A large number of industrial applications depend on regulated and highly reliable DC current power supplies. The ABB Compact Rectifier is comprehensively designed for use in harsh industrial environments and provides flexibility in terms of different types of cooling and enclosure protection in accordance with the specific industry needs. Compact Rectifiers use ABB’s well-known DCS600 controllers for fully digital control, protection and remote communication purposes, which are also used in ABB DC Drives.
The following table shows typical industries and their applications for Compact Rectifiers:
| Metal Industries |
| Primary | Steel | Aluminum | Copper | Others |
| Winning |  | | l | l |
| Refining | | | l | l |
| Finishing | | | | |
| Cleaning | l | l | | |
| Pickling | l | l | | |
| Plating | l | l | | |
| Galvanization | l | | | |
| Anodizing | | l | | |
| Annealing | | | l | |
| Chemical Industries |
| Chlor-Alcali | Manganese Dioxide | Hydrogen |
| Electrolysis | l | l | l |
| Cell-Line Polarization | l | | |