September 26, 2023
What is the advantage of the grain oriented steel laminations?
Grain Oriented Electrical Steel (GOES) is designed to aid electrical transformers with efficiency and to help make them more more economical. To explain, this works by the iron-silicon alloys providing low core loss and high permeability. A key benefit is that they’re available in several different grades. What’s more, the steels have superior magnetic properties in the rolling direction of the grain. This means they are ideal in transformer cores, such as those within large generators. In comparison to grain made out of other parts – such as regular stainless steel, GOES is much more efficient.