Technical Features

June 2014

Figure 1: Clearance is the line-of-sight distance between conductors in space

Len Crane, Senior Technologist, Coilcraft

New power electronic developments are bringing the hazards of electrical energy closer to users than ever before. There are developing applications like electrified vehicles with 400 v or 800 v batteries, data centers with +/- 400 v racks, and faster switching devices with 650 v or higher ratings. These innova

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Date:

04/29/2025

Replacing vintage subsea cable to scenic Michigan Island

Peter Ebersold, Kerite Company

When Cloverland Electric Cooperative wanted to replace the aging subsea cable that serves Drummond Island in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, they turned to experienced utility consultant GRP Engineering, Inc. to plan and design the tricky project. As the successful bidder to Cloverland Electric, Kerite Corporation pr

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Date:

06/30/2014

Intelligent diagnostics maximizes factory-floor up-times

Hubert Baierl, Infineon Technologies

More than often it is common that when technical equipment fails, finding the root cause of the failure consumes significantly more time than actually fixing the problem. In highly sophisticated factory automation environments where capital-intensive equipment is in operation or where time-coupled chemical processes ar

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Date:

06/24/2014