Abstract: A new type of the passive non-dissipative snubber with a single saturable reactor improves the performance of the boost converter used as a front-end active Power Factor Correction (PFC) in two critical areas: excess voltage stresses caused by high voltage spikes on input high voltage switching transistor of the boost converter is eliminated and EMI noise is much reduced. The high voltage spike energy instead of being dissipated as in a dissipative snubber circuits is recovered resulting in increased conversion efficiency. High voltage spike elimination also allows use of lower voltage rated devices with lower ON resistance, hence further increasing the efficiency of the PFC boost converter.

Abstract: A new type of the passive non-dissipative snubber with a single saturable reactor improves the performance of the boost converter used as a front-end active Power Factor Correction (PFC) in two critical areas: excess voltage stresses caused by high voltage spikes on input high voltage switching transistor of the boost converter is eliminated and EMI noise is much reduced. The high voltage spike energy instead of being dissipated as in a dissipative snubber circuits is recovered resulting in increased conversion efficiency. High voltage spike elimination also allows use of lower voltage rated devices with lower ON resistance, hence further increasing the efficiency of the PFC boost converter.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the movements of a reed carriage of a warping machine during warping a package composed of successive adjacent warp sections wound onto the warping drum of the warping machine, wherein the displacement of the carriage for producing the shifted deposition of the warp section-layers during winding is accomplished by a reed carriage-displacement spindle which is driven by means of a pre-adjustable change-speed gearing as a function of the rotation of the warping drum.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the application of warp sections during warping, wherein a winding of predetermined length of warp threads and application height should be exposed to a warping operation wherein successive threads withdrawn from the bobbins of a bobbin creel and each delivered by means of a stop motion, thread brake to a warping reed and at that location formed into a warp section upon the winding drum of a winding machine. According to the invention there are provided means for calculating at any point in time a theoretical, momentary reference-application of the wound-up warp sections on the basis of fixed data inherent to the material undergoing warping and the number of revolutions of the winding drum.