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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Rafal Wrobel, Professor Barrie Mecrow
This is the authors' accepted manuscript of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by IEEE, 2020.
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Additive manufacturing (AM) has been undergoing dynamic development in recent years. The latest evolution of AM has been recognised as a key enabling technology in a wide range of applications, some of which include medical, aerospace and automotive industries. The use of AM opens new avenues for design solutions, otherwise challenging orimpossible to realise when using more conventional techniques for manufacture. No- or low-material waste and high-flexibility are some of the attributes of modern AM. This expanded paper aims to provide an up to date overview of the existing examples of employing AM in construction of electrical machines. The paper reviews research and development work related to all integral components of an electrical machine assembly. These include active parts like coils/windings, electrical insulation, stator/rotor magnetic core packs, permanent magnets (PMs). The machine structural/mechanical and thermal management components are also discussed in the paper. Further to these, the authors make some comments/forecasts on how the AM could improve performance and manufacturability of the futureelectrical machines.
Author(s): Wrobel R, Mecrow B
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
Year: 2020
Volume: 35
Issue: 2
Pages: 1054-1064
Print publication date: 01/06/2020
Online publication date: 08/01/2020
Acceptance date: 29/12/2019
Date deposited: 11/01/2020
ISSN (print): 0885-8969
ISSN (electronic): 1558-0059
Publisher: IEEE
URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2020.2964942
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2020.2964942
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