All Outputs (6)

Development and Testing of Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor Built Through Additive Manufacturing Technology (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gargalis, L., Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Rocca, R., Ashcroft, I., Hague, R., & Galea, M. (2020, November). Development and Testing of Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor Built Through Additive Manufacturing Technology. Presented at 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Hamamatsu, Japan

Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, is an emerging technology that is gaining considerable research interest in recent years. In particular, metal printing methodologies might be successfully employed in developing lightweight and... Read More about Development and Testing of Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor Built Through Additive Manufacturing Technology.

3D Printing as a Technology Enabler for Electrical Machines: Manufacturing and Testing of a Salient Pole Rotor for SRM (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gargalis, L., Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Hardy, M., Ashcroft, I., Galea, M., & Hague, R. (2020, August). 3D Printing as a Technology Enabler for Electrical Machines: Manufacturing and Testing of a Salient Pole Rotor for SRM. Presented at 2020 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Gothenburg, Sweden

Among the various technology enablers for modern electrical machines, additive manufacturing plays a key role. The advantage of having a precise control of the shape of ferromagnetic structures, whilst achieving good electromagnetic performance, fits... Read More about 3D Printing as a Technology Enabler for Electrical Machines: Manufacturing and Testing of a Salient Pole Rotor for SRM.

Technique for Processing of Continuous Carbon Fibre Reinforced PEEK for Fused Filament Fabrication (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pu, J., Saleh, E., Ashcroft, I., & Jones, A. (2019, August). Technique for Processing of Continuous Carbon Fibre Reinforced PEEK for Fused Filament Fabrication. Presented at 30th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas, USA

3D printing of light-weight and mechanically-strong structures facilitates several applications. 3D printing of continuous carbon fibre reinforced polyetheretherketone (PEEK) presents exciting possibilities as the high stiffness and strength of the h... Read More about Technique for Processing of Continuous Carbon Fibre Reinforced PEEK for Fused Filament Fabrication.

Targeted rework of powder bed fusion additive manufacturing (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dryburgh, P., Patel, R., Catchpole-Smith, S., Hirsch, M., Parry, L., Smith, R. J., Clark, M., Ashcroft, I. A., & Clare, A. T. (2018, June). Targeted rework of powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. Presented at 19th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication

There is a clear industrial pull to fabricate high value components using premium high temperature aerospace materials by additive manufacturing. Inconveniently, the same materials’ properties which allow them to perform well in service render them... Read More about Targeted rework of powder bed fusion additive manufacturing.

Fibre architecture design of 3D woven composite with genetic algorithms: a unit cell based optimisation framework and performance assessment (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zeng, X., Long, A. C., Ashcroft, I., & Potluri, P. Fibre architecture design of 3D woven composite with genetic algorithms: a unit cell based optimisation framework and performance assessment. Presented at 20th International Conference on Composite Materials

There are vast possibilities in fibre architecture design of 3D woven reinforcement. This paper considers the application of Genetic Algorithm (GA) in 3D woven composites optimisation. A set of real and integral variables, representing 3D fibre archi... Read More about Fibre architecture design of 3D woven composite with genetic algorithms: a unit cell based optimisation framework and performance assessment.

Nano-hardness and microstructure of selective laser melted AlSi10Mg scan tracks (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aboulkhair, N. T., Tuck, C., Maskery, I., Ashcroft, I., & Everitt, N. Nano-hardness and microstructure of selective laser melted AlSi10Mg scan tracks. Presented at Industrial Laser Applications Symposium (ILAS 2015)

Selective laser melting (SLM) of aluminium alloys faces more challenges than other ongoing alloys such as stainless steels and titanium alloys because of the material’s properties. It is important to study single scan tracks if high density large par... Read More about Nano-hardness and microstructure of selective laser melted AlSi10Mg scan tracks.