Commercial

Manufacturers of commercial products ranging from white goods to personal computers require flexibility to keep pace with evolving technologies, standards, and customer demand in various product categories.

In the white goods category, for example, companies are investing heavily in R&D to meet customer demand for smart appliances.  The white goods market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 8.14% and will exceed $1658.82 Billion by 2033.

In the personal computer category, the market has slowed from its peak in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, forecasts show a 9.10% CAGR and will reach $315.42 billion by 2029.

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As manufacturers work to meet the needs of these and other growing and evolving commercial market segments, they will need to conduct full evaluation and test to ensure that their products will operate across a wide range of input line conditions while tolerating voltage and frequency disturbances.

AMETEK Programmable Power is well positioned to serve commercial manufacturers of computers, appliances, and other goods with a wide range of AC programmable-power solutions. These solutions support applications extending from R&D to production tests and help perform compliance tests to meet regulatory requirements of standards such as IEC 61000-3-2, which specifies limits for harmonic current emissions.

Taking white goods as an example, AMETEK Programmable Power’s AC sources can help washing machines or other appliance manufacturers test units using programmable AC sources to simulate line-voltage variations, frequency variations, and voltage spikes and dips. This ensures the products operate properly in all anticipated line conditions.

Similarly, the AC sources can support the test of computer equipment or any other commercial equipment that runs on AC line power.

The key commercial tests provided are as follows:

Testing and Prototyping Battery Simulation Power Management IC Testing Integrated Circuits Testing Display Testing Audio Equipment Testing Climate and Environmental Testing Quality Assurance Testing

Compliance Testing Firmware Development and Testing Automated Testing Systems Energy Efficiency Testing Functional Testing EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Testing Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) / Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Testing

AMETEK Programmable Power offers several products that provide programmable 150V to 400V output voltage ratings for such applications. These products include the BPS Series, which provides ratings from 30kVA to 180kVA and is cost-effective for meeting basic test requirements. For more stringent requirements, AMETEK Programmable Power provides the Sequoia Series and Tahoe Series, which provide power from 15kVA to 1.08MVA and both include features such as harmonic waveform generation, which is useful for performing susceptibility tests.

For more stringent requirements, such as harmonic waveform generation, we offer:

• Sequoia Series: Regenerative AC Grid Simulators (15 kVA to 1.08 MVA).
• Tahoe Series: Programmable AC and DC Power Supplies (15 kVA to 1.08 MVA).

AMETEK Programmable Power stands ready to apply its decades of experience to meeting evolving test needs as commercial products such as appliances become smarter and more connected and as other products such as personal computers continue their inexorable growth. 

For related information, visit the Commercial industry page of VTI Instruments, an AMETEK Programmable Power brand.