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New Low Loss, Ultra Stable High-Capacitance MLCCs for Power Electronics
From: KnowlesDescription: Many power electronics today are being designed for use in high-temperature, high-voltage environments, such as inside electric vehicles (EVs). However, size, weight, and power (SWaP) are also key ...
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SLCs vs. MLCCs: Which Capacitor Type is Right for My Application?
From: KnowlesDescription: Capacitors are essential passive components for designing any electrical circuit. But there are so many options to choose from with a wide range of specifications that it can be overwhelming to ...
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The Essential Ingredient for Safer Li-ion Batteries
Description: Lithium-based battery technology is on a roll, a trend that will accelerate dramatically from today’s $44 billion global market value to $193 billion in less than seven years, according to ...
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The Future of Transportation: Underground Roadways and Air Taxis
From: PEI-GenesisDescription: Engineers from multiple disciplines are seeking innovative ways to leverage the available space above and below cities to provide new transportation solutions. Whether it's the sky above a busy ...
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Flexible Cables for Fixed and Moving Applications
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Discover which flexible cables are right for your use case. ...
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High-Acceleration Servo Motors Create Cable Challenges
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: LAPP has new high-acceleration cables used in automation and CNC applications which can lead to improved productivity gains and overall machine efficiency. ...
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How Copper Plays a Role in Future Sustainability
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Learn how copper plays a role in future sustainable energy, current demand and price of copper, and how you can save money on copper in the wire and cable industry. ...
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Variable Voltage Transformers for UK University
From: Majestic Transformer Co.Description: Majestic Transformer Co was recently invited to supply a number of Variable Transformer Power Supplies for a UK University as part of a major refurbishment of their Electrical Engineering ...
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Power Supply Design of Logistics Robot
Description: As automated management is the Trend of the Times, the logistics industry is transforming from a labor-intensive industry to automation, among which Amazon has completed the automation construction of ...
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An Overview of Power Supplies for OVC III Applications
Description: Power system overvoltage can wreak havoc with a power supply, leading to higher risks of damaged hardware and equipment. ...
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How to Deal with The Challenges of AC Charging Stations
Description: Electric vehicles (EVs) have reshaped the transportation sector, drastically cutting carbon emissions and clearing the way for significant climate progress. ...
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How to Increase Battery Life with Battery Disconnects
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: As commercial vehicles evolve, so does the need for increased protection of their electrical systems. Modern vehicles have more auxiliary units drawing battery power than ever before. In the past, ...
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Power Supply Requirements for Electricity Metering Systems
Description: Nowadays, more people recognize the value of reducing energy use and investing in more efficient energy management. ...
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Power Supply Requirements for Railway Applications
Description: The development of railway systems has spanned over more than a hundred years of history. ...
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Bond Tester Helps Protect Wind Turbines from Lightning
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: Lightning strikes are a leading cause of damage to wind turbines even though they are designed with a lightning arrestor system that conducts the electricity from the tip of the blade, through the ...
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Electric Motors Enabled by Advanced Motor Topologies and Materials
Description: We fabricate and custom-produce a comprehensive line of permanent magnets and precision assemblies specific to design requirements in a number of markets, including: aerospace & defense, medical ...
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High Sensitivity Bridge Connections
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: This Application Guide discusses suggested instrument interconnections and supplemental filtering to allow maximum resolution when the AVM-2000, or other very high sensitivity null meters, are used in ...
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Input Offset Voltage Compensation
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: This Application Guide describes the sources of input offset voltage on a high sensitivity instruments such as a null meter, the impact input offset voltage can have on measurements and how the user ...
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Application Note: Testing EV Electric Motor and Controller
Description: Each year vehicle electrification continues to increase, with all signs pointing to this trend accelerating in the future. Some of the factors contributing to this development are the increasing use ...
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Application Note: Efficient Power Supply Burn-in Using Regenerative Electronic Loads
Description: Switch-mode power supplies used in data centers, industrial equipment, medical devices and other critical applications are typically subjected to burn-in operation at full load over an extended period ...
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Application Note: Using Bidirectional Programmable DC Power Supplies for Battery Testing
Description: In today's fast-paced world the need to create quicker, more mobile mechanical devices is steadily increasing. One primary method for doing this is to replace traditional gas powered or plugged-in ...
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Application Note: Simulating Solar Cells
Description: As the effects of climate change intensify, carbon-neutral, renewable energy sources become more important. Solar power is a clean energy source for areas of the planet that receive a large amount of ...
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Top 5 Electrical Panel Cooling Secrets You Need To Know
From: Kooltronic, Inc.Description: Having a good understanding of these electrical panel cooling factors can help you protect your enclosure installation and the heat-sensitive components inside. ...
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PFC Fundamentals 2. Active Power Factor Correction - Principle of Operation
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: For the development of applications with sinusoidal current consumption more design work will be required than ever before. ...
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10 Electrical Enclosure Cooling Considerations
From: Kooltronic, Inc.Description: Common components used in electronic and industrial equipment enclosures produce unwanted heat. Without proper thermal management, this heat can reduce the life expectancy and performance of sensitive ...
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Advantages of SiC Schottky Diodes in Fast Switching Power Electronics Solutions
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: SiC is discussed as a future high performance replacement of the silicon power components. The new technology enables products with almost ideal behaviour. ...
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FlowSIM - New Innovative Electrical and Thermal Simulation Method for Power Modules in Inverter Applications
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: The goal of the flowSIM simulation project is to run electrical and thermal simulations and thermal simulations of power modules simultaneously. ...
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Improve Product Purity and Avoid Recalls with Magnetic Separators and Metal Detectors
From: EriezDescription: As a reader, you will learn about the relationship between magnetic separation and metal detection. It is important to understand how to foster product purity and equipment protection from the ...
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Influence of Thermal Cross Coupling at Power Modules
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: The thermal impedance of the semiconductors in Power Modules is always measured for a single chip, without the influence of other surrounding dies. ...
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PLA/PLW Series Electronic Loads - Meeting the Requirements of Renewable Energy Application
Description: PLA air-cooled loads and PLW watercooled loads offer unique features and flexibility for testing any device with a DC output voltage. ...
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Vinewood Acres Picks Eriez® SuperBrute Plate Magnet to Remove Metal Contaminants from Grape Harvest
From: EriezDescription: Eriez Permanent Plate Magnets provide dependable and economical solutions to problems associated with tramp iron contamination in processing lines. This case study examines a grape harvesting for wine ...
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Drones Soon to Recharge Their Own Batteries
Description: Drones may someday deliver packages, pizzas and mail. Drones might hover in remote areas and broadcast a wireless signal, delivering Internet connectivity to under-served geographies. Drones already ...
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Litz Wire Lights Up Wireless Power
Description: The term “wireless power” may sound incongruous at first blush, but it is a technology projected to continue growing as much as sixty percent compound annual growth through the 2020s ...
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Multi-Conductor Compatibility with Steam (Autoclave) and Gas Plasma (STERRAD®) Sterilization
Description: Medical electronics device designers require materials that can be expected to sustain repeated sterilization exposure. Steam sterilization through autoclave is a well-known method. Gas plasma ...
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NEWT Helps US Complete Major Magnet Delivery for ITER
Description: New England Wire Technologies in Lisbon, NH aided in the completion of a major milestone for US contributors to the ITER Torodial coil(International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) project ...
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The Anatomy of a Robotic Cable
Description: Let's find out about the unique features required to support one of the hottest industries in the marketplace. ...
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EMI Derating Curve
Description: Derating formula and curve ...
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Harmonized Wire Coding System & Classification
Description: Harmonized Wire Coding System & Classification ...
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North American Power Cords Cable Designation
Description: North American Power Cords Cable Designation ...
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Open & Enclosed Frame Power Supply Safety Information
Description: Before using Qualtek products, please read the datasheet and make sure all the contents are fully understood. Do not modify or disassemble the product or remove the case from the product. This may ...
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A Safe Line for Medium-Voltage Subestations
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: Medium voltage installations are a critical part of the electrical distribution system and having reliable protections is vital, as is communications. At Premium PSU we have faced the challenge of ...
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Boosting Railway Performance
From: PREMIUM S.A.Description: Premium PSU's 3ph DC/AC inverters work inside the emergency ventilation systems, keep under control smoke propagation and create safe areas and a clean environment for travellers. A wide range of ...
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Solar Solutions For Transportation Refrigeration Units
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: The transportation industry is all about efficiency. Drivers must deliver products on time, at temperature, and intact. Service fleet maintenance managers must ensure their trucks operate on a budget ...
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Guide to IP (Ingress Protection) Codes for Vehicle Electrical Components
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: The IP Code, IEC standard 60529, sometimes interpreted as Ingress Protection Marking, classifies and rates the degree of protection provided against intrusion, dust, accidental contact, and water by ...
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Heat Shrink 101
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: Using heat shrink materials is an excellent way to protect crucial electrical connections and keep wire connections secure. However, some confusion lingers over heat shrink materials and how they are ...
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How to Choose Between Automotive Cross-Link and GPT Wire
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: There are many types of low-voltage automotive wire, but the two most common are GPT wire and cross-link polyethylene wire. The key differences between them lie primarily in the properties of their ...
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How to Wrap PVC Electrical Tape... and an Alternative for Tight Spaces
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: Few things beat the satisfaction of stepping back to admire a job well done, especially when it comes to pristine electrical work. While manufacturers continue to advance the features of electrical ...
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Seven Ways to Extend the Life of Automotive Wiring and Connections
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: Automotive wiring has a tough job to do. It must operate in adverse conditions such as extreme heat and cold, vibration, moisture, and chemicals. Chemical corrosion has increased over the years due to ...
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Spotlights and Floodlights - The Fundamentals
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: When it comes to lighting patterns for vehicle work lights, some work vehicle customers are unsure whether spotlights or floodlights will best suit their operators' needs. Other questions may arise ...
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What to Look for in CAN Bus Cables and Connectors
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: CAN, which stands for Controller Area Network, has been in use for more than 30 years and is increasingly found in passenger vehicles, class 7 and 8 trucks, construction equipment, and off-highway ...
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Short-circuit Failure Analysis for the Relay Contact at the Input of Switching Power Supply
Description: An important performance index of switching power supply is input inrush current, which is usually designed as small as possible. The conventional design is to connect a thermistor (NTC) in series on ...
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7 Steps for Choosing a Thermal Circuit Breaker
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: When planning circuit protection for trucks and off-road equipment, it's important to account for ambient heat, inrush currents, mounting considerations, environmental factors and more. ...
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Lead-Acid Batteries and Lithium Batteries
Description: At present, the batteries on the market are divided into two camps: lead-acid and lithium batteries, and for lead-acid batteries and lithium batteries, each has its own advantages, which brings ...
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How to Charge the Lithium Battery
Description: Matters needing attention when charging lithium ion iron phosphate battery pack. With regard to purchased lithium-ion battery packs, proper use and maintenance methods are conducive to extending their ...
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What is 18650 Battery Cell?
Description: Let's learn more about it. Firstly, for 18650 model, in fact, this is the representative size. 18 means the battery cell diameter is 18mm, 65 means the length is 65mm, and the last 0 means the battery ...
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Alternatives to Hard-to-Find Deutsch Connectors
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: Deutsch connectors are in high demand and can be difficult to source due to extended manufacturer Deutch Blog-1 lead times. Widely in use in trucks, construction equipment, agricultural equipment, and ...
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Automotive Wire 101: The Basics
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: Unless you've been repairing or wiring 12-volt equipment for a long time, the world of automotive wiring can be daunting. You'll need to understand some jargon and technical terms to get started. To ...
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How To Choose the Right Electrical Connectors
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: Choosing the right electrical connector for your application is important for the design of your vehicle or mobile equipment. ...
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How to Protect USB Type-C Connectors from ESD and Overtemperature
From: Littelfuse, Inc.Description: Mobile device engineers can protect their designs by using TVS diodes to safeguard the USB lines and digital temperature indicators to protect the USB Type-C connectors. ...
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E-mobility Success Story
Description: Darmstadt-based technology leader AKASOL develops and produces an impressive range of innovative, modular high-performance battery systems for electric and hybrid utility vehicles ...
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How Traveling Wave Technology is Locating the Fault Site
From: Qualitrol Company, LLCDescription: This paper analyses the faults by time of year, time of day and phases affected in an attempt to categorise the fault types and provide insight into possible causes. It also describes the remedial ...
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Client Case: Big Power, Little Space
Description: The client that is the subject of this case study provides analog and digital television to its residential and business customers, as well as high-speed Internet and telephony services with its ...
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Client Case: Containerized Systems
Description: The client is the air navigation services provider and the site at Riga airport covers the airport itself and the Riga In-Flight Information Region; an important flight route in Europe. The Baltics ...
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Client Case: Continuous Power for the Food Industry
Description: Africa Improved Foods (AIF) operates one of the largest factories in Kigali, Rwanda, where it manufactures and supplies high-quality and nutrient-rich complementary foods that address nutritional ...
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Client Case: Continuous Supply to Mechanical Loads for a Pharmaceutical Production Line
Description: The client required a reliable and resilient continuous power solution for the critical production facility. The location in Manati, Puerto Rico is susceptible to short term and long term utility ...
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Client Case: Ensure Maximum Security of Automotive Data
Description: The ŠKODA data centre is the largest commercial computing and data storage centre in the Czech Republic. Over an area of almost 1,700 m2, the computing and storage units will be housed in 500 ...
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Client Case: High Efficiency
Description: Singapore is a secure regional data center hub with a stable government, a modern infrastructure, and global connectivity. Taking full advantage of this, the client in this case study leverages its ...
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Client Case: Improving Stadium Safety whilst Benefitting the Environment
Description: The Principality Stadium in Cardiff, UK, is the home of the Wales national rugby union team. With a seating capacity of 74,000 the stadium welcomes, on average, over 1.3 million visitors per year. The ...
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Client Case: Lowering Operational Costs
Description: The client highlighted in this profile is a global leader in the supply of plastic pipe systems and solutions for both above and below ground applications in projects around the world. They are ...
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Client Case: No-Break Power for Mechanical Loads in Data Center
Description: Although the cost for electricity in Finland is one of the lowest in Europe, it is a very significant factor in the operational cost of a datacenter. On average 6% of the total electricity consumption ...
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Client Case: Power Protection for Critical Healthcare
Description: Amphia Hospital, in Breda, the Netherlands, is a state-of-the-art, top-clinical hospital designed around patient intimacy. This new 600-bed facility opened in 2019. The hospital has four separate ...
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Client Case: Powering the Data Center for a Gobal Bank
Description: When one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations, with operations in 65 countries, decided to construct a new group data center, it turned to HITEC Power Protection, ...
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Client Case: Productivity and Continuity of Process Plant Operations
Description: This client is a global research and manufacturing company in the healthcare sector. It offers products for the collection and processing of blood components and for therapeutic treatment of patient ...
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Client Case: Resilient Design
Description: The client is a leading financial institution with business units across the world. To drive its position within the United Kingdom and Northern Europe it required a new and extremely resilient data ...
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Client Case: Space Savings
Description: The client in this study is a leading global provider for a new world of communications. With a leadership position in emerging markets, the company leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and ...
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Factors That Affect Power Supply Reliability
Description: Power supplies power all sorts of equipment across various industries, from photovoltaic power grids to EV charging stations and more. The equipment in which they are used is often subject to the ...
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Power Supply Solutions for Wireless Base Stations Applications
Description: Every year, our reliance on always-on wireless technology grows. We expect to be able to place a call or surf the Internet with our smartphones at any time and under any circumstances. We take for ...
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The Impact of Design & Testing for Higher Power Supply Reliability
Description: Power supply reliability plays a key role in ensuring stable performance and a long lifespan for any electrical equipment. Any mistakes or fallacies in the design of an electric circuit can result in ...
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Case Study: Helping Circa Resort & Casino Change the Power Distribution Paradigm
From: Belden Inc.Description: It takes courage to step out and try something new—something no one else has ever done before. And that’s exactly what Derek and Greg Stevens (known as the “D Brothers” from ...
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What's the Difference Between Shielded and Unshielded Category Cable for AV?
From: Belden Inc.Description: If you're not careful, cables can be the weakest link in the AV chain. Even the most impressive, state-of-the-art AV system can be negatively impacted when the wrong cable is used. How do you keep ...
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Soltronix Semi-Flexible Solar Solutions
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: PowerFilm was founded in 1988, focusing on custom design engineering and manufacturing amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film solar panels. Several years ago, it became evident that many of our customers ...
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Phase Stability over Flexure
From: Harbour Industries, Inc.Description: Phase stability over flexure can be significantly affected by the cable assembly technique, cable bend radius, and the length of the cable assembly ...
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Phase Stability over Temperature
From: Harbour Industries, Inc.Description: Harbour created the above graph by measuring the time delay change of a 10ft length of LL Low Loss coax when subjected to the following conditions ...
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Understanding IP69k-Rated Connectors for Harsh Environments
From: PEI-GenesisDescription: While IP69k-rated connectors are typically associated with heavy equipment working in harsh outdoor environments, they are equally valuable for designs that demand protection during sanitation and ...
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Client Case: No-Break Power for Mechanical Loads in Manufacturing Industry
Description: The client in this study is a leading manufacturer of packing materials in the African continent. One of their units produces glass bottles and jars for the packaging of wine, soft drinks etc. For the ...
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Client Case: No-Break Power for Mechanical Loads in Pharmaceutical Industry
Description: The client in this study is a leading global provider pharmaceuticals, specifically vaccines. Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, is a global company that provides more than one billion ...
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Client Case: Powering a Safe Journey
Description: The project is to tunnel an existing section of motorway in the South East area of Amsterdam for the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. This Ministry is responsible for the main ...
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Client Case: Safety of Air Traffic
Description: Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, The Netherlands is one of the largest airports in the world. While its aim is to offer the highest quality service to those that travel through it, safety of air traffic ...
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The Benefits of Slip Rings for Rotary Machinery
From: Deublin Co.Description: Electrical slip rings allow for the transmission of electricity from a part or device that is stationary to one that is rotary. They replace cables as the electrical connection between these parts and ...
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BCU: Power Solutions for Commercial Energy Storage Systems
Description: MORNSUN is familiar with the design challenges associated with battery energy storage systems, both for commercial and residential applications. We can provide a series of economic, efficient, ...
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Power Solutions for Solar Tracking Systems
Description: MORNSUN PV self-powered solutions of solar tracker requires power with ultra-high input range, high isolation, compliance with safety design, meeting operating temperature, altitude requirements and ...
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4 Major Factors Impacting the Cable Supply Chain-and How We're Responding
From: Belden Inc.Description: The last 20+ months have taken the world on quite a ride: twists and turns through a pandemic, climate disruptions like fires and tropical storms, economic tailspins and changes in leadership. These ...
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Which is Better: Middle of Row or End of Row Layout for Data Centers?
From: Belden Inc.Description: When it comes to data center layouts, nothing is ever black and white (gray and white is another story, however!). In many cases, there are no right or wrong answers. Instead, selecting the right ...
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A Look at the Common Military Connector Standards
From: PEI-GenesisDescription: Electrical connectors are commonly used for military and defense operations worldwide. They can include various applications such as vehicles (including tanks, Humvees, and armored personnel carriers) ...
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How to Reduce the Complexity of Single-Use Systems
From: Qosina Corp.Description: Traditionally, single-use connections would consist of a different male half and female half, that are mated with each other. These are called gendered connections. Genderless connections are those in ...
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Improved Efficiency & Performance with Shaped Field Magnets
Description: Shaped field magnets (SFMs), relative newcomers to the permanent magnet arena, have sparked interest among designers of rotating equipment and sensors. Having shown significant gains in efficiency and ...
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Six Best Practices for Effective Wind Farm Operation
From: Red Lion Controls, Inc.Description: Using Industrial Ethernet Switches to Assure Maximum Uptime ...
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Client Case: Power Protection for Bracell SP's Gas Incineration System
Description: Project Star is an ambitious project undertaken by Bracell to expand its production capacity from its current capacity of 250 thousand tons/year of kraft pulp, to 1,5 million tons/year of specialty ...
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Client Case: Protection Against Historic Weather Events
Description: An estimated 4.5 million homes and businesses in Texas were left without power during what is undoubtedly the largest forced blackout in U.S. history. These blackouts came as a direct result of severe ...
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White Paper: Optimizing the Medium Voltage Data Center
Description: In this data-driven business environment, companies are keeping a watchful eye on their IT infrastructures – ensuring they can effectively support and grow alongside the business. But attaining ...