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kevindion
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Posted: 04:27am 05 Nov 2010

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how is the designer of axial flux windmil?Hugh Piggott?

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Posted: 05:56am 05 Nov 2010

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I really dont follow what your question is?

Hugh Piggott, is one style of design.

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Posted: 08:26am 05 Nov 2010

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I think the question is "who" has designed the axial flux windmill. The answer to that would be, that there have been a few pioneers working in the design, Hugh Piggot and the guys at otherpower.com to mention the few most involved.

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Posted: 09:57am 05 Nov 2010

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Hi Janne,

I would think that Hugh Piggot has created a design of an axial flux alternator, probably more than one as well. There are certainly a lot of recent experimental windmills along a similar design as well.

I have electrical textbooks dated 1945, and I have not found any references to Axial flux up to this time, for motors, or generators, or alternators. The design was certainly around in the 1970's, as DAVIS-CRAIG used a pancake type Axial flux design in after market car thermostatic fans.

I had played around with these motors, as generators at this time, before I went to University. I built my own design, Neo-magnet design, in the early 1990's, following ideas I had during my early working career. I had to have magnets made to order, as Neo was not readily available. This was cutting edge at the time. I had not heard of Hugh Piggot.

The recent advances in magnet technology has made the concept more useful and viable.

Someone will probably find a patent reference. I found a patent reference to an iron cored machine dated 1984, and another machine dated 2004.

I suspect that there were many pioneers in this technology.

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Edited by GWatPE 2010-11-06

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kevindion
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Posted: 02:28am 06 Nov 2010

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sorry,"who is........."

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Posted: 07:04am 06 Nov 2010

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This should Qualify for axial flux with a steel core.

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