Abstract: A manufacturing method of a sintered magnet is described. The method includes forming a pre-sintering body from a first magnetic powder and a second magnetic powder (containing a heavy rare earth element, HRE) so that at least part of the second magnetic powder is provided at at least one inner portion of the pre-sintering body and surrounded format least two opposite sides by the first magnetic powder; sintering the pre-sintering body; and annealing the sintered pre-sintering body at an annealing temperature lower than the sintering temperature, thereby causing inter-grain diffusion of HRE from the HRE reservoir zone to the grain boundary phase. After the annealing, the grain boundary phase contains the HRE in a higher concentration than the main phase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to high-resistivity permanent magnets, their preparation and their application in electrical machines. A permanent magnet according to the present invention comprises a permanent magnet comprising a magnetic material and a shaped inorganic insulating element, wherein a shape and a size of the shaped inorganic insulating element have been substantially unchanged by the sintering, wherein the shaped inorganic insulating element has a width and a length which are both at least 10 times larger than an average grain diameter of the magnetic material after sintering, and wherein an arithmetic average waviness Wa of an interface between the magnetic material and the shaped inorganic insulating element is less than 10% of a local wall thickness of the shaped inorganic insulating element after sintering.

Abstract: A system and method are described for post-processing a 3D printed component. For example, support structures for the 3D printed component may be removed during post-processing. In the system and method, a first image of a component is stored in memory. A second image of a 3D printed component corresponding to the component is also captured. One or more cutting paths between the 3D printed component and the support structures is then determined based on the first image and the second image. The 3D printed component may then be autonomously separated from the support structures by cutting through the cutting path.

Abstract: A system and method are described for post-processing a 3D printed component. For example, support structures for the 3D printed component may be removed during post-processing. In the system and method, a marker is placed on the 3D printed component or on a support structure attached to the 3D printed component. The marker may be printed while the 3D printed component and the support structures are printed by a 3D printer. After printing, the marker may then be sensed to determine one or more cutting paths between the 3D printed component and the support structures. The 3D printed component may then be autonomously separated from the support structures by cutting through the cutting path.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multicomponent permanent magnet, and a multicomponent permanent magnet are proposed. The multicomponent permanent magnet has a first permanent magnet having a R-T-B-composition, wherein R is at least one selected from the group consisting of Y, Ce, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd and T is one or more transition metal elements including Fe; and a second permanent magnet having a R-T-B-composition, wherein R is at least one selected from the group consisting of Y, Ce, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd and T is one or more transition metal elements including Fe, the second magnet including at least one of a heavy rare earth element (HRE) and an increased amount of Ce and/or Co, the second magnet having different magnetic properties, in particular a higher coercivity, than the first magnet. The first magnet and the second magnet are connected mechanically, wherein the connection is electrically conductive with an adjusted electrical resistivity.

Abstract: A method of producing a permanent magnet includes forming a magnetisable workpiece by additive manufacturing and forming the permanent magnet by partitioning the magnetisable workpiece. The additive manufacturing includes steps of forming a first powder layer by depositing a first powder, the first powder being ferromagnetic; forming a first workpiece layer of the magnetisable workpiece by irradiating a predetermined first area of the first powder layer by means of a focused energy beam to fuse the first powder in the first area; and repeating the above steps multiple times to form further workpiece layers of the magnetisable workpiece. The permanent magnet is formed by partitioning the magnetisable workpiece, where an exposed surface of the permanent magnet formed by the partitioning is non-parallel to the first workpiece layer, and where the permanent magnet produces an external magnetic field having a magnetic field strength of at least 1 kA/m.

Abstract: A sintered magnet, the sintered magnet including a core portion, a shell portion arranged at an outer part of the sintered magnet, and a diffusion portion arranged at least partially between the core portion and the shell portion. The shell portion has a coercivity, which is at least 30 kA/m larger than the coercivity of the core portion. In the diffusion portion, the coercivity is not less than the coercivity of the core portion and not larger than the coercivity of the shell portion and the value of the coercivity gradually increases from the core portion towards the shell portion. The thickness of the core portion is not less than 1 mm and the total thickness of the shell portion and the diffusion portion is at least 5 mm.

Abstract: A system and method are described for post-processing 3D printed components. Post-processing may include removing support structures for the 3D printed components and may also include other processes like assembling 3D printed components into finished products. In the system and method, post-processing strategies are iteratively generated and performed on 3D printed components. Performance metrics of the post-processing strategies are compared with a user-defined performance indicator in a learning process to improve the post-processing strategy over a number of 3D printed components.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a magnetic powder and the use of a waste magnetic material for producing isotropic or anisotropic magnets. The method comprises providing a waste magnetic material comprising a waste magnetic chemical composition, analyzing the waste magnetic material to obtain information about the waste magnetic chemical composition thereof, adjusting the waste magnetic chemical composition to a target magnetic chemical composition to obtain an adjusted waste magnetic material, and atomizing the adjusted waste magnetic material to obtain the magnetic powder.

Abstract: An electrical switch assembly includes a contact element to be moved towards a further contact element for generating an electrical connection; and a drive for moving the contact element; wherein the drive includes a plunger with a connection member interconnected with the contact element; wherein the plunger includes a mechanical structure with a top side to which the connection member is connection, and a bottom side opposite to the top side; wherein the drive includes a Thomas coil for moving the plunger via an electrically conducting top face, which is provided on the top side and an electrically conducting bottom face, which is provided on the bottom side. The mechanical structure includes at least one channel between the top side and the bottom side, the at least one channel extending transverse to a movement direction of the plunger. Furthermore, the mechanical structure fills less than 50% of a volume between the top side and the bottom side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a two-phase heat transfer device for dissipating heat from a heat source, for instance a power semiconductor module, by a heat transfer medium, wherein the two-phase heat transfer device includes a main body, wherein the main body is formed by a body material and includes a multi-dimensional void network, wherein the multi-dimensional void network includes voids and is adapted for containing the heat transfer medium, wherein the multi-dimensional void network is adapted such that a flow of the heat transfer medium along a path through the main body is based on a variation in capillary action exerted by the multi-dimensional void network on the heat transfer medium along the path. Further the invention relates to a power semiconductor module comprising the above two-phase heat transfer device for heat dissipation and to a method for producing the above two-phase heat transfer device.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a sintered magnet is described. The method includes forming a pre-sintering body from a first magnetic powder and a second magnetic powder (containing a heavy rare earth element, HRE) so that at least part of the second magnetic powder is provided at at least one inner portion of the pre-sintering body and surrounded format least two opposite sides by the first magnetic powder; sintering the pre-sintering body; and annealing the sintered pre-sintering body at an annealing temperature lower than the sintering temperature, thereby causing inter-grain diffusion of HRE from the HRE reservoir zone to the grain boundary phase. After the annealing, the grain boundary phase contains the HRE in a higher concentration than the main phase.

Abstract: An electrical switch assembly includes a contact element to be moved towards a further contact element for generating an electrical connection; and a drive for moving the contact element; wherein the drive includes a plunger with a connection member interconnected with the contact element; wherein the plunger includes a mechanical structure with a top side to which the connection member is connection, and a bottom side opposite to the top side; wherein the drive includes a Thomas coil for moving the plunger via an electrically conducting top face, which is provided on the top side and an electrically conducting bottom face, which is provided on the bottom side. The mechanical structure includes at least one channel between the top side and the bottom side, the at least one channel extending transverse to a movement direction of the plunger. Furthermore, the mechanical structure fills less than 50% of a volume between the top side and the bottom side.

Abstract: A sintered magnet, the sintered magnet including a core portion, a shell portion arranged at an outer part of the sintered magnet, and a diffusion portion arranged at least partially between the core portion and the shell portion. The shell portion has a coercivity, which is at least 30 kA/m larger than the coercivity of the core portion. In the diffusion portion, the coercivity is not less than the coercivity of the core portion and not larger than the coercivity of the shell portion and the value of the coercivity gradually increases from the core portion towards the shell portion. The thickness of the core portion is not less than 1 mm and the total thickness of the shell portion and the diffusion portion is at least 5 mm.

Abstract: This application concerns a magnet having a magnet body as well as a method for manufacturing such a magnet. The magnet body has a first region with first magnetic properties and a second region with second magnetic properties that are different to the first properties. Owing to the manufacturing process of the magnet body, the relative location of the first region and the second region within the magnet body is freely predeterminable.

Abstract: This application concerns a magnet having a magnet body as well as a method for manufacturing such a magnet. The magnet body has a first region with first magnetic properties and a second region with second magnetic properties that are different to the first properties. Owing to the manufacturing process of the magnet body, the relative location of the first region and the second region within the magnet body is freely predeterminable.