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26 GROUND SUPPORT WORLDWIDE FEBRUARY 2016 PRODUCT PROFILE I TW GSE Americas Hobart knows power solu- tions. With their 2400 Power Coil, Hobart addressed and improved a number of key issues for GSE users. First off, the 2400 Power Coil was designed as a 2-in-1 solution featuring a 400 Hz 90 kVA solid state frequency ground power unit and a cable reel in one housing—this solution represents a radical improvement in the ground support industry. The Hobart 2400 Power Coil is designed to operate well with all sizes of bridges and aircraft models. When compared with Hobart's previous power solutions, as well as other solutions avail- able on the market, the 2400 Power Coil takes up less space and is 40% lighter. ITW GSE spent extensive time working within its global research and development effort to incorporate features that would make it easier on the customer. The company combined the information developed in its own research development along with looking at the challenges that their customers were facing— in result the 2400 Power Coil was engineered to meet customer's needs and provide solutions to those challenges. Ease Of Use For Operators The single enclosure design on the coil, one of Hobart's highlights on the 2400, is that it comes factory tested and ready to be mounted underneath the Passenger Boarding Bridge (PBB). With a tra- ditional 400 Hz Power Solution there are several different components; the converter and the cable handling system attached beneath the bridge are two separate installations. Traditional 400 Hz Power Solutions also require several intercon- nections through cables and control boxes (refer to drawing). Simply mounting the unit under the PBB and connecting the input cable saves a great deal of time and money. As a standard, the 2400 Power Coil comes with 72 ft (24 m) useable length of cable. The cable is rolled completely into the housing after use. The 2400 Power Coil unit was also engineered with ITW GSE's common design platform, which means that it includes the ITW GSE icon based user interface. The user interface adds to operator productivity, for departure the operator needs only to press the start/stop button. The display screen allows for operators to monitor stats such as voltage and current. There is even a level of the user inter- face that is solely aimed at operations completed by technicians. Since the program is software based, the 2400 Power Coil can be updated and given additional features as they are released, through a USB. The user interface is common to all of the "400" product lines to ensure that ground support The Hobart 2400 Power Coil offers unique voltage levels and is housed in a space saving enclosure. By Maile Bucher Putting the Aesthetics into Ground Power Solutions