While electric vehicles certainly offer a host of eco-friendly advantages, they're not without some asterisks, one being the rare earth materials (and harmful mining thereof) used to make the magnets ...

Linear motors are becoming increasingly practical for general motion. Many are used for long strokes of a few feet or more. One new design, however, where the magnets move relative to a stationary ...

Two great minds in permanent-magnet-free motor design are fusing their know-how to create an even more capable inductive electric motor. Mahle and Valeo have teamed up to introduce what they call the ...

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Did you know GM invented the domestic, affordable permanent magnet? Before this neodymium-iron-boron magnet came along in 1984, electric motors, generators, audio speakers, hard-disk drives, and the ...

Claimed that Iron Nitride magnet technology offers a promising alternative to traditional rare-earth-based magnets.

Noveon Magnetics Inc., a San Marcos-based recycler and maker of rare earth magnets, has landed a deal to deliver 1,000 tons of magnets to Nidec Motor Corp. over the next five years. Calling the ...

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