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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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Growth Without a Playbook: Building the Future of Motors

Everyone Wants Growth - Until It Gets Messy. The idea of growth is exciting. It’s visionary leadership, disruptive ideas, and game-changing technologies. Behind every ...
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How Lightweight Motors Are Driving the Future of Wearable Robotics

Wearable Robots in Action Imagine putting on a device that enhances your strength, supports your movements, and reduces fatigue, whether at work, in therapy, or during ...
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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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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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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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How Density Keys High-Magnetic-Permeability Materials for DC ...

In metal component manufacturing, soft magnetic iron's performance is affected by post-pressing processing and your part’s density. It’s that second fact engineers and ...
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Electrical Steel Shortage: How SMCs can Eliminate the Shortfall

The global pandemic created disastrous societal and commercial disruptions. Commercial issues were highlighted by supply chain interruptions leading to delays or ...
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AC Electric Motor Design: SMC Soft Magnetic Material Perception vs. ...

Soft magnetic composite is maybe the best-kept secret in AC electric motor design. We’ve exhaustively covered the cost and performance benefits this advanced powder ...
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Electric Motor Efficiency: Why Soft Magnetic Powder Beats Laminate ...

Which is easier to trust -- a 1,300-component assembly with shaky performance, or a 10-component one with reliable data?
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