Markets: Electric motors for tomorrow’s world
Electrification, and with it the electric motor, is becoming more and more common in people’s everyday lives. Whether it’s in the area of mobility with e-scooters, e-bikes, e-forklifts, e-cars, and e-trucks or in electric aircraft. Or industrial applications such as (autonomous) drones, driverless (small) delivery vehicles, or electric motors in a wide range of machines and devices. Or in the home as drives for washing machines, tumble dryers, and shading systems. In medicine, electric motors are needed to pump fluids, in tiny and implanted pumps for blood or medication, for surgical robots, and in drives for toothbrushes and drills. The range of applications for electric motors is vast. We are at the beginning of a major development and are playing a major role in shaping it together with our customers – and we’re proud of it!
e-Mobility
Electrically powered vehicles such as e-scooters, e-bikes, e-forklifts, e-cars, e-trucks, cable cars, and even rail vehicles require modern, efficient electric motors. We deliver feasibility and industrialization at SWD or on your premises. Here, tomorrow is already today.
Aviation
Electric aircraft, whether it’s a drone, airplane, or helicopter – are still in their infancy, and the demands placed on electric propulsion systems are complex. Be it for transporting goods or people, for operating tools at height, or for transporting short or long distances: New technologies for electric motors are the driving force behind this.
Mechatronics
Industry is developing new manufacturing processes to produce of all kinds of goods and objects. Manufacturing processes require new production machines, systems, and processes. These in turn require smaller, faster, more efficient, and more precise electric motors with high torque.
Robotics
The advances in robotics have been enormous. These have included classic robot drives in industry, new robots similar to animals or humans, and supporting exoskeletons. All applications require smaller and more powerful electric motors for direct drives.
Medical technology
In medical technology, the areas of application for highly efficient motors are unlimited. For example, as a fluid pump (blood pump), as an electric motor in the body, for dosing during packaging, as drives for high-speed drills, as drives for robotic arms and as implants for surgery. This calls for creativity and the exploration of the feasibility of micro lamination stacks.