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Hello Everyone,
I'm interested in designing my own custom electric motor for some experiments and I am trying to do some research on some of the various laminated steel materials available. I have a decent working knowledge of general magnetic material properties, saturation characteristics, etc. but I'm not sure what kind of Silicon steel is best to use (or what is typical in motor designs)
In particular, I'm looking for a metal that has good high frequency characteristics (up to 10k perhaps), though from what I understand, most motors use the same kind of steel used in the 60Hz transformers which top out at about 1kHz or so before the frequency response drops off. I want to find a material with a higher frequency response because the design I'm working with is very similar to a switched reluctance stepper motor.
Some questions I'm asking are how to determine what thickness the laminations should be, and what grade of metal to choose? If anyone could offer any insights to point me in the right direction, that would be most helpful.
Thank you,
Jason O
I'm interested in designing my own custom electric motor for some experiments and I am trying to do some research on some of the various laminated steel materials available. I have a decent working knowledge of general magnetic material properties, saturation characteristics, etc. but I'm not sure what kind of Silicon steel is best to use (or what is typical in motor designs)
In particular, I'm looking for a metal that has good high frequency characteristics (up to 10k perhaps), though from what I understand, most motors use the same kind of steel used in the 60Hz transformers which top out at about 1kHz or so before the frequency response drops off. I want to find a material with a higher frequency response because the design I'm working with is very similar to a switched reluctance stepper motor.
Some questions I'm asking are how to determine what thickness the laminations should be, and what grade of metal to choose? If anyone could offer any insights to point me in the right direction, that would be most helpful.
Thank you,
Jason O