SiC modules will cut losses by 70% over silicon IGBTs
15 September 2020 Mitsubishi Electric has announced a second generation of silicon carbide (SiC) power modules, based on a newly developed SiC chip, that, it predicts, will lead… Read More
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SiC device with record efficiency will boost power electronics
22 September 2017 Mitsubishi Electric has developed a silicon carbide (SiC) power device which, it claims, has the world’s highest power efficiency for a device of its type… Read More
Motor protection breaker is ‘smallest on the market’
4 December 2015 The Brazilian motors and controls manufacturer WEG has launched a Class-10 motor protection circuit breaker which, it claims, is the smallest on the market. The… Read More
Track-mountable breaker comes with worldwide approvals
10 October 2014 E-T-A Circuit Breakers claims to have produced the first track-mountable electronic circuit-breaker with physical isolation that comes with worldwide approvals. The ESS31-T mechatronic breaker provides… Read More
Production plants adapt themselves to changing demands
30 May 2014 A group of German organisations – including Festo and the fortiss research institute – have developed an open software architecture for automation systems that allows… Read More
Swiss wireless firm buys Sweden’s connectBlue for $28m
19 May 2014 The Swiss wireless specialist u-blox is buying connectBlue, the Swedish supplier of short-range industrial radio modules, for SEK185m ($28m). U-blox says that the acquisition will… Read More
Circuit-breakers target the global market
10 February 2014 Rockwell Automation has announced a family of MCCBs (moulded-case circuit breakers) and control-circuit and load-protection devices that will be available in more than 80 countries… Read More
Power storage modules support DC buses in servo systems
27 June 2013 Kollmorgen has developed a range of power storage modules incorporating a novel capacitor technology designed to improve the performance of servo motion systems by re-using… Read More
