The optimisation and ultimate control of high-performance electromagnetic coils

Project aim

The research and development of novel coil technologies, focusing on weight, materials, manufacturing processes, active geometries, and characteristics such as flux density and fill factor. This will be achieved using machine learning, simulation, and novel manufacturing processes.

Project background

With ambitions to bring high-value manufacturing back to the UK, a consortium of universities and industrial partners have collaborated to form the Future Electric Machines Manufacturing (FEMM) hub and, have been tasked with designing the next generation of high value, high integrity, and low volume electrical machines predominantly aimed at the aerospace and wind energy industries.

This project will look into the challenges associated with the manufacturing of high-performance coils that, it is hoped, will be capable of producing greater flux densities while remaining lightweight, compact, simple to manufacture, and efficient.