Princeton Power Systems (PPS) has opened its new Princeton, New Jersey facility, which will manufacture inverters and energy storage systems for the alternative energy divisions. In addition to housing PPS’s military-qualified variable speed drive product, the 10,000-square foot facility contains floors that are qualified for assembling 90” inverter cabinets. The new facility boasts various labs, including an inverter test lab, a printed circuit board lab and a variable speed drive test and assembly lab.
Executive vice president Darren Hammell stated, “With this tripling of our manufacturing capacity, we can serve increased demand in 2011 and the coming years, and assemble large energy-storage systems with advanced batteries for this new business segment. We will be announcing several high-profile projects in this area soon.”
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Among the high-power distribution room, machine shop and offices that the New Jersey facility accommodates is a compliance test lab, which is set to give PPS the ability to certify compliances through TÜV, CSA and other agencies. The lab will incorporate value-stream mapping, leveraging technology and a corrective action process to augment the efficiency and improve test and manufacturing capabilities.
Production manager Richard Jaccard commented, “Production capability for inverters is now over 12MW annually, and we can reach over 40MW in 2012. We plan to certify several new products this year in the new building as well.”
