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The greatest gift, We wish for you,

Prosperity and Health, In the year that’s new.

As two thousand nine, Comes to a close,

We see possibilities, As opportunity grows.

In this season, Of comfort and joy,

We won’t be shy, We won’t be coy.

We’ll speak right up, And say it loud.

Whether to one, Or to a crowd.

The greatest gift, We could receive,

Are customers like you, We truly believe.

Your process confidence, For what our heart yearns,

Happy Holidays from, Your friends at Burns.

What is your opinon of the classic Trade Show experience?  Burns participates in various Trade Shows and although there are always some interesting people to meet and facinating things to see, the attendance has been pretty thin.

Has the Trade Show style event run out of steam?

Has information accessibility via the WEB transcended the historical value of the Trade Show hands-on experience?

What do you think? 

What approaches do you prefer to evaluate products and services and see what’s new?

Share your thoughts.  Comment anonymously, simply don’t include your name in the comment text.  We are always looking for ways to better connect with our customers and other temperature enthusiasts.

Chuck

Customer Service Lead, Judy had a great idea.  She met Daryl from AlphaCitiCorp who works in a collaborative relationship between Mentor Corps and The Salvation Army.

They are doing a great service for folks in difficult situations through various programs.  alphaciticorps.pdf  …………Judy engaged the Burns folks in support the “Donate Your Shoes” program. shoe-donation.pdf.  See how well we did.  Several bags and boxes.

What a wonderful feeling; Helping others in the season of Thanksgiving!

Thank you Judy for helping Burns serve others.

Chuck

It seems the grilling season is continuing through the end of November.  The Burns folks just can’t grill without a little temperature measurement expertise.  JD Burns shares his grilling technology. 

Doesn’t this make you hungry?  Send your grilling recipes, we’d love to try them.  As far as I’m concerned, Grilling season never ends. 

Chuck

Just sharing the PharmTech blog.  Interesting insights on an industry that is in action , in turmoil, and in-fluencing our life and health.  Something to pay attention to.

Chuck

At Burns we take temperature measurement expertise seriously.  To be a TME (Temperature Measurement Expert) in my position as Controller doesn’t require the technical knowledge to provide temperature solutions to our customers, but it does require me to understand what we do, how we do it, and why we do it.  The environment at Burns’ has peaked my curiosity about temperature measurement and how it affects our daily lives.

To that end I spent several hours on the manufacturing floor in training and observing how we producing the products we send to our customers.  It didn’t take long to realize I had wandered into the land of real TME’s.  Employees on the production floor understand and want to understand what they are doing and why they are doing it.  There is a very real sense of treating each item produced as though it was the only item they would produce that day.  At every workstation the TME within the employees has enabled them to develop special techniques to work efficiently and effectively.  One of my first tasks was to attach a coil to leads.  Much of our work is done under a microscope or large magnifying glass.  Precision and dexterity are necessary to complete the task.  Working under a magnifying glass does not come natural.  It is like trying to do something while looking at it in a mirror.  It is like working on a different planet - breathing different air that makes you focus on breathing just to keep your heart beating.  But to the TME’s in production it just comes natural.  My trainers showed me the little tricks.  Like position your hand this way and rest your arm on your wrist to gain stability.  To make a repetitive measurement they showed me how to measure using the scribe mark on my needle nose pliers to gain efficiency.  Every area I trained in had developed techniques to improve quality or efficiency based on the temperature expertise they have acquired.  

My time spent in production left me with several “A-ha’s!”.  It enabled me to learn first hand how our products are produced - I welded, I soldered, I deburred, I measured, and I inspected.  But what I really learned was TME shows up in the care and concern that our employees have for every item we produce.  I can now speak based on first hand knowledge and confidence when I talk to customers or colleagues about the quality built into every item or service Burns produces and the Temperature Measurement Expertise Burns beings to the world.

Thanks for letting me share..

Lee�

Mark your calendar!  RTDology™; Selection and Application, is scheduled for Oct. 21st at 1:00 PM, central time!

Register NOW!

Bill Bergquist and Jeff Wigen will be walking through the key decisions, options and important trade-offs that need to be considered when selecting an RTD.    There are always a few twists, surprises and A-ha’s in this process.

Also visit the RTDology page and see what’s next and again, Mark your Calendar!

Hope you’ll join us.

Not on our email list?  Join the conversation.

Chuck

It’s Back…  RTDology™ from the Temperature Measurement Experts at Burns Engineering.  Check out what’s on the schedule for the next three sessions.

Don’t miss the opportunty.  Bill Bergquist (Presenter) and Jeff Wigen (Moderator) are excited to have you participate. 

 Chuck

How small is small?  In an article posted by ISA - InTech, from an interview with scientists from NIST, they use terms such as tiny, micro and nano.  The team at NIST is working on  temperature-sensitive fluorescent dyes to measure and monitor the critical temperature in Microfluidic systems used in medical diagnostics and DNA forensics.

Fascinating in a BIG way.  Check it out.

Conversation and creativity…  That’s what it takes.  Burns has been in the business of solving temperature measurement challenges for nearly fifty years (Yep, 50!).  We believe that it is in the conversation, the discovery process and the creative application of the 1000’s of design approaches that we are able to bring the right solution to the measurement need. 

Nowhere is that more visible than on the Burns Engineering Web Site.   Take a look and you’ll find a number of ways and locations to start the collaborative conversation about your measurement. 

So many ways to stay connected.  What works for you?