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    SBE explains their Bank Hardener capacitor technology at APEC 2013 (Video)

    04/08/2013
    Alix Paultre, Editorial Director, PSD

    At their booth at APEC, Mike Brubaker, the CTO of SBE, a leading developer and manufacturer of film capacitors and their related systems, explains their Bank Hardener capacitor technology on the storage density of aluminum electrolytic capacitors, the net effect being a reduction by a factor of two of the number of AE cans, and an increase in AE bank life by a factor of two to three. SBE

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