electric steel

e-Power

Ontario Emerging as Technology Center for Next-Gen e-Power 

August 6, 2024 admin 0

Radiating from brainpower of the Automotive Excellence Centre at McMaster University, startup motor developer Enedym in collaboration with industrial neighbors Toyota Tsusho, a manufacturer of industrial trucks, and JFE Shoji Power Canada, a manufacturer of transformer cores and electrical steel products, are transforming their locale in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada into a center for next generation e-power technology. The place has roots. More than a hundred years ago, George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla hung out there. 
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Materials/Manufacturing

Elantas Acquires Von Roll to Emerge as Giant Provider of Electrical Insulation & Encapsulants for e-Mobility and Electrification Manufacturing 

October 9, 2023 admin 0

With its acquisition of Von Roll, chemicals giant Altana’s encapsulation and insulation subsidiary Elantas emerges as a more powerful than ever supplier to the e-mobility and electrification manufacturing market. In late September, Elantas GmbH, a subsidiary of the specialty chemicals group Altana AG, finalized the purchase of a majority stake in Von Roll Holding AG that amounts to almost 89% of the company.  […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Impermeable Stacking by Feintool Enables Integrated Cooling for Motors 

April 6, 2023 admin 0

Whether the power source is battery or fuel cell, the efficiency and performance of motors are crucial in electromobility. Critical factors in their design and production include stability of the lamination stacks of electrical steel and their impermeability to cooling fluid. Feintool says that its glulock Multiple Dots bonding process promises tight and stable electric motors, even in the high-temperature range prevalent in today’s e-motors. Based in Switzerland, the company develops machinery and processes for both the production of motor laminations as well as fineblanking of bipolar plates for fuel cells.  […]