Aluminium windings?
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...
Impact on efficiency of core materials
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...
Investment for a low environmental impact battery plant in Poland
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...
Batteries, chemistry and efficiency for a more sustainable market
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.
Mecflon to avoid noise and reduce friction an losses
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...
Impregnating resins for mechanical stability and insulation
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...
Self-lubricating polymer bearings
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,...
Electric Motors Efficiency needs better copper
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 new epoxy resin Voltacast 3310
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...
METEF 2025: strategic material for the circular economy
Aluminium is a key element in the global economy and a strategic material for many industrial sectors, thanks in part to its ability to be endlessly recycled without losing quality and its...