A teardown of a 19″ 1U server UPS, the APC Smart UPS 450 model SC450RMI1U. I give a quick run down of the current paths in the system and evaluation of the overall design. For many more UPS teardown articles and videos, I hope you will find these articles worth your time! Specifications for APC
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I found a discarded ESAB TBH 140 welding machine in a scrap yard! It might be an older shielded metal arc welder, also known as SMAW or stick welder. But from what my father told me, these old ESAB machines are impossible to destroy. It got a good new home 🙂 I have also done
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Teardown of a ABB DCS401.0900 DC motor drive. It can output an insane 900A at variable voltages, for a maximum output power of 522 kW! A very modular design by ABB, that makes almost no difference on the 2- or 4-quadrant versions of this drive. You love motor drives, inverters, variable frequency drives and all
ABB DCS400 – 900A / 522kW DC Motor Drive Teardown Read More »
I found a complete Philips Medio 50 CP-H system consisting of 2 meter tall 19″ rack with computer, driver, inverter and high voltage tank. Dual X-ray tube head rated for 150 kV and a control desk. It was only possibly for me to take the control desk with me. No effort was done for the
Philips Medio 50 kW CP-H X-ray Control Desk Teardown Read More »
The Fujifilm PMT26A photomultiplier tube module came from a teardown. The teardown of a Philips / Fujifilm PCR Eleva S / CR-IR 357 X-ray image scanner for computed radiography, became the basis for this reverse engineering project. You can see the teardown of the entire Fujifilm PCR Eleva S machine here. Teardown of the polygon
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The Brandenburg Alpha Series II 5 kV Power Supply is from Great Britain and made in 1977. The model 2507r is specified for 500 to 5000 VDC at 5 mA, around 100 VA power rating. I bought this Brandenburg Alpha Series II 5kV high voltage power supply from a University in France, cleaning out. I
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Reverse engineering of laser scanner module from a Philips / Fujifilm PCR Eleva S x-ray image scanner / digitizer. Also known as Computerized Radiography (CR), it fulfills the job of scanning a x-ray exposed image plate with a laser beam and extract each pixel illumination with a photomultiplier tube setup. Part 1 pictures and long
X-ray Image Laser Scanner Reverse Engineering. Read More »
This is a complete teardown of a Philips / Fujifilm PCR Eleva S x-ray image scanner system. Full of stepper motors, laser stuff and photomultiplier tube! If you are specifically interested in x-ray equipment and x-ray image scanners, you are in luck. I have done numerous teardowns and reverse-engineering videos on this kind of equipment.
Philips PCR Eleva S, X-ray Image Scanner Teardown Read More »