• DocumentCode
    42086
  • Title

    Experimental Evaluation of Low-Speed Flux-Focusing Magnetic Gearboxes

  • Author

    Uppalapati, K.K. ; Bomela, Walter B. ; Bird, Jonathan Z. ; Calvin, Matthew D. ; Wright, Jason D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Nov.-Dec. 2014
  • Firstpage
    3637
  • Lastpage
    3643
  • Abstract
    Experimental results are presented for three different low-speed flux-focusing magnetic gearboxes. The performance of the magnetic gearbox is compared when utilizing ferrite and NdFeB and also a hybrid design, in which ferrite magnets are used in the inner rotor and NdFeB magnets are used in the outer rotor. The peak torque and efficiency are measured. It is shown that the NdFeB magnetic gearbox has an active torque density of 151 Nm/L.
  • Keywords
    boron alloys; ferrimagnetic materials; gears; iron alloys; magnetic flux; neodymium alloys; rotors (mechanical); NdFeB; ferrite magnets; flux-focusing magnetic gearboxes; low-speed magnetic gearboxes; torque density; Ferrites; Gears; Magnetic flux; Rotors; Steel; Torque; Torque measurement; Magnetic flux density; magnetic forces; magnetomechanical deflection; permanent magnets (PMs); torque;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-9994
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIA.2014.2312551
  • Filename
    6775261