Highly Efficient Conical Air Gap Axial Motor Using Soft Magnetic Composites and Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Award Number: DE-EE0007875 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Advanced Manufacturing Office Date: 3/3/2017 Location(s): Mult Office(s): Golden...
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Highly Efficient Conical Air Gap Axial Motor Using Soft Magnetic Composites and Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel
Award Number: DE-EE0007875
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Advanced Manufacturing Office
Date: 3/3/2017
Location(s): Mult
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Regal Beloit Corporation (RBC) to develop a unique highly efficient motor technology that would improve upon previous commercial designs.
The motor would be able to operate at 96% efficiency or greater. The design would employ soft magnetic composites, and non-rare-earth ceramic magnets in the rotor. The laboratory tasks would occur within existing facilities which include the RBC's locations in Tipp City, Ohio, and San Jose, California, and at the sub-recipient Texas A&M University's Electric Machines and Power Electronics Laboratory (EMPE) in College Station, Texas. No physical changes to facilities at the EMPE laboratory at Texas A&M University or Regal Beloit facility in Tipp City, Ohio are planned. Setup at the existing RBC’s San Jose facility would include installation of testing equipment.