The Ins and Outs of Busbar Die Fabrication
November 15, 2024 3:22 pm Leave your thoughtsDie fabrication is a critical factor in the design and production of electrical busbars. Proper integration of die fabrication into... View Article
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Best Practices for HiPot Testing of Busbars
October 11, 2024 4:47 pm Comments Off on Best Practices for HiPot Testing of BusbarsHiPot testing, short for high potential testing or high voltage testing, is a type of electrical safety test conducted to... View Article
Five Questions Customers Are Asking About Busbars
September 26, 2024 3:02 pm Comments Off on Five Questions Customers Are Asking About BusbarsAs leader in the design and manufacture of a wide range of busbars, Storm Power Components is continually responding... View Article
Comparison of Busbar Powder Coating Methods: Best Practices and Trade-offs
August 22, 2024 8:49 am Comments Off on Comparison of Busbar Powder Coating Methods: Best Practices and Trade-offsPowder coating busbars offers important benefits, including: Increased Durability Electrical Insulation Aesthetic and Functional Finishes Chemical Resistance Environmentally Friendly Processes... View Article
Storm Power Quality Program Guides Everything We Do
August 19, 2024 7:25 pm Comments Off on Storm Power Quality Program Guides Everything We DoAt Storm Power Components, our Quality Management System is tightly interwoven into our core values and is designed to provide... View Article
Best Practices for Reducing Busbar Weight While Maintaining Ampacity and Performance
August 15, 2024 1:03 pm Comments Off on Best Practices for Reducing Busbar Weight While Maintaining Ampacity and PerformanceReducing the weight of busbars while maintaining ampacity (the ability to carry current) can be challenging, especially for applications where... View Article
Best Practices for Soldering, Brazing and Solderfree Methodologies for Use in Busbar Designs
July 16, 2024 5:20 pm Comments Off on Best Practices for Soldering, Brazing and Solderfree Methodologies for Use in Busbar DesignsJoining together multiple busbar segments is often a requirement for creating complex, unified busbar designs. In some cases, it may... View Article
Best Practices for Using Fasteners to Secure Busbars
June 18, 2024 6:44 pm Comments Off on Best Practices for Using Fasteners to Secure BusbarsOne of the key elements for successful busbar integration involves the fastener strategy for mounting and securing it in place.... View Article
Mitigating Vibration, Shock and Expansion in Busbars
April 10, 2024 7:08 pm Comments Off on Mitigating Vibration, Shock and Expansion in BusbarsAs a wise old engineer once said, “nothing is perfectly flat”. In a similar sense, from a vibration, shock,... View Article
Thermal Management for Laminated Busbars
March 10, 2024 6:33 pm Comments Off on Thermal Management for Laminated BusbarsUnderstanding thermal management issues and mitigation methods can be a critical factor for success with laminated busbars, especially when they... View Article
Exploring Busbar Joint Resistance: A study on the Effects of Torque and Plating
January 29, 2024 8:10 am Comments Off on Exploring Busbar Joint Resistance: A study on the Effects of Torque and PlatingBy: Storm Power Components A study shows the effect of surface-plating material and bolt torque on busbar contact resistance,... View Article
Featured Guest Article – Power Electronics is Coming Home
August 8, 2023 8:36 am Comments Off on Featured Guest Article – Power Electronics is Coming HomeStorm Power Components is pleased to share this new Featured Guest Article from Gregory Smith, CEO of Flex Power. The... View Article
Key Techniques to Integrate and Optimize EMI Shielding and Filtering into Busbars
August 7, 2023 6:59 pm Comments Off on Key Techniques to Integrate and Optimize EMI Shielding and Filtering into BusbarsIntegrating shielding and filtering into busbars is an important aspect of electrical system design, particularly in applications where electromagnetic interference... View Article
Cracking the Code on Epoxy-Coated Bus-Bar Design
June 19, 2023 5:30 pm Comments Off on Cracking the Code on Epoxy-Coated Bus-Bar DesignBasic guidelines ensure superior results and reliability for the epoxy powder coating used to provide critical electrical and mechanical protection... View Article
Use Cases for Combining Laminated and Flexible Busbar Technologies
June 4, 2023 12:10 pm Comments Off on Use Cases for Combining Laminated and Flexible Busbar TechnologiesLaminated and flexible busbars are types of electrical conductors used to distribute electrical power in a variety of applications, including... View Article
A Comprehensive Guide to Jointing Busbars: Which Method is Best?
May 8, 2023 9:52 am Comments Off on A Comprehensive Guide to Jointing Busbars: Which Method is Best?There are many situations where it is necessary to join two busbars to create a single, unified unit. This process,... View Article
Storm Power Components Adds Design and Development to AS9100 Certification
August 3, 2021 11:27 am Comments Off on Storm Power Components Adds Design and Development to AS9100 CertificationDecatur, TN, August 3rd, 2021 – Storm Power Components, a leading manufacturer of electrical busbars and related power components, is... View Article
Laminated Bus Bars:
January 15, 2021 12:02 pm Comments Off on Laminated Bus Bars:Design, Fabrication, and Testing Expertise Are Keys to Performance, Reliability The laminated bus bar (LBB) is a passive component which... View Article
California Wildfires and Hurricane Sally
September 17, 2020 10:55 am Comments Off on California Wildfires and Hurricane SallySeptember 17, 2020 This morning over 600,000 homes are without power in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Wildfires have claimed... View Article
Engineering Blasphemy: Smaller is not Always Better
September 9, 2020 2:31 pm Comments Off on Engineering Blasphemy: Smaller is not Always BetterUSING ALUMINUM FOR BUS BARS Design engineers strive to make equipment smaller and more efficient. The hidden assumption being... View Article