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Equipmake Puts Its ‘Space Motor’ on the Market 

March 23, 2023 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Equipmake Puts Its ‘Space Motor’ on the Market 

British electrification specialist Equipmake, expanding from its founder’s roots in designing Formula 1 race cars, has launched an ultra-lightweight, power-dense electric motor designed for demanding aerospace and marine applications. Debuted at the Future Propulsion Conference held in Solihull, UK in March, the HPM-400 is an advanced high power, short duration motor that was original specified as a high-performance rocket fuel pump for Australian company, Gilmour Space Technologies, for use in its Eris rocket program. […]

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ABB Propulsion System to Power Innovative New Vessels 

September 21, 2022 Editorial Staff Comments Off on ABB Propulsion System to Power Innovative New Vessels 

Created nearly 30 years ago but continually refined with new models and iterations, ABB’s Azipod propulsion systems have recently been ordered to power two entirely different types of innovative vessels. One is a technically advanced jack-up vessel for installing offshore wind farms, the other for Ritz-Carlton’s new line of luxury mega-yachts.  […]

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Peer into the Future of Magnetics for Energy at ARPA-E Summit 

April 4, 2022 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Peer into the Future of Magnetics for Energy at ARPA-E Summit 

Magnetics technology plays a key role in much of today’s energy research – looking for breakthroughs in electric propulsion for aviation, high-temperature superconductors, fusion energy, machine modeling for power magnetics, new embedded cooling and winding topologies for improving permanent-magnet motors, even magnetic resonance imaging of crop roots. Visitors to the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit & Technology Showcase can explore a fascinating array of these and meet the scientists behind them, as well as many other aspects of energy R&D. It will be held in Denver in May. This article highlights some of the magnetic-related projects. […]