 pm Break
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Selecting Motor Controls for
Mining Process Torque Demands
TMEIC
Bill Horvath
3:00 pm – 3:10 pm Break
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Ups and Downs of LED Illumination in
Surface Mining Applications
Phoenix Products Company Inc.
Tom Feldhusen
4:00 pm – 4:10 pm Break
4:10 pm – 5:00 pm Yaskawa Drives
DYKMAN Electrical Inc.
Bruce Reeves
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Hospitality room
May 31st Friday
8:00 am – 9:30 am Summary of group discussions
9:30 am – 9:45 am Break
9:45 am – 10:15 am 480 volt and 600 volt GFCI
Ed Barnett – North American Coal
Jeff Glenney – Littelfuse-Startco
10:15 am – 10:45 am ‘Shock Stop’
DD Tech
Shawna Green
10:45 am – 10:50 am Break
10:50 am – 11:45 am Draglines – Health Monitoring and
Changing Operator Behavior
Mineware
Greg Ladewig & Stephen Lochner
11:45 am – 12:00 pm Closing
1:00 pm Steering Committee Meeting
GROUP DISCUSSIONS
GROUP 1 (Monte Wilke) GROUP 2 (Bill Horvath)
GROUP 3 (Rick Crouse) GROUP 4 (Aric Proskurniak)
GROUP 5 (Nate Montgomery) GROUP 6 (Sundhar Srimvasan)
GROUP 7 (Joshua McLaughlin) GROUP 8 (Rob Boksteyn)
Papers
480 Volt GFCI – LittelFuse – May 13
Arc Flash Mitigation – Electroswitch – May 13
Dragline Health Monitoring & Changing Operator Behavior – Mineware – May 13
Electrical Safety The Forgotten Electrical Workers – DDC Technology – May 13
LED Lighting for Mining – Phoenix – May 13
Marion 8200 Electrical Upgrades – Paint Earth Mine – May 13
Molded Case Circuit Breakers Application & Maintenance – Eaton – May 13
Selecting Motor Controls for Mining Process Torque Demands – TMEIC – May 13
Variable Frequency Drives and Long Motor Leads – Dykman – May 13
Start date: 05/29/2013
End date: 05/37/2013