Magnetic Core Characterization Test Fixture
Problem statement
Imagine having to spend hours wrapping primary and secondary windings around a core just to run a ten second test. The Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC) lab currently uses this technique to characterize magnetic cores, which drastly increases the amount of time required to test each specimen. There are currently no available market-released products that can help reduce the complexity and time for each test setup. As a result, the team will design and fabricate two to three test fixtures that will account for efficient loading and unloading of various test specimens to reduce the time required for testing by avoiding the need to wind each core with a primary winding. The test fixture will test magnetic cores for the next generation of electric motor drive systems used in hybrid vehicles, wind turbines, power transmissions, and other industrial applications. The data from this test fixture will be used to increase the accuracy of electromagnetic FEA models.
Team members
Sarah Yoon – leader
Cierra Haupert – communicator
Ryan Porter – accountant
Zijian Wu – admin
Client
Kyle Hanson, Electrical and Computer Engineering