Design Win for IXYS IGBT in Drives for Trains.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- IXYS Corporation (Nasdaq:SYXI) announced today that its Westcode UK subsidiary has been awarded a development contract to upgrade the electrical traction system of the Class 8E locomotives of the Republic of South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. Railways. The proposed design uses Westcode's advanced press-pack IGBT IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor IGBT Integrated Gate Bipolar Transistor technology to replace the thyristor based converters. The contract is for the design and implementation of a modern higher performance electrical propulsion system Noun 1. propulsion system - a system that provides a propelling or driving force system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a . This includes replacing existing old thyristor power devices with Westcode's state of the art IGBTs, gate drivers and associated power electronics. The upgrade package will retrofit into the existing power stage and interface directly to the existing controls and cooling system cooling system: see air conditioning; internal-combustion engine; refrigeration. cooling system Apparatus used to keep the temperature of a structure or device from exceeding limits imposed by needs of safety and efficiency. . The system operates from the 3000V DC catenery and will facilitate an increase of load power from 750 kilowatts to 1 megawatt. The locomotives were built by ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s and Siemens. Steve Ware, General Manager of Westcode, commented, "This is a significant contract award for Westcode. As with IXYS, we continue the push into the rail traction sector with the advanced technology products we had developed. This design win follows recent design wins that we had in the European rail system upgrades. Our efforts to position ourselves in this key high power market are clearly beginning to pay off." For further information contact wsl.sales@westcode.com or steve.ware@westcode.com. Any statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact, including the performance, rating, benefits, reliability, availability and suitability of products for various applications, may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause the results of IXYS to differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements, including, among others, risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended March 31, 2004. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements. |
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