Development of Rotating Type Transverse Flux Machine

This paper describes the design and development of rotating type transverse flux motors (TFM) excited by permanent magnets. In-plane phase construction and axial phase arrangement are compared each other and many variants of them are introduced by combining soft magnetic composite (SMC) core and laminated steel core. Magnetic field is analyzed by three-dimensional equivalent magnetic circuit network (EMCN) method with the help of two-dimensional finite element analysis. The experimental results of prototyped motor compared with the analysis ones, and show the possibility of the suggested motor as a direct drive application requiring relatively low speed and high torque.