Si-Al-Cr-Mn Alloy for High Specific Resistivity Award Number: DE-EE0007866 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Advanced Manufacturing Office Date: 3/29/2017 Location(s): OH Office(s): Golden Field Office
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Si-Al-Cr-Mn Alloy for High Specific Resistivity
Award Number: DE-EE0007866
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Advanced Manufacturing Office
Date: 3/29/2017
Location(s): OH
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel) to develop an advanced steel composition for use in electric motors with operating frequencies above 60 hertz.
Initial alloy research would be conducted at AK Steel’s Research & Innovation Center in Middletown, Ohio. If sufficiently promising results are obtained, industrial testing would be conducted at AK Steel's production facilities in Butler, Pennsylvania and Zanesville, Ohio. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) would provide additional analysis of the trial material produced from AK Steel’s laboratory including industrial testing at their facilities in Knoxville, Tennessee and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Physical and magnetic testing data and material would be supplied to Regal Beloit America, Inc. (Regal Beloit) at their Wisconsin facilities located in Wausau, Grafton, and Black River Falls. Regal Beloit would design and construct a series of 5 horsepower test motors to compare against commercial grades of non-oriented electrical steel provided by AK Steel. To support Regal Beloit, ORNL would provide technical input for material and motor analysis and engineering support validation. The proposed program would be conducted over a period of three years.