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Company: Hrl Laboratories, LLC
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Subsidy Source: federal
State in Which Facility Is Located: California
Project Description: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC NEW OPEN 2021 AWARD CONTROL NUMBER: 2459-2492 TITLE: SURFACE LASER ARCHITECTED MAGNETS (SLAM) TO DEVELOP MAGNETS WITH DOUBLE THE ENERGY PRODUCT OF STATE-OF-THE-ART NDFEB MAGNETS AT ELEVATED OPERATING TEMPERATURES BY TAILORING MAGNET SURFACE ARCHITECTURE TO RESIST DEMAGNETIZATION, WHICH WILL RESULT IN INCREASED EFFICIENCY ELECTRIC MOTORS. TODAYS HIGH EFFICIENCY ELECTRIC MOTORS ARE DRIVEN BY LARGE AND EXPENSIVE PERMANENT MAGNETS WHICH REQUIRE CRITICAL-SUPPLY-RISK HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENTS TO OPERATE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES (150OC) WITHOUT DEMAGNETIZING. SLAM IS A NEW MAGNET ARCHITECTURE WHICH MITIGATES EFFICIENCY LIMITING THERMALLY INDUCED DEMAGNETIZATION WHILE REDUCING THE USE OF EXPENSIVE HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENTS. USING LASER-BASED POST-PROCESSING METHODS, SLAM MAGNETICALLY HARDENS THE WEAKEST POINTS ON A NDFEB MAGNET SURFACE AGAINST DEMAGNETIZATION, WHICH ENABLES HIGHER TORQUE AND MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT MOTORS. THESE IMPROVED MAGNETS WILL ALLOW MOTOR MANUFACTURERS TO REDUCE MOTOR COST AND MASS COMPARED TO CURRENT ELECTRIC MOTORS. IN TURN, REDUCED COSTS WILL ACCELERATE ADOPTION OF ELECTRIC GROUND AND AIR VEHICLES, REDUCE OVERALL ENERGY DEMANDS AND GREENHOUSE GASSES, CURTAIL DEPENDENCY ON NON-DOMESTIC RARE-EARTH (RE) ELEMENTS, AND CREATE RESILIENT US BASED ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE.
Year: 2022
Subsidy Value: $2,601,986
Program Name: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance code: 81.135
Awarding Agency: Department of Energy
Type of Subsidy: federal grant
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