Bonded magnets in PM-assisted synchronous reluctance machines: Performance dependence on the production technology

The versatility and robustness with the low costs, characterize the synchronous reluctance SRM machines. On the other hand, some drawbacks limit the potential of such machines. A solution was found in the use of permanent magnets in the flux barriers. The adoption of traditional regular sintered magnets does not allow a complete filling of the flux barriers, therefore the adoption of bonded magnets has been proposed, and two different production technologies have been analyzed. Three prototype machines have been prepared: Reference SRM and two PM-assisted reluctance. Interesting results have been obtained from experimental tests and compared to FE simulation ones.