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Additive Manufacturing and Testing of a Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor

Gargalis, Leonidas; Madonna, Vincenzo; Giangrande, Paolo; Rocca, Roberto; Hardy, Mark; Ashcroft, Ian; Galea, Michael; Hague, Richard

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Authors

Leonidas Gargalis

Vincenzo Madonna

Paolo Giangrande

Roberto Rocca

Mark Hardy

Michael Galea



Abstract

Additive manufacturing is acknowledged as a key enabling technology, although its adoption is still constrained to niche applications. A promising area for this technology is the production of electrical machines (EMs) and/or their main components (e.g. magnetic cores, windings, heat exchangers, etc.) due to the potential of creating lightweight, highly efficient rotating motors, suitable for applications requiring a low moment of inertia. This work investigates the readiness of metal additive manufacturing, specifically Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), applied to the field of EMs to bridge the gaps of how to use this technological approach in this field. A soft magnetic material featuring high silicon content (Fe-5.0%w.t.Si) has been developed for LPBF and a rotor has been 3D-printed for a switched reluctance machine. The printed rotor was assembled into a conventionally laminated stator and the performance of the whole machine was evaluated. Its performance was compared against an identical machine equipped with a laminated rotor of the same dimensions made of conventional non-oriented silicon steel. A comparative study was carried out through both finite element simulations and experimental tests. The efficiency of the two machines was assessed together with the principal electrical and mechanical quantities under several operating conditions.

Citation

Gargalis, L., Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Rocca, R., Hardy, M., Ashcroft, I., Galea, M., & Hague, R. (2020). Additive Manufacturing and Testing of a Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor. IEEE Access, 8, 206982-206991. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3037190

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 8, 2020
Online Publication Date Nov 11, 2020
Publication Date Nov 11, 2020
Deposit Date Jan 27, 2021
Publicly Available Date Jan 27, 2021
Journal IEEE Access
Electronic ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Pages 206982-206991
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3037190
Keywords General Engineering; General Materials Science; General Computer Science
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5088820
Publisher URL https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9256277

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