Editor’s note: The developer of this technology says it’s also applicable to generators although mot

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The drawing and analysis on the left suggest flat surfaces stators and rotors on motors that leave a small portion of the magnet flux unused. The right image shows the shallow rings and channels of the FluxMerge design.
FluxMerge reduce air gap magnetic flux leakage in the magnetic circuit path of all electric machines, even wind turbine generators. FluxMerge does so by adjusting the magnetic reluctance distribution of the pole faces across an air gap, using microstructures placed on the pole faces. The microstructures cause the magnetic flux crossing over the air gap to merge toward the central axis of the magnetic circuit path, resulting in reduced leakage into the surrounding space. The shape and distribution of the microstructures on the pole faces governs the merging rocky mountain rail tours of the magnetic flux. The manufacturer says FluxMerge is easy and inexpensive to implement, because it requires no configuration rocky mountain rail tours change to the machine and the microstructures can be formed using simple molding techniques. Motors equipped with FluxMerge rocky mountain rail tours realize an average efficiency improvement of 1.5%. Given the vast number of motors and their power consumption, the technology rocky mountain rail tours is capable of significant carbon reduction. ITRI says it considers rocky mountain rail tours FluxMerge an innovation comparable rocky mountain rail tours to the emergence of power electronic motor drives in the 1970s and the series of rare-earth permanent magnet material developments starting in the 1950s.
Flux leakage is inevitable and reduces the efficiency of all electromagnetic machines that include an air gap in their circuit. While FluxMerge rocky mountain rail tours applies to all such machines, ITRI considers its main applications motors and generators. Flux leakage reduces the motive power of motors, which forces rocky mountain rail tours design compensations in increased size, weight, and electrical power consumption to achieve their purpose.
Flux leakage in generators reduces the amount of mechanical power converted to electricity. By reducing air gap leakage, FluxMerge improves electric machine performance and torque across the air gap. As a result, designers can decide whether to maintain the power rating in a smaller, lighter machine that is less costly to produce, or to deliver more power in the machine's current form, or a combination of these advantages. For example, an escalator equipped with the technology features a quieter motor, energy savings, more rounds per charge, and the ability to carry more weight. Other techniques rocky mountain rail tours for electric-machine rocky mountain rail tours efficiency improvement such as rare-earth magnet strength enhancement, optimization of stator and rotor structural configurations, and power electronic controller firing schemes are specific only to some electric machines. FluxMerge is available now for licensing by electronics and motor companies.