SCHURTER’s AS168X thermal magnetic, high-performance miniature circuit breaker is UL 1077 approved. The units are available in either ac or dc with the same frame size for industrial applications, including industrial converters and inverters. The family has three levels of short-circuit protection, categorized by F/DF Trip for resistive loads, G/DG Trip for slightly inductive loads…
GE to provide 1 GW of wind converters and become key technology partner to Sewind
Spinning high off the shores of Jiangsu and Fujian provinces in China stand the avant garde of China’s renewable energy future: wind farms that will enable the country to reach an installed wind-power capacity of 200 GW by the end of 2020*. Outpacing the Chinese government’s own projections, the rapid growth speaks of the immense…
Moxa converters now connect industrial devices in remote locations
Moxa, a global provider of communications technology for the Industrial Internet of Things, is helping connect PROFIBUS devices with its ICF-1180I and ICF-1280I PROFIBUS-to-Fiber converters, which also feature Class 1 Div 2, IEC Ex, and ATEX certification for deployment in hazardous locations. Paul Wacker, Product Marketing Manager for Moxa explained: “As the world moves towards…
Windpower goes full force
A manufacturer of full-power converters has launched a new series for wind. The Switch full-power converters (FPC) work with the company’s permanent magnet generators. Suitable for use in wind power generation, the line inverters ensure future-proof electricity quality to meet network requirements for harmonics, flicker, and fault ride-through (FRT).