Materials

Copper, material typically used for the windings of conventional electric motors, is more expensive and heavier than aluminium. For this reason as well, they have started the first experimentations of aluminium windings for electric...

In many applications, bearings and supports must work also in presence of filth, dust and chips. For this reason, they need continuous lubrication and maintenance interventions. Polymer bearings by igus are lubrication- and maintenance-free,...

No matter whether intended for a small or big household appliance, or used to drive hybrid and/or electrical cars or, moreover, applied in industrial ambits, the electric motor goes on confirming an unprecedented global...

Aluminium with its wide range of uses in automotive and transport, construction, mechanical engineering, aerospace, packaging and electronics is crucial for the energy transition. The aluminum industry is preparing...

Global top player in sustainable technologies Johnson Matthey (JM), announced that its new battery materials facility in Konin, Poland, has received a combined €135 million investment from two leading development banks, in yet another...

Axalta’s bespoke automotive products provide electrical insulation solutions and are designed to improve the performance levels of modern electric motors. They include Voltron wire enamel, Voltatex 4200 for impregnation, and adhesive electrical steel coatings...

25During the last ten years, the market has requested sometimes to increase the operational flexibility of cooling systems using auxiliary pumps for a better control of engine cooling and efficiency, in order to meet...

A new manufacturing process yields highest conductivity copper composites at bulk scale. This is a discovery of researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL): they have increased the conductivity of copper wire by about...

Axalta, a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, launches Voltacast 3310/Voltacast H134, a new epoxy-based casting resin system that expands the Voltacast product portfolio of casting resins from Axalta’s Energy Solutions business. Voltacast 3310...

If lithium and other materials are concentrated in a few territories, alternatives must be found to make storage systems more efficient and improve the supply chain to our advantage.