Magnetics Business & Technology - Winter 2017 - 21

MAGNETICS 2018 CONFERENCE PREVIEW

Workshops
Update on the Market: Identifying Opportunities for
Magnets and Motors
Our world is full of change: self-driving cars and trucks; drones
for reconnaissance and package delivery; the "One Belt, One
Road" huge infrastructure project of China; changes to the mining, processing and recycling of critical materials; unconventional oil and gas well drilling and its effect on energy prices;
and much more. What does all this mean for the magnet and
motor community? Might there be opportunities for growth of
our existing businesses? How to adapt our businesses to meet
the challenge of change.
Steve Constantinides, Magnetics & Materials LLC

Basic and Advanced Magnetics Bootcamps
The Magnetics Bootcamps focus on teaching you the basics of
magnetics with an emphasis on permanent magnets. Basic
Bootcamp: If you need to understand magnets better for your
job, want to get more from the conference presentations, or
are new to the field, the Basic Bootcamp is the perfect place to
start. Assumes that one has little or no background in magnetics. The Basic bootcamp will cover the essential fundamental
magnetic concepts such as hysteresis, the nature of magnetism, units, basic magnet processing, magnetizing and thermal
effects. Advanced Bootcamp: If something more advanced is
what you are looking for, attend the Advanced Bootcamp. Assumes someone has either taken a previous Basic Bootcamp,
or has some technical understanding of magnetics. After a brief
review of the basics, covered topics include self-demagnetization and loadlines, rare earth raw materials and their pricing,
advanced processing techniques, manufacturability, design basics, case studies and what's new on the horizon.
Dr. Stan Trout, Spontaneous Materials

How to Innovate
Half of the current jobs in the US are automatable. Innovation
is an important element of a "key employee"; constant innovation will be essential to your own future and that of your
company. How do you make your job into an innovative position? How do you learn to innovate? How do you train your
employees to be creative? What is your company doing that
kills innovation? This course shows what types of innovation
are most valuable and why. We demonstrate how your own
mind functions to create innovative approaches. The role of
rigorous thought is then put in context to extract value. We
next show you how to augment and hone your native innovative skills. We explore and demonstrate the different mindsets
of entrepreneurs, innovators and inventors, and how customer
feedback fits in. We dispel common misconceptions about innovators; then we present a clearer picture that helps you to
identify creative people. Organizational issues are discussed.
We explain various company organizational strategies for dealing with the normal resistance to change all companies have,
how to nurture the best ideas and where innovation efforts
give the most payback.
George Bennett, President, Optimal Motion

Overview of Basic Concepts and Technologies on
Motor Drives & Motion Control
This introductory course is to provide fundamental concepts
of electric motors and motor control techniques along with
introduction of new advanced technologies. The objective of
this course is for who want to learn fundamental principles and
basic knowledge on electromagnetic torque production theory,
construction and operation of DC, PM Brushless, Reluctance
and Induction motors. This course also discusses control electronics hardware and control algorithms, feedback control and
servo systems, PID regulators and their tuning procedure. The
content also explains pros and cons of drive technologies such
as 6-step vs. sinusoidal, voltage drive vs. current drive, phase
current regulator vs synchronous regulator, PID vs other controllers, sensored vs sensorless control, etc. From the author's
long experience in research and development of many different types of drives, practical and useful procedures in selecting control method, rule-of-thumb design rules, control system
structure and tuning, performance vs. cost tradeoff, etc will be
discussed.
Dal Y. Ohm, Ph.D, President, Drivetech, Inc.

Advanced Control Technologies for High
Performance AC/DC Motor Control
This course will provide in-depth knowledge and skills in control theory, algorithms and software structure to design various
high performance AC motor drives and control systems. The
course is intended for experienced engineers who have prior
exposure in motor drive design, or have basic knowledge in DC
and AC motor control theory & feedback control theory as outlined in the morning workshop, "Overview of Basic concepts
and technologies on Motor Drives & Motion Control". The
course starts with the basic principles of FOC (Field Oriented
Control, aka Vector Control), reference frame transform theory,
and dynamic motor model of PM motors and induction motors.
Then the discussion continues in applying the FOC principles
to PM synchronous motors, IPM, and Induction motors. Discussion is followed by various advanced motor control techniques for high performance and high energy efficiency including Space vector Modulation, Field-weakening operation, and
Sensorless control algorithms.
Dal Y. Ohm, Ph.D, President, Drivetech, Inc.

Design Methodology for Brushless Permanent
Magnet Motors
There is currently wide and renewed interest in the research
and development of electrical machines. On-going efforts are
fueled by the need for the new generations of "green" products, such as hybrid and electric vehicles and ultra high-efficiency industrial and home appliance motors. The workshop
reviews best practice for design of brushless permanent magnet (BPM) motors. The example specification used on the workshop is for a small electric vehicle traction application however
the procedure is common for most variable speed inverter fed
BPM motor designs.
David Staton, President, Motor Design Limited

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