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Industrial applications

Featured industrial application examples

Portable x-ray system
Portable X-ray system

Bi-directional converter shrinks battery array to one cell for portable x-rays

coral reef image
Renewable energy

Accelerating coral reef growth using renewable energy and Factorized Power

Weaving loom
Weaving loom

Power averaging saves cost for weaving looms

Automotive

Onboard 4G WiFi for buses
Onboard 4G WiFi for buses

The rugged environment for Bus Wi-Fi gets an efficient and reliable power

Digital video recorder
Digital video recorder

Different vehicle voltages is accommodated by one solution for digital video recorders

Vehicle GPS location system
Vehicle GPS location system

A third more power in just 20% of the space for vehicle GPS applications

Energy/renewables

coral reef image
Renewable energy

Accelerating coral reef growth using renewable energy and Factorized Power

Wireless charging for robotics and UAVs
Wireless charging for robotics and UAVs

Wireless charging delivers next generation productivity for robotics and UAVs

Home energy storage
Home energy storage

Bidirectional DC-DC converters conveniently transfer power between the grid and batteries in home energy storage

Power transmission for outdoor lighting
Power transmission for outdoor lighting

High voltage bus converters significantly reduce installation costs for outdoor stadium lighting

Instrumentation and controls

Instrumentation for ore prospecting
Instrumentation for ore prospecting

Reliable operation in a tough environment for ore prospecting instrumentation

Fire alarm control unit
Fire alarm control unit

Fire alarm control unit uses DC‑DC supply and battery backup while increasing functionality

Marine instrumentation
Marine instrumentation

Scalable power solutions allow marine instrumentation to keep precision while operating in extreme environments

Scientific instrumentation
Scientific instrumentation

Scientific instrumentation gets twice the power without impacting the size of the equipment

LED display and signage

Passenger bus LED display
Passenger bus LED display

Power solution operates in extreme temperatures for LEDs to display brighter lights, longer

Vehicle-mounted LED advertising display
Vehicle-mounted LED advertising display

Slowed ramp-up process relieves stress of the power supply during startup in vehicle mounted advertising displays

Video wall display
Video wall display

Enormous video wall display becomes feasible with a move to component-enabled, higher voltage bus

Medical

Medical knee surgery robot
Medical knee surgery robot

Improving the ergonomics of hand-held tools with medical robots

Portable X-ray system
Portable X-ray system

Bi-directional converter shrinks battery array to one cell for portable x-rays

Medical diagnostics
Medical diagnostics

Power supply size reduction allows for additional medical diagnostic equipment functionality within the same footprint

Medical cart battery power
Medical cart battery power

Handling a variety of user-defined output power requirements for medical carts

Manufacturing

Machine vision system
Machine vision system

More power within the same space

Overhead gantry robot
Overhead gantry robot

Wide input voltage facilitates contactless power solution

Weaving loom
Weaving loom

Power averaging saves cost for weaving looms

Industrial 3D printing
Industrial 3D printing

Separating the functions of a traditional DC converter improves the speed and accuracy for 3D printers

Industrial welding laser
Industrial welding laser

Industrial welding laser speed and accuracy improves using factorized power architecture

Marine instrumentation
Marine instrumentation

Scalable power solutions allow marine instrumentation to keep precision while operating in extreme environments

Railway applications

Trackside rail signaling
Trackside rail signaling

Managing the heat of the power supply makes rail signaling more reliable

More rail applications
More rail applications

Powering modern rail systems

Robotics

Security robot
Security robot

More patrolling, less recharging for security robots

Autonomous warehouse robot
Autonomous warehouse robot

High efficiency converters help maximize run-time for autonomous warehouse robots

Sewer inspection robot
Sewer inspection robot

Low-weight, low-noise solution for sewer inspection robots

Machine vision system
Wireless charging for robotics and UAVs

Wireless charging delivers next generation productivity for robotics and UAVs

Test and measurement

Automated test equipment
Automated test equipment

Automated test equipment’s speed and throughput improves with factorized power architecture

Tethered UAV

5kW tethered UAV
5kW tethered UAV

5kW tethered UAVs fly higher and longer using increased voltage on the tether

Tethered robot
Tethered robot

Decreased weight and size of the power source enables the payload increase of tethered robots

Tethered UAV
Tethered UAV

Minimizing the weight, size and transmission losses due to heavy cabling gives tethered UAVs better performance

More industrial application examples

Explosion-proof camera
Explosion-proof camera

Explosive-proof camera images in variable lighting conditions become more clear, sharp and accurate with AC-DC solution

Industrial flow meter
Industrial flow meter

Industrial flow meters are more accurate while working over wider flow ranges

Pulsed engraving laser
Pulsed engraving laser

Speed, precision, resolution and contrast of engraving lasers is improved using wide-input and output-range regulators

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