From the inconvenient to the catastrophic, a transformer failure can mean anything from a slight glitch to months of business disruption. And those businesses with transformers insulated by mineral ...

Power Partners has introduced Safe XFMR+, a new product that boosts the safety features of transformers in the electric power and transmission distribution industry. “The Power Partners facility has ...

Your first step in transformer safety: methodically evaluate the work area for safety issues. Where are the fire exits? Are there tripping or slipping hazards? Is foot traffic expected? How much work ...

When designing an offline flyback power supply, integrating the IC with the other components can be overwhelming. Integrating the transformer properly is more than finding the turns-ratio to match ...

Fairchild offline flyback PWM with integrated MOSFETs is an integral part of a power supply system design. Our devices will not meet your requirements unless all other parts that make the system also ...

One of the most dangerous locations in a power distribution system with regard to incident energy is that first panelboard on the secondary of a transformer. With some thought in your design — even if ...

Resin high-voltage insulators with a composite casing can mitigate explosion, fire and leakage in high power transformers, according to Paolo Cardano, transformer expert at power component maker ...