- Low voltage industrial motors
- Automotive e-drives
- Rail traction motors
- Low voltage generators
- Wind generators
- More electric aircraft
- Distribution transformers
- Data centers
- Charging stations, inverters, batteries
- Review of electrical insulation materials used in a motor, generator or transformer design with respect to their operating conditions and target service life
- Support with qualification and performance testing of insulation materials per applicable international standards – primary conductor insulation, flexible and rigid insulation, impregnation resins and varnishes
- Assistance with regulatory aspects and certifications (e.g. UL)
- Optimizing performance and cost of electrical insulation materials
- Definition of test programs to qualify electrical insulation systems according to relevant international standards, selection of test equipment and parameters for specific tests
- Possibility to collaborate with a reputable test company in case of limited internal capabilities
- Electrical insulation materials and systems for low voltage electrical machines
- Material choices, sizing of insulation, testing of insulation
- Criteria for insulation systems, ageing programs, achieving reliability
- Partial discharge free design of insulation systems of inverter driven motors
- Related standardization (IEC, UL, IEEE, NEMA, ASTM, ...)
- Special topics around heat dissipation in electrical machines, thermal transport properties of electrical insulation
- Prediction of lifetime of insulation systems stressed with combined thermal and electrical stresses (e.g. PD-free systems with inverter voltage peaks)
- Prediction of degradation of heat dissipation in electrical machines linked to polymeric insulation system aging
- Evolution of novel electrical machines for e-mobility and hybrid and electric aircraft
- Support in thermal modelling and interpretation of results using analytical and computational tools