{"id":213,"date":"2011-02-12T01:11:31","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T01:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enerpro-inc.com\/company-history\/"},"modified":"2022-01-17T22:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T22:04:25","slug":"company-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.enerpro-inc.com\/company-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Company History"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.enerpro-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Piping.jpg&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;Company History&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.6&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(38,142,197,0.89)&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;6vw||6vw||true|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; title_text_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.14)&#8221; text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; text_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.25)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\/\/ <![CDATA[ var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA- 24683472-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement ('script'); ga.type = 'text\/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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This three-phase thyristor firing board was the first to incorporate the company&#8217;s proprietary digital LSI device, and its small size, low cost and reliability became an industry standard in North America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In 1985 Enerpro&#8217;s founder, Frank Bourbeau, patented the company&#8217;s second product, a controller that synchronizes wind turbine powered cage type induction generators with the electric grid. More than 2200 of these simple and effective controllers were used at wind farms in Europe, North America and Asia. In the 1990\u2019s the wind powered generators migrated to wound rotor generators and Enerpro made hundreds of rotor crowbar transient protection controllers for GE and predecessor wind turbines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-35\" style=\"float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.enerpro-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/FCOG6100.png\" width=\"140\" height=\"94\" border=\"0\" \/>Enerpro entered the diesel-electric transportation industry in 1987 when General Motors Research Laboratories requested that the basic Enerpro three-phase firing circuit be modified for operation with variable frequency (VF) three-phase AC power. GMR used Enerpro&#8217;s VF rectifiers for research on permanent magnet generator control and for a hybrid battery-electric vehicle. Enerpro extended the variable frequency application to locomotive and mining truck battery chargers and generator field exciters. 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