I just got back from a golf trip to one of my favorite destinations on earth...Bandon Dunes in Oregon. My good friend Evan and I played five rounds in 2½ days. The weather was really good for the Oregon coast in the middle of April, except for one round.
Read MoreOne way we make things easier for the customer is when we run wireway in our panels. We like to squeeze our ducts really small, but we leave the customer’s ducts large. Let’s say we have four strips we need to wire in to the panel. We’ll use the pattern small-large-small-large and we’ll take the small duct. Saving the large wireway for our customers will make it easier for them to wire on their end.
Read MoreIndustrial Control Technician Elizabeth Berger’s path to UCEC started by studying graphic design. It seems like a fair distance from designing with pixels to panel wiring, but Elizabeth says the two are closer than one would think. Wiring electrical control panels comes with its own flair and artistry, Elizabeth says. “I have to argue that being an artist helps with my position at UCEC. My panels are the prettiest,” she says with a laugh.
Read MoreAfter reading the article, I started thinking about “How long before our vendors start printing parts?” Even though the cost effectiveness of this technology is years away, at some point, vendors will be able to queue up your order locally, and print your parts.
Read MoreWhen I think of teamwork, my thoughts are that it’s something we’re truly building at UCEC. I believe that a true team has the mentality that “If one fails, we ALL fail.” It can take just one team member to throw a wrench into the best-laid plans, and things can derail quickly after that. How does this happen? Well, sometimes it happens when one team member isn’t performing to expectations.
Read MoreOne of the safety angles we diligently pursue here at UCEC is the correct torquing of our terminals. There’s a fine line between having a too loose wire or a too tight wire. Incorrectly torqued terminals can cause the connection to arc and spark, starting a fire; or it can make the components work harder than they should, which leads to an overall component degradation.
Read MoreOur CEO and President Mark Inboden has some great business wisdom he shares almost every week. Recently, he taught us about the difference between compound and recurve bows (and why that matters at the office). In another post, he showed us how living above the "O" line helps in both work and life.
Read MoreShane proceeded to tell me that a compound, although a bit harder to pull back initially, overcomes resistance later in the pull, and allows the shooter “to rest and regain the aim on their target” as the tension is transferred to the bow's mechanism, and not to the shooter’s body.
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