DTS-1600A Datasheet, PDF (1/4 Pages) List of Unclassifed Manufacturers – Dielectric Test System

• 5-Channel 3,200V Pulsed Test
System for Accelerated Breakdown
Testing of Motorettes, Twisted-Pair
and Dielectric Materials
• Variable Output Voltage, Pulse Rate-
of-Rise Time, Frequency, Duty Cycle
and Temperature
• Graphical User Interface and
Computer Control and Logging Of
Test and Oven Parameters
DTS-1600A Dielectric Test System
DTS-1600A
Dielectric Test
System
The use of Pulse Width Modulated
(PWM) types of adjustable speed
drives (ASD) in the electric motor in-
dustry has caused an increased inci-
dence of premature wire insulation fail-
ure. The DTS-1600A is an integrated
test system designed to test the failure
behavior of insulation by simulating,
under controlled and accelerated con-
ditions, the electrical and thermal
stresses that characterize PWM
(inverter) motor controllers.
The DTS-1600A test system is de-
signed to vary and monitor the electri-
cal and thermal test parameters for up
to five samples simultaneously, includ-
ing voltage, current, pulse width, fre-
quency, voltage rate-of-rise time, duty
cycle and temperature. The control
and monitoring of these parameters
allows the user to study the insulation
failure mechanisms common to PWM
applications. This data can then be
used in the development of new motor
designs and insulation that will over-
come these failure modes.
Compared to testing with an inverter,
the DTS-1600A can reduce the test
time from days per sample to minutes
per sample (time-to-failure with the
DTS-1600A is typically 1,000 times
faster than with an inverter), dramati-
cally reducing research and develop-
ment time for new insulating materials.
Equally important, full control over the
electrical and thermal test parameters
provides a reproducible test environ-
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