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Axial-Flux Machines – Part 2

Axial-Flux Machines – Part 2

Antti (admin) 7th April 20198th April 2019 Electrical engineering, Research and work No Comments

How does the peak torque capacity of an axial-flux motor compare to radial-flux. Read here to find out, kinda.

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Axial-Flux Machines – Part 1

Axial-Flux Machines – Part 1

Antti (admin) 22nd March 201922nd March 2019 Electrical engineering, Research and work 2 Comments

they, really? And are they as good as promised? Read to find out!

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SRM vs SynRM – Important Dimensions

SRM vs SynRM – Important Dimensions

Antti (admin) 14th January 201914th January 2019 Electrical engineering, Research and work No Comments

What are the most important dimensions for switched and synchronous reluctance motors? The same ones as for all motors, luckily – click for details!

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A.I. and Electrical Machines

A.I. and Electrical Machines

Antti (admin) 21st November 201821st November 2018 Electrical engineering, Research and work, Technology No Comments

Hypehypehypehypehypehypehypehypehype Alright, let’s be serious. Interest in machine learning is booming. (And I refuse to use the term artificial intelligence or AI – there’s nothing intelligent in being able to do a very tightly defined task quite well). Anyways, I’ve gotten some…

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SRM vs SynRM Performance Basics

SRM vs SynRM Performance Basics

Antti (admin) 1st November 20181st November 2018 Electrical engineering, Research and work No Comments

Which one is better – an SRM or a SynRM? You won’t find the answer here, but you’ll get some tools to make the decision yourself.

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Optimization of an e-bike drivetrain

Optimization of an e-bike drivetrain

Antti (admin) 9th October 2018 Consulting, FEM, Research and work No Comments

My guest post at Revonte.com covers the optimization of an e-bike powertrain: the benefits of a CVT transmission, along with other basic principles.

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Switched and Synchronous Reluctance Machines

Switched and Synchronous Reluctance Machines

Antti (admin) 25th September 201825th September 2018 Electrical engineering, Research and work 6 Comments

Ever wondered what switched and synchronous reluctance machines are? Well, this post here covers the basics – how they work and where they differ.

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What are BLDC motors?

What are BLDC motors?

Antti (admin) 8th September 20189th September 2018 Electrical engineering, Research and work 8 Comments

What are BLDC motors? And how do they differ from AC motors? Why do people keep using such contradictory terms and confusing us?

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Induced eddy currents in sheet – SMEKlib example

Induced eddy currents in sheet – SMEKlib example

Antti (admin) 21st August 201821st August 2018 FEM, Research and work 4 Comments

Video of induced eddy currents in a lamination steel sheet – plus how they can be computed. There’s a SMEKlib example too for you to try!

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Maglev Systems – How to model them analytically?

Maglev Systems – How to model them analytically?

Antti (admin) 14th July 201816th July 2018 Electrical engineering, FEM, Research and work No Comments

Maglev – magnetic levitation – systems can be quite different from electric motors. So how to model them without time-consuming 3D simulations?

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