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Thomas Yoon specializes in cartoon illustrations that will make an impact on people's opinions. Publisher for fortnightly distributed Marine Treasure Chest Ezine and TechMarketing Ezine that can be subscribed at Marine Engineer World Website and Free-Engineering Website. Writer for articles on engineering, management, leadership, motivational, christianity.
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- Driving Home Driving Safety Messages to Drivers
[Automotive] Even in this age of high technology and proactive engineering and safety research, the statistics seem to suggest that people are the cause of many accidents. Cars may become more comfortable and safer for the driver and the passengers, but ultimately, it is the driver who is controlling the vehicle. His or her attention to the driving process - keeping a good lookout on the road, making the right decision to brake, slow down, overtake, signal, turn, accelerate and respond to unforeseen activities on the road - is critical for a safe journey.
- Making Safety Pressure Vessels For Industrial Systems
[Business:Industrial-Mechanical] Have you ever attended a children's party where the balloons started to burst when they were pricked? Sometimes, balloons begin to burst even while they are being filled up. They created a loud noise don't they? And the remains of the balloon simply flew away in any direction.
- Confession of an Immigrant
[News-and-Society:Economics] The economic crisis made many of us jobless. Jobs were scarce back home. I had no choice, but to look for jobs away from home. After some time, I found a job in another part of the country, some 400 kilometers away from home and started my life as an immigrant. This is a story of what I experienced as I tried to adjust to a stressful new way of life.
- The Truth About Behavior Based Safety
[Business:Workplace-Communication] With the high cost of labor these days, (and also high cost of implementing engineering controls) it's no wonder that management falls back on their "self-managing workforce" to manage their own safety! That's the "new" buzzword - BBS.
- A Simple Solution to Change People's Habits About Safety
[Business:Security] How often have you tried to change people's habits about safety and find that you did not make much progress? For a short while, they will do whatever you say, but when your back is turned, they resorted back to their old behavior. The safety messages simply did not register in their heads.
- How You Can Raise the Level of Safety Awareness in People
[Business:Workplace-Communication] Each campaign will contain a number of elements. Some may have only a few, while others include a wide variety of elements catering for a few projects. For example, if you are doing a road safety campaign, you may have a project focusing on driving safety and another on pedestrian safety and yet another on the wearing of helmets for motorcyclists. That's why you must be clear on your goals and objectives.
- First Things First - Determining What is Important in Your Life
[Self-Improvement:Time-Management] Time management is essentially doing things that matters most and avoiding those that are not important. Everybody has 24 hours a day. It's just how a person uses his time that determines whether he is in control of time or time has control over him.
- Myopia - How Far Can You Really See?
[Self-Improvement:Leadership] All this is based on the theory that all things are created twice and that there is a mental first creation and there is a physical second creation and that management is being efficient by doing things right, while leadership is being effective by doing the right things. How far can you really see? Simple question, isn't it? But I am not talking about seeing with your eyes. I think even blind people can see things in their mind, but I am not going to dwell too much on that, but instead I hope to take you beyond your natural inclinations to think deeply on a much more interesting topic.
- Weep Rather for Yourselves
[Relationships:Love] Theirs was a love in action and outsiders like my family and I could not fully understand unless we are totally immersed in it. Who are we to give advice?
- Preventing Workplace Accidents Using The Power of DIY Safety Poster Prints From Your Color Printer
[Business:Workplace-Safety] You have heard of Hazcom, Hazchem and Hazmat in safety. Now we have Haztoon. That's right. Cartoons deliver safety messages with impact.
- Safety Awareness Poster And Graphics - The Backbone For Promoting Safety Awareness In The Workplace
[Business:Management] It's a well-known fact - promotion of safety and health clearly demonstrates the commitment of the business owner to establishing an effective safety management system. Much careful thought and consideration should be given to this. Promotional approaches adopted should have clearly defined objectives. The following are some approaches to be tried, most of them can be based on almost free safety poster and safety awareness poster that does not cost much :
- Creating Workplace Safety Poster For Improved Workplace Safety Communication
[Business:Workplace-Safety] When safety takes a backseat, accidents usually happen. It's just a matter of time. Once a nasty accident happens, the company, shaken by the accident, will be forced to make a concerted effort to improve the workplace safety conditions. Unknowingly, the company will enjoy lots of benefits in the process. What does creating an accident-free workplace involve? Creating large quantities of eye-catching workplace safety poster can be very effective.
- Child Safety Poster - An Essential Tool For Letting Very Young Children Explore
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Do you want to develop your child without the risks? Child safety posters can alert us on the dangers lurking around us. Every parent has to come to a decision very often - to let your child explore in order to develop his senses, his concentration and his vocabulary while having lots of (messy) fun, or to shut them off due to the risk of exposure to accidents. The normal route is the first one. With the help of safety posters this can be easy.
- Safety Poster Download - What Are Your Kids Doing For Safety?
[Home-and-Family] Using the internet for finding poster internet safety is an excellent idea and a fun activity for your kids. If you search carefully, you can often find the free safety poster, lab safety poster, road safety poster. Then there is the poster safety sign, industrial safety poster. You can also find safety poster download.
- Free Safety Posters - Gift Ideas for Life
[Home-and-Family] Looking for gift ideas? It can be quite a difficult task considering the many choices you have. Why not give them safety posters? They are excellent for birthdays, anniversaries, graduation, house warming, or milestones in life.
- How to Remove Opposition from Your Organization
[Business:Management] An insecure manager will sometimes try to eliminate his/her staffs even though the latter can be very competent, talented or even loyal employees. It does not matter whether you are really against the manager; as long as the manager thinks you are, and then you are out.
- He Was There When I Needed Him!
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] She knows how it works. According to the local labor laws, in order to terminate an employee, the company must be seen to act reasonably towards the employee, giving him-her a chance to change before giving him/her the final boot. I must say she was a very determined and creative person when she carried out her plan.
- Do You Want to Save Energy on Your Hot Water Heater?
[Home-Improvement:Bath-and-Shower] If your family uses a lot of hot water, you will have great opportunities for energy savings waiting for you. Water heating accounts for about 15% of energy costs in a typical manufactured home. Improving the energy efficiency of the water heater can save a significant amount of money over the water heater's lifetime. No matter whether your home uses electric or gas-fired water heaters, you can certainly benefit from water heater maintenance and efficiency improvements.
- The Truth About Those Old Refrigerators
[Home-Improvement:Kitchen-Improvements] An old, inefficient refrigerator can cost up to $280 a year to run; a new, efficient refrigerator can save more than $150 each year over a 20-year-old model. While the savings will be less if you are replacing a newer refrigerator, it still will save between $35 and $70 per year. Calculating for a 15-year period for a typical lifespan of a refrigerator, that’s $525 to $1,050.
- 6 Easy Ways You Can Improve Your Refrigerator Performance
[Home-Improvement:Kitchen-Improvements] Do you know that refrigerators consume about one-sixth of the electricity in a typical American home? That's about 17%! And it demands your attention if you want to save energy.
- Simple But Powerful Ways to Lower Your Lighting Bills
[Home-Improvement:Lighting] Everybody knows that lighting consumes electricity. Based on statistics, lighting is responsible for about 12% of the energy used in a typical American home. That's a huge chunk of your bills! Is there any way you can reduce your lighting bills?
- There's Nothing Quite Like Common Sense Approach to Cooling Energy Reduction
[Home-Improvement] In today's article, I am going to show you some common sense approaches to getting the cooling you want without spending much money.
- Are You Still Paying Huge Air Conditioning Bills? Call in the Professionals
[Home-Improvement:Heating-and-Air-Conditioning] Air conditioner adjustments and repairs should be done by professionals. An air conditioning unit is much more complex than it seems. There are refrigerant gases, brazing joints, compressors, fans, coils, fins, electrical starters, thermostats, overload switches, filters, dryers, lubricating oil, drain pans, insulation, mountings, control systems, remote sensing, and many other components that an air conditioning technician needs to understand.
- Surprising Simple Ways You Can Do to Reduce Your Cooling Bills
[Home-Improvement] For most people, heat is energy, light is energy, and mechanical movement is energy. But to think that you need to run up your compressors, fans and other machines just to remove heat..., it does not make sense! Doesn't operating machines increase the energy in the system?
- What You Should Know About Saving Money Through Home Energy Efficiency Retrofits
[Home-Improvement:Energy-Efficiency] In these times of energy shortage and fuel price increase, the question that is often asked by homeowners is, "Do I really need to retrofit in order to save energy costs?" Well, I can understand their reluctance, considering that doing a retrofit really means spending money upfront without seeing much immediate gains. The challenge then is to determine what kind of retrofit will benefit the homeowners most.
- Have You Selected Wrong Materials for Chemicals?
[Business:Industrial-Mechanical] Nowadays, waste treatment plants or even process plants are called upon to process strong acids, alkalis, oxidizers, solvents, waste, slurry and other corrosive and abrasive chemicals. If the wrong material is selected, it can lead to dangerous and widespread consequences of chemical spills, emergency evacuation, pollution, environmental damage and other disruptions to the production facility.
- Explosive Chemicals - How Dangerous are They?
[Business:Industrial-Mechanical] Many people have a natural fear of chemicals that catch fire easily. In fact, I know of some people who became so nervous whenever they have to come into the chemical areas that they lost their concentration and fumble about with their activities, visibly shaken. It is as if the whole place is going to explode in their faces anytime.
- Making Sense of the Topsy-turvy, Melting Pot of Measurement in Physics and Engineering
[Reference-and-Education:Science] Many countries have adopted or developed measurement units on their own throughout the ages. Many have gone on different directions, each having a means to measure according to their own needs. It's messy
- Air Power at Sea or Ground
[Business:Industrial-Mechanical] The pressure in the compressed air is sufficient to push huge pistons and turn the crankshafts of engines so that enough momentum is created for the engine to start.
- Foolish Mistakes of the Learned and Intelligent
[Business:Ethics] When these events take place and it involves high profile persons, one begins to wonder what on earth makes them do such things. Clearly, it is not because they are not aware of such consequences. And it would not be their lack of intelligence...
- Magnetism - The Power of Attraction and Repulsion
[Business:Industrial-Mechanical] Undoubtedly, the most important property in the operation of electrical equipment is electromagnetism. It's the property of attraction and repulsion that enables motors, generators, solenoids, relays and other control equipment to function...
- DC Power in Industry - Mighty Torque and Variable Speeds
[Business:Industrial-Mechanical] DC motors have the advantage of excellent starting torque and wide ranges of speed control. They are therefore used to drive machines that are difficult to start under load or are required to run at varying speeds...
- How to Save Gas in the Kitchen
[Home-Improvement] With the world's oil and gas prices at such a high level, many of us are hard-pressed to try to squeeze the maximum work out of the fuel we use. One of the best strategies to use is to avoid wastage that can lead to loss of energy.
- How to Know When to Change Air-Conditioning Filters?
[Business:Industrial-Mechanical] Although we don't usually realize it, we can actually reduce the running cost of a building by removing the dust from the atmosphere. The furniture, walls and fittings are preserved longer. It also improves the health of the occupants...
- Burning Smells - Indication of Trouble
[Automotive] Questions… and more questions... But that is the way to troubleshoot.
The more questions you ask, the better you are at arriving at the
solution. You look at the problem from all angles.
- Removing Particles from Air-Conditioning Systems
[Home-Improvement:Appliances] "Dust" could be a misnomer when
we enter into the world of cleanrooms. Even tobacco
smoke and bacteria are particles that can be filtered
off!
- How to Save Fuel by Modifying Your Car
[Automotive] There are lots of devices in the open market that can help you improve fuel economy. However, keep in mind that many of these devices are advertising hypes and might even perform very poorly in actual conditions.
- Fuel Efficiency and Losses in Car Designs
[Automotive] If you choose
the 48 MPG car, you could be saving hundreds of dollars in fuel
costs each year. I think that should be an important point to
note when buying a new car.
- Good Planning for Better Mileage
[Automotive] With a little planning of the route to take, you can avoid
retracing your route and reducing the distance you have to
travel as well. You not only save fuel, but also reduce wear
and tear on your car.
- Good Maintenance for Better Mileage
[Automotive] Good maintenance not only ensures that the vehicle does not
breakdown when you least expect it, but it also has a strong
influence on the fuel economy.
- Drive More with Less
[Automotive] Although fuel consumption can depend on many factors like
vehicle and tire condition, road condition, fuel used, engine
efficiency, vehicle aerodynamic design, and many others, there
are a few things you can do to reduce the consumption simply by
adopting good driving habits.
- What You Should Know about the Correct Paint Job
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Surface preparation is of utmost importance. It is useless to have a good primer when the surface itself is covered with loose dust. The primer coat will simply peel off later because the bond is weak.
- What You Should Know About Corrosion
[News-and-Society] We live in a world of chemicals and corrosion is a chemical reaction. In the process, metal is dissolved. Since iron and steel is used in almost every machine and structure, we particularly want to avoid corrosion in them.
- Industrial Safety Can Be Funny
[Business:Industrial-Mechanical] How useful are your protective equipment if your workers are not using them? How do you ensure that your workers remember safety guidelines and avoid dangerous practices? Or observe good safety practices when nobody supervises them?
Somehow, people need to get it into their subconscious mind to want to follow safety rules and regulations. If not it will be an uphill task for the safety practitioner. Do they have to wield the big stick like a policeman and play a cat-and-mouse game all the time?
- Managing Risks - How to Avoid Accidents?
[Business] It's a common fact that workers coming together in a large
construction project have different levels of experience and
training. The key persons for preventing accidents are the
supervisors...
- Methods of Improving Boiler Efficiency
[Reference-and-Education:Science] With the rising cost of fuel prices, industries that use steam boilers for heating or power generation are hard pressed to operate at peak efficiencies.
- What Do You Mean By Four Stroke?
[Automotive] At the start of the cycle, air must be introduced into the
combustion space inside the cylinder. In the 4-stroke (also
called 4-cycle) engine, this is the air intake stroke. The
piston moving down will suck fresh air into the cylinder through
the air inlet valve(s) that is opened...
- Crankcase Explosion
[Automotive] One of the most frightening phenomenon for operators of diesel
engines is the crankcase explosion. Although many
force-lubricated, totally enclosed, reciprocating machines like
diesel engines, steam engines, air compressors and many others
had been running for many hours without any such problems, still
the problem of crankcase explosion is ever present and we cannot
forget about it.
- Explosive Air
[Automotive] Although air compressors are built to withstand high pressures,
and will have all the necessary relief valves to take care of
normal occurring overpressures, explosion involving fire
propagation is another matter.
- Internet Journey - From Storms To Desktops
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:E-Books] Now I am into self-publishing and I can publish whatever I want. I shall not receive piles and piles of rejection slips anymore. As an author-publisher, I can also design my own illustrations and layout in whatever way I think best, and most important of all, I don't have to spend money on printing, paper, binding, and whatever else.
- Entangled In The World Wide Web
[Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] From the first day I learned to surf the Internet, I became impressed by it. I could not recall whether it was the incredible amount of knowledge that can be found there, or was it the quality of the reading medium that struck me. But it did.
- Transducers - The Remarkable Changers
[Reference-and-Education:Science] Complex control systems all make use of signals that can be easily measured and altered remotely...
- The Motor's Best Friend
[Home-Improvement] The starting current of motor can become 3 to 6 times the normal running current! That's normal for motors. The motor can experience this high current for a period ranging from 20 to 50 seconds...
- Successful Motor Protection Formulae
[Home-Improvement] If attention is not given to these factors, the overload relay
will perform poorly...
- Getting the Power to Control
[Home-Improvement] One of the advantages of using machines to control processes for you is that you can harness tremendous amounts of power and energy which humans do not possess...
- Fire Evacuation Drill with a Difference
[Self-Improvement:Innovation] Any mistake that will cause people from the manufacturing clean rooms to evacuate will be disastrous to the company. The stakes are high...
- Emergency - Gas Fire!
[Home-Improvement:Security] The LPG fire need to be extinguished - but not by the water. Extinguishing the fire in this way will create another hazard. If the gas were to escape unburned, it could be more dangerous. Any spark later on can ignite the gas and cause a bigger fire, possibly causing a tremendous rush of expanding gases...
- Controls - The Building Blocks of Automation
[Reference-and-Education:Science] But how would you like to stand in one position, watch the process going on and operate valves, or switches according to the conditions you want? This is very tiring, isn't it?
- What You Should Know about SMAW
[Automotive] In shielded metal-arc welding, the intense heat from an electric
arc is used to melt and fuse metals to form a weld. It is one of
the oldest and most widely used welding processes. Although used
chiefly for joining iron and mild steels, shielded metal-arc
welding is well suited to maintenance tasks because the
equipment is relatively inexpensive, simple to operate, and can
be used for welding many different kinds of metals.
- How to Align Your Shafts
[Automotive] The purpose of alignment is to ensure that the centerline of the motor rotor shaft coincides exactly with the centerline of the driven machinery. Alignment is essential to ensure that the machine runs smoothly with minimum vibration...
- Just The Right Timing for Engines
[Automotive] The many components of a diesel engine must work together properly, doing their function at the correct sequence all the time. If any component does not function as designed, the engine will perform poorly or even stop completely.
- Was There a Better Way?
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] But sometimes events happen so quickly that it takes our breath away. When things do not go as we planned, tempers flare up, moods become dampened, and we so quickly become irritated - especially if it was caused by last minute permission changes, which could so easily be overruled if only the person in
authority would take a softer stand.
- Vacation Break for Electrical Machines
[Home-Improvement:Electrical] What happens if the circuit breaker is placed in a high temperature
environment? The thermal bimetallic strip bends on high temperature.
In this case, the current is not causing the high temperature in the
bimetallic strip, but the ambient air is! The current may still be
below the safe operating rated value for the motor.
- Just Do It!
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] These were fears that I felt. The fear of the unknown. The fear of things beyond my control. The fear of venturing out of my comfort zone...
- Business Scents - Do They Work?
[Business:Small-Business] Shopping mall owners know how to use it to their advantage. People tend to feel happy or relaxed when there is a pleasant smell around them. Aromatic perfumes are sprayed at regular intervals to make people feel happy and in the mood to buy.
- The Mystery of Furry Animals
[Home-and-Family] How do furry animals keep warm or cool? They don't wear clothing like humans. They seem to be able to adjust their body temperatures in their fur to all weather conditions. Can that be duplicated?
- Troubleshooting Pump Problems the Easy Way
[Reference-and-Education:Science] Pumps or other machinery will give tell tale signs when they are
not working properly. An observant pump user will be able to
avoid major breakdowns or damage if the problem is corrected early.
- Electrical Industry's Protection - Destruction for Good
[Reference-and-Education:Science] Whenever a fuse blows, it means there is already a big fault in the
circuit. Electricians must be especially careful during this time
and take the necessary precautions...
- Home Fire Prevention Effectiveness 1
[Home-Improvement] Everybody knows that heating can cause fires. However, we must not be
unduly alarmed if there are sources of heat around us. We simply cannot
avoid the heat. In fact we use heating for our own benefit...
- Hypothermia - The Cold Facts
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] With severe hypothermia, behavior changes from erratic to apathetic to unresponsive. Uncharacteristic behavior like inappropriate excitement or lethargy, poor judgment, and poor decision making are common.
- Business Team Building Strategy In The Jungle
[Business:Team-Building] We had been expecting an attack, but we did not expect it so
soon. We did everything possible to protect ourselves, but
the only cover we had were some bushes, tree trunks, leaves
and the natural foliage. If we protect ourselves from the
front, we could not cover our backs. Such was the defense we
managed to set up.
- Bigger Power with 2-Strokes
[Automotive] One of the most prominent feature of a 2-stroke engine is the
presence of air intake ports on the cylinder liner that will
enable fresh air to be led in for combustion.
- Inside Knowledge about Diesel Engines
[Automotive] One of the most reliable internal combustion engines around
is the diesel engine. In many industrial installations, diesel
engines are used as prime movers for the generation of
electricity and for emergency air compressors.
- Why Select 2-Strokes?
[Automotive] In those 2
strokes of the piston the engine has also completed
4 stages of the combustion cycle - air intake,
compression, combustion and exhaust.
- Lubrication - The Silent Component of Machinery
[Automotive] When the moving components become completely separated by a cohesive
film of lubricant, hydrodynamic lubrication occurs. Hydrodynamic
lubrication prevents wear in moving parts, as there is no metallic
contact between them. The bearing metals can last for a long time.
- Cooling Down by Evaporating
[Automotive] If you run the evaporator blower without running the air cond
system, sometimes you might get a burst tube in the evaporator.
- Tsunamis in the Bible?
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] Was this what really happened to the Egyptian army when they were
pursuing the Hebrew people while they were led out of Egypt by
Moses?
- Expansion for Heat Absorption
[Home-Improvement] Have you ever felt your skin becoming cool whenever you put alcohol
on it? Or even when a bit of petrol spilled onto your hands? It's
because, the alcohol or petrol has evaporated when it comes in contact
with your skin.
The result - heat is removed from your skin, and it feels cool!
- Why Condition Your Boiler Water?
[Reference-and-Education:Science] As more and more steam is evaporated, the water becomes more and more concentrated with salts and other impurities. If you use your kettle for a long while, you will see some chalky deposits inside it.
- How Often Do You Change Oil?
[Automotive] When do you need to replace your lubricating oil? If you have
a large quantity of lubricating oil to change, it is going to
burn a hole in your pocket. So most plant operators try to
preserve the properties of the lubricating oil for as long as
possible.
- Repairing Your Own Machine Components
[Home-Improvement] A skilled Maintenance Engineer should know how to use all these
machines in order to make his own repairs in a safe manner. Very
often he has to supervise machinists. The information below
should be useful for that purpose.
- Get Hot on Combustion
[Reference-and-Education:Science] The lower the Oxygen content in the exhaust gas, the better the combustion. It means that the Oxygen has been fully utilized for burning. It also means that the fuel air ratio is set properly. Too much excess air is no good because the heat generated will be lost through the exhaust trunking.
- Effective Fire Prevention Measures in the Home 2
[Home-and-Family] Although we can do our utmost to prevent fires from happening by
isolating the sources of heat from combustibles and oxygen, it is
often the unexpected event that catches us unawares.
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