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SmartD Technologies Brand Overview

September 30, 2024

SmartD Technologies is a Montreal-based power electronics company developing next-generation variable frequency drives. 

As a leader in power electronics, they have developed what they say are the world’s first SiC-based variable frequency drive.

Since 1987, the fundamental design of low-voltage VFDs has remained unchanged — cost-efficient yet detrimental to motor health. SmartD’s Clean Power VFD revolutionizes this dated topology, offering unparalleled energy efficiency and motor-friendly operation.

Their revolutionary Clean Power VFD delivers real sine waves to motors, eliminating the need for filters and surpassing IEEE519 standards for harmonics.

With SmartD Technologies, experience the future of variable frequency drives. Smaller, faster, smarter—the Clean Power VFD delivers performance that truly stands apart.

Elevate your operations with the efficiency and innovation of SmartD Technologies.

Explore the Clean Power VFD and more at Galco.com.

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When Simon Leblond, CEO of SmartD Technologies Inc. and his co-founders set out to start a new company, they did not know that they would be revolutionizing the way we approach motor control.

“We kind of did what I tell every startup founder not to do. When I coach startup founders, I always tell them to start with a problem and then find a solution to it. We started with a technology: wide-band gap semiconductors, specifically Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC).”

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