Company Name: Magnomatics Ltd.

Website: http://www.magnomatics.com/

Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer (Contract)

Dates: April 2013 - October 2013

Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK. 

Magnomatics is a high technology engineering company that is developing and manufacturing products for many global industries based on its proprietary ground breaking magnetic gear technology. 

Magnomatics have developed two derivative products based on magnetic gears, the Pseudo Direct Drive PDD® and MAGSPLIT®.  The PDD is a very efficienct high torque low speed motor/generator highly suited to rail traction, actuation, fan motors, marine propulsion and wind power.  MAGSPLIT is a very efficient power-split hybrid transmission and is being evaluated by a number of vehicle manufacturers.  MAGSPLIT is very simple having just two rotating elements and has the added benefit of filtering torsional vibrations.

The company is active in many market sectors, including hybrid vehicles, renewables, marine propulsion, aerospace, rail, and oil & gas.

- http://www.magnomatics.com/

I began contracting for Magnomatics shortly after leaving Slipstream Engineering Design. As my first contract position I couldn't have asked for a better client, giving me the opportunity to get involved in a number of key projects. As a high tech dynamic engineering company it was clear to see that right first time was key to the success of the business, coupled with a technical and management team with a clear vision for getting their novel technology into all industries that could benefit from efficient drive technology.  

My role focused on realising the technical direction of the lead engineers into manufacturable products suitable for customer technology demonstration & test validation. I predominantly worked on products in their PDD product group which included;

• Wing flap actuator for an Italian aerospace OEM.

• Lightweight, modular multi megawatt drive for a global renewable energy consultancy.

• High utilisation in wheel electric vehicle (EV) motor for commercial vehicles.

In addition to working on PDD products I was also tasked with root cause analysis of a high speed turbo shaft failure using numerical & analytical techniques for a tier 1 global automotive OEM and a multi axis test rig for the static & dynamic testing of electrical machines suitable for torsional loads up to 6kNm & equivalent magnetic loads of up to 3kN.