Articles & Case Studies

Crescend Technologies: Revolutionizing Mining with Solid State RF Microwave Energy

September 17, 2024

Are you a mining industry professional grappling with the challenges of rising energy costs, increasing environmental pressures, and the constant need to improve operational efficiency? ...

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High-Quality Biomass Material Drying Using 400 kW of CW RF Power

December 21, 2020 400 kW CW Power 50 kW Generator Biomass Drying Crescend PTL-50 RF Heating Solid State Microwave Generator

Overview: In 2019 Crescend Technologies was commissioned to design, develop and deploy at a customer site, a 200Kw System to be used for large scale ...

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Solid-State Microwave Patents Awarded

September 30, 2020 awards

Cellencor is happy to announce that our solid-state microwave generator patents were issued July, 21 2020. Read the full patent here.

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New Dual-Band Test Oven

September 10, 2020 batch oven dual-band instrumented solid-state test oven turn-table

Gap in the Market One challenge often faced at Cellencor is the design and development of microwave test applicators for both customer-specific processes and general ...

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COMSOL Design Process

July 20, 2020 comsol engineering microwave modeling multiphyics simulation

Applicator Design In addition to being leaders in the design of cutting-edge microwave technology, Crescend is proud to offer microwave applicator design consulting. This includes ...

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Microwave Myths Debunked

April 29, 2020 debunked fact false mechanisms of heating microwave microwave facts microwave material comparison

True or False? At Crescend, we actively try to debunk microwave myths and misconceptions and educate our customers. We feel that microwaves are grossly underutilized ...

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World’s First Large Scale Solid State Industrial Microwave System

February 5, 2020 high power solid state industrial solid-state microwave drying microwaves solid state microwaves solid-state

Crescend Technologies announces the delivery of a 400 kilowatt, solid state L-band power system to a customer site. It is believed to be the first ...

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PTL-50 Solid State Microwave Generator

November 19, 2019 Crescend PTL-50 Solid State Microwave Generator

Crescend Technologies announces the delivery of a 400 kilowatt, solid state L-band power system to a customer site. It is believed to be the first ...

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Industrial Microwaves: Magnetron Tubes vs. Solid State

November 19, 2019 Crescend PTL-50 Solid State Microwave Generator

Historically, every microwave heating device, from a home microwave oven to a large industrial system, has been powered by a magnetron tube. First developed in ...

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Crescend Celebrates 40 Years of Service

November 17, 2019 RF Amplifiers

Crescend is celebrating its 40th year in business, designing and manufacturing RF Amplifier solutions for multiple wireless communication and RF markets. Crescend is a premier ...

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Crescend Awarded Solid State Generator Contract

November 16, 2019 awards RF Amplifiers

Crescend’s RF Energy business segment was awarded a contract for an L-Band, 400 kW Solid State Microwave Generator system, supporting the Bio-Mass drying market. This ...

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Crescend Expands Mobile Amplifier Portfolio

November 15, 2019 Mobile Amplifiers

Crescend Technologies announces the expansion of our mobile amplifier portfolio with the release of UHF and 700/800 MHz, 50 watt mobiles. These amplifiers cover the ...