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Registered Member #30
Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 10:52AM
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 6706
So, you're the new guy that the X-ray company just hired to drag them into the high-frequency age?
Here are some questions to ponder, I'm surprised they weren't already asked of you at the job interview.
Why does 70kVp = 50kV DC? (Is X-ray emission a linear function of voltage?)
What if the transformer were 6186 or 6188V? What if they got the turns ratio right, but the line voltage changed from 230.0 to 229.9? Can you calculate the output impedance of a multiplier?
wrote ... all the experience here will cooperate to accomplish the goal.
This is a forum for high voltage hobbyists working on amateur projects. Many of us are professional engineers with high voltage experience, but we don't talk about work. Not for free anyway.
Registered Member #3334
Joined: Tue Oct 19 2010, 02:24AM
Location: Colombia
Posts: 17
It is just research, do not worry about working for free. I know you are expericed engineers, I just want some points to be clear for me to start designing the power source.
Registered Member #2893
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Location: Cali-forn. i. a.
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I've sent 100ma through a flyback with no big problems. For non continuous use it's fine, just don't run it for minutes on end. I'd say about 1 minute should be good, but since you are only doing short exposures even that is more than you need.
Registered Member #543
Joined: Tue Feb 20 2007, 04:26PM
Location: UK
Posts: 4992
I would advise you to buy a modular portable X-ray power supply, which will be much cheaper than trying to develop one of your own to the necessary standard.
As an example only, here is a compact unit from Matsuada, designed for portable X-ray applications such as yours:
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