Recent developments in materials for electrical power equipment

Abstract EN

New materials have a major impact on the development of competitive products for the world market and their timely application is an important aspect of the development of elec¬trical eguipment.

Hence, manufacturing industry must be aware of the properties, cost and availability of new materials.

Recent examples are amorphous alloys, high energy neody-mium - iron - boron magnets and high temperature superconductors.

The objective of this paper is to identify and critically assess the physical properties of these materials and to ex¬amine their potential for use in electrical eguipment