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BORDLINE® BC for all rail applications
The BORDLINE® BC battery charger module is a compact, lightweight unit designed to charge backup batteries and supply DC load
The new highly compact battery charger module of the series BORDLINE BC complements ABB's large stand-alone auxiliary converter and battery charger product family and is compatible with all types of train batteries. BORDLINE BC employs ABB's well proven modular platform design incorporating silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors. This translates into dramatically reduced size, weight, cooling requirements and increased system efficiency, all critical factors for rail operators.
Key product features
- Compact and lightweight design
- Eco-friendly due to minimal material use
- Very high efficiency up to 96 %
- Proven maintenance free long-life fans
- Three-phase AC or onboard DC voltage input
- 19-inch rack mount, switchgear cabinet or dedicated roof or underfloor housing installation
- Scalable power through parallel operation
- Very high availability of large power systems through implementation of redundancy concepts
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