Iron core saturation of a welding transformer in a medium frequency resistance spot welding system caused by the asymmetric output rectifier characteristics

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2319-2326

  Klopčič, Beno ^a   Štumberger, Gorazd ^b   Dolinar, Drago ^b  

^a Indramat Elektromotorji doo   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC WELDING; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; IRON; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RESISTANCE WELDING; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SPOT WELDING; WELDING;

ANNUAL MEETINGS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROLS; CLOSED LOOPS; COIL CURRENTS; CURRENT SPIKES; FLUX DENSITIES; FREQUENCY RESISTANCE; IRON CORE SATURATION; IRON CORES; MEDIUM FREQUENCY (MF); NON LINEAR BEHAVIORS; NON LINEAR MODELING; SECONDARY COILS; SINGLE PHASING; STEADY STATE OPERATIONS; WAVE OUTPUT; WELDING CURRENTS; WELDING TRANSFORMERS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 47849128128     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2007.350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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