2018 RETA Breeze May- June

BREEZE

e RETA Breeze is the o cial publication of the Refrigerating

Engineers & Technicians Association (RETA). RETA is an international not- for-pro t association whose mission is to enhance the professional development of industrial refrigeration operating and technical engineers. Don Chason Executive Editor 704-455-3551 Jim Barron Executive Director

PHA Team Members: Who Should Be on My Team? page 18

jim@reta.com Sara Louber Senior Director, O ce Operations

sara@reta.com Dan Reisinger Certi cation Manager dan@reta.com Mary Hendrickx

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Message from the President .............4 Epic Fail ..............................................6 Packing nut PSM/RMP Compliance Audits........8 Who should perform them? Conference Corner..........................10 See you November 6-9 in Dallas, TX

Is Your Contact Information Up to Date?.......................................17 PHA Team Members.......................18 Who should be on my team? e Refrigeration Historian ...........22 RETA’s Testing & ANSI Guru ........26 Take advantage of RETA resources e Shade Tree Mechanic...............28 Don’t lie RETA’s New Headquarters .............29 Certi cation Honor Roll.................30

Conference Manager mhendrickx@reta.com Dan Denton Chapter Relations Manager ddenton@reta.com Jim Price Education Manager jprice@reta.com

Meet John Bento ..............................11 RETA’s new Assistant Education Manager Dissecting Industrial Refrigeration ....................................12 Linear measurements Call for Annual Awards Nominations.....................................16 Send your nominations today

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