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Small Motors, Big Moves: SMC-Enabled Geometries Accelerate Robotics

Imagine walking into a hospital where a robot greets you at the door, wheels a supply cart down a crowded hallway, and assists nurses with lifting heavy trays—all ...
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Is Electrical Steel Holding Motor Design Back?

  • Horizon Technology
  • 10.14.2025
  • Design
For more than a century, laminated electrical steel has been the backbone of electric motor design. It’s familiar, reliable, and has powered everything from industrial ...
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Breaking the Mold, Pt 2: Segmenting SMCs to Unlock Design Freedom

In Part 1 of this series, we explored how soft magnetic composites (SMCs) are reshaping electric motor design, enabling advanced topologies like axial flux and yokeless ...
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How SMCs Can Fuel Innovation in Power Tools

History of Power Tools Until after World War II, the US power tool market was largely focused on the industrial metal working and wood working industries. The home and ...
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Electric Motor Design: Shape and Performance

Electric Motor Design: A Balance of Shape and Performance
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Induction vs. Permanent Magnet Motor Efficiency | Electrification

Electric motor efficiency has a significant impact on the industrial, consumer, and automotive sectors. Increased efficiency leads to lower greenhouse gas emissions ...
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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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The Advantages of Soft Magnetic Composites and Axial Flux Motors

If you’re familiar with motors, you know that the axial flux motor has many advantages over other types of motors, such as higher power density, shorter magnetic path, ...
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Can SMCs Benefit Magnetic Bearing Designs in Electric Motors?

The evolution of powder metal (PM) bearings, and ultimately modern powder metallurgy, dates back to the late 1920s when the Chrysler Corporation needed a higher strength ...
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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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