Electrical motor producer Orbis Electrical has launched HaloDrive, an axial flux motor-generator designed for business transportation and industrial functions. The system includes a modular four-part structure with an injection-molded plastic stator and adjustable gearset configurations.
The motor might be deployed throughout a number of sectors together with business transportation, trucking fleets, passenger automobiles, marine methods, and aerospace platforms. Orbis positions the expertise as a substitute for standard Everlasting Magnet Synchronous Motors presently utilized in electrical car functions.
In keeping with the corporate, HaloDrive has been examined by passenger car producers for in-wheel propulsion methods and by heavy-duty trucking fleets as diesel alternative mills. In business functions, Orbis studies the motor has improved one buyer’s fleet gas effectivity by 61 p.c.
“Our imaginative and prescient with HaloDrive is to considerably advance how companies transition to electrification by eradicating electrical motor limitations resembling deployment prices, materials and manufacturability dangers, and efficiency limitations,” mentioned Probability Claxton, CEO of Orbis Electrical. “With HaloDrive, we provide a high-performance axial flux motor that’s not solely extremely environment friendly and highly effective but in addition environmentally sustainable.”
The motor system is designed to suit inside car wheels, which the corporate says reduces car weight and might enhance vary by 20 p.c. When configured as a generator, set up requires roughly three hours in response to Orbis specs.
One goal software entails electrical transport refrigeration items in business vans. The HaloDrive system might be put in on drivetrains or axles to transform braking power into electrical energy for cell refrigeration methods, eliminating dependence on diesel-powered refrigeration items. Orbis claims this configuration reduces diesel refrigeration gas consumption to zero and operates at 90 p.c decrease value than standard methods.
The motor delivers torque density of 100 Newton-meters per kilogram and operates at as much as 97 p.c effectivity. Orbis studies the system supplies as much as 35 p.c decrease drivetrain prices in comparison with radial flux motors whereas supporting a number of drivetrain positions with out requiring structural modifications to automobiles.
“Our strategy with HaloDrive is and all the time has been about making a motor that not solely meets the speedy electrification wants throughout a spread of industries, however can also be compact and environment friendly sufficient to place companies for future power and sustainability requirements,” mentioned Marcus Hays, founder and CTO of Orbis Electrical.
The corporate notes that transportation accounts for 39 p.c of US carbon dioxide emissions and 12 p.c globally, whereas inefficient electrical motors eat one-third of worldwide electrical energy. Orbis estimates its expertise may cut back emissions by 1.4 billion metric tons of CO2 if broadly adopted.
