The complete Industry News section from the March 2021 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

Company offers new geared motor platform while navigating unusual business environment

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In Part I we explored various motor technologies used today for industrial and traction motor design. Here in Part II we will explore another motor...

New Opportunities and Technologies Allow AC Motors to Enhance Motion Control Applications.

In Part I we explored various motor technologies used today for industrial and traction motor design. Here in Part II we will explore another motor option: reluctance motors.

Lower-cost motor technologies exist that can be an attractive alternative to neo-based BL PM motors - and are not subject to unpredictable supply chains

The complete technical calendar from the March 2019 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

Almost daily I’m asked about the switched reluctance motor (SRM) — a motor that was invented more than 100 years ago. But only in the 1980s did it ...

There are three major types of reluctance motors: all three reluctance motors are non-permanent magnet, brushless motors. They are synchronous motors with a non-linear relationship between torque and current. The variable-reluctance step and switched-reluctance motors utilize the principle of magnetic attraction by inducing magnet poles within the soft-iron rotor, and by energizing a set of coils wound around stator teeth resident in the laminated stator. These two reluctance motors must be sequentially excited to achieve continuous, steady-state rotation. The design of all reluctance motors requires finite element analysis (FEA) software.