THE DESIGN OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY WITH AN INNOVATIVE SIMULATION-BASED OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURE

The Jožef Stefan Institute successfully carried out an applied project for the company MAHLE Electric Drives Slovenija d.o.o. where the task was to design an electric motor for steering systems in vehicles. The goal was to determine the motor geometry and material properties such that the technical requirements are met and the cost minimized. To arrive at the solution, we developed  an innovative simulation-based optimization procedure that includes the statistical evaluation of solutions considering deviations in the manufacture of the engine. The result is an advanced cost-effective engine that substantially improves the company’s competitiveness in the market. The cooperation was initiated by the Center for Technology Transfer and Innovation in 2022, and the project was carried out by the Intelligent Systems Department (Bogdan Filipič, Tea Tušar, Aljoša Vodopija and Jordan Cork) and the Computer Systems Department (Peter Korošec). At the Industrial Forum IRT 2023 held in Portorož, this work received the TARAS award for successful cooperation between industry and academia.