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Handtmann Elteka white paper

»Q« from Kempen

A think tank in North Rhine

Westphalia develops underwater
Electric motors that are far more
powerful than previous models.
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The latest generation of underwater e-motors:
Interplay of materials
for the highest drive performance
35 years diving and one private
Contact with members of special task
forces was the reason for
the graduate engineer Guido Floren
to himself with underwater scooters
employ. Up to then on the market
drives were for
desired movement of technical
divers not easy
powerful enough. Within a very short
time, this occupation not only
resulted in a comprehensive one
Full-time job, but also one of the
smallest, lightest and most powerful
electric motors that marine technology
currently has to offer
Has.
The task was clearly outlined: the new
underwater scooter had to be powerful
- an output of approx. 8 kW with an
“We have developed operating voltage of, ideally, only 48
volts. Previous models achieve an output
what is currently the of just 3 kW. And the design also had to
most powerful be used in water depths
underwater e-drive in of more than 200 meters.
the ultra-compact class.” In addition, the new solution
should be compact and light in terms
Guido Floren, Managing Director of dimensions - an underwater scooter
Floren Marinetechnik GmbH must be operated manually.
E-motor (size 140), integrated in
a hand-built Swiss luxury sailing
boat
Due to his many years of professional
background in marine technology, Guido
Floren knew from the start that the task
could only be solved by developing a
small, light but powerful drive. North
Rhine-West, who has experience in
marine technology, saw the right approach
fale from Kempen based on a
permanent magnet excited synchronous
ring motor. However, models known
on the market had to be modified in
terms of geometry, materials and
manufacturing processes to meet the
performance requirements of underwater
applications.
High torque
for powerful propellers
With an E-ring engine, the propellers
are on the rotating one
attached inner part. Strong magnets are
arranged on its outer circumference.
The magnetization is permanent.
In contrast to electrical magnetization
by coils, a significantly larger magnetic
field is exerted and thus higher
performance or a higher torque is
significantly
lower battery currents.
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Due to the externally guided propeller, a hub
can also be dispensed with and an above-average
amount of thrust can be generated.
Furthermore, the motor works without sensors.
Although this makes the motor control more
complex, the advantage lies in smaller and
lighter motors, since the
Installation space for the sensors in the engine
is saved.” Compared to models available on
the market, we have the
Assemblies rearranged in our electric
motor. A very compact electric motor has been
created thanks to the fixed stator with integrated
coil pack and the internal rotor,” explains Guido
Floren.
"Furthermore, our motor has no shaft sealing
rings or seals, which is why it is almost
maintenance-free," explains Guido Floren.
interaction of all components
What makes Floren's e-motor more
powerful for the desired application compared
to current market models is also due to the
interaction of the selected materials and their
production. The water inlet and outlet are made
from a carbon fiber composite material, the
bearings are made from ceramic, and the entire
motor housing is made from the high-
performance plastic Lauramid.
The latter is a high-tech polyamide manufactured
in Germany, which is cast without pressure and
chemical and sea water
Electric motor (size 170) mounted as a POD
Drive on a Dutch Sloep
is persistent. Lauramid can be
manufactured close to the final shape or
machined. The engineers from Kempen work
with both production variants. Where simple PVC
on the housing is sufficient for small motors,
Floren has found that this does not work with its
larger motors: “We use the engineering material
Lauramid, among other things, because it is
temperature-resistant to more than 100 ÿC and
dimensionally stable and we have such an
extremely low degree of shrinkage. The latter
becomes all the more
more important the larger the diameters
of our ring motors are.” The materials used not
only withstand the high seawater requirements,
but also bring a weight advantage compared to
components made of metal.
When the motor is manufactured, both the stator
with the copper coils and the rotor with the magnets
are cast in a vacuum. A process that occupied the
Electric motor built
team around Guido Floren for a long time. into the underwater scooter
“future”
“In this way we avoid gas bubble inclusions in
the components, have pressure-neutral
components and do not require any seals,”
explains the Kempener. As a result, the drive can
also operate at extreme depths of more than 1,000
meters are used. Floren: “So our entire motor
consists of just a rotor and a stator. The only
thing our drive needs is water or another liquid
to be defined as a coolant and lubricant.”
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The electric drives from the Floren office are currently

available in three sizes from 1.8 to 11 kW, with two
further sizes being developed.
“Our engines are individually tuned for each
application. So we develop a new generation of
engines almost every year,” says Floren. With the
development of high-performance underwater electric
motors, the inventors from Kempen have found a
gap in the market. They started with their production
in the domestic double garage.

Here Guido Floren is reminiscent of a mixture of

James Bond quartermaster “Q” and high-tech inventor
Bill Gates. In the meantime, the drives are used, for
example, in the high-class sports boat sector and in
sloeps, a common Dutch type of boat, but can also be
used as water pumps, hydroelectric power stations or
The engineering office Guido Floren
generators. The new electric motor even met the high
quality requirements for use in the military sector.
was founded in 2007 by Guido Floren. In addition to manufacturing its own products in
marine technology, the IB-GF has many years of experience in providing technical advice
to companies, particularly in the military sector.

However, Guido Floren has not lost sight of the The portfolio includes both
original reason for the search for a powerful drive.
Development and construction
The high-performance underwater scooter work as well as the
“Futurum” was developed in parallel and is
Construction of prototypes
available at marine and tech and fiber composite work.

nical divers already internationally

www.ib-gf.de
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Albert Handtmann Elteka GmbH & Co. KG

is a subsidiary of the German Handtmann Holding.
The traditional company was founded more than 125 years ago
and is active in plant and mechanical engineering worldwide.
Handtmann Elteka develops engineering plastics.
The materials Lauramid®, Lauramid Hybrid® and Eltimid® as well
as the iCROSS® rolling bearings are used in mechanical engineering
as components or complete systems in a large number of industries.

High-tech plastics from Handtmann Elteka:

Lauramid®:
Wear-resistant, temperature-resistant and very light construction
material (PA 12C). Casting of steel hubs possible, food-safe
variants.

Twinamid 800®:
Wear-resistant, temperature-resistant mixed polyamide with
proportions of PA 12C and PA 6C.

Lauramid Hybrid®:
Metal foam encapsulated by Lauramid®, which enables particularly
stable, yet extremely light components.

Eltimid®:
Extremely temperature-resistant, lubricant-free construction material
(polyimide) that is pressed into small components and/or semi-
finished products. Various material variants available.

iCROSS® roller
bearings: Lubrication-free roller bearings with elements made of
Lauramid® and/or Eltimid®.

ÿ Albert Handtmann Elteka GmbH & Co. KG

Arthur-Handtmann-Str. 9 88400 Biberach/Riss Germany Tel.
+497351342-720 Fax +497351 342-7230 info.elteka@handtmann.de

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