Innovative Solution #11315

Powdered Metal Soft Magnetic Alloys 2.0 –Development of a Commercial grade electromagnetic Clutch

Overview

Atlas produces a soft magnetic component for an electromagnetic clutch in a retail system.  The commercial version of the same system requires better magnetic performance from the soft magnetic component.  At the time, the commercial component was machined from 1215 steel, a costly manufacturing method. 

Challenge

Replace the 1215 steel component with a powder metal equivalent.  This challenge would require re-thinking the approach to producing the soft magnetic component.  The PM component in the retail system simply did not have sufficient magnetic performance to be used in the commercial application. 

Results

 Atlas Pressed Metals Innovation Team put their experience and knowledge to work. With a deep understanding of how the manufacturing process affects magnetic response, Atlas designed a process to provide improved magnetic properties. Using our innovative processing technique, the Atlas Pressed Metals Innovation Team achieved 15% higher magnetic performance in the component.

The result was a component that utilized existing materials and tooling, AND met the magnetic requirement for a commercial grade clutch.

To put it in the words of our customer:

"The PM components with proprietary processing were performing nearly the same as our steel components.”

Interested in learning more about PM soft magnetic components?  Would you like your components to have higher performance?  Or are you simply in the business of trying to stump the best and brightest in the industry?  Atlas Pressed Metals is ready for a new challenge. Call us today.

Still, learning about soft magnetics?  Click here to read “The Basics of Soft Magnetic  Powder Metallurgy Materials and Properties” written by Dr. Craig Stringer at Atlas Pressed Metals.