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Altair FluxMotor™ Overview

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Altair FluxMotor™ is a flexible standalone software tool focusing on the pre-design of electric rotating machines. It enables the user to design and create motors from standard or customized parts, as well as to intuitively add windings and materials to run a selection of tests and compare machine behavior.

Addressing a broad range of users, FluxMotor is easy to use with an efficient working environment allowing for the creation and performance evaluation of an electric motor within a few minutes.

“FluxMotor is an easy-to-use and efficient dedicated predesign tool, targeting designers from all sectors related to the electric motors field”

–Grégory Michaud
Electromagnetic Engineer, SoftBank Robotics

Benefits

High productivity gain

• Automatically driven workflow offering an efficient user-oriented environment to different level of users

• Facilitated project management, allow a quick access to past studies and to manage the full range of products

• Creating a model of an electric motor and evaluating its technical-economic potential within a few minutes

No compromise on accuracy

• Based on optimization technology, FluxMotor helps reduce computing time to the minimum, while maintaining accurate results

• Computing methods wisely using the high power of finite element modeling

• Settings adapted to the task levels of accuracy vs. rapidity

Connection for advanced studies

• Easy project export to Flux to perform advanced studies like eccentricity, vibro-acoustic, etc.

• At any time, the full parameterized Flux project, with all the physical properties embedded, is ready to be solved in Flux environment

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Winding tool Part library Motor Factory design area Motor catalog with comparator Material database FluxMotor Architecture Efficiency map Back-emf results

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Capabilities

Effective machines parts management

• Libraries are provided with standard parts

• A wide variety of slots or magnets are available

• All the topologies are parameterized

• Offered standard parts, slots or magnets, can be edited and customized for unlimited configuration

Productive interfaces to shape the machine

• Step by step, from the shaft, rotor magnet to the slot, winding and housing of the stator, a dedicated interface guides users to finalize machine design

• 4 different winding modes (from automatic to expert) help users to find the right winding architecture

• Comprehensive and scalable material database

Testing and evaluating electric motors

• The FluxMotor dedicated test environment enables users to assess motor performance

• Example of tests ready to be performed
  • Maps vs (Id, Iq): Flux, inductance, torque, iron losses, etc.

  • Open circuit tests with cogging torque and back-emf

  • Torque-speed curves & efficiency maps

• Relevant input parameters allow users to control the test conditions

• A detailed motor datasheet can be edited and exported

Powerful project management

• The motor catalogue environment allows easy management of motors projects, helping the user to classify the machine and offering quick access to past studies

• The general data and performance of several machines can be compared and help simplify the machine choice

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