NESS ENGINEERING
CAPABILITIES
What Type of Pulsed Power and High Voltage Applications Does Ness Engineering Typically Design For?
Ness Engineering has Experience With a Number of Different High Voltage and Pulsed Power R&D Applications Including:
- Basic Scientific Research, such as:
- The Superconducting Supercollider (SSC) and other Accelerator Projects
- High Power Klystron Development
- Material Enrichment Processes
- Defense Related Research and Experiments, such as:
- High Power Laser Research
- High Power Microwave Effects
- Electric guns (Railguns and Electro-Thermal Guns)
- Commercial Applications, such as:
- Semiconductor Photolithography
- Sterilization of Food, Water, Waste Materials, etc.
- Flue Gas Cleanup
- Paint Stripping and Surface Modification
- Electric Rock Crushing and Mining
What Type of Hardware Does Ness Engineering Typically Design?
Custom, high power, high voltage, power supplies and modulators (pulse generators) for a variety of applications. In the case of the power supplies, output voltages from 1 to 100's of kV and average power levels from 1 to 1000 kW are typical. In the case of the modulators, rep-rates can vary from ~dc to 100's of kHz with similar voltage and power levels.
Ness Engineering is Ready for your Engineering Challenges With:
- Over 20 years of Industrial Pulsed Power Experience
- Over 40 patents granted involving Pulsed Power or High Voltage Technology
- Advanced Technical Graduate Degree involving Pulsed Power R&D
- A Broad Technical Base Including:
- Hardware Design
- Pulsed Power
- High Average Power
- High Voltage
- Controls and Electronics
- Pulsed Power and High Voltage Diagnostics
- Mechanical Design and Packaging
- Thermal Management and Cooling
- Analyses
- Trade-Off Analyses
- Thermal Analyses
- Reliability, Maintainability, Hazard, and Safety
- Third Party (UL / TUV) Testing and Evaluation
- Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality
- Computer Modeling and Simulation
Ness Engineering has the Proven Capability to Develop State-of-the-Art Equipment
1987 - 0.5 MW (Avg.), 60 kHz, Solid State Modulator using an Array of 2400 Power MOSFETs as Series Output Switch
1988-89 - MV Compact, Rep-Rated, Marx Generator Technology Developed, Shrinking Typical Marx Generator in both Height and Diameter by Over 50%
1993 - 380 kW (Avg.), 600 kV, 50 Hz, Line Type Modulator with Solid State Command Charging Switch
1996-Present - Solid State, Magnetic Modulator for Excimer Lasers Produced in Volume (Over 3000 Units Shipped to Date)
Ness Engineering is the Only Source in the World with These Unique Capabilities
Well Qualified with Over 20 Years Industrial Pulsed Power, High Average Power, and High Voltage Experience
Experience from Design Concepts to Volume Production, Testing, and Field Support
Send inquiries, comments, and suggestions to
nessengr@san.rr.com
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P.O. Box 261501
San Diego, CA 92196
(858) 566-2372
Last Modified: May 16, 2007
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