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ReFreeDrive webinar series
Despite Covid-19, which has forced us all to work mainly from home, we are happy to announce the launch of the ReFreeDrive webinar series! The intention of this series is to share with you the main progresses and innovations on the electric drivetrain technologies... read more
ReFreeDrive 30 months General Assembly meeting
Last 16-17th March ReFreeDrive project partners should have met in Paris at IFPEN premises on the occasion of the 30 months since the project started, back in September 2017. The mobility constraints implemented in several European countries due to coronavirus... read more
ReFreeDrive publication @ Platinum magazine
ReFreeDrive project activities are being inevitably slowed down due to the spread of coronavirus in Europe. Nevertheless, in the last weeks many milestones regarding motors manufacturing have been accomplished. Pure synchronous reluctance (SynRel) motors including... read more
POSTPONED – ReFreeDrive @ 9th International Motors Workshop
The 9th annual International Motors Workshop, organised by Copper Alliance with the collaboration of IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) will take place on March 18th at IFPEN premises (1-4 Avenue de Bois Préau, Rueil Malmaison, France). The main topics that will be... read moreUAQ papers on motor cooling technologies
ReFreeDrive project’s research activities on electric motor cooling technologies have led to several scientific results worth publishing. In this sense, throughout 2019 University of L’Aquila carried out works on different cooling fluids performance, as well as... read more
ReFreeDrive’s Special Section at ICEM 2020
From 23rd to 26th August 2020 the XXIV International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) will take place in Gothenburg, Sweden. ICEM has established itself as an influential and recognized international event, being the only major international conference... read moreReFreeDrive’s activities update – January 2020
ReFreeDrive’s motors manufacturing activities are progressing quickly! All motor parts have already been manufactured, so now efforts are focused on motors assembly and power electronics prototypes validation prior to performance tests at IFPEN’s and Cidaut’s... read more
ReFreeDrive IEMDC Paper available for download
Last May 2019 ReFreeDrive partners Motor Design Ltd. and University of L’Aquila attended IEMDC conference at San Diego (CA, USA). As a result, a paper was published, which is now available for download. The paper, titled “Design Analysis of a High Speed Copper Rotor... read more