North America Battery Show 2017

The 2017 North America Battery Show has been happening this week in Novi, Michigan. Osborne had a great time visiting the show and we observed a few interesting trends: First, plenty of energy storage innovation is happening in the low volume vehicle sector. A123 Systems had an impressive display of bus batteries. John Deere Electronics […]

Amazon In Detroit

The competition is on for what city will host Amazon’s new HQ2. Detroit is pitching the opportunity and is one of a number of US cities competing for Amazon’s investment. Does Detroit even fit? Osborne thinks so. Here’s why:   For updates and more information on Amazon HQ2, follow Osborne on Twitter. Follow Us

Osborne Designs For NASA

Osborne Transformer was founded in 1932 and has since become synonymous with premium performance and longevity within the industrial and academic community. Osborne’s world class electromagnetic designs have led to partnerships with many multinational design teams, including clients such as DTE Energy, Eaton, Daimler Chrysler, Intel, Visteon, Motorola, and others. Osborne’s focus on safety, performance, […]

USS Intrepid Blog

While researching product design ideas for US Naval applications, Osborne’s team was honored to visit the USS Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum. The Team started off viewing some awesome fighter jets on the flight deck of the USS Intrepid. One of the jest on the deck was the Vought F-8K. Flown by the VF-111 […]

Monohull Match Racing

This is an interesting time in the course of sailboat match racing. For those who may not be familiar with match racing, it is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head. This is different from other common forms of sailboat racing such as a fleet race, which involves three or more competitors competing against each […]

Designing for Extreme Durability

– Check out this vintage survivor.

Osborne #13937T324 – High Impedance

Osborne’s #13937T324 high impedance transformer has a 480 Volt, 60 Hertz input and a no-load output voltage of 600 Volts. Should the insulation of the motorette under test fail in a shorted condition, the impedance of this transformer has been calibrated to limit the short circuit current to the motorette to 11 Amps RMS. The […]

Osborne #13936T324 – High Impedance

Osborne #13936T324 high impedance transformer has a 480 Volt, 60 Hertz primary and a no-load output of 120 Volts. Should the insulation of the motorette under test fail in a shorted condition, the impedance of this transformer has been calibrated to limit the shorted output current to 10 Amps RMS. The 120 Volt output is […]

Saturable Reactor Winding Configurations

– A design resource.

Tesla Museum Project

– Credit where credit is due.