Washington, D.C., has spent the past five years fixating on rare earths—where they’re mined, how they’re processed, and who controls the magnet supply chain. That attention is overdue. But the ...

The top magnetic assembly manufacturers are not necessarily the largest companies by revenue. More often, leadership in this market is defined by the ability to serve technically demanding customers ...

ABB will deliver an equipment package for Himalaya Shipping's ultra-large bulk carriers that will feature innovative shaft generators with a Power-Take-Off (PTO) solution, comprising new drive systems ...

The Switch, a supplier of permanent magnet shaft generators, celebrates its 500th shaft generator order. This milestone underscores the company’s pivotal role in supporting the maritime industry’s ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Electric generators have a plethora of uses – ranging from automotive to aircraft to microgrids. There is currently a strong desire to reduce the size and increase the ...

A post-graduate student of South Ural State University presented his development of a fundamentally new generator design, which has a magnetic and gas-dynamic suspension. Such solutions have not yet ...

A number of readers questioned the veracity of the technology presented in this article. To address their concerns, we did a follow-up, which can be found here. Permanent magnets are an integral part ...

The high-energy-product neodymium rare-earth permanent magnet (RE-PM) was discovered in the early 1980s. Later, dysprosium doping emerged to provide reasonable RE-PM magnetization life by sacrificing ...

The origins of magnetic steel can be traced back to the 18 th century when scientists began experimenting with iron alloys. In 1820, Hans Christian Oersted's accidental discovery of electromagnetism ...