I'm engineering a high power-density axial flux permanent magnet motor. Its flat, "pancake" geometry packs a lot of torque into a short axial footprint, which makes for a strong power-to-weight ratio.
Status
On hiatus · stator wound, first spin test done
Tools
Fusion 360, 3D printing
Skills
Electromagnetics, mechatronics
The problem
Radial-flux motors get heavy and long when you ask for more torque. An axial flux layout puts the magnets and coils face to face, so the same torque fits in a much thinner package.
The build
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What I'm learning
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Gallery
The hand-wound stator: 12 coils, wired up for testingSection view of the CAD model
