GINO cast iron resistors use cast iron as resistor conductors. Cast iron is a very economical material, particularly for resistors used for intermittent or short-term operation where the storage capacity is most important. For this application, the iron is cast into plates with wave-pattern rods. The diameter and length of the rods as well as the material characteristics determine the resistance of the element. Several different elements with varying rod diameters and lengths but with the same connection and fixing points form a system. In addition to the latest in cast iron resistor systems (GINO, SIEMENS 3PR3…) GINO also manufactures and supplies spare parts and spare elements for most systems ever sold on the marketplace. The main field of application for cast iron resistors are starting and rheostat resistors for drives, particularly drives with a slip-ring motor, which are increasingly replaced by drives controlled with static frequency converters with squirrel cage motor. Other applications are grounding resistors where an optimum price/performance ratio of the storage capacity is most important.