Maxwell Debuts CONDIS High-Voltage Capacitors

Maxwell Technologies Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced that it has automated production and introduced enhanced versions of its CONDIS family of high-voltage capacitor products, which are key components in circuit breakers and voltage transformers for the transport and distribution of electrical energy in electric utility grids worldwide.

Maxwell applies CONDOR, the company’s latest technological development using aluminum foil capacitors with polypropylene-paper mixed dielectric and impregnated with synthetic oil, to its CONDIS family of grading and coupling capacitors. Lower weight, shorter lead-time, higher quality, and reliability and superior integration into the designs of the customer are among the guaranteed advantages of these manufacturing materials in the CONDIS product family.

Richard Balanson, Maxwell’s president and CEO, said, "As a significant portion of northeastern North America recovers from the worst blackout ever to affect the continent, experts agree that the need to upgrade and fortify the power distribution infrastructure has reached a critical point. Maxwell currently provides an estimated 60% of the high-voltage capacitors used in the electric utility infrastructure in Europe and 80% in the US. With our enhanced products and automated production capabilities, we are poised to meet increasing demand that will be driven both by improvements to the North American grid and normal growth, worldwide."