MTC team wins innovation award

Posted on 9 Jun 2022 by The Manufacturer

A team of engineers from the Manufacturing Technology Centre has scooped a top innovation award for the development of a high-powered electric motor which is smaller and lighter, thanks to advanced manufacturing technologies.

The MTC’s Future Electric Motor Systems aerospace motor project, known as FEMS3, has won the 2022 3D Pioneers Challenge award, an international design competition for advanced manufacturing technologies. The team redesigned an MTC-designed motor casing for a lightweight aerospace application. They used additive manufacturing technology to combine three machined components, eight fasteners and three o-rings…

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