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evacuation, and recharge procedure * Leak detection importance; comparison of different methods * Review conditioner groups from several machine products (plan to have several units on display) * Review of individual system components and their function (dryers, accumulators, expansion devices, etc...) and more. T/CCI will also hold tours and demonstrations utilizing their state-of-the-art climatic wind tunnel facility and present valuable service information in a dynamic presentation, called Climatic Wind Tunnel: "Let's Test It!" This unique service demonstration will cover: * T/CCI will demonstrate a real charge determination of a "normal" passenger vehicle and have direct interaction with the members including allowing them to plot pressure temperatures, superheat and sub-cooling. * T/CCI using the same vehicle and climatic wind tunnel will continue the charge determination into an "overcharged" condition to demonstrate the effect on not properly compensating for residual oil in the system. * T/CCI will then pull charge and oil from the same system which will dramatically show the effect of reduced refrigerant and oil charge. * T/CCI will facilitate the walk-through of the climatic wind tunnel to demonstrate severe cooling conditions. "MACS is grateful to both CAT and T/CCI for making this unique training opportunity available so MACS can offer it to the greater mobile A/C industry," commented Elvis L. Hoffpauir, MACS president and chief operating ofﬁcer. "Any technician who participates in this training clinic will enjoy a unique learning opportunity that will be invaluable to their diagnostic knowledge." Registration for MACS members is $75 and $125 for nonmembers. Register now at www.macsw.org or call 215/6317020 x 306. ❆ 42 ACTION * April 2015 In Memoriam Bob Lamb Robert Edward (Bob) Lamb, MACS Charter Member, former director and industry Pioneer, passed away March 12. Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Lamb is remembered by his contemporaries as being on the front line of the industry's transition from R-12 to R-134a back in the early 1990's. He and his company, Triple L Industries worked with MACS to collect R-12 from 200 vehicles in Texas in order to determine the viability of refrigerant recycling, and he worked on the design and production of the first generation refrigerant recovery and recycling machines. Mr. Lamb served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater from 1944 to 1946. He began his career in the mobile A/C industry in 1959 as an A/C service and installation technician for FrigiKing. He also worked in full service A/C and vehicle maintenance with a Conoco dealer until 1964. Mr. Lamb later worked as an instructor for Continental Oil Co., training their personnel in four states, and in 1970 became an account manager, instructor and trainer for Jet Air, where he also developed A/C training manuals. In 1972, he worked for Bob Baccus handling RV service for Fleetwood and Winnebago. He joined Draf Tool Co., an A/C tool and equipment manufacturer in 1974, where for the next seven years he worked as national sales manager. In 1979, Mr. Lamb and his sons chartered Triple L Industries. Products and accomplishments included remanufactured A/C compressors, VIR units, clutches, diodes and compressor test stands, including longevity test stands for Sanden Q.C., for FAACA-Venezuela, and assembly line for Seltec, Ingersol-Rand, I.C.E., ThermoKing and others. Mr. Lamb was born August 4, 1927, in Sarasota, Florida, to his parents, Elizabeth Ann and Rembert Madison Lamb. He is survived by his wife, Jimmie D. Lamb; daughter Bobbie Haseley and sons Robert N. Lamb and Michael Lamb as well as seven grandchildren. http://www.macsw.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of ACtion Magazine - April 2015

Changes coming to your bay
Meet me @MACS Make Connections that matter
Outlook
Service Port
Leonard's Law
Virtual View
Last Watch
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By the numbers
Industry News
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In Memoriam
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ACtion Magazine - April 2015