Check of the motor design

Students from the VDS Groep T team recently consulted PsiControl Mechatronics on its expertise in drive lines with switched reluctance motors. The VDS Groep T team of the International GROEP T Leuven University College is part of the Vehicle Design Summit Consortium, and works together with several universities and industries all over the world to develop a next generation environment friendly car. PsiControl Mechatronics checked the first the motor design of VDS GROEP T, and will give advice on this.

In particular, the geometry of the motor was inputted into the motor calculation software of PsiControl Mechatronics. The performance of the motor obviously depends on its design. However, maximum performance can only be achieved by an optimal steering of the motor, which is not trivial to do. PsiControl Mechatronics has a state-of-the-art platform to determine motor specific driving parameters. Similar optimizations have also been carried out for the various motors on Picanol weaving machines. In addition, PsiControl Mechatronics will also put a motor controller at VDS’s disposal in order to put the prototype motor into operation as quickly as possible. In particular, this will translate the position of the accelerator pedal in a motor torque, and transfer the voltages to the switched reluctance motor.