“The chimera of rare earth materials: Enhancing alternatives for machines and drives and managing the beast”

This article consists of a collection of slides from the author´s conference presentation. Some of the specific areas/topics discussed include: SMPM machine design; induction machines; mechanical loads, thermal effects, concentrated winding SMPM machine; electromagnetic-thermo-mechanical integrated machine design; generic thermal modelling; current density selection; permanent magnet machine design and particle swarm optimization.