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The Wheel Hub Motor Revolution: How SMCs Are Changing the Game

  • Horizon Technology
  • 03.17.2025
  • motors
The concept of the wheel hub motor isn’t new. In fact, Porsche pioneered the technology in the early 1900s with the Lohner-Porsche, an electric car that housed motors ...
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Engineering the Future: The Hybrid Stator Redefining Electric Motors

The electric motor industry is undergoing a quiet revolution, driving a relentless push for energy-efficient electric motors with compact, high-performance designs. One ...
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Sintered Soft Magnetics—Customized Design for DC Applications

Powder Metallurgy, Then and Now The Metal Powder Industries Federation recently republished an interesting article about the early history of powder metallurgy (PM) that ...
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SMC – Enabling New Motor Designs for a Circular Economy

  • Horizon Technology
  • 09.11.2024
  • motors
Engineers who are tasked with designing and specifying electric motors for new and updated applications are now facing three interdependent challenges: optimizing ...
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Can Electric Wheel Hub Motors Be More Efficient?

The move to electric mobility is well past passenger cars.
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Trend in Electric Motors for HVAC

  • Horizon Technology
  • 06.19.2024
  • motors
In 2012, the total energy consumption of the United States was estimated to be 96 quadrillion BTUs (96 x 10^15). Figure 1 illustrates how this usage breaks down by ...
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Electric Motor Design: Radial vs. Axial & Transverse Flux

As an engineer tasked with bringing your product into the future, you probably have many decisions to make when choosing the motor design of your AC project.
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Electrify With Powder Metal & SMCs

Historically, the automotive sector has captured about 80% of the powder metal (PM) industry. As we know, the global automotive industry has been transforming at a rapid ...
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Advantages & Disadvantages of Machining Processes vs. Powder ...

All manufacturing processes and technologies have their share of pros and cons. Yet, when it comes to powder metallurgy, few processes have changed for the better in a ...
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Powder Metal Material Properties: A Visual Flow Chart of Possibilities

When most people think about the powder metal industry, they only think of structural components that are ever-evolving to meet the needs of the marketplace. However, ...
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