BY MLADEN Banovic, PhD, Editor-in-Chief
This interview looks ahead to Reinhausen’s next century as its managing directors discuss market responsibility, innovation, and MR's role in the global energy transition.
Modern power transformers operate with tighter electrical and thermal margins while utilities increasingly adopt natural and synthetic esters alongside mineral oils.
This column written by Transformer Magazine's Editor-in-Chief Mladen Banović examines lessons from past cycles, early warning signals now materialising, and the structural risks shaping the transformer industry.
Transformer Magazine spoke with Marcel Hilgers, Vice President Customer, Markets & Technology, to understand what led to thyssenkrupp's decision to temporarily close their factories.
This paper reviews the evolution of core and frame (clamp) insulation failures in power transformers and examines representative fault cases.
The paper presents the concept of temperature calculation in oil-immersed power transformers based on a detailed Thermal-Hydraulic Network Model (THNM).
Tony McGrail explores how convincing correlations can be misleading, especially when amplified by modern AI tools that confidently present weak or false causal links.
This article argues for adding an Embedded Carbon Declaration (ECD) that reports cradle-to-gate emissions and links to verified LCA/EPD data via QR code.
Douglas Maly, the Editor-in-Chief of Switchgear Magazine, Transformer Magazine’s sister publication, conducts an experiment by submitting an AI-written article for peer review in Switchgear Magazine, which was rejected by...
The article explains hydrogen sensor technology, discusses transformer reliability, and compares continuous monitoring to time-based maintenance.
Set against the transformed Arsenale della Pace, My Transfo 2025 celebrated the “Power of Knowledge and Energy of Transformation.”
Find out how CWIEME Berlin 2026 is expanding its scope to reflect the changing needs of Europe’s power and electrical manufacturing ecosystem.
