Gas-filled DC contactor failure modes: what you can't inspect
Your meter says the contactor is fine. Whether it can still break a 1,500-volt DC arc is a different question and nothing on the outside will tell...Read More
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Energy Efficient Machine Design: Why OEMs Should Rethink Power Components
Energy efficiency has long been treated as someone else's problem. The facility team monitors the utility bill. Operations looks for waste on the...Read More
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The Invisible Failure Mode of Gas-Filled DC Contactors
A gas filled DC contactor can pass inspection and still lose the very condition that makes it safe to interrupt DC power.Read More
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Exploring the Fuel Cell Manufacturing Process
The fuel cell manufacturing process has become increasingly complex recently, with new technologies and processes continually being developed....Read More
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DC Electrical Measurement In An Industrial Environment.
The first alternator was built in 1835 in Paris, France, by Hippolyte Pixii. It was a device which utilized a magnet rotated by a hand crank to...Read More
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When to use Open Air Electromagnetic Blowout Vs. Sealed Gas-filled Contactors
High voltage electric and electronic devices are always vulnerable to electric arc. Electric Arc happens when current bridges the air gap between two...Read More
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