On The Job Training Requires Additional Schooling at A.R.&E. in Hagerstown Maryland

First Quality ~ First Time

Apparatus Repair & Engineering, Inc.

A.R.&E. is the Premier Electric Motor Sales, Service, and Repair facility in the quad-state region of Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia. This business began in 1927, and we are proud to continue the efforts of the founding partners who have served the local Commercial and Industrial markets over these many years. Times have changed in the many years since the inception of this business, and A.R.&E. is growing and changing with the times. Today the use of AI, computers, and factory automation is necessary for businesses to remain competitive in the global market, and A.R.&E. is here to assist with those challenges. And we promise our work will be... First Quality ~ First Time.

Open for Business

A.R.&E is Open For Business! Monday through Friday, 8:00AM until 5:00PM, and 24/7 for emergencies. Call us at (301) 739-8285

NEW Location

We're OPEN for business but at a DIFFERENT location. Come to 17500 York Road, Hagerstown, MD 21740 (the Halfway Area) for the same excellent service you've been used to receiving.

Did I Mention We're Open?

Apparatus Repair & Engineering is Open for Business... 8 to 5, Monday through Friday and 'round the clock service for emergencies. (301) 739-8285 gets you all the help you need.

Coronavirus - Covid-19

What the virus looks like under atomic magnification. (Photo courtesy CDC.gov)

Turning the Corner in Asia

Looks like China and South Korea have turned the corner on NEW cases of the virus. That's what Social Distancing will do for us, too. Let's all get with the program.

Latest Worldwide Stats

This chart is the top 10, of 204, countries listed in the world by ranking of total infections. You can click this slide photo to be taken to the full list on the web. While it's not appealing to be #1 on this list, other columns show that our stats are certainly not as bad as some, when you consider our population compared to others.

Did You Hear? We're Open For Business!

Social distancing and use of hand sanitizer is key to protection. (Photo courtesy CDC.gov / Amanda Mills

Social Distancing

This is not some "pie in the sky" theory! This really works! Look at the results in China and South Korea. But EVERYONE has to participate. Beach goers bring the virus BACK to the folks that are fighting in the trenches and ruin everything we're trying to do. Get with the program, folks!

Social Distancing

This is not some "pie in the sky" theory! This really works! Look at the results in China and South Korea. But EVERYONE has to participate. Beach goers bring the virus BACK to the folks that are fighting in the trenches and ruin everything we're trying to do. Get with the program, folks!

There's Hope!

We're in this together isn't just a slogan... it's a fact! We'll get through it but we've all got to do our part. Have Faith, and remember that "We're in this Together".

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Technical Training

Our business is not necessarily "unique", and yet it's not like many others, either. There is NOWHERE that one can go to "learn" to be an "Electric Motor Repair Mechanic". Nor can an individual go to school to learn how to "Rewind an Electric Motor". Our business is 'HANDS ON". And that's the way our employees learn... they get their hands dirty! They take things apart and put them back together. All of this is under strict supervision of a knowledgeable "Senior Mechanic" or "Supervisor", but it's all "Learn By Doing".

So technical training is somewhat scarce. There are seminars to which our employees may be sent to learn about one specific product, like PLC's, or VFD's, or Welders, etc. A lot of these "seminars" are put together by our vendors, and the technical information is supplied primarily by the Manufacturers we represent. But in most cases, training is done "in house", by our Senior Mechanics and Technicians.

One of the newer advances in technology that has helped us a lot is the "Webinar". Since we're a member of EASA, we have access to continuing "Webinars" that are broadcast by EASA headquarters, and are taught by EASA's own engineering staff. It's really great because the communication is "2-way". We can hear and see what the instructor is talking about and if we don't understand something, we can break in and ask a question. Just like we were in the same room with them, except they're in St. Louis, Missouri and we're here in Hagerstown, MD. It really gives our new employees (and even the seasoned veterans) that personal touch by the leading engineers in the industry.

But again, there's nothing like "one-on-one" hands-on training. When it comes to mechanical things, I think "most" mechanics and technicians like to "work with their hands". So hands-on training suits them just find. At A.R.&E. we do our utmost to make the training of our new employees, and the refreshing of knowledge to our seasoned technicians, a routine and continual corporate requirement. Our company is only as good as our employees, and our employees are only as good, for you, as their inner most knowledge.