INDUCTICA 2012

The International Conference for Inductive and Electromagnetic Components, Systems and Devices including Manufacturing and Processing.

Conference Chairman
Prof. Dr. Gareth Monkman
Mechatronics Research Unit,
FH Regensburg, Seybothstr 2,
93053 Regensburg, Germany
Internet: www.mechatronics.org

Conference Program

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Tuesday 26 June 2012
Session 1 - Insulation Materials

0930 – 1000
Developing a Novel Environment Friendly Polyester-imide Solventless Impregnating Resin
Xia Yu, Hu Zhao-nan, Ru Guo-xing, Zhou Cheng, Wang wen - Suzhou Jufeng Electrical Insulation System Co., Ltd., China

1000 – 1030
Severely Hydrotreated Naphthenics – Today's Proven Electrical Insulating Oil for Tomorrow's Transformers
E. Casserly, J. Rasco, K. Patrick - Ergon Refining, Inc., United States, N. Herlenius - Ergon Europe Mea, Inc., Belgium

1030 – 1100
Transforming Transformer Oils
Dipl.-Ing. Bernd Lohmeyer and Dr Peter Smith - Shell Global Solutions GmbH, Germany

1100 – 1130
Innovative PU Encapsulants for Challenging applications – thermally endurant and high thermally conductive PUs.
Dr. Christina Benedek - WEVO-CHEMIE GmbH – Germany

1130 – 1200

Thermosetting resin systems for stator encapsulation in electro-mobility and industrial motors
Dr. Werner Hollstein - Huntsman Advanced Materials GmbH, Basel, Switzerland

1200 – 1230
Application of Newly Developed Epoxy-Anhydride VPI Resin in HV Motors and Wind Power Generators
Wang Wen, Tao Chunchu, Li Cuicui, Zhu Yi, Xia Yu – Suzhou Jufeng Electrical Insulation System Co., Ltd. China

1230 – 1300
Effect of mica tape resin flow ability on Roebel bar Electrical Endurance
Dr. Tahmine Enayaty-Ahangar and Mehdi Shadmand, Mapnagenerator.Com, Iran

Session 2 - Transformer & Inductor design

1330 – 1400
Simple and Exact Inductance Formula of a Circular Loop
Y.L. Chow, M.H. Ahmed and M.M.A. Salama - University of Waterloo, Canada

1400 – 1430
Accurate Inductance of an Air Core Solenoid in a Rapidly Convergent Series Form
Y.L. Chow, M.H. Ahmed and M.M.A. Salama - University of Waterloo, Canada

1430 – 1500
Effect of Dielectric Material on the Performance of Printed Circuit Board Power Transformers in MHz Frequency Region
Radhika Ambatpudi, Hari Babu Kotte and Kent Bertilsson - Mid Sweden University, Sweden

1500 – 1530
Effect of Air Gap on the Performance Characteristics of Pot Core Transformer for High Frequency (MHz) Switch Mode Power Supplies
Radhika Ambatpudi*, Hari Babu Kotte and Kent Bertilsson - Mid Sweden University, Sweden

1530 – 1600
ANOFOL, Coils from anodized Aluminium, the Alternative to copper
Dr. Oliver Zimmermann - STEINERT Elektromagnetbau GmbH, Köln, Germany

Wednesday 27 June 2012
Session 3 - Manufacturing

0930 – 1000
Fully-Automated Process Of Overmoulding Of Stator Insulation
Gregor Jelenc - Domel Components & Tools, Slovenia

1000 – 1030
Flexible semi-automated- workplace for placing permanent magnets.
Jan Tremel – University Erlangen, Germany

1030 – 1100
Composite PM core and manufacturing process for inductive devices
Dr. György Dutkay – Technovár, Ltd., Hungary

Session 4 – Electrical Steels

1100 – 1130
New magnetic materials for rotating machines: An innovative approach of evaluation of the iron losses in magnetic laminations, applied to the optimization of highly saturated electric motors.
L. Vandenbossche, S. Jacobs, E. Attrazic – ArcelorMittal Global R&D, Belgium, R. Andreux, N. Labbe – Valeo

1130 – 1200
New Challenges for Electrical Steel
Florian Herget – ThyssenKrupp, Germany

1200 – 1230
High Saturation, High Strength Iron-Cobalt Alloy for Electrical Machines
Dr. Niklas Volbers and Dr. Joachim Gerster, VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

Session 5 – Motor Design

1300 – 1330
Better balance of rotors using new manufacturing concept
Birgitte Rönfeld – Sintex a/s, Denmark

1330 – 1400
Practical Strategies for Improved Cooling of Electrical Motors and Generators
Dr. Dave Staton, Douglas Hawkins and Mircea Popescu - Motor Design Ltd., U.K

1400 – 1430
STAR-CCM+ and SPEED for electric machine cooling analysis
Dr. Stefan Holst, Markus Anders – CD-ADAPCO, U.K.

Session 6 – Magnetic Materials

1430 – 1500
Design considerations of chokes with amorphous c-cores
Dr. Swen Graubner - SEKELS GmbH, Germany

1500 – 1530
Optimized common mode chokes for high currents
Dr. Swen Graubner - SEKELS GmbH, Germany

1530 – 1600
Laminated Winding with Rapid Cooling Capability for Electrical Machines
Dr. Conny Högmark, Avo Reinap, Mats Alaküla - Lund University, Sweden

Thursday 28 June 2012
Session 7 – Condition Monitoring

0930 – 1000
In-service condition monitoring of oil filled bushings
J Nunes, B Pahlavanpour, P Wiklund and K Sundkvist - Nynas GmbH, Germany

1000 – 1030
Statistically Valdiated Asset Management for Transformers
Johannes Ritter - Solution Matrix, Germany

1030 – 1100
A flexible and energy-efficient platform for motor testing
Laurentiu Encica and Johan Paulides - Advanced Electromagnetics BV, Sprang-Capelle, Netherlands.

1100 – 1130
Measuring transformer oil parameters with multi-frequent ultrasound:  TranSCoM -  a new innovative method providing more safety for power transformers.
Dr. Thomas Fritsch - Yucoya Energy Safety GmbH, Germany

1130 – 1200
Non-intrusive On-line MV Motor Condition Assessment
Mario Kuisis – Martec, South Africa

Session 8 – FEM Simulation

1230 – 1300
Iron loss model for the FE-simulation of an induction motor
Daniel Eggers, Simon Steentjes and Kay Hameyer - RWTH Aachen University, Germany

1300 – 1330
Using analytical approach with finite element analysis for coupling magnetic and thermal analysis for motors.
Patrick Lombard, Julien Vayrette, Fabrice Marion - Cedrat SA., France

1330 – 1400
Effective Modeling and Computer Simulation of Motors, Generators and Transformers
John Ojha – Power Systems, France.

1400 – 1430
Study the Influences of Airgap Variation on Axial Forces in Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Motors Using 3D-FEM
Dr. Seyyed Mehdi Mirimani, Abolfazl Vahedi - Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran

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