AMRC helps drive forward blueprint for production rates of SMEs electric motors

Posted on 27 Feb 2024 by The Manufacturer
An image of Magtec's rotor developed using the newly adopted towpreg winding technology with AMRC's support.
An image of Magtec's rotor developed using the newly adopted towpreg winding technology with AMRC's support.

New processes have been devised and technology de-risked by the University of Sheffield AMRC to help increase electric motor production rates for the UK’s largest supplier of electric drive systems - with an ambition of transitioning from 60 to 5,000 traction motors per year.

The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) formed part of a consortium of experts tasked by Magtec, based in Rotherham, to support the business need for new ways to reduce bottlenecks within its production processes to enable an increase in the number of electric motors it could make per year. AMRC engineers with…

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