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    Aluminum foil wound transformers have several technical and commercial advantages over copper wound transformers. Technically, aluminum foil transformers are more compact and lighter in size, have increased thermal stability and higher overload capacity, greater surge withstand capability, and enhanced short circuit withstand ability. Commercially, aluminum foil transformers have reduced material costs as aluminum is cheaper and more abundant than copper, stable material costs since aluminum prices are less volatile, and are more cost competitive.

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    Ultra Isolation Transformer

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    Aluminum foil wound transformers have several technical and commercial advantages over copper wound transformers. Technically, aluminum foil transformers are more compact and lighter in size, have increased thermal stability and higher overload capacity, greater surge withstand capability, and enhanced short circuit withstand ability. Commercially, aluminum foil transformers have reduced material costs as aluminum is cheaper and more abundant than copper, stable material costs since aluminum prices are less volatile, and are more cost competitive.

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    Aluminum foil wound transformers have several technical and commercial advantages over copper wound transformers. Technically, aluminum foil transformers are more compact and lighter in size, have increased thermal stability and higher overload capacity, greater surge withstand capability, and enhanced short circuit withstand ability. Commercially, aluminum foil transformers have reduced material costs as aluminum is cheaper and more abundant than copper, stable material costs since aluminum prices are less volatile, and are more cost competitive.

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    Khashane Willy Mohale
    Aluminum foil wound transformers have several technical and commercial advantages over copper wound transformers. Technically, aluminum foil transformers are more compact and lighter in size, have increased thermal stability and higher overload capacity, greater surge withstand capability, and enhanced short circuit withstand ability. Commercially, aluminum foil transformers have reduced material costs as aluminum is cheaper and more abundant than copper, stable material costs since aluminum prices are less volatile, and are more cost competitive.

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    TECHNO-COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES OF

    ALLUMINIUM FOIL WOUND TRANSFORMER


    AGAINST
    COPPER WOUND TRANSFORMER
    TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES

    1) Compact size and reduced weight


    The foil design facilitates higher accommodation of the window area and
    so, there is no increase in the size of transformers. In fact, in some cases
    transformer sizes are reduced because of the foil design.
    As coils wound with Aluminum foil would weight as much as 60 % less than coils
    wound with copper wire, Aluminum foil transformers will be compact and lighter.

    2) Increased thermal stability and higher short-term over load capacity


    The layer type winding in Aluminum foil provides a larger surface area for
    cooling. Since the heat gets efficiently transferred from the inner layers to the
    outer layers, the winding achieves thermal stability in a very short time.
    This, plus the fact that the specific heat of Aluminum is greater than copper,
    helps in preventing burn-outs due to hot spots and makes the transformer
    withstand higher short-term over loads.

    3) Higher surge withstanding capability


    The inter layer capacitance of Aluminum foil winding is greater than the
    winding made out of wire and so, the surge developed in a Aluminum foil
    transformer is equally distributed among all turns in less time than wire wound
    transformers, giving them higher surge withstanding capability.

    4) Enhanced ability to withstand short circuit currents


    Improved balance between magnetic fluxes of primary and secondary
    windings enhances the capability of Aluminum foil transformers to withstand
    short circuits, rendering them superior to wire wound or strip wound transformers.

    5) Reduced impact of harmonics snd high frequency on the design of


    Transformers
    The ratio surface area to conducting area being higher in foils than wire,
    heat generated by skin effect is reduced. This in turn reduces the need to de-rate
    conductors, used in the application of handling currents of higher frequency or
    containing a high percentage of higher order harmonics.

    6) Greater insulation reliability


    In foil wound transformer, the voltage gradient between layers is the
    voltage gradient per turn. This reduces the strain on the inner layer insulation and
    increases reliability.

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    COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES
    1) Reduced material costs
    Weight for weight, aluminum is twice as conductive as copper. Therefore,
    by using only 2.5 kg. Of aluminum a conductor can acquire a current carrying
    capacity, same as that provided by 5 kg of copper. And the cost of aluminum foil
    is much less than super enameled copper wire.
    Therefore, depending on the nature of the transformer, substitution of
    copper by aluminum will result in an overall saving on material cost from 20 to 40
    percent.

    2) Stable material costs


    Copper is imported and subject to international price and currency
    fluctuations. Aluminum availability is ten times more than copper in ore form.

    3) Competitive price
    You can price the Aluminum foil wound transformers lower than copper
    wound transformers and all equipment incorporating them will automatically cost
    less.

    4) Higher productivity of transformers handling larger currents


    For conductors with larger cross section, the inherent flexibility of foils will
    enable easy winding, which in turn will enhance productivity in manufacture.

    5) Saving in fright and packaging


    Aluminum is much lighter than copper. Therefore, Aluminum foil
    transformers will be 15 % lighter than the copper wound transformers. You can
    thus save on packaging and freight charges.

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