New Power Supply - Solid State Converters

Solid state equipment featuring thyristors offer the finest power control available today for induction heating and melting applications. Greater reliability is a foregone conclusion, higher efficiencies are commonplace, and faster speed of response, as well as closer control, are part of the thyristor features. This paper describes what a static converter is, how it works, and how it compares with its familiar counterpart, the motor generator.