
Enthusiastic Uptake of Dry-Type Transformers in Africa
Greater safety, lower maintenance requirements and reduced energy consumption are among the factors driving the popularity of dry-type transformers in Africa, according to local specialist

Greater safety, lower maintenance requirements and reduced energy consumption are among the factors driving the popularity of dry-type transformers in Africa, according to local specialist

Trafo Power Solutions leveraged its expertise and applications knowledge to provide a fit-for-purpose design for a replacement dry-type reactor for a major banking company’s backup power generating system.

Space in urban areas is an increasingly scarce commodity. Commercial buildings are often innovatively designed to maximise this lack of space. Such buildings need transformers

Underground mines in southern, central and west Africa have been seeing the safety benefits of dry-type transformers from Johannesburg-based Trafo Power Solutions.

A focus on application engineering allows Trafo Power Solutions to supply customised dry-type transformers for a range of sectors including renewable energy.

Trafo Power Solutions is supplying dry-type transformers to the Tippler 3 Project at the Saldanha iron ore load-out station.

In a specialised application on a coal mine, Trafo Power Solutions recently supplied a dry-type transformer mounted on a mobile skid.

Dry-type transformer specialist Trafo Power Solutions has delivered transformers and other electrical upgrades for a global beer maker’s expanded facility in Gauteng. In addition to supplying three transformers, the company interfaced closely with the customer’s Europe-based engineering team as well as with local electrical contractors and consultants.

Trafo Power Solutions, experts in dry-type transformers, has recently completed a contract as part of a significant upgrade at a Mpumalanga coal mine.

The uptake of dry-type transformers in South Africa is now well beyond ‘niche’ applications, with local specialist Trafo Power Solutions installing a range of sizes across various sectors.

Dry-type transformer specialist Trafo Power Solutions supplied four purpose-designed units to Wits as part of the institution’s electrical infrastructure upgrades on both its Braamfontein and Parktown campuses. The units are safer and more environmentally-friendly due to the absence of oil in the system.

Data centres are energy hungry beasts that operate with a high power demand, and it is important that the most appropriate transformers with the requisite