Archive for the ‘electrical-blog’ Category

Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) Power Loss Ride Through

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) are commonly used in industrial applications. However, the sensitive components of VFD’s are often susceptible to Power Loss, Power Dips and Brown-Out conditions, which may cause the VFD and the entire system to shut down.

C-130 Aircraft Starter Gearmotor

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

My outside salesperson called me and said he had a new customer who wanted help sizing up a gear drive. This sounded simple enough….probably just another drive for a conveyor or something common like that. I run into these kind of applications every day.