Polysilicon producers for solar and other industries can benefit from
ABB's expert power supply solutions
NEW BERLIN, WI, March 18 /CNW Telbec/ - ABB, the leading power and
automation technology company, announced that its Advanced Power Electronics
business in North America designs and manufactures both Trichlorosilane (TCS)
and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) reactor type power supply equipment for
the polysilicon industry.
"ABB can provide everything between the electrical supply network and the
chemical process reactors, including primary switchgear, transformers, power
supplies, reactor bus, and electrode connections," says Andre Steinberg, ABB's
Business Unit Manager, High Power Rectifiers & Advanced Power Electronics,
North America. "As the established leader in developing special power supplies
for various industries and applications, we are unique among power supply
vendors to be a total power electronics system supplier."
As part of ABB's strategy to be the complete systems provider of power
supply equipment for the polysilicon industry, ABB's solutions are often based
on integrating standard, proven ABB product building blocks into customized
solutions to meet specific customer application requirements.
ABB's power supply units can be complete packaged systems, including the
main input transformer, power electronic assemblies and local controls
all-in-one enclosure. ABB will work with the end-user to achieve optimal
equipment design for their specific plant. The control has been designed to
offer good power factor and low harmonics to the supply network. Any
additional filtering that is required will also be developed and supplied.
ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that
enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering
environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100
countries and employs approximately 120,000 people. The company's North
American operations, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, employ about
15,000 people in 20 manufacturing and other major facilities.
