Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor for a generator of an aircraft engine. The method includes providing a rotor body; mounting at least one magnet on the rotor body; wrapping a tow around the rotor body and the at least one magnet to form a wrapped tow having a plurality of layers overlaid in the radial direction; and curing the wrapped tow to form at least a part of a fibre-reinforced composite sleeve configured to retain the at least one magnet on the rotor body. The step of wrapping includes applying a controlled tension to the tow during wrapping. The controlled tension is varied according to the radial position of the layer being wrapped.

Abstract: An internal cooling system for an electric motor including a stator with stator laminations and stator slots, a motor winding including head windings and stator slot winding turns in the stator slots, the internal cooling system including an internal slot jacket configured to encapsulate the stator slot winding turns in the stator slots. The internal slot jacket and/or the internal slot jacket outside the plurality of ducts includes a plurality of ducts configured to conduct coolant in contact with the stator slot winding turns in the stator slots to extract winding losses. Each of the ducts includes a plurality of features to reduce thermal resistance.

Abstract: An internal cooling system for an electric motor comprising a Drive End, DE, casing and a Non-Drive End, NDE casing, a stator with stator laminations and stator slots, head windings and stator slot winding turns, the internal cooling system comprising a first liquid cooling channel and a second liquid cooling channel, a periphery casing liquid cooling jacket connected to the first liquid cooling channel and to the second liquid cooling channel, DE and a NDE casing liquid cooling jackets configured to be established inside the DE and NDE casings, respectively, and connected to the first liquid cooling channel and to the second liquid cooling channel, respectively, and a slot-through liquid cooling jacket connected to the NDE and a DE casing liquid cooling jackets and configured to be established through the stator slots and in contact with the head windings and the stator slot winding turns to extract winding losses.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor for a generator of an aircraft engine. The method includes providing a rotor body; mounting at least one magnet on the rotor body; wrapping a tow around the rotor body and the at least one magnet to form a wrapped tow having a plurality of layers overlaid in the radial direction; and curing the wrapped tow to form at least a part of a fibre-reinforced composite sleeve configured to retain the at least one magnet on the rotor body. The step of wrapping includes applying a controlled tension to the tow during wrapping. The controlled tension is varied according to the radial position of the layer being wrapped.