Materials/Manufacturing

Proterial Builds Ferrite-Magnet Motor Prototype, Adds AI to Its Toolkit for Developing New Materials 

For design engineers, simulations can be important tools in the product development process but actual performance by a prototype is a welcomed step better. That’s the status at materials company Proterial where a prototype motor built with its innovative new ferrite magnets confirmed the promising results from an earlier simulation model – challenging the performance of neodymium magnets in EV motors. Separately, the company announced that it is embracing artificial intelligence techniques in its efforts to develop more new advanced materials serving a variety of markets. […]

e-Power Technology

Nippon Drops Electrical Steel Lawsuit Against Toyota, as Automaker Embraces e-Mobility 

Embracing a vision of finding your future in e-mobility, Toyota’s future will no longer be in court battling Nippon Steel in three patent infringement cases over the giant automaker’s use of electrical steel for its motors. After two years of litigation, the cases were closed about the same time that Toyota proclaimed its “Find Your Future” theme at Japan Mobility Show 2023, formerly the Tokyo Motor Show, envisioning the adoption of multiple forms of electric vehicles. […]

News

Bunting Announces Tony Rampino as Director of Sales for the Americas and Mark Friesen as Global Marketing Director

Tony Rampino, a 20+ year veteran of equipment sales in the Food, Pharma, Plastics, Chemical, Recycling, and Automation industries has joined Bunting as its new Director of Sales for the Americas.  Tony spent his last […]

Electromagnetics

Minebea Mitsumi & Ablic Expand Device Portfolio with Purchases of Hitachi Power Semi and Samurai Semi 

Tokyo-based Minebea Mitsumi and its Yokahama-based subsidiary Ablic are expanding their businesses in power electronics, sensing and precision motion with recent acquisition moves that add more semiconductor capability. Minebea is planning to purchase Hitachi’s power […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Eriez Appoints Kohmuench as New CEO, Continues Growth in Magnetic Separations 

Industrial separations company Eriez has promoted Jaisen Kohmuench to be president & CEO, effective January 1, 2024, to succeed current president & CEO, Lukas Guenthardt, who is retiring at the end of 2023. Meanwhile, Eriez continues its growth path of product development in growing applications, a recent one involving equipment for removing tramp magnetic materials encountered in glass manufacturing. […]