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The accelerator in the film-studio mill
A 1 MeV machine arrived in post-war Prague — and took time to tame.
Before a proton became a physics experiment
Long before the spectacular collisions, a precise high-voltage source had to set the beam in motion.
To see something tiny, build something enormous
A 1.5 MV high-voltage supply gave an electron microscope an extraordinary source of stability.
When high voltage entered the treatment room
The same engineering expertise that tests insulation also supported experimental neutron therapy.
A neutron source with two lives
Equipment rooted in cancer treatment found a second role in experiments for future fusion reactors.
A high-voltage laboratory on the move
A 440 kV resonant test system took demanding electrical tests to the cable instead of the reverse.
Six million volts in Kawasaki
A Japanese operator and a distributor trace a 6 MV impulse test system through two complementary records.
Engineering for a continental-scale power system
A 6.4 MV impulse generator helped give CEPEL the scale to test ultra-high-voltage infrastructure.
X-rays from an artificial lightning bolt
A million-volt generator became a way to investigate radiation produced by electrical sparks.
A giant machine, seen through a repair request
Sometimes a machine reveals its history not in a launch announcement, but in a tender decades later.
A generator that changes with the question
FKH’s 1.8 MV system documents the difference between a full design rating and its everyday configuration.
A sixteen-ton machine for tomorrow’s grid
A custom Marx generator brings extraordinary transient voltages into a university HVDC laboratory.
Can electricity crack a rock?
A HAEFELY impulse generator helped researchers investigate electric-pulse fragmentation of minerals.
One century, several owners, many different businesses
The company name survived ownership transitions that did not always involve the same corporate assets.
A factory photographed — and a city changing around it
Seven archival photographs were catalogued; only part of that visual record is accessible online.
A Swiss name in an American accelerator manual
For decades, a −750 kV source carried a recognisable name inside Fermilab’s injector system.
The textiles hidden inside a precision-instrument name
“Technische Artikel und Textilien” turned out to be a lasting name in electrical measurement.
Four ways to hear a microscopic spark
Robinson, TETTEX, HAEFELY and HIPOTRONICS brought different experience to detecting tiny insulation defects.
Three instrument families, one long pursuit of accuracy
Impulse analysis, dielectric-loss measurement and partial-discharge detection tell three parallel technology stories.
An impulse generator prepared for the weather
A 2.6 MV machine came with a climate-protected design and an unusual way to move.
A Korean laboratory where brand history is still visible
One equipment list records Robinson and TETTEX instruments side by side.