Permanent magnets in the material life cycle

magnetsProf. Dr. Jörg Franke and his team from the Institute for Automated Manufacturing and Production Engineering (FAPS) are involved in the MORE (Motor recycling) project – a project which devotes special attention to the recycling of permanent magnets and, in particular, to the rare earth metals they contain. Siemens is leading a consortium made up of partners from industry and figures from research institutions which will carefully examine the entire value added chain – from the design and production of motors to their reverse logistics and reuse in vehicles. more...

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