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The wind turbine industry faces an ever-increasing challenge to reduce the cost of energy production, decrease operational and maintenance costs, and increase lifespan. All of this must happen while scaling up technology to multi-megawatt, offshore machines operating in harsh environments. In our recent Spring issue of Energy Global, Gary Rodgers, CEO of Magnomatics, details the role magnetic gears play in helping achieve these goals.

1st March 2021 9:00 am 25th February 2021 12:16 pm A labour-intensive process to position powerful permanent magnets onto large generators for offshore wind has been made 60 times faster by automation experts at the University of Sheffield AMRC, cutting down the cycle time from one hour to just 55 seconds for each magnet. The ROBOMAG project, led by the AMRC’s Dr Alexei Winter (pictured) uses cutting edge robotics technology speed up the production process. Picture: University of Sheffield AMRC Magnetic gear technology company Magnomatics wants to explore how robotic technologies can ...

Submitting... The Sheffield-based company teamed up with engineers at the AMRC’s Factory 2050 to automate its current manual process which involves operators painstakingly placing 204 large magnets – each weighing 18kg and capable of generating a magnetic force of up to 3kN – using jigs and lead screws to carefully slide the magnets into position, taking up to an hour for each magnet. Magnomatics The ROBOMAG project is led by the AMRC’s Dr Alexei Winter. Dave Latimer, chief executive of Magnomatics, said: “We are delighted with the outcome of this project. It is just one element o...