Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Motor Branch-Circuit Short-Circuit and Ground-Fault Protection for Low-Voltage Variable-Frequency Drives

A typical low-voltage variable-frequency drive. Industrial facilities commonly use variable-frequency drives (VFDs) to control the speed at which alternating current motors operate. Let’s examine a ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

NEC Rules on Overcurrent Protection for Equipment and Conductors

Note: This article is based on the 2011 NEC. Overcurrent exists when current exceeds the rating of equipment or the ampacity of a conductor. This can be due to an overload, short circuit, or ground ...
Machine Design

Use Information to Protect Your Motors

Don't overlook motor protection—and its by-product, safety—when it comes to electric motors. In an age where there is efficient use of energy that has become a key for all manufacturers, electric ...
Business Wire

Transphorm’s GaN First to Hit Short Circuit Robustness Milestone Key to Motor Drive Applications

GOLETA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Transphorm, Inc. (Nasdaq: TGAN), a global leader in GaN power semiconductors, the future of next generation power systems, today announced it has demonstrated up to 5 ...