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TDK develops new compact, current-compensated ring core chokes

TDK Corporation has developed a new series of current-compensated double-ring core chokes for the suppression of common-mode interferences. Main applications for the compact EPCOS chokes are switch-mode power supplies, converters and domestic appliances.  They are extremely small in relation to […]

Materials/Manufacturing

A New Area of Research on Soft Magnetic Materials Has Been Established at Fraunhofer

Since mid-year 2020, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Dresden has been concentrating on a future-oriented field of research with its new working group on “Soft Magnetic Materials”, which is particularly important for the highly topical areas of renewable energies and electromobility. […]

e-Power Technology

Major Automakers Transform Design & Manufacturing Operations on Accelerated Path to e-Propulsion – Part 2

Major automakers are transforming their design and manufacturing operations as they quicken their path to building out lineups of electric vehicle models. The transition will have profound impact on the use of magnets and magnetic technology, focused primarily on permanent magnet motors for propulsion instead of combustion engines. […]