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INDUSTRY NEWS
By etching copper coils directly onto a printed circuit board stator,
Infinitum eliminates the heavy steel core and copper windings of
conventional motors. This not only reduces the size and weight
by half, but by removing the iron in the magnet path it eliminates
torque ripple, cogging, stator hysteresis and eddy current losses,
leading to increased efficiency. Voltage stress confirms PCB
stators last ten times longer than a conventional pre-formed coil,
they also improve reliability throughout the lifetime of a motor,
says Infinitum.
The new funding amounted to $30 million in additional growth
capital from Riverstone Holdings Latin America, Alliance Resource
Partners, Caterpillar Venture Capital and Cottonwood
Technology Fund. The funds will be used to
expedite commercial and industrial motor production
by expanding and fully automating assembly
at the company's 65,000 square foot facility in
Mexico to meet a significant increase in demand, it
announced.
It also announced rebranding itself as Infinitum,
emphasizing a theme of going beyond the limits of
traditional motors. While the lifetime of traditional
motors is typically 10-20 years, Infinitum motors
are modular by design, making them easier to service,
and allowing the housing, rotors, and stators
to be reused multiple times.
Ben Schuler,
founder and CEO of
Infinitum
" Partnering with our network
of existing investors allows
us to automate assembly
in our dedicated facility so
that we can scale production
this year and next, to meet
escalating customer demand
for our highly efficient
motors, " said Ben Schuler,
founder and CEO. " Rebranding
the company as Infinitum
underscores our commitment
to future generations by going beyond to produce
motors that can power the world with less energy
and waste because they are designed with circularity
in mind. " As part of its rebranding, Infinitum's
IEs Series motor for general purpose, commercial
and industrial applications will be renamed to the
Aircore EC. The IEm Series motor for mobility applications
will be renamed to Aircore Mobility and
the IEalt product line of alternators in development
will become Aircore Power Gen.
Since the launch of its IEs Series of motor systems
in 2020, the company has reported securing
customer agreements with more than $900 million
in potential orders from a variety of companies in
heavy industry, manufacturing, HVAC and transportation
markets. With the investment round in
May, Infinitum said it would expand high-volume
production out of its facility in Tijuana, and would
double its workforce with an additional 50 employees
across its new expanded Round Rock headquarters
and Spokane, Washington offices. For
more info, see www.goinfinitum.com and query for
earlier articles in Magnetics Magazine.
www.MagneticsMag.com
Infinitum next plans to commercialize an Air Core design traction
motor for EVs
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