Method for producing an electrical machine with a body of soft magnetic material
A method for producing a core and a method for producing an electrical machine. Said core has a body of soft magnetic material having a plurality of teeth and at least one magnetic flux cross section area enlarging element being made from a composite of a soft magnetic powder and a binder, said magnetic flux area enlarging element being arranged onto a tooth of said body.
1. A method far producing an electrical machine comprising a body of soft magnetic material, said method comprising the steps of:
arranging at least one winding around at least a portion of the body of soft magnetic material such that a cavity is formed between the at least one winding and said portion of the body of soft magnetic material around which portion the winding is arranged,
positioning the body of soft magnetic material and the at least one winding in a cavity of a mold, and
injecting a composite of soft magnetic powder and a thermoplastic into the cavity of the mold and into the cavity between the at least one winding and said portion of the body of soft magnetic material around which portion the winding is arranged in order to form a magnetic flux cross section enlarging element that increases the cross sectional area of the magnetic flux path of the body of soft magnetic material.
2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the body of soft magnetic material includes a plurality of teeth and a plurality of windings and wherein the act of arranging includes arranging each of the windings of a plurality of windings around different teeth.
3. Method according to claim 2 , wherein said body of soft magnetic material is made of a stack of sheets of soft magnetic material, said sheets being electrically insulated from each other.
4. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said body of soft magnetic material is made of a stack of sheets of soft magnetic material, said sheets being electrically insulated from each other.
5. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said body of soft magnetic material is made of compacted soft magnetic powder.
6. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said body of soft magnetic material is made of sintered soft magnetic powder.
7. Method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of forming the cavity of the mold for receiving the body of soft magnetic material and the at least one winding and for defining a magnetic flux cross section area enlarging element.
8. Method according to claim 7 , wherein the act of forming the cavity of the mold further includes the act of forming the cavity for defining a three dimensional feature extending from the body and the at least one winding.
9. Method according to claim 7 , wherein the step of forming the cavity of the mold further includes the step of forming the cavity for defining a three dimensional feature for engaging with systems external to the electrical machine.
10. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic flux cross section enlarging element increases the permeance of a section of the electrical machine comprising the magnetic flux cross section enlarging element.
11. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic flux cross section enlarging element increases heat transfer from the at least one winding to the portion of the body of soft magnetic material around which portion the winding is arranged.
12. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic flux cross section enlarging element extends along the tooth for the entire width of the at least one winding.