Materials/Manufacturing

Composite Film Technology, the Next Breakthrough in Flexible Electrical Insulating Materials

By Dr. Tom Murray, Marc Barmeier, Stephen Tuckwell    Elantas PDG, Inc.   Introduction to Flexible Electrical Insulation  The application conditions for any piece of electrical equipment can be extreme. It is therefore vitally important that insulation systems for motors, […]

News

New Asylum Research Accessory Enables Advanced Magnetics Research Under Both In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Applied Magnetic Fields

Asylum Research announced their new MFP-3D Variable Field Module (VFM4) accessory for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFMs) which enable measurements under applied in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic fields in order to better understand their effects on nanoscale […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Eriez Magnetics Reports Robust Sales of Eddy Current Separators, Expands Manufacturing Capability in UK

Eriez Magnetics reports that sales of its eddy current separators for industrial and recycling markets have been setting a robust pace, boosted particularly by their latest model’s increased capability to separate beverage cans for recyclers. […]

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 […]