A buck-boost transformer is a small electrical transformer used to slightly increase (“boost”) or decrease (“buck”) incoming voltage to match what equipment actually needs. For example: If your building is supplying 208 volts but your equipment performs best at 230–240 volts , a buck-booster can raise the voltage. If voltage is too high, it can reduce it slightly to protect equipment. In dental offices , these are increasingly being recommended for: vacuum systems, air compressors, sterilization equipment, imaging equipment, and other high-load mechanical systems. Why Dental Equipment Suppliers Are Recommending Them More Often 1. Modern Dental Equipment Is More Sensitive Older compressors and vacuums were often more forgiving mechanically. Newer systems: use variable frequency drives (VFDs), electronic control boards, digital monitoring, soft-start motors, and energy-efficient motors that require tighter voltage tolerances. Even being 5–10%...
Elwood Haynes was one of Indiana’s great industrial pioneers and one of the earliest automobile innovators in the United States. Born in Portland, Indiana in 1857, Haynes became a trained engineer, inventor, and businessman who helped transform Kokomo into a manufacturing and innovation hub. He is best known for helping create one of America’s first commercially produced automobiles — the Haynes-Apperson car — years before the automobile industry became mainstream. Beyond automobiles, Haynes also helped develop stainless steel alloys, advanced metallurgy, and industrial manufacturing processes that influenced multiple industries. He combined technical skill with relentless experimentation and a long-term vision for American manufacturing. What makes Haynes especially relevant today is not simply what he built — but how he built it. Principles LADD Dental Group Can Apply from Elwood Haynes 1. Innovation Requires Courage Before Consensus Haynes pursued automobiles when most peo...