Toroidal transformers are compact, efficient, and play a vital role in modern electrical systems, but how do they actually work? In this video, we explore the inner workings of toroidal transformers ...

It’s been more than 100 years since the first alternating current power station at Niagara Falls came online. Since then, the United States and eventually the world have been transformed by the ...

Design engineers should know how transformers work so they can design machinery that operates optimally within the proper voltage ranges. Because the equipment that these engineers design will ...

The consortium developed a new class of transformers that will smooth out the uneven voltages that plague today's grid and prematurely age electrical hardware ranging from light bulbs to motors to ...

Before Niagara Transformer’s current facility expansion got under way, the Buffalo business was seeking to overcome space challenges and shift manufacturing emphasis from smaller-sized electric power ...

U.S. utilities need more transformers to build the zero-carbon grid and keep the lights on after major storms. But the specialized equipment is hard to build, and manufacturers can’t keep up with ...

Unfortunately, not everything in an underground utility system is actually under the ground. What remains visible are metal service boxes situated above ground, on concrete pads, as part of an ...

An explosion, a fireball and then darkness: Heathrow Airport uses as much energy as a small city, and when a major fire at a substation caused the power to fail late Thursday, the world learned how ...