AC induction motors are everywhere, from ceiling fans to vehicles. They’re reliable, simple, and rugged — but there are some disadvantages. It’s difficult to control the speed ...

In recent years, improvements in motor and drive designs have generally been incremental. That has changed with recent development by DynaMotors Inc., Cleveland, of a totally integrated motor/drive ...

The three horsepower, printed circuit board stator, axial flux machine offers a sustainable solution for pump systems via greater power, efficiency, and durability in a smaller package. NEEDHAM, Mass.

Scientists hoping to design a tiny, spinning motor capable of assisting in brain surgery are cribbing secrets from an unlikely source: Pizza-dough throwers. Standing-wave ultrasonic motors are related ...

Legacy designs of variable frequency drives (VFDs) used optocouplers or pulse transformers for isolation and mated them together with gate driver ICs. A more integrated approach, though, uses ...