• New CP3500 48-Volt Rectifier Features 3.5-Kilowatt (kW) Capacity in a Dense, Four-Inch Wide, 1U Compact Form Factor
  • Delivers 14 kW Capacity in a 19-inch rack with less than 14 inches of depth
  • CP3500 Part of GE’s New High-Power, Space-Saving Rectifier Line

GE (NYSE: GE) today introduced its new CP3500 rectifier, the latest addition to its new rectifier product line, providing industry-leading power conversion density capabilities for data-hungry applications. The CP3500 is the industry’s first compact, 3.5-kilowatt (kW) AC to 48-volt DC rectifier in a 1U1 module and provides a higher power-to-space ratio than traditional 2-3-kW rectifiers housed in similar 1U rack or cabinet mountings.

This improved power density, coupled with the CP3500’s power conversion efficiency of up to 96 percent, creates lower operating costs and improved total cost of ownership for data center, telecommunications, networking and big data supercomputing applications. Customers can apply this density gain to deploy systems that provide up to 14 kW in 1U of rack space — 2 kW more than competing 3-kW rectifiers.

“Data center and telecommunication designers looking for single-phase power supplies wrestle with the constant pressure to increase power capacity while optimizing their facilities’ physical space,” said Karim Wassef, general manager of Embedded Power, GE’s Critical Power business. “Increasing power output to 3.5 kW in a 40 watt/inch3 package translates to better power capacity with more design flexibility in less space. Both the compactness and higher power capacity of the CP3500 make it ideally suited for upgrade and retrofit applications where more power is required in the same or smaller footprint.”

GE is introducing its expanded rectifier product line to address the power conversion and space-saving needs of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with data-hungry applications. While OEMs are pushing increased data processing capacity into smaller systems/boxes, their power requirements are still growing. As a result, OEMs are requiring power supply designers to offer systems that provide more power without consuming more space.

GE’s New Rectifier Platform

GE’s new rectifier platform offers expanded communications and diagnostics capabilities to provide rapid system diagnostics and response, as well as remote firmware upgrades, without increasing the system’s footprint. In addition to the new CP3500 48-volt rectifier, GE’s line of rack- or cabinet-mounted power conversion products includes its 6-kW GP100 line of high-power, high-density rectifiers for three-phase applications.

GE developed its rectifier product line using FastWorks methodologies, a set of tools and principles that integrate external thinking and discussion into the design process, bringing products to market faster than previously possible. Using FastWorks, GE was able to take feedback from customers regarding their power needs and their space limitations and directly apply it to the design of its new rectifiers. For example, in many applications, the installation of power supplies required customers to increase the size of their box or equipment to accommodate the unit size. In addition, the amount of power capability per bay in the telecommunications industry is reaching a finite limit. With this information, GE was able to design a new rectifier with a smaller footprint and thus, a higher power density — providing customers with the technology they require to address these issues.

For more information on GE’s CP3500 48-volt rectifiers (model numbers CP3500AC54TEZ and CP3500AC54TECZ) or the company’s complete, energy-efficient rectifier portfolio, please visit http://www.geindustrial.com/products/embedded-power/cp or call +1 972 244 9288.

GE’s Critical Power business powers rapidly changing, disruptive markets where massive data, communications and computing capacity is redefining how business is done. Customers in data center, super computing, telecommunications and digital content industries rely on GE to provide the reliable and energy-efficient power to keep networks flowing and transactions moving 24/7. To learn more about GE’s Critical Power business, visit www.gecriticalpower.com.

About GE

GE (NYSE: GE) imagines things others don’t, builds things others can’t and delivers outcomes that make the world work better. GE brings together the physical and digital worlds in ways no other company can. In its labs and factories and on the ground with customers, GE is inventing the next industrial era to move, power, build and cure the world. www.ge.com

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1 A “U” is a measurement unit used in relay racks equal to 1.75 inches of vertical equipment space.

GEEllen Zeidler, +1 972 244 9497Critical Powerellen.zeidler@ge.comorMasto Public RelationsMatt Falso or Howard Masto, +1 518 786 6488matt.falso@mastopr.comhoward.masto@ge.com

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