Axial-Flux Motors Gain Traction in Diesel Hybrids
Electric motors play a key role in converting electrical power into motive power. On the heels of their announcement of a new product, the AF430S (datasheet below), this episode of Inside Electronics has Andy chatting Steve Hornyak and Adam Nixon of Turntide, a designer and manufacturer of axial-flux motors (AFMs), about the operating principles and optimal applications for AFMs. Apps include diesel hybrids, tidal power generation, ship propulsion, and military use for land, sea and air.
Join us in your commute, or during your break, and learn that AFMs are not merely “hub motors.”
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SHOW NOTES
01:58 – Types of Motors
04:34 – Acquiring Rare Earth Materials
06:08 – Why Not Use Embedded Magnets?
09:49 – Why Choose Axial Flux?
14:03 – Diesel Applications
15:13 – Alternate Energy Applications
17:22 – Aerospace Applications
19:05 – Marine Applications
24:59 – Continuous Torque Rating
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About the Author
Andy Turudic
Technology Editor, Electronic Design
Andy Turudic is a Technology Editor for Electronic Design Magazine, primarily covering Analog and Mixed-Signal circuits and devices. He holds a Bachelor's in EE from the University of Windsor (Ontario Canada) and has been involved in electronics, semiconductors, and gearhead stuff, for a bit over a half century.
"AndyT" brings his multidisciplinary engineering experience from companies that include National Semiconductor (now Texas Instruments), Altera (Intel), Agere, Zarlink, TriQuint,(now Qorvo), SW Bell (managing a research team at Bellcore, Bell Labs and Rockwell Science Center), Bell-Northern Research, and Northern Telecom and brings publisher employment experience as a paperboy for The Oshawa Times.
After hours, when he's not working on the latest invention to add to his portfolio of 16 issued US patents, he's lending advice and experience to the electric vehicle conversion community from his mountain lair in the Pacific Northwet[sic].
AndyT's engineering blog, "Nonlinearities," publishes the 1st and 3rd monday of each month. Andy's OpEd may appear at other times, with fair warning given by the Vu meter pic.
Steve Hornyak
CEO, Turntide Technologies
Steve Hornyak is CEO for Turntide Technologies. He is a strategic leader who drives hypergrowth and builds successful companies in the technology and software industry. Before his time at Turntide, Steve was acting CEO at BrightDrop | General Motors.
Adam Nixon
Director, Mechanical and Multiphysics, Turntide Technologies
Adam Nixon is director, mechanical and multiphysics, for Turntide Technologies. He has been with Turntide for almost eight years and graduated with a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Newcastle University.