Magnetics/Assemblies

SMAC Commercializes Innovative High-Torque Robotics Motor with Halbach Magnetics Circuitry and Printed Coils

Using Halbach arrays of Neodymium magnets and printed coils, mechatronics developer SMAC is commercializing its innovative high torque brushless DC motors that it designed for robotics and electronics applications.  “The HT is a new revolutionary […]

Magnetics/Assemblies

Aichi Steel’s Magfine alloy used in development of new drone motor

Using advanced injection molded magnet assembly and special coil winding technology, Aichi Steel and Sawafuji Electric have partnered in the development of a new motor for industrial drones that weighs 30% less than conventional models.   They have begun supplying the motors to drone manufacturers and are planning to move […]

Magnetics/Assemblies

Mechatronics Supplier Brose Reports Weakening Global Automotive Business, Appoints New President for North America and Plans Major Investments

Brose Group, one of the world’s largest mechatronic suppliers to the automotive industry, reports a recent slowdown in business as it lays the groundwork to combat a 7% reduction in its latest half-year. In other news, the […]

Magnetics/Assemblies

Custom Oven for Curing Magnetic Windings Designed to Produce Low-Noise Transformers

Benko Products Inc., manufacturer of the Sahara line of industrial ovens, announces the shipment of a custom dryer and curing oven designed to construct lower noise transformers. Delivered recently to an electrical transformer manufacturer in the US, the custom drying and curing oven will be used […]

Magnetics/Assemblies

Hitachi Develops Higher-Efficiency Motor Technology Using Amorphous Magnetic Metal from Subsidiary MetGlas

Hitachi Metals reports that it has made an important advancement in the use of amorphous magnetic metal for cost-effectively manufacturing electric motors, a development that could bode well for improving the energy efficiency of electric vehicles, industrial equipment and electrical appliances.  Using specialized amorphous metal […]