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Analysis of Mechanical Fixation Made of Aluminum Alloy in an Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machine

Journal of Magnetics, Volume 19, Number 3, 30 Sep 2014, Pages 309-313
Jiyoung Lee * (Electric Motor Research Center, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute), Byounggung Park (Electric Motor Research Center, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute), Daehyun Koo (Electric Motor Research Center, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute)
Abstract

This paper presents an eddy current loss analysis of a Mechanical Fixation (MF) made of 6061 aluminum alloy, which is used for an NS type double-rotor single-stator axial flux permanent magnet machine. The prototype MF made of aluminum alloy shows good mechanical performance, but poor electro-magnetic performance, since the machine’s efficiency can decrease because of eddy current loss in the MF. In order to prevent efficiency decrease, a modification of the MF structure is also introduced. Three-dimensional finite element analysis (FEA) is used for magnetic field analysis, and eddy current losses are computed. The analysis results are compared to, and verified by the test results.

 

Keywords: axial flux machine; double-rotor; eddy current loss; mechanical fixation
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JMAG.2014.19.3.309
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