With the expansion of its plant in Charlotte, North Carolina, Siemens anticipates rolling out locally produced LPTs early that year.

William Fehrman had a 450,000-pound puzzle on his hands. A large power transformer in the utility executive’s service territory was sputtering toward the end of its useful life.

The bulk power grid in the United States encompasses over 360,000 miles of transmission lines connecting more than ... Another Reason Large-Power Transformers Are The Weakest Link In The Bulk ...

Large power transformers (LPTs) perform the significant cardiac function of stepping up voltage for efficient long-haul transmission over roughly 360,000 miles of lines until it is stepped down ...

First, we have large power transformers. These are 600,000+ lbs. behemoths that take bulk power sent from a generator and step down the voltage at regional substations to allow for local delivery.

ERLANGEN, Germany (Reuters) -Siemens Energy is expecting to start U.S. production of big industrial power transformers in 2027 and can further expand its Charlotte factory if demand, and import ...

Delta Star, a U.S. transformer manufacturer, says it is drawing up plans for a large mobile unit that would deliver 345 kilovolts — a common size in the high voltage grid.

The office said in an April 2014 report that more than 70% of the nation’s large power transformers are probably 25 years or older, noting there are some units well over 40 years old—and some ...

This new large flexible transformer technology is poised to help meet this need. “The Department of Energy’s US$2.4 million investment to develop this first-of-its-kind flexible transformer will help ...

Power factor testing for transformer reliability and other specialized engineering services is something Doble Engineering Company has been supplying to the electric power industry since 1920.