Episode 85: Active Front End vs. 18-Pulse Drives

On this episode, listen to a chat with Rob Fenton and Austen Scudder of Eaton as we compare and contrast Active Front End and 18-pulse drives and see which is best for your solution. Questions include: What are the primary applications for 18-Pulse drives? What’s the difference between 18-Pulse and AFE from a technology standpoint? Where are AFE drives most used? What are some of the tradeoffs between the technologies? What are misconceptions about the AFE drives? What are some of the misconceptions about 18-Pulse drives? What’s the future for 18-Pulse and AFE?