Thingap Corporation Announces: Len Wedman Appointed VP Engineering
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 14, 2006 - ThinGap Corporation, the leader in high power density DC motors, today announced the appointment of Len Wedman to vice president engineering. Wedman, formerly responsible for the development of new motor designs through magnetic analysis and final test of
prototypes, will focus engineering efforts on expanding ThinGap's technology and product line into applications where weight, high efficiency and high power-to-weight ratios are crucial.
"ThinGap has benefited from the motor industry experience that Mr. Wedman has contributed," said Rean Pretorius, CEO and president, ThinGap Corporation. "His promotion will strengthen ThinGap's engineering organization and improve response time, while enabling a quick expansion of
its offering to meet customer requirements."
"ThinGap's technology represents a radical change in motor design required to leapfrog the technology into applications where conventional motor configurations limit the success of the final product," said Len Wedman, vice president engineering, ThinGap Corporation. "I am very enthusiastic about ThinGap's ability to provide customers with a technological competitive advantage for innovating new products that are outside the bandwidth of conventional motors."
Wedman is an alumnus of such motor manufacturers as Westinghouse, Kollmorgen, BEI, Sierracin Magnedyne and Pacific Scientific, where he provided the impetus for new product development. He received a Bachelors' degree in electrical engineering from the University of Alberta and a
Masters' degree in electrical engineering from the University of Vancouver.
The ThinGap technology eliminates magnet wire and iron laminations in the stator while incorporating a rotor containing the entire magnetic circuit as it rotates. This eliminates power loss caused by hysteresis, cogging torque and radial deflection. In combination with high-energy neodymium-iron-boron magnets, the thin wall of the stator coil allows a miniature air gap, which creates a high power density motor, with excellent characteristics for battery-powered applications.
About ThinGap
ThinGap Corporation manufactures an innovative line of brush and brushless motors utilizing a patented electromotive coil design, which produces a higher copper-packing density and higher copper-to-total-volume ratio than motors with conventional wire windings. A precision-machined copper sheet
replaces the iron core and wire windings of conventional motors. This provides higher power-to-weight ratios, a wider range of speed and torque, improved heat dissipation and lower electrical resistance. Applications include:
o Piston and rotary/vane compressors for portable oxygen concentrators and fuel cells
o Industrial cordless tools, such as strapping machines, concrete coring and drilling machines, impact wrenches, ratchet drivers and grinders
o High speed scanners
o Unmanned vehicles, such as aerial, ground and underwater
o Air bearing spindles for servowriters, disk drive testing, optics and imaging, precision wafer inspection, metrology and precision balancing
o Wind generators (alternative energy)
For more information, please visit www.ThinGap.com.
