Industry trade groups have weighed in — both pro and con — on whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration should update its 30-year-old lockout/tag-out rules. The proposed change ...

Even when these safety devices work as designed and installed, they must be connected to a control-reliable circuit to complete the job. Let's look at an example to demonstrate this concept. Using a ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is requesting information on a possible update to the Control of Hazardous Energy [Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)] standard.

Per 2014 NEC Article 100, short circuit current rating (SCCR) is defined as: “The prospective symmetrical fault current at a nominal voltage to which an apparatus or system is able to be connected ...

What are the torque requirements for control circuit devices with screw-type pressure terminals used with 14 AWG or smaller copper conductors? A. Come on! No one torques control circuit terminals. B.

Circuit protection devices are safety components that are used in every electronic device and system, ranging from the smallest smartphones and wearables to high-reliability applications like ...

Read part 1 of this series on construction and operating principles here. Having understood the construction and basic operating principle of BLDC motor in the first part of this article, it becomes ...