Even though micro motors are small by definition, compact size is a primary design requirement in the minds of suppliers making miniature dc motors. The trend is not only smaller sizes, but also motors that deliver more speed and torque while fitting into thinner, smaller and lighter product designs.
According to Ted Severn, sales and marketing director for MicroMo Electronics, suppliers are turning to higher-energy magnets, winding technologies such as coreless winding and fully automated motor assembly techniques to boost performance. New motors introduced in the last three months confirm that suppliers are focusing on design efforts and are placing a premium on higher power-to-volume ratios, reliability and better motor efficiency.
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Almost every automaker has had to 'pick a side' when it comes to alternative fuel options and ways to divest from a reliance on gasoline. Fiat is looking to back compressed natural gas or liquid propane as an interim solution.
Designing and filling a new type of water bottle might take less engineering work, but the description will help kids understand how science, math, and engineering influence their lives even through things that seem mundane.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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