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Advanced Energy’s Global Footprint Helps Ease Customers’ Tariff Concerns
May 02, 2025
Over the past few months, the U.S. Administration announced a range of tariffs on imports into the United States. Presently, it is hard to escape news about tariffs and the impacts of those tariffs on businesses worldwide. While customers have to navigate through uncertainties, AE is well positioned to help minimize tariff exposures.
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Key Considerations for Customizing Medical Power Supplies
January 06, 2026
Current trends in power supply units (PSU) for the medical industry are driven by advances in technology, precision, miniaturization, stricter safety standards, and the increasing complexity of medical devices. Medical PSU solutions must be carefully selected to ensure that they comply with strict medical safety standards (e.g. cardiac floating rating), offer high reliability, and are suitable for
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Improving Thin Film Quality: Advanced Pyrometry Solutions for Precise Vacuum Chamber Temperature Monitoring
October 27, 2025
By Tim Dubbs
Depositing materials in a vacuum environment reduces contamination and enables materials to travel unimpeded to the substrate. As such, this technique is an important industrial process for creating thin films and coatings across a diverse range of applications including semiconductor manufacturing, optics or glass and beyond.
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Are You Ready for Level VII Efficiency?
September 25, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Level VII efficiency standards are currently in the final stages before publication and are anticipated to come into force in about two years. The rules will impact several applications, from medical and industrial technologies to IT equipment as well as home appliances, lighting, consumer products and HVAC systems.
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The Top Trends in IIoT … And How They’ll Influence Your Roadmap to Improved Operational Visibility and Higher Quality
December 19, 2017
Over the next five years, 64 percent of manufacturers will be “fully connected” – versus just 43 percent today, according to a recent report from Zebra Technologies.
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From Better French Fries to Big Data: What I Learned at Automation Fair 2017
November 22, 2017
Each year, Rockwell Automation sponsors Automation Fair, which provides an opportunity for their customers, distributors, and Encompass Partners to see new products, discuss industry trends, get training in break-outs and workshops, and network with solution providers from the around the US.
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Best Practices for Cutting Risk of Stress Corrosion Cracking and Galvanic Corrosion in Water Cooling Systems
November 14, 2017
By Helen Kane
These complex, sophisticated designs overcome truly difficult process challenges, but they also can succumb to failure when best practices around water management, stress corrosion cracking or galvanic corrosion aren’t adequately considered.
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How SCR power controllers improve industrial electric furnace economics
November 07, 2017
It goes without saying that for efficient industrial furnace operations, SCR based power control modules (PCMs) need to possess a wide range of integrated features that enable precision temperature control, process reliability and, ultimately, end product quality.