Industrial Applications Society (IA-34) Meeting |
| Date: | May 20, 2008 (Tuesday) |
| Time: | 6:00pm - 6:30pm (social/dinner)
6:30pm (meeting) |
| Topic: | Grounding, Bonding, Lightning and Surge Protection
The Industry Applications Society is pleased to invite you to our last presentation before
our summer break. We will begin again in September. May’s presentation will be on
grounding, bonding, lightning and surge protection. The IAS is very fortunate in that the
guest speaker is a national expert on this topic who happens to be visiting our area from
Cleveland, OH. As with any grounding topic, expect a lively discussion.
This presentation will explore the fundamental theory of grounding (or earthing) of
electrical systems in general from the utility perspective as well as commercial and
industrial applications. Material properties relevant to electrical component design will
be discussed as well as basic electrical engineering calculations that pertain to
grounding. The electrical system grounding will then be used as a basis for
telecommunication and data system grounding requirements as discusses in TIA/EIA
J607.
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| Speaker: | Frank Fitzgerald
Frank Fitzgerald PE, is the Director of Sales, NA for ERITECH for
grounding, bonding, lightning protection and surge protection products. Frank manages
a team of 15 Regional Sales Manages located throughout North America. Previous
employment included product management and application engineering and sales for
ERICO and Raychem, a provider of High Voltage heat shrinkable splices and
termination (up to 138 kV). He has a BS in Physical Chemistry from SUNY Plattsburgh,
NY and attended graduate studies at Oregon State University. He is a registered
Professional Engineer (electrical) in Ohio and North Carolina and a licensed electrical
contractor in WA, OR, and OH. Frank is a member of the IEEE Power Engineering
Society, published over 10 papers on medium voltage materials and grounding and
bonding and has four US patents.
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| Location: |
BROWN AND CALDWELL
One Convention Place
701 Pike Street, Suite 1200 (12th floor)
Seattle, WA 98101
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| Details: |
RSVP Gary Anderson (GAnderson@brwncald.com) by Friday, May 16, 2008 as space is limited.
The presentation will be preceded by a social/dinner meeting at Brown and Caldwell from
6-6:30pm. Sack dinners from Organic To Go (formerly Briazz) are available for $15 and
must be reserved in advance (please bring cash or check payable to Gary Anderson the
night of the event).
For more information (including map) 2008-05-20_ia-34.pdf |