Credit: Powerstax
Replacements and alternatives for legacy Kingshill linear power supplies are available from Powerstax, one of Europe’s leading value-added and industrial power solutions manufacturers. For many years UK manufacturer Kingshill made a very large number of a wide variety of their very popular linear power supplies commonly used in high reliability industrial, test and measurement, instrumentation systems and offshore platforms.
These products are now supported by Powerstax who, in addition to a repair service, can offer direct replacement units in the event of repairs being uneconomic. Powerstax can also provide form-fit-and function replacements for discontinued items from Kingshill and other manufacturers. This practical, cost effective alternative enables a quick and simple solution for replacement of existing Kingshill and other installations. Use of Powerstax replacement products helps to speed the selection process, minimize engineering disruption and reduce the large investment traditionally associated with a power supply re-design.
Tim Worley, CEO of Powerstax, commented: “We are well known for our support of Kingshill products and any kind of web search for them will send existing users to Powerstax. What isn’t so well known is that we have designed new form, fit and function versions where the circuitry is modernized but the metalwork and connectors are Kingshill standard.
“This is very good news for existing Kingshill customers with systems designed around their footprint and performance but also for any users of obsolete power supplies wishing to extend the life of other obsolete power supplies who now have the opportunity to come to Powerstax for a turnkey solution.”
Powerstax offers replacements and alternatives for Kingshill linear, regulated and un-regulated power supplies and other discontinued ranges including the U and W series modular and cased un-regulated series power supplies with output power of 28–1,600W. The Elite series regulated series power supplies, modular cased 25–200W models. The L series Open-Frame regulated series power supplies from 15–170W and the NS, NM, S, NTS, NTM, 3S, ST and TR series high-specification regulated series modular power supplies with outputs from 10–1,200W.
Powerstax designs and manufactures an extensive range of standard, value-added and custom AC and DC power solutions for a broad range of fixed and mobile applications including hot-swap front-end AC/DC bulk power, DC/DC converter bricks and modules and programmable, modular, rack mounted power supplies. Their Drake range of transformer rectifiers offer output currents to 5,000A and output power up to 1,000kVA and beyond. Power solutions are available for harsh (marine, offshore, desert) and hazardous (Zone 1 and Zone 2) environments and can be oil, air or water cooled and can be sealed up to IP65 if the environment dictates with purge and pressure systems and heat exchangers incorporated if required.
