Switzerland has the densest rail network in Europe. Besides tracks covering more than 3,000km (1,900 miles) and more than 800 railway stations, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) also operate six dedicated ...

Franklin Electric has expanded its power grid monitoring product line with the launch of the INCON Distribution Transformer Monitor. The DTM provides meter-grade precision performance monitoring of ...

Power utilities are protecting adjacent assets from transformer fires by installing fire barriers based on separation distances specified in industry standards. Catastrophic transformer failure is the ...

The Optimus is designed to reduce the possibility of unplanned outages and help prevent catastrophic transformer failures. A transformer’s lifetime is determined by the condition of its solid ...

It is important for machine design engineers to understand how transformers work so they can design machinery that operates optimally within the proper voltage ranges, as well as select the right ...

An explosion, a fireball and then darkness: Heathrow Airport uses as much energy as a small city, and when a major fire at a substation caused the power to fail late Thursday, the world learned how ...

step-down transformers decrease the voltage. The transformer in the diagram above is a step-down transformer – there are fewer turns on the secondary coil than on the primary coil. Type of transformer ...