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

He said he was trying to block Edison’s crew from burying a large transformer between two towering deodar cedar trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Backers include Lukasz Kaiser, one of eight Google researchers who kicked off the transformer era in 2017 with the paper “Attention Is All You Need,” and early-stage investor TQ Ventures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Authorities in Mexico said on Saturday that a faulty electric transformer may have caused an explosion that killed at least 23 people in a supermarket.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

They had even installed a switch salvaged off an old electric-train transformer.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam