Aluminium: a viable alternative to copper windings?
As copper prices hit record highs, engineers are reassessing whether aluminium is now a more attractive option for some winding applications. Steve Hughes, managing director… Read More
As copper prices hit record highs, engineers are reassessing whether aluminium is now a more attractive option for some winding applications. Steve Hughes, managing director… Read More
A project that helped to safeguard the UK’s energy supplies by repairing two critical Ex-rated 16MW motors, each weighing 51 tonnes, has been chosen as… Read More
UPDATED: A UK company has developed a coil-winding machine that allows rectangular wire to be formed on its edge, and used instead of multi-turn round-wire… Read More
Two US companies have developed a new way of producing copper windings for motors using 3D printing that, they say, eliminates many of the limitations… Read More
A Belgian start-up, Mirmex Motor, has developed a new method for manufacturing high-power-density windings for micromotors that, it claims, will revolutionise traditional winding design and… Read More
ABB has announced a range of low-voltage motors designed specifically to comply with the latest version of the UK water industry’s Wimes (Water Industry Mechanical… Read More
Researchers in Finland have built an electric motor that uses a carbon nanotube yarn instead of conventional copper windings. They believe that the development could… Read More
Clyde Blowers Capital (CBC), headquartered in East Kilbride, is buying Sheffield-based Preformed Windings from Deritend Industries for an undisclosed sum. Preformed Windings, which produces coils… Read More