Customization

Specify customization needs:

ELECTRICAL MACHINE

  • Mobile or Stationary
  • G force requirements
  • Environment — dust, water etc (all generators are totally enclosed)
  • Physical space or weight restrictions
  • Rated speed
  • Power output at rated speed
  • System or generator voltage output at rated speed and number of phases
  • Peak power output (intermittent) and duration
  • Maximum and minimum speed
  • Duty cycle
  • Cooling system (liquid or air)
  • Overspeed requirement and duration
  • Maximum and minimum ambient temperatures
  • Shaft arrangement and coupling
  • Mounting arrangements and number of bearings

POWER ELECTRONICS

  • AC or DC output
  • Output voltage, frequency and number of phases
  • Waveform quality
  • Cooling system preference (air or liquid)
  • Maximum and minimum ambient temperatures
  • Load power factor
  • Transient load (kVA) and power factor
  • Transient voltage dip restriction
  • Overload (steady state) voltage needs
  • Electro-magnetic compatibility standard needs

Customization includes the following stages to ensure your product is designed and manufactured per your specs:

Product Specification Stage
The customer defines the input power, how the product is to perform and its electrical and mechanical interface. Performance is typically expressed in torque at a rated speed, or in the case of a generator, voltage and current at a rated speed. The mechanical interface would constitute the mounting, shaft configuration, and overall size limits. Environmental considerations would be listed. The electrical interface defines the connection means for the signal and power.

Design Specification Stage
This phase converts the customer's product specification into documentation that defines the manufacture of the product. Computer simulations, design engineering calculations, drawings and concept test/verifications are some of the activities performed in this phase. The customer is part of the team in making the best design tradeoffs between performance, reliability, and design for manufacturability (DFM). The documentation provided in this phase allows another, more accurate cost estimate of the production unit price.

Prototype Stage
A small number are made. These units are tested in the final product per the product specification.

Production Stage
Production begins per the delivery timetable and in the quantities contracted for.