Category Archives: Learning Center

The Hill Technical Sales learning center provides explanations of how our components work and implementation examples when using our various components. Product examples include:

  • Amorphous Cores
  • Amorphous Shielding
  • Blowers & Fans
  • Line Scan Camera
  • Film Capacitors
  • Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors
  • CMOS Sensors
  • Electric Heater Elements
  • Ferrite Noise Suppression Sheets
  • Energy Storage Fuses
  • Fuses MV Capacitor Bank
  • Semiconductor Protection Fuses
  • Heat Pipes
  • Air Cooled Heat Sink
  • Liquid Cooled Heat Sink
  • Custom High Power Inverter/Converter
  • Laminated Bus Structures
  • Medical Isolation Box
  • Nanocrystalline Cores
  • Bulk Ceramic Resistor
  • Neutral Grounding Resistor
  • Wire Wound Resistor
  • Semiconductor Clamps
  • Thermal Interface Materials
  • Current Transformers
  • Potential Transformers
  • Toroidal Transformers
  • UV Curing Lamps
  • UV Reflectors
  • Silicon Carbide Varistor

Metal Core Board

Posted on November 7, 2024 by Kimberly Underwood

If you work in electronic components, you know that electricity generates heat, and that heat can be potentially dangerous to your projects. Over time, without proper thermal management, excessive heat can cause malfunctions, hot spots, solder joint stress, CTE mismatch, … Continue reading →

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RC Snubber – Transformer Protection Circuit Components

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Kimberly Underwood

Resistor-Capacitor (RC) transformer protection snubber circuits safeguard medium voltage distribution transformers against transient overvoltages, which minimizes failures. RC snubber circuits are crucial for the protection of dry-type distribution transformers, especially when close-coupled to vacuum switching devices. These RC networks, consisting … Continue reading →

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Use the correct fuse for Energy Storage (ES) Applications

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Drew Harris

Battery Energy Storage applications are becoming very common from small UPS installations in server rooms to Distributed Energy Storage Systems up to grid-scale, battery-based energy storage systems capable of supporting multi-MW systems. Advantage of Battery Energy Storage: Absorbing and discharging … Continue reading →

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How it works – Ceramic composition resistors

Posted on September 2, 2016 by

Ceramic composition resistors are similar in concept to the familiar carbon composition resistor. Both types comprise a solid body of resistive material, and dissipate energy uniformly throughout the component. This is known as a “bulk” material construction. In film or … Continue reading →

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Common Mode Inductor Cores for size reduction & increased performance

Posted on June 23, 2014 by

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, USA, Friday, June 20, 2014: Hill Tech Sales, a leader in Components for Electrical Power Conversion today posted information on Extreme nanocrystalline core materials for EMC noise reduction. New common mode core material FT-8K50D and FT-3K50T These … Continue reading →

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