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Permanent Magnet Machine Design Boot Camp
Internal PM, Surface PM, and Brushless DC
Use the knowledge and skills gained from this course to develop new products or refine existing PM machine designs and become more efficient in your own engineering work.
Practice Area: Power Electronics & Drives
Overview
Permanent magnet (PM) electrical machine design is one of the most important skill sets needed to stay competitive in the motors and generators industry. This intensive course covers the design of several types of PM machines, including internal PM, surface PM, and brushless DC machines. You will gain essential information on the various types of PM machines used in traction motors, industrial motors, aerospace motors, appliance motors, and generator designs.
Who should attend?
This course will be valuable to those whose work requires PM machine design knowledge, especially engineers involved in the design, specification, and integration of components and systems.
- Electrical engineers
- Mechanical design engineers
- Project engineers, program managers
- Technical managers and supervisors
- System integrators
Outline
Introduction to PM Machine Design
- Surface PM
- Internal PM
- Brushless DC
- PM assisted
PM Machine Terminology and Important Definitions
PM and PM Machine Modeling
- Review of Br, Hc, and energy density of magnet types
- Equivalent circuits for PMs
- PM machine modeling
PM Machine Power and Torque Equations
- PM torque and reluctance torque components
- Equivalent circuits
- Vector diagrams
Permanent Magnet Fundamentals and Trends
- Energy density, remnant flux, and coercive force
- Temperature effect
- Losses
- Price trends
- Pros and cons of each magnet type for machine design
Advances in Magnetic Materials Technology
Sizing Equations for PM machines
- Electric loading
- Magnetic loading
- Shear stress
Surface PM Machines
- Design and analysis
Brushless DC Machines
- Design and analysis
Internal PM Machines
- Design and analysis of interior PM machines
- Flux weakening and fault-tolerant design of PM machines
- Distributed vs. concentrated windings in PM machines
- Computer-based design optimization of PM machines
Thermal Analysis – Cooling and Ventilation Systems
- Conduction, convection, and radiation
- FEA, CFD, lumped-parameters equivalent-networks
- Fan ventilation, liquid cooling
Noise, Vibration, Structural Issues of PM Machines
Manufacturing of PM Machines
- Laminations, cores, windings, frames, assemblies
- Material and manufacturing tolerances
Finite Element Analysis of PM Machines
- Fundamentals
- Examples
Examples of PM Machines for Traction Drives
- Tear down examples from Oak Ridge National Lab
Design Considerations for the Realization of PM Motors
PM Machine Design for Loss Minimization Control
PM Machine Design for Self-Sensing Control
PM Assisted Synchronous Machines
- Design
- Finite element
- Optimization
Special Topics
- Axial flux PM machines
- PM flux switching machines
Earn Credit Hours
Learn more about CEU, PDH, LU, LU/HSW, GBCI CE and state licensing boards
Permanent magnet (PM) electrical machine design is one of the most important skill sets needed to stay competitive in the motors and generators industry. This intensive course covers the design of several types of PM machines, including internal PM, surface PM, and brushless DC machines. You will gain essential information on the various types of PM machines used in traction motors, industrial motors, aerospace motors, appliance motors, and generator designs.
Who should attend?
This course will be valuable to those whose work requires PM machine design knowledge, especially engineers involved in the design, specification, and integration of components and systems.
- Electrical engineers
- Mechanical design engineers
- Project engineers, program managers
- Technical managers and supervisors
- System integrators
Outline
Introduction to PM Machine Design
- Surface PM
- Internal PM
- Brushless DC
- PM assisted
PM Machine Terminology and Important Definitions
PM and PM Machine Modeling
- Review of Br, Hc, and energy density of magnet types
- Equivalent circuits for PMs
- PM machine modeling
PM Machine Power and Torque Equations
- PM torque and reluctance torque components
- Equivalent circuits
- Vector diagrams
Permanent Magnet Fundamentals and Trends
- Energy density, remnant flux, and coercive force
- Temperature effect
- Losses
- Price trends
- Pros and cons of each magnet type for machine design
Advances in Magnetic Materials Technology
Sizing Equations for PM machines
- Electric loading
- Magnetic loading
- Shear stress
Surface PM Machines
- Design and analysis
Brushless DC Machines
- Design and analysis
Internal PM Machines
- Design and analysis of interior PM machines
- Flux weakening and fault-tolerant design of PM machines
- Distributed vs. concentrated windings in PM machines
- Computer-based design optimization of PM machines
Thermal Analysis – Cooling and Ventilation Systems
- Conduction, convection, and radiation
- FEA, CFD, lumped-parameters equivalent-networks
- Fan ventilation, liquid cooling
Noise, Vibration, Structural Issues of PM Machines
Manufacturing of PM Machines
- Laminations, cores, windings, frames, assemblies
- Material and manufacturing tolerances
Finite Element Analysis of PM Machines
- Fundamentals
- Examples
Examples of PM Machines for Traction Drives
- Tear down examples from Oak Ridge National Lab
Design Considerations for the Realization of PM Motors
PM Machine Design for Loss Minimization Control
PM Machine Design for Self-Sensing Control
PM Assisted Synchronous Machines
- Design
- Finite element
- Optimization
Special Topics
- Axial flux PM machines
- PM flux switching machines
Earn Credit Hours
By participating in this course you will earn:
Learn more about CEU, PDH, LU, LU/HSW, GBCI CE and state licensing boards
Have Questions?
We have collected answers to common questions in our FAQs. You can also contact Customer Service via email or by calling 800-462-0876 and asking for the Program Director below.
Bulent Sarlioglu, PhD
Associate Professor
Email
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Have Questions?
We have collected answers to common questions in our FAQs. You can also contact Customer Service via email or by calling 800-462-0876 and asking for the Program Director below.
Bulent Sarlioglu, PhD
Associate Professor
Email
Past Dates
Course No.
#RA01422-T265
Date
November 13-16, 2018
Fee
$1895
Fee covers morning and afternoon breaks, scheduled lunches, and course materials
Instructor(s)
Thomas Jahns
Bulent Sarlioglu
Dan Ionel
Timothy Burress
Gianmario Pellegrino
Aaron Williams
Michael Harke
Location
Pyle Center
702 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53706
Course No.
#RA01422-T928
Date
November 11-14, 2019
Fee
$1895
Fee covers morning and afternoon breaks, scheduled lunches, and course materials
Schedule
- 11/11/2019 08:30am – 05:00pm
- 11/12/2019 08:00am – 05:00pm
- 11/13/2019 08:00am – 05:00pm
- 11/14/2019 08:00am – 12:00pm
Instructor(s)
Aaron Williams
Thomas Jahns
Bulent Sarlioglu
Michael Harke
Dan Ionel
Timothy Burress
Gianmario Pellegrino
Ian Brown
Location
Pyle Center
702 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53706