The use of segmented-shifted grain-oriented sheets in magnetic circuits of small AC motors

In order to increase energy efficiency of AC rotating machines, one possibility is the use of Grain-Oriented steel sheets to build stator magnetic circuits in order to reduce iron losses. After presenting the general concept considering a non-segmented-shifted sheets prototype recently developed in our laboratory, a segmented structure is introduced. Experimental comparisons between these structures are performed using static machines. The main...