PEMD 2012

Exhibiting sponsors 2012

AMS Technologies

AMS Technologies is Europe’s leading solution provider and distributor for Optical, Power and Thermal Management Technologies, with almost 30 years of experience to date and currently serving more than 1000 European customers. AMS Technologies has been delivering solutions into a variety of high-tech markets, including renewable energies, medical, defence and aerospace, telecom and datacom, research and scientific and various other industrial segments. Our customer base consists of Europe’s largest leading technology corporations, a network of universities and research institutes as well as the most promising start-ups.

We thrive by working in a ‘customer first’ environment. Our pan-European customers are serviced from a network of local offices in Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Norway, with a focused operations and logistics centre located in Munich, Germany.

Cobham Technical Services

Cobham Technical Services Vector Fields Software Division is a leading supplier of electromagnetic simulation software. Many of today’s electromechanical devices have been optimised for peak performance using our product, Opera. Its application-specific templates, combined with a powerful general-purpose pre- and post-processing system, offers designers an efficient, robust and accurate environment for product design. Available in cost-effective modular form, come see what electromagnetic-led multi-physics simulation can do for your design process.

Control Techniques

Control Techniques an Emerson Industrial Automation company is a leading manufacturer of AC and DC variable speed drives, servos and power conversion technologies for commercial and industrial applications.

Our innovative products are used in the most demanding applications, requiring performance, reliability and energy efficiency.

CST

CST develops and markets high performance EM field simulation software. Its products allow you to characterise, design and optimise electromagnetic devices before going into the lab or measurement chamber. This can help save substantial costs especially for new or cutting edge products, reduce design risk, and improve overall performance and profitability. CST’s customers operate in industries as diverse as defence, telecommunications, automotive, electronics, and medical equipment.

Cummins Generator Technologies

Cummins Generator Technologies manufactures the world's broadest range of ac generators from 5 to over 20,000 kVA under the MARKON®, STAMFORD® and AvK® product brands. We use our experience and knowledge gathered from a large and diverse number of applications of synchronous generator installations worldwide to provide expertise in offering integrated design solutions that help our customers compete more successfully throughout the world. Internationally renowned for built-in quality, our ac generators set the standard for ruggedness, reliability and versatility.

Infolytica

Infolytica offers advanced electromagnetic simulation tools, and with over 30 years experience has shown itself to be the leading provider of design software for machines and drives.

The general FEA software MagNet includes scripting, parameterisation, optimisation, coupled-thermal and motion-induced effects. The advanced MotorSolve for BLDC and IM is the modern electric motor design software combining classical techniques for initial sizing with FEA for accurate performance prediction.

John G Peck Ltd

JGPL specialises in the field of power electronics, promoting a wide range of power semiconductors and associated products from a handful of world-leading manufacturers including Mitsubishi Electric, Eldre and Powerex. With expertise gained over decades of working in the power electronics field, JGPL is uniquely placed to provide a key service to companies working in power electronic applications.

Mitsubishi Electric is JGPL’s main business partner. Mitsubishi manufactures state-of-the-art power semiconductor components, most of which are IGBT based. These range from small general purpose modules through to high voltage (1.7kV, 3.3kV, 4.5kV and 6.5kV) and high current products (up to 2500A). Also included is a wide selection of modules with in-built intelligence.

Products offered by JGPL from other manufacturers include laminated busbars from Eldre, discrete thyristors, diodes and custom IGBT modules from Powerex and electrolytic capacitors from Sic-Safco. Also within the portfolio are IGBT gate drivers, custom designed heatsinks and thermal interface materials.

MDL Technologies

MDL Technologies provides specialist electronic test equipment, test facilities and consultancy to the UK and Ireland, working in partnership with market leading global manufactures Chroma ATE Inc. ETS-Lindgren and Milmega.

For the PEMD 2012 Conference we will be exhibiting equipment from Chroma ATE Inc., world leaders in the electronic test and measurement industry providing test solutions for:

• Power supplies / battery and PV testing: programmable AC / DC power sources, programmable AC / DC electronic loads, power analyser and digital power meter, power supply ATS
• Electrical safety testing: multi-function electrical safety analysers, Hipot testers and ground bond testers
• Passive component testers: LCR meter/automatic transformer test systems and electrolytic capacitance analysers

Motor Design Ltd

Motor Design Ltd develop and market a range of software solutions for electric motor and drive design - SPEED and FLUX software for analytical and numerical electromagnetic analysis of electric motors, Motor-CAD for electric motor thermal analysis and PORTUNUS for multiphysics modelling of drives and systems. The four software packages cover the complete area of electric motor and drive design.  We offer comprehensive motor design consultancy and tailored training courses.

Opal-RT

Opal-RT Europe is a company that conceives and distributes innovative IT simulation solutions dedicated to industries and research laboratories.

Opal-RT is the world leader in the development of PC/FPGA Based Real-Time Digital Simulator, Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testing equipment and Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) systems to design, test and optimize control and protection systems used in power grids, power electronics, motor drives, automotive industry, trains, aircrafts and various industries, as well as R and D centers and universities.

PLECS

PLECS® is a circuit simulator that makes it simple to model and simulate complex electrical systems along with their controls. Supporting a top-down approach, it lets you start with ideal component models in order to focus on system behaviour. Low-level device details can be added later to account for parasitic effects.

With the intuitive, easy-to-use schematic editor, new models are set up quickly. Thanks to a proprietary handling of switching events, simulations of power electronic circuits are fast and robust. Whether you are simulating a simple power electronic converter or a complex electrical drive, PLECS is a powerful tool that will help you quickly obtain the results that you need.

PPM Power

PPM Power is developing a range of products to meet the needs of the power electronics market.

ABB Semiconductor, one of the significant providers of Power Semiconductor leads an important list of components. NWL capacitors with special importance in drives as well as induction heating are supported by Power Resistors from Kanthal, EBG and Heine, offering high energy, high power and water cooled capability, in bulk ceramic thick film and wire wound technolgies.

Our range of high accuracy hall effect sensors leads the way in open loop and closed looped devices. A prominent part of PPM Powers overall offering is PLECS Power Electronics Software working through the evergreen Matlab/Simulink it has high speed stable capability, born out of it's 'ideal switch' approach, has helped lead the way in Power Electronics Modeling up to extended system level.

Altogether our products add up to one of the most useful and technical sound contributions to the power electronics market and PPM Power are proud to represent all of these companies.

Semikron

Semikron is an internationally leading power semiconductor manufacturer. 2011 marked the 60th anniversary of this family enterprise that employs 3600 people worldwide. A global network of 35 companies with production plants in Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, Slovakia, South Africa and USA guarantees fast and competent on-site customer care.

Semikron is a one-stop provider of chips, discrete semiconductors, transistor, diode and thyristor power modules, power assemblies and systems for markets such as industrial drives, wind and solar, hybrid and electric vehicles, the rail industry and power supplies. Globally Semikron technology powers nearly every second windmill. According to a survey carried out by BTM Consult ApS, the total wind power capacity installed until 2009 was 122 Gigawatt. 57 Gigawatt comprises power semiconductors from Semikron.

The dedication to the hybrid and electric vehicle market is evident in the development and production of power semiconductors for this market but also the majority take-over of Compact Dynamics GmbH, a development specialist for innovative control systems, the joint venture with drivetek, a provider for application-specific control technology, and the take-over of VePOINT, developing and producing inverters, DC/DC converters and chargers.

Semikron is the market leader in the field of diode/thyristor semiconductor modules, enjoying a 30% share of the worldwide market. (Source: IMS Research 'The global power semiconductor market 2010').

Triphase NV

3PExpress™ is a prototyping platform for power conversion applications. We offer hardware, software and knowledge, enabling people to rapidly realize innovative power conversion systems. Applications range from advanced motor drive control over smart grids to storage interfacing. Our solutions are easy to use, yielding dramatic reductions in development time.

TTP

TTP is a leading technology and product development company.  TTP works in partnership with its clients to bring new products to market using advances in technology.   In power electronics, machines and drives, TTP has provided technology development for a range of applications including electric vehicles, magnetic bearings, high speed inverters and inductive charging systems. TTP is applying its expertise to creating new solutions for thermal management of power semiconductor devices.

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