transformer

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The industry is also scrambling for labor: transformer manufacturing is skilled and labor intensive, with apprenticeship programs that can take nine to 12 months.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Her home sits atop a sea of oil, but Camacho says there has been no electricity for six years, since a transformer blew out.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Working nearby, winder Derrick Petty said he is still learning the quirks of the job after a year at Hitachi Energy and 14 years at another transformer factory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

The prosecutor's office in the northern state of Sonora said in a statement that "the working assumption is that the incident was accidental, and the investigation is looking into a transformer located inside the store."

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

His chosen instrument was the Tesla coil, a high-voltage transformer invented by the visionary physicist Nikola Tesla in the 1890s.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik