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e-Power Technology

Tech Tips: Removing the Bottleneck in Welding Electrical Conductors for EVs 

January 10, 2023 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Tech Tips: Removing the Bottleneck in Welding Electrical Conductors for EVs 

The need to increase the rate of joining electrically conducting components has become critically important in the electric vehicle sector as it is emerging to be the bottleneck of manufacturing, according to Alex O’Farrell, development engineer with Cambridge Vacuum Engineering. As a maker of welding machinery, the UK-based company works close to the subject. In a recent presentation prepared for the 75th International Institute of Welding Annual Assembly & Conference in Tokyo, O’Farrell made his case for electron beam welding technology, highlighted here. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Tech Tips: Understanding the Different Kinds of Magnetic Properties 

December 19, 2022 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Tech Tips: Understanding the Different Kinds of Magnetic Properties 

Depending on how they interact with magnetic fields, most materials are classified as diamagnetic, paramagnetic, ferromagnetic, ferrimagnetic, or antiferromagnetic. We love the article by Mike Gedeon, customer technical services manager of Materion Performance Alloys and Composites, that explains these different kinds of magnetic properties and related aspects such as magnetic susceptibility. A few highlights follow. […]

Electromagnetics

Tech Tips: Designing Magnetic Latches to Keep Electronics Secured 

November 8, 2022 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Tech Tips: Designing Magnetic Latches to Keep Electronics Secured 

Do you know that permanent magnets are behind the action for your detachable keyboard, the pencil that attaches to your tablet, and the wireless charging pad that attaches to your phone? Smart screen covers for phones, tablets, magnetically latching wall-mount security cameras and countless electronic devices in day-to-day life rely on permanent magnets for providing the magnetic attaching mechanism.  […]

Electromagnetics

Tech Tip: Ferrite Bead Versus Inductor — All You Need to Know from Allied Components International 

March 31, 2022 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Tech Tip: Ferrite Bead Versus Inductor — All You Need to Know from Allied Components International 

TV-tuners, laptops, and digital gaming systems all use ferrite beads for filtering frequencies in electronic circuits. A ferrite bead helps minimize interference, generating a cleaner signal. Here’s a brief comparison of the ferrite bead vs. […]

e-Power Technology

Tech Tips: Bakker Magnetics – Improving Energy Density of Permanent Magnets for e-Mobility Manufacturing

November 16, 2021 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Tech Tips: Bakker Magnetics – Improving Energy Density of Permanent Magnets for e-Mobility Manufacturing

Permanent magnets (PM) are the heart of the drive systems used in the e-Mobility industry. The stronger the magnet is, the higher the higher the motor’s output and the smaller and lighter the motor can be built. But a powerful magnet must also be able to resist demagnetization by heat or a magnetic opposite field. The Dutch company Bakker Magnetics uses two new techniques with which permanent magnets can be produced even stronger and more robust: Grain Boundary Diffusion (GBD) and Grain Refining Technology (GRT). Major advantage: less Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREE) are used. […]