European Training Network for the Design and Recycling of Rare-Earth Permanent Magnet Motors and Generators in Hybrid and Full Electric Vehicles (DEMETER)

AUTHOR: Simona Sobekova To develop innovative, environmentally-friendly direct and indirect recycling routes of NdFeB and SmCo magnets is one of the main objectives of DEMETER’s research program. Indirect recycling means that the magnet scrap is not used directly to produce ...

Author: Ziwei Li In the DEMETER project, there is a special work package responsible for novel motors design which is suited for magnets recycling. Traditionally, the recycling process deals with just the chemical treatment of the magnet itself. Why it ...

Author: Awais Ikram According to history and over 3000 years ago, Magnetite Fe3O4, the oldest known magnetic material, was considered a substance of wonder. Chinese, Greeks and Turks were fascinated by how their iron ornaments, tools and weapons were attracted ...

Author: Muhammed Awais It is all over the news that India is planning to auction one of its rare earth deposits located in Rajasthan. Monazite is the main rare earth metal found in India along with thorium. Thorium, which is ...

“How green are electric vehicles? Depends on where you plug them in” is a headline sparked by the release of the Union of Concerned Scientist [i]report which claims that electric cars may not be as sustainable solution for the transportation ...

Last week started the official launch of a new European research project involving the recovery of critical materials inside hybrid and electric vehicles. The European Commission as part of their Horizons2020 initiative has created a new consortium called DEMETER, or ...