TRAMAG News

Christmas & New Year Greetings

The TRAMAG Team would like to thank its customers, business partners and friends for the trust they have placed in us and for their cooperation in partnership over the past year. 2023, another year full of business challenges, but also a year of suffering and misfortune for many people in regions near and far around the world.

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Quality is when your QMB goes “High-Five-S” with you

We know where quality must ultimately be demonstrated and proven: In the product, in the customer’s application. But where does quality begin? On the one hand in technical development and on the other hand in the organization of workplaces in production. Employees who keep their workstations tidy maintain an overview, have access to the right tools at all times and can work on the product efficiently and with quality assurance.

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Information visit to TRAMAG by the VDI District Association of Bavaria North-East

On the afternoon of St Nicholas’ Day, the TRAMAG plant in Fürth hosted an information event for members of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) from the Bavarian North-East District Association. Due to the regional proximity and also taking TRAMAG’s 100th anniversary as an occasion, we received a request from the Nuremberg VDI local group to visit our plant, which we were very happy to fulfil.

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“Quality is when the Customer comes back and not the Product”

The most technically innovative or economically attractive product in an application is worth nothing if the quality is not right. Not only would the failure of the product itself have to be lamented, but possibly also further damage to the entire application.

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TRAMAG Interview with Easy Engineering Magazin

In a recent interview with Easy Engineering magazine, Jan Reinecke, member of TRAMAG’s management board, presents TRAMAG’s business activities and innovative products and provides current and exciting insights into relevant market trends.

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TRAMAG at SPS 2023 in Nuremberg from 14 to 16 November

We are looking forward to your visit at our booth 523 in hall 4. We, TRAMAG employees from technology and sales, welcome you there and are curious how and with what we can help you. Of course, we will once again be exhibiting innovative TRAMAG product solutions on our stand area, which represent an interesting cross-section of our current range for relevant applications in the drives and automation industry.

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TRAMAG at the SPS 2023

The SPS trade fair is undisputedly the annual highlight, the showcase, of the industrial automation and drive sector with over 40,000 visitors expected.

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100-year TRAMAG Company History on the Franconian Sea

We celebrated TRAMAG’s 100th birthday on the Franconian Sea like a centennial event … the TRAMAG century. The festive mood of a good-humoured company on the MS Brombachsee, accompanied by a Mediterranean-like summer evening, romantic sunset and shining starry sky made this small cruise an unforgettable event.

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Load Chokes mounted and connected in the TRAMAG Extension-Control Cabinet …

Load Chokes mounted and connected in the TRAMAG Extension-Control Cabinet … … for Inverter Test Benches in the e-Automotive Industry The power electronics in electric cars consist of an inverter […]

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A customized Transformer for the Test Field Voltage Supply

4.5 tonnes of TRAMAG Expertise for the advanced Drives Technology A customized Transformer for the Test Field Voltage Supply The steadily increasing level of automation and digitization in machine and […]

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Electromobility (EV): Load Chokes for Inverter Test Benches in the e-Automotive Industry

TRAMAG Competences for the Electromobility (EV) Load Chokes for Inverter Test Benches in the e-Automotive Industry A large number of electromechanical components are installed in an electric car (EV). Their […]

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Participation in the B2Run event on 25. July 2023 in Nuremberg

The weather was kind to the 14,000 runners, who were in the best of moods: Right at the start of this year’s B2Run event around Nuremberg’s Max Morlock Stadium, the rain took a long break. With a pleasant 22º C and a light breeze, a few rays of sunshine even fell on the colorful starting field of employees from many, many companies based in the Franconian region.

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From the Fürth Solar Hill to the own Solar Roof

Eight years after saving the commissioning of the “Fürth Solarberg” with TRAMAG transformers, the Ammon family decided to install their own photovoltaic (PV) system on the roof of TRAMAG’s own company building. The 184kW peak output is sufficient to supply around 55 households with electricity, as reported in December 2011 by the Fürther Nachrichten on the occasion of the commissioning of the TRAMAG PV system, which was also attended by the Mayor of Fürth, who also climbed onto TRAMAG’s roof.

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TRAMAG’s Anniversary Celebration on 7.7.2023 of the Company’s Foundation 100 Years ago

Bright sunshine over the festively decorated TRAMAG premises in Fürth-Sack, a great atmosphere among the staff and the numerous guests. The best possible conditions to celebrate TRAMAG’s 100th birthday in good spirits.

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Twenty years ago: TRAMAG’s entry into the Photovoltaic Technology

Shortly before Christmas 2003, TRAMAG had to save the “Fürther Solarberg” project for the municipal energy supply company Infra Fürth at short notice. The transformers of another manufacturer had burnt out, and functionally reliable replacements were urgently needed. If the solar park did not produce its first electricity by the end of the year, the financing was in danger of collapsing.

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100 voltageciting TRAMAG Years – From 1923 to Today: Episode 5

When the silent partner Gert Magnus died in 1988, Joachim Ammon decided to acquire his shares. Since 1990, the Ammon family has been the sole owners of TRAMAG. At the same time, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the opening of the Eastern European markets marked the beginning of a difficult period for the German transformer industry. Cheap suppliers from Eastern Europe and a general economic crisis soon followed, plunging many companies into bankruptcy during these years. With drastic cost-cutting measures, Joachim Ammon succeeds in saving TRAMAG from the fate of many competitors.

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100 voltageciting TRAMAG Years – From 1923 to Today: Episode 4

The 1970s are characterized by changes at TRAMAG. 1974 marks the beginning of a new technological era with the introduction of electrical and electronic control systems. This modernization is mainly driven by Joachim Ammon, who joins the family business after completing his studies in business administration. With the increased focus on choke production, he opened up a new business field for TRAMAG with drives technology.

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100 voltageciting TRAMAG Years – From 1923 to Today: Episode 3

After the end of the war in 1945, Hans Magnus gets his company back. However, the former TRAMAG buildings on the Galgenhof are completely destroyed and so he ventures a new start in Wiesentalstraße near Nuremberg’s Westbad.

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100 voltageciting TRAMAG Years – From 1923 to Today: Episode 2

In the first ten years since the company was founded, Hans Magnus has built up a considerable product portfolio. In 1933, TRAMAG offered special transformers, special electrical machines and apparatus, protection transformers for hand lamps and ovens, as well as small, testing and regulating transformers.

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100 voltageciting TRAMAG Years – From 1923 to Today: Episode 1

Die Geschichte der TRAMAG beginnt Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts in Berlin. Dort wird Hans Magnus 1881 in eine Familie jüdischen Glaubens geboren. Er wächst in gutbürgerlichen Verhältnissen auf, entscheidet sich aber gegen die Karriere im Bankhaus Gottschalk & Magnus, dessen Mitteilhaber sein Vater Julius Magnus ist und lässt sich stattdessen zum Ingenieur ausbilden.

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Inside TRAMAG Team – Work & Life in Balance: Episode 4

In the current and the last three episodes of our new Webnews video series, TRAMAG employees from office and production give us insights into their activities inside and outside their company: In this episode, the focus is on our employee Michael.

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Inside TRAMAG Team – Work & Life in Balance: Episode 3

In the current and the other three episodes of our new Webnews video series, TRAMAG employees from office and production give us insights into their activities inside and outside their company: In this episode, the focus is on our employee Stefan.

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Inside TRAMAG Team – Work & Life in Balance: Episode 2

In the current and the other two episodes of our new Webnews video series, TRAMAG employees from office and production give us insights into their activities inside and outside their company: exciting and relaxing, culinary and creative, technological and archaeological, handcrafted and constructive. As versatile as our products and applications. Let us surprise you.

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Inside TRAMAG Team – Work & Life in Balance: Episode 1

In the current and the other three episodes of our new Webnews video series, TRAMAG employees from office and production give us insights into their activities inside and outside their company: In this episode, the focus is on our employee Stefan.

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Competence and Passion for our Customers’ Applications – Innovation and Quality, that’s what our TRAMAG Employees stand for

In the past news and posts, we have placed the applications of our customers and the appropriate TRAMAG product solutions at the centre of our online articles. In addition, we have extended the picture perspective of our online articles to our employees. Employees who discuss the individual requirements with our customers, develop, manufacture and deliver all these transformers and chokes.

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Drives Technology, Energy Industry, Medical Technology and Shipbuilding benefit with the use of TRAMAG Transformers & Chokes

Our transformers, chokes and filters must exactly match the electro-technical requirements of the systems, machines and plants, not vice versa. TRAMAG develops and manufactures custom-made inductive components, optimized for the special applications of our customers.

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TRAMAG Transformers for an efficient Energy Management, regenerative with Wind-Power and Battery-Storage

The use of wind as a regenerative energy source for the generation of electricity is accompanied by the problem that this natural energy source is subject to certain fluctuations in its availability. This problem can be solved by installing battery storage systems. These can store the surplus electricity generated during windy periods and feed it into the grid as needed during periods of low wind.

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TRAMAG Energy-Transformers also work reliable under Offshore Conditions

With the expansion of renewable energy generation and the simultaneous electrification of mobility and the heat supply of buildings, the demand for fossil fuels such as oil and gas will decrease significantly in the coming decades. This will, among other things, also significantly reduce the extraction of so-called North Sea crude oil and the associated burden on the environment.

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TRAMAG Branch Chokes – The perfect fit for Multilevel Converter Systems

Industrial drives systems require powerful converters with maximum flexibility and high availability. In addition, they must be suitable for controlling almost any type of motor and the voltage-signal must be mains-friendly as well as motor-friendly on the output side.

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TRAMAG Special Transformers with the right power for Copper Wire Production

TRAMAG Special Transformers with the right power for Copper Wire Production Highlight of the week Machine and plant construction is the primary domain for the use of our TRAMAG transformers. […]

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TRAMAG Low Harmonic Filter (LHF) Chokes for trouble-free operation of Island-Power-Supplies

TRAMAG Low Harmonic Filter (LHF) Chokes for trouble-free operation of Island-Power-Supplies Highlight of the week Separated from the public interconnected power grids operated by large energy supply companies, technologically complex […]

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TRAMAG transformers with multiple secondary system for medical devices in use

In hardly any other industry are the quality requirements for safe voltage supply, electrical safety and reliable functionality greater than in medical technology.

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Sinusoidal Filters for drive systems with special requirements

TRAMAG chokes and filters are used in drives systems whose core component is a frequency converter that controls one or more motors of a machine or system. Between frequency converters and motors, caused by long cable lengths, undesirable voltage surges can occur at the motor terminals and damaging, parasitic losses can occur in the motor.

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TRAMAG Matching Transformer in Protective Housing for Special Purpose Machinery

Mechanical engineering is a mainstay of the manufacturing industry in Europe. The worldwide turnover with machines amounted to almost 3 trillion euros in 2021. Around 30% of this, i.e. around 900 billion euros, was generated in Europe. (Source: Statista, VDMA).

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TRAMAG Choke-System as a Motor-Dummy-Load in the e-Automotive Test Field

TRAMAG-Drosselsystem als Motor-Ersatzlast im e-Automotive-Prüffeld Highlights of the week By 2030, at least 15 million all-electric cars (BEV = Battery Electric Vehicle) should be on Germany’s roads. This is the […]

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TRAMAG Task Force in Action: Even to remote locations

TRAMAG TASK FORCE IN ACTION Part 4: Even to remote locations Drilling platforms are artificially constructed platforms in the middle of the sea. These technically highly complex structures generate several […]

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TRAMAG Task Force in Action: Three in a Weckla

TRAMAG TASK FORCE IN ACTION Part 3: Three in a Weckla Nuremberg without sausages is like a transformer without voltage. The horror was correspondingly great when the supply to the […]

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TRAMAG TASK FORCE IN ACTION: A cool head on the high seas

TRAMAG TASK FORCE IN ACTION Part 2: A cool head on the high seas Working on a fishing trawler is not for the faint-hearted. Fishing also means hard work almost […]

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TRAMAG Task Force in Action: shining children’s eyes

The Nuremberg Christmas Market is a special experience for many children every year. With its magical stalls and colourful carousel, it is one of the most popular Christmas markets in Germany. But when the carousel suddenly stopped on a beautiful winter afternoon, not only the children but also the carousel operator were disappointed.

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Christmas & New Year Greetings

Christmas & New Year Greetings The TRAMAG Team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year The entire TRAMAG Team would like to thank its business partners – […]

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TRAMAG Review of the year

Wir blicken mit großer Freude auf ein erfolgreiches TRAMAG-Jahr 2022 zurück, welches wir mit einem kräftigen Wachstum positiv abschließen dürfen.

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TRAMAG Insights

TRAMAG Insights New plant manager for TRAMAG manufacturing site in the Czech Republic At the beginning of this week we welcomed Pavel Dostal, our new plant manager for BOHEMIA-Trafo, the […]

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Industries & Applications: TRAMAG Products in use worldwide for the most Industrial Applications

In the past eleven weeks we have presented concrete, current practical examples from the most diverse areas of applications of our TRAMAG transformers, chokes and filters in our Industry & Applications News series, which is intended to give you a representative cross-section view of our competences and possibilities.

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Industries & Applications: Hydrogen Production for a “green” Energy Source

Industries & Applications: Hydrogen Production for a “green” Energy Source TRAMAG DC Smoothing Reactors in use for the DC Supply of an Electrolysis Plant for the Production of Hydrogen   The […]

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Industries & Applications: Crane Systems

Industries & Applications: Crane Systems TRAMAG Transformers in use for Electrical Control and Safety in Crane Systems A significant part of the worldwide transport of goods takes place in ISO-standardized […]

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Industries & Applications: Industrial Power Supply Systems

Industries & Applications: Industrial Power Supply Systems TRAMAG Transformers in use for sustainable Voltage Quality in Factory Power Grids The construction of new, but also the modernization of existing industrial […]

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Industries & Applications: Renewable Energy Generation / Wind Energy

Industries & Applications: Renewable Energy Generation / Wind Energy TRAMAG Filter Chokes for Wind Turbines in use for Clean Energy Transition Newly installed onshore wind turbines in Germany (as of […]

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Industries & Applications: Test Systems and Test Equipment

Industries & Applications: Test Systems and Test Equipment Load Chokes from TRAMAG in Test Applications for Drives Technology Our load chokes serve as a motor replacement for testing single-phase and […]

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Industry Focus: Battery storage technology in production use

Industry Focus: Battery storage technology in production use Battery Storage Technology with TRAMAG Chokes for Power Supply of Industrial Drives Systems Even a short power failure within a factory can […]

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Industry Focus: Maritime Applications

Industry Focus: Maritime Applications Safe, seaworthy Onboard Power Supply with TRAMAG Premagnetizing Transformers For maritime shipping, a reliable power supply for on-board networks and drives for man and machine is […]

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Industry Focus: Renewable Energies

Industry Focus: Photovoltaics Making Electricity from Solar Energy usable with TRAMAG LCL Filters Solar energy-based photovoltaic technology is undisputedly one of the supporting pillars of the energy turnaround for the […]

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Industry focus: Medical Technology

Industry focus: Medical Technology Power supply for Computer- Tomographs (MRT) and Dialysis Machines with TRAMAG Transformers Hardly anywhere are the quality requirements for safe power supply, electrical safety and reliable […]

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Industry focus: Mechanical and plant engineering

Industry focus: Mechanical and plant engineering Process annealing of winding conductor wires with TRAMAG transformers TRAMAG transformers are mainly used in mechanical and plant engineering. On the one hand, transformers […]

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Industry focus: Drives and Automation technology

Industry focus: Drives and Automation technology – Energy recovery with TRAMAG chokes TRAMAG product applications TRAMAG chokes and filters are mainly used in drives systems. The core component of such […]

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Isolating transformers – TRAMAG products explained

Isolating transformers with protective separation TRAMAG products explained transform Isolating transformers provide safety where reliable protective separation of circuits is necessary. They thus ensure the reliable and safe power supply […]

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Medical technology transformers – TRAMAG products explained

Transformers for medical use are a special type of isolating transformer and are used to provide a safe power supply for medical systems and equipment in hospitals and doctors’ surgeries worldwide.

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The testing process – made by TRAMAG

TRAMAG has stood for high-quality winding goods for almost 100 years. That is why all our products are 100% tested before they leave the factory.

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Vacuum impregnation – made by TRAMAG

The impregnation process for transformers, chokes and filters is equivalent to an impregnation process of the winding material. TRAMAG uses synthetic resin of special viscosity as the impregnating agent, which hardens completely.

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Sinusoidal filter – TRAMAG products explained

Just like dU/dt filters, Sinusoidal filters belong to the output filters, as they are also operated directly at the inverter output and before the connected drive units (motors).

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dU/dt filters – TRAMAG products explained

dU/dt filters belong to the group of output filters, as they are used directly at the inverter output, upstream of the connected drive units – developed precisely to fit the individual drives system.

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LCL filters – TRAMAG products explained

LCL filters are operated directly upstream of the converter to the grid feed-in side. They are used specifically for regenerative converter solutions, which is why they are also used primarily in the field of renewable energies in photovoltaics.

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Connection technology – made by TRAMAG

The quality of transformers, chokes and filters depends to a large extent both on their materials and on how these materials are combined and connected.

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Magnetic core technology – made by TRAMAG

Due to our own production of magnetic cores from electrical sheets, we can flexibly respond to customer requests in the given installation space and thus make transformers and chokes deeper, higher or wider, for example.

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Coil winding – made by TRAMAG

Winding a coil so safely and precisely that it meets our customers’ requirements for an individual and specially developed transformer requires years of craftsmanship.

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Air coils – TRAMAG products explained

Air coils are inductive winding goods without an iron core. They are mainly installed in test facilities and systems and used there as a test load, for example to test switching elements with high short-circuit resistance requirements.

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Matching autotransformers – TRAMAG products explained

A special version of the matching transformers are our autotransformers. They are often installed in industrial furnaces to adjust local voltages.

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Filter chokes – TRAMAG products explained

The 3-phase filter choke from TRAMAG forms an output filter together with an on-site C-circuit or an output choke without circuitry.

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High-current transformers – TRAMAG products explained

High-current transformers are used to make welded joints in the cable industry. This welding process is subject to a very short duty cycle.

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Line chokes – TRAMAG products explained

Line chokes are used in variable speed drive solutions and are installed between the line input and the frequency inverter. Their task is to protect the inverter input side.

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Relaunch TRAMAG Website

We hope that our passion for the world of transformers, chokes and filters will also make your online visit to our newly designed website an informative experience.

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TRAMAG at PCIM Europe

PCIM Europe is the leading international trade fair for power electronics, intelligent drive technology, renewable energy and energy management. Visit us in Nuremberg from 10-12 May 2022.

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