APS Reduces Product Development Time with new Power Inverters for Power Conversion Applications

“By fully integrating the most advanced IGBT technology with a thermal management system, DC link capacitor, laminated bus and our industry proven IGBT driver and control boards, the SixPac series of versatile power stages can be used as inverters, brake choppers, motor drives, power supplies, UPS, frequency converters and other power conversion applications.” says James Murphy, General Manager at APS.

Reducing power losses by up to 30%, and increasing output capacity by 20%, the SixPac not only has the most advanced fault detection and protection circuitry in the industry, it is also field repairable and boasts current rating ranges from 50 to over 2500 Amperes.

Available in a wide variety of circuit configurations, the SixPac platform allows user to “buy exactly what they require with little or no need for compromise,” says APS Engineering Manager Joseph Pignatelli. “We can deliver the SixPac with a fully operational control board for pulse width modulation (PWM) for a more complete solution to customer power requirements.”

The SixPac series is available in 10 standard current levels, three voltage levels and four circuit configurations. There are more than 85 combinations of current and voltage levels not including options and accessories. The standard SixPac is equipped with IGBTs, heat sink, low inductance laminated bus, DC link capacitor, current sensors, gate drivers with a full complement of fault protection circuits to protect the IGBT from overcurrent, short circuit, shoot-through, overvoltage, undervoltage lockout and with dead time generator and diagnostic LEDs. Options include heat sink style, forced air cooling, liquid cooling, input converter, etc.

The SixPac is a cost effective option for users that require IGBT based power assemblies. They include manufacturers of Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Switch Mode Power Supplies, Motor Drives, Power Quality Equipment, Fuel Cell equipment, Distributed Power Generators, Energy Storage, Frequency Changing equipment, Inverters, Power Factor Correction Equipment, Electric Vehicles and many others.