transformer
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The industry is also scrambling for labor: transformer manufacturing is skilled and labor intensive, with apprenticeship programs that can take nine to 12 months.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
He said he was trying to block Edison’s crew from burying a large transformer between two towering deodar cedar trees.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
Cisco is a “winder” at Hitachi Energy’s transformer factory in southern Virginia where she twists wire by hand around a giant cylinder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
Authorities in Mexico said on Saturday that a faulty electric transformer may have caused an explosion that killed at least 23 people in a supermarket.
From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025
Jon then told the story of how one of his falcons was electrocuted on the wires of the transformer in his field.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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