Description of the Design

Application: 

The design shows the concept of an additively manufactured induction motor.

The vision behind this is to 3D-Print functional electric motors.

Electric motors are most commonly manufactured by winding copper wire to coils and assembling those. This involves different process steps like winding coils, connecting the coils to a circuit, etc...

By using AME the motor design is no longer limited by: 

- wire winding 

- 2.5D PCB design 

- mountability of coils 


Necessary steps would be: 

- finalizing the MCAD Design (regarding printability & optimization of wiring)

- design of mechanical concept (bearings etc.)

- design of fitting motor controller

- printing of motor & procurement of controller + mechanical components

- testing of prototype