Infinitum Named 2024 Silver Edison Award Winner AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Infinitum, creator of the sustainable air-core motor, today announced it received a prestigious 2024 Silver Edison Award. This is the second consecutive year that Infinitum has been honored for its groundbreaking innovation in the Sustainable Energy category. This year’s award honors Infinitum’s latest generation Aircore EC motor system, a high-efficiency motor system designed to sustainably power carbon-intensive commercial and industrial applications, such as HVAC fans, pumps and data centers with less energy ..read more

Trends: Automation in agriculture and off highway By Miles Budimir |  In smart agriculture applications, companies are leveraging motion systems to improve reliability in their designs. Advances in automation technology as well as related advances in sensors, imaging, and communications have meant improvements to the kinds of motion control systems employed in agricultural applications as well as other off-highway uses. That means that the smart agriculture market is only poised for more growth in the coming years. In the U.S. alone, the smart agriculture market is expected to ..read more

New motor designs redefine capabilities By Miles Budimir |  Electric motors are at the core of industrial motion control. From servo and stepper motors to various linear motor designs, demand for these motors across a wide range of applications is only expected to increase. The rise in automation and ongoing electrification calls for more efficient electric motors and more diversified and specialized designs to meet changing design requirements. Design World editors recently asked a number of leading motor manufacturers about trends they’re seeing in the electric motor industr ..read more

Infinitum to Speak on Building a Business and Culture Around Sustainability at the Empowering Pumps & Equipment Sustainability Summit AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Infinitum today announced that Marelle Paas-O’Brock, Business Development Manager, will present a session on building a sustainable business and culture at the upcoming Empowering Pumps & Equipment Sustainability Summit, the leading pump industry event highlighting companies creating a more sustainable world, to be held virtually March 26, 2024. WHAT: Going Beyond Efficiency: How to Create a Business and Culture Ar ..read more

Infinitum to Present its Sustainable Motor Technology at CERAWeek 2024 AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Infinitum, creator of the sustainable air-core motor, today announced that Bhavnesh Patel, Chief Strategy Officer, will present a session at Chevron’s Agora House during the Innovation Agora Conference, part of CERAWeek 2024, a leading event exploring strategies for the energy transition, being held March 18-21 in Houston. The Innovation Agora @ CERAWeek brings together technologists, startup entrepreneurs, VCs and investors, thought leaders, policy makers, and corporate innovators—all committe ..read more

Trends: Drives and controls incorporate more safety and feedback By Lisa Eitel |  The last decade has seen advancements in controls and motor drive technologies to boost efficiency, safety, and ease of use. Now commonplace are drives that: Let end users leverage autotuning functions for faster commissioning Detect and correct for vibration issues — including the shaping of power into motors to avoid resonances Spur increasingly compact motors to beyond rated speeds House sensing capabilities and memory to support predictive maintenance initiatives Perform realtime monitoring ..read more

Infinitum Named as a Finalist in the World Renowned 2024 Edison Awards Infinitum’s groundbreaking latest gen Aircore EC motor honored for excellence in the Sustainability category AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Infinitum, creator of the sustainable air-core motor, has been named a finalist in the 2024 Edison Awards. The company is being honored in the Sustainability category for its latest generation Aircore EC motor system, which is designed to power commercial and industrial applications, such as HVAC fans, pumps and data centers with less energy consumption, reduced emissions and reduced was ..read more

Start- and Scale-up of the Week: Infinitum Infinitum’s latest generation Aircore EC motor system Infinitum Employees: 150 Funding round: $185m in Series E funding (announced Nov. 1) Headquarters: Austin, Texas Tell us about your company. Infinitum is mitigating climate change with a next generation motor system that is better for the planet. The company’s electric air-core motor systems have raised the bar for sustainability and usability, offering a path to reduce global electricity demand and decarbonize some of the highest emitting and hardest-to-abate sectors, including com ..read more

Infinitum looks to disrupt vehicle electrification with Aircore Mobility Austin, TX-based Infinitum, which pitches itself as a more sustainable electric motor company, is looking to help the highest-emitting CO2 sectors in the world decarbonize. Helping to do this is its new-for-2024 and latest-generation Aircore motors. The EC version is said by the company to be the industry’s highest-efficiency motor system for energy-intensive commercial and industrial applications such as HVAC fans, pumps, data centers, and material handling equipment, and its new Aircore Power Gen is a smaller, li ..read more

Axial flux e-motor maker progresses toward mobility, alters cooling design Components of Infinitum’s axial flux e-motors. After discovering friction losses when spraying the stators with coolant, the jacket handles most of cooling responsibilities for the program.  (Infinitum) By: CHRIS CLONTS In 2023, Infinitum maxed out its manufacturing capacity making e-motors for industrial and data-farm customers, putting it on solid footing to add mobility motors to its mix. Bhavnesh Patel, Infinitum’s chief strategy officer, said the company is working with a marine company and a truck manufactur ..read more