Additive Manufacturing and Testing of a Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor
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...
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| author | Leonidas Gargalis Vincenzo Madonna Paolo Giangrande Roberto Rocca Mark Hardy Ian Ashcroft Michael Galea Richard Hague |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f44fb654c22451db94cdc89366829832022-12-21T18:13:50ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-01820698220699110.1109/ACCESS.2020.30371909256277Additive Manufacturing and Testing of a Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance MotorLeonidas Gargalis0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2739-1115Vincenzo Madonna1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4470-9735Paolo Giangrande2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2328-5171Roberto Rocca3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5996-2755Mark Hardy4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6746-2224Ian Ashcroft5Michael Galea6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9094-611XRichard Hague7Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CfAM), Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.Power Electronics, Machines and Control Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.Power Electronics, Machines and Control Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.Research Centre for Energy Resources and Consumption (CIRCE), Zaragoza, SpainCentre for Additive Manufacturing (CfAM), Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CfAM), Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.Power Electronics, Machines and Control Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CfAM), Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.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.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9256277/Additive manufacturinglaser powder bed fusionsoft magnetic materialsilicon steelswitched reluctance machine3D printed rotor |
| spellingShingle | Leonidas Gargalis Vincenzo Madonna Paolo Giangrande Roberto Rocca Mark Hardy Ian Ashcroft Michael Galea Richard Hague Additive Manufacturing and Testing of a Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor IEEE Access Additive manufacturing laser powder bed fusion soft magnetic material silicon steel switched reluctance machine 3D printed rotor |
| title | Additive Manufacturing and Testing of a Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor |
| title_full | Additive Manufacturing and Testing of a Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor |
| title_fullStr | Additive Manufacturing and Testing of a Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Additive Manufacturing and Testing of a Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor |
| title_short | Additive Manufacturing and Testing of a Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor |
| title_sort | additive manufacturing and testing of a soft magnetic rotor for a switched reluctance motor |
| topic | Additive manufacturing laser powder bed fusion soft magnetic material silicon steel switched reluctance machine 3D printed rotor |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9256277/ |
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